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add considerably to the ventilation O
the room.
DR.. Joynes, at +. close of DR.. McIn
tosh's remarks resumed his subject
Higher English. His former talks or
this line had led up to the treatment O.
sentences by analysis. Now be began
to analyze. This was done in a man
ner which was maSterful in its sim.
| plicity, and which satisfied want long
felt by the writer. Since the sentence
is the unit Of thought, and hence of eX.
preston, i'll English, We must treat i,
as whole. This word whole" is the
key to the situation, and must be con.
stuntly kept in mind. A simple sen
tence is resolved into subject and predi-
cate. That is all there is in it, nothing
more, nothing less. Right here the
| stumbling BLOCK comes in. Not con-
tent to analyZe aud get the sense in.
tended to be conveyed, parsing is at
tempted aud often We butt our head
against difficulties Of which the genius
of the language does not dispose. In
| this event, raise your hat, make your
politest bow anu admit that there is
more beyond, and that you yet have an
incentive 10 study. In doug this you
recognize the wonderful power and
scope Of our mother tongue, The Doe,
tor took printed list OF sentences aud
practically exemplified bis method and
showed occularly the great ease attend
ing its use. Just before DR.. Joynes
closed, State uperintendent of Educa-
ton Msytield entered. The Doctor
brought his talk to close and Director
Morrison introduced Mr.. Maytield to
the Institute:
Mr.. Mayfeld favored the Institute
with some very pertinent remarks
about Teachers Institutes, and the
profession generally. He bade them
press forward in the work, and prom
ised all the help in his power. He said
the press, almost to paper, had crlti-
cised his efforts to raise the standard
of proficiency among the teachers, but
that he intended to pursue the even
tenor of his way. He said thatabroad,
NeWberry County stood highest in
efficiency Of teachers and teachers
association work.
Mr.. Mayfeld's remarks were we'll
received and were helpful. We --gret
his stay was so short. The afternoon
session was devoted to Geography and
Arithmetic. Director Morrison took
up Geography, and made helpful talk.
He placed upon the blackboard chart
on which were written the steps
thought most desirable to be pursued in
teaching this study. Heamplified this
chart by pertinent remarks.
Mr.. Welch followed on the subject of
fractions-the pons aSinorum of arith-
metic. Mr.. Welch took up highly
pie cancellation arrived ct the result in
one-fourth the time generally con-
sumed. Mental arithmetic was stressed
and its importaL ce brought out.
On Thursday night we had quite
literary treat in lecture by DR.. Joynes.
The Newberrians who did not hear it
missed great deal. Or. Joynes took
for his. suhject-Euglish Language.
After few preliminary remarks, be
said that, as he prayeth best who loveth
best, so be toacheth best who loveth
best. English is our mother tongue
and is entitled to our admiration and
love, and our reverence. It is the
patent of our nobility. The English
language is the most perfect instru-
ment of expression ever put at the
command of man. Historically speak
ing, the latest born, the Benjamin of
the linguistic family. Its character is
composite, Germanic lin the original
sense) blended with French.
Here DR.. Joynes showed the effect of
the Norman conquest upon our lam
guage. How the German and French
infections, not agreeing, swallowed
each other and left US tongue almost
without infection, aud which is neither
German nor French, but English, diff
ferent from both or either. The his
torical and pathological contents of our
language are very rich. We draw
freely from German, French, Greek,
Latin, &c. Our vocabulary is mixed.
Manifold in it's origin; unequalled in
range and richness of words, in accent
and intonation.
We have many synonyms in our
language which, while meaning prac-
tically the same thing, have by that
accuracy Of thought and distinction
peculiar to our tongue, taken on shades
of meaning peculiar to themselves, e. 6.
building, edifice, house, mansion.
Speech, address, Grafton. Tale, word,
narration, history. Short, lrief, con-
else, laconic. Build, erect, construct.
In no other language in the world is
there so great power in diction. In
no other is it so important to use right
words. Hence give great heed to dlctiOn.
The dictionary is not COLL if read with
the intellect. The words, as we find
them there. are only skeletons. Learn
their structure, so that when we build
sentences Of them, we may know just
where to fit them in to make perfect
sentence, conveying a living thought.
Our tongue is heterogeneous and mani
:old in its constituents. Wonderful IN
its power and scope. There Is a word
for which, as yet, we have no need,
curator, when we need it we will take
it, as we have taken orator and sena-
tor, and by changing the accent made
them English. DR.. Joynes used many
examples to show the genius OF the
language. It's great power to incorpo-
rate and assimlate foreign words. This,
ne said, showed not only the power of
growth, but was a l)'edge of growth.
In sharp contrast be showed the weak
ness of the German language. Its iua-
biity to assimilate foreign words. The
infection of these words had to be
learned separately. Societies were
formed pledged to not use foreign
words-thus admitting the weakness
of the language. Our grammar is pc
culiar for its extreme brevity Of WORD
forms. infections dropped; polysyi-
labIes replaced by monosyl!ables; con-
densation and compression OF word
FORMS: force and power of emphasis
a great element i'll oratory. Here the
doctor said he had intended to read
two Of Tennyson's poems, but the
time Was too short. In these poems 75
10 80 per cent of the words are mono
syllabes, showing that English goes
like bullet TO the mark. Our Ian
guage is essentially logical and not
grammatical. We get the meaning Of
words by their position. English is
characterized by cohesion. simplicity,