South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-08-07
PEABODY INSTITUTE.

Tuesday night, after tbs choir
Gang While tho days are going
BY" we were entertained by au
earnest and eloquent plea tor pop
ular education delivered by DR..
Schaeffer, who took for his subject
The founder of Modern Popular
Education, Featalonzi.' BY very
powerful argument he showed Us
that the power Of u nation depends
upon the education OF the masses !;
and that one who does not to-day
favor popular education is fifty
years behind the times.
be reporter would like to ask
jast here: Have we Tot some
people who are fifty years behind
time in our oounty3 Let them
wake up and save our county,
our State.
Wednesday morning. institute
was opened by singing, after which
Rev. ID. L. Reid led in prayer,
when Professor Sanford continued
his talk on development. Ii Q sta
ted that in order to teach this work
successfully four things are neces-
sary: Attention, Repetition, APP
plication and Testing. He also
spoke of the Importance of written
examinations and how TO conduct
them. After recess Dr.. Schaetfer
took up the subject Of brain build.
ing which he classed under the fol-
lowing heads: CD growth; CO.
mass (3) texture; ~ brain cen
tiers He classed brain centers(D;
stimulation (2); extlrpstion (3);
temperature a., exriso test cases.
After the second recess Prof SAM
ford introduced primary numbers,
giving his plan for teaching such,
He said that concrete numbers
should be taught first but soon
dropped. In this connection he
explained the difference between
develop ment and drill.
Wednesday Afternoon DIR.
Schaeffer resumed his lesson on
Geography using the following
divisions: Globe shape, size, mo,
ton, on Its axis around the SUI
like the axis OF top aud through
space HE idea being to teach the
correct idea of these in the least
possible time and for some time
held his audience spell bound.
After recess Prof. Sanford resumed
his course on primary numbers
which consisted of a thorough drill
on the same. Tho last period or
closing exerise Of this afternoon
was occupied by DR.. Schaeffer in
discussing the Eve senses. lie
dwelt at length upon the necessity
of properly using them especially
the EYES. And on this subject bis
talk was deeply interesting.
| Wednesday night Prof. Sanford
spoke to q large audience on what
we Breathe His lecture was we'll
listened to throughout. 1t was 30
practical that none present could
help but understand it. 1t carried
the conviction that we can not be
too careful about keeping our pres
misses clean aud nothing is more
essential to health than good vCu.
tilatlon.
Thursday morning. Institute
! opened by singing, after which
Presiding Elder Rev. O. T Tyler
was introduced and led in earnest
| prayer. Then DR.. SChaetFer in
PRODUCED the subject of Decimal
Fractions and gave a pointed and
practical talk. He was followed
by Prof. Sanford on School man.
agement. After which he resum-
ed his course on primary reading.
His main points were how to con-
duct such and failure in the same,
urgiag the importance OF supple
mentary reading, such as history,
newspapers, &C.
After recess Dr. Schaeifer resum.
ed his lesson on Geography, ex |
planning the different terms appli. |
ed 10 the word Day--also the phe.
nomenon OF twilight, all of which /.
was very entertaining.
Thursday afternoon was devoted
to the teaching of primary num-