The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
THE CoLoRED TEACHERS.
The Close of the Institute-Full report OF
the Proceedings.

eQuSSUay lOUno US s1AiA |A11A4o
for the unknown. The Institute opened
with devotional exercises. The wealth
er was all one could wish, and the
spirits of the teachers were in conJGnc-
ton with it. Prof. Wallace gave US
an excellent talk upon "things in gen.
eral," and from the principles laid
down, we deduced several acts, that
will result in good. addition and SUBJ
traction were next taken up; IN TINS
lesson the Importance of teaching
Arithmetic was brought out, also It's
simplicity. 1.-The Importance OF the
study of Geography" was presented by
Prof. Wallace. He spoke of the many
difficulties teachers have in preso ntlng
this study to their classes. He Illus
trated in his pleasant way how these
difficulties could be removed. He as
sured US that We could take our classes
to the river side and there make plain
to them the meaning of a lake, an
island, cape, mountain, etc. The dis
sertation upon physical Geography was
grand. We were led from the un-
known to the known. "Some OF US"
loomed up with astonishment when
told of the many things that are found
in the physical world.
Reading was next presented by Mrs.
Wallace. She said that good teachers
were numbered" The subject was
well ventilated. Division of fractions
was next brought before us. The OBJ
jective method in its beauty and sim
plicity was illustrated. Much atten-
ton was given fractions, as it is often
called 1.-The barrier between certificate
and the schoolhouse.'
Thursday morning found the teach
ers all present; the interest in the In
stitute seems not to wane. After
morning exercises Mrs. Wallace intro
duced spelling. She said as nation
we were poor spoilers, and that spell
ing is one of the most important
branches taught in the school room.
She gave to the teachers several good
rules, viz: (a) III spelling should be
written. (6) Write words from dicta-
ton. (c) Wrote them from memory.
(d) Keep a list of lnisspelled words and
bring them often before the class.
(e) Teach words your children use-
G) Never teach a word that the mean
ing is not understood. Cd The mean
ing of word can only be taught in
sentence.
Prof. Wallace next introduced His
tory. Most teachers, he said, found
history teaching a tough job" He
thought history could be made as in
teresting as any study. In teaching
history, he thought. no teacher should
be caught with book in hand; if so, he
was very poor material for the school
room.
Letter writing, by Mrs. Wallace, was
very instructing and full of interest.
AS "night brings out the stars, with
them came quite an intelligent audi
ence to cheer US on. The exercises
opened with music, which Was sooth-
ing and inspiring. Prayer by Rev.
Mr.. Dorroh. Select readings by Misses
Alice Bedenhaugh and Theresa Chap
pell, which were pronounced good by
all. Essay, "Do Something" by Mr..
P. E. Herriott. We were given much
food for thought as we go forth in life,
endeavoring to "do something" for the
race with which we are identified.
Discussion.
ResoIved, That corporal punishment
should be abolished il the school-ro0m.
AfTirmative-Miss Cornelia Sims,
Nessrs. G. w. Starks and Harry
Thomas. Negative-Mrs. LA. White
per, Miss Alice Dayis and Rev. h. d.
Ely.
This was the most inter esting part
of the exercise. We wereled to believe
that the days of the switch 'are num-
bered." A very large attendance was
present Friday morning at the Calvary
Presbyterian church, the occasion be-
ngthe last day session ofthe Institute.
The subject spelling was again taken
up by Mrs. Wallace. The many de-
vices given the teachers were put in
application. The teachers were called
out and the spelling began. Many
that thought there was no such word
as failure toppled and fell, Of course this
caused much laughter, but it proved
the above assertion that we are bad
spoilers.
Least Common Multiple and Great
est Common Divisor, and why do we
iuvert the terms of the divisor, were
taken up by Prot. Wallace. One must
admit, the why's in this part of Arith-
metic are mystical, but after several il
Illustrations the clouds withdrew and
like one of old, we could say Eureka!
Eureka.n' AS the session was near
ing the end, Prof Wallace gave
She teachers a practical talk upon
their work. He urged upon them the
Importance of preparing for their work.
Hesat heavily upon the license teacher,
and concluded by saying we should be
progressive teachers or get out Of the
work.
Friday evening q large crowd gath
cred to see the close of a most success
full Institute.
After devotional exercises, Commis-
sioner Kibler was introduced to the
audience Space will not allow me to
give this address verbatim but it is suf-
ticient to say, it was good. Such talk
will produce good, and bring about