The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-22
EDUCATIONAL.


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is in demand. Steam and electricity
have supplanted human machines
At the meeting of school officers last
Saturday a committee OF Investigation
was elected. Much interest was taken
ia the subject Text Books
Every book buyer in the county
should study this subject carefully for
a saving of from % per cent to 70 per
cent can be made. If you Will attend
the next meeting Of school officers We
viii explain fully how this can be done.
The meeting adjourned to meet again
at the call Of committee.
ENTHUSIASM.
y man conscious Of enthusiasm for
worthy aims. is sustained under petty
hostilIties by the memory OF great
workers who have had to fight their
way not without wounds. ana who
hover in his mind as patron saints,
invisiblY helping-GeOFge Eliot.
EXAMINATION.
The regular quarterly examination
of applicants for teachers certificates
viii be held in the south side school
house January SOth. Take this examI-
nation ana if you fail to pass YOU will
have ample time to prepare for the
next.
PROGRAM.
Roll eall-.-..... Resronss by quotations from
Wordsworth.
Pago-Chapters 9 and TO-, Sophie l.. Adams
General History .-.......- allie Glasgow
RecithdoH-BIabsl Martin 90. BIaude Read
General History .----.-.,.-...-. John Foster
Lie and Habits or Our Early Forefath ers 90.
Florence BidweII.
General History .-....-.--.....G g. critic Young
Exhibit at Worlds Fair-GeneraI Discussion
We are glad to note the fact that the
Edwards County teachers association
is growing in numbers and interest
Bear in mind. if the hTst Saturday is
stormy the meeting Will be held on
the second Saturday. Come.
COMMITTEE.
TOPEKA, RAs., Jssn., 2Osh, 1892.
To County Superintendents:-A
advising with county superintendents
at Topeka at the State Teachers Asso-
citation, the following dates have been
chosen upon which to begin the county
normal Institutes this year:
June 9Th, July 9Th. july 18th, and
August LIST.
These four dates should accommodate
all. It rs hoped that no other dates
will be suggested. No one ought to
work in more than two institutes.
Were one to attempt it, he would do
Injustice to the third institute, to him
self, &uu to his school in September:
and the undersigned believes that he
should not approve appointments
which would mean three months insti-
tute work for one person in one year.
Very Respectfully.
GEO. ". WJNANs,
State Superintendent.
The above card shows the method
of the state superintendent. We wish
to pursue the same plan with those
who think that they will attend
normal next year. Eleven votes have
been received for June and 4 for
August. Teachers should report at
once, for a conductor can not be
selected until Lhe time is fixed.
sEYE:9 LAWS OF TEACHING.
From the recently issued report of
the Course Of study. rules and regula-
tons" foe the Dodge City public
schools. L. D. Webb, superintendent.
/. Knew thoroughly and well what
you would teach.
2. Gain and keep the attention OF
your pupils, and excite their interest
in the subject.
g. Use language which your pupils
fully understand. and clearly explain
every new word required,
4. Begin with what is already
known, and Proceed TO the unknow by
easy aud natural steps.
.. Excite the self activities of the
pupils. and lead them to discover the
truth for themselves.
6. Require pupils to re-state, fully
and correctly, in their own language,
aud with their own proofs and Illus
trations, the truth taught them.
z. Review, review, review carefully,
thoroughly, repeatedly, with fresh con
sideratiOn and thought.
These laws underlie and control al
successful teaching. Nothing need be
added to them; nothing can DE safely
taken away. No one who will
thoroughly master and uss them need
fail as a teacher. provided ne viii also
maintain the good order which is
required to give free and undisEurOed
action to these laws.
Teachers viii do well to study these
seven laws OF teaching carefully; each
study of them accompanied by such
anxious inquiries as: Which one OF
them am 1 most likely to neglect 2
Which Of them, If any. do L fail to
oomprehendP Neglect OF. or failure to
understand which one Will result in
most injuryP
To the first Ofthese laws should be
added the words: And be sure you
know just how you propose TO teach.
Happy and eoat=aE Is a hoHas with 81 Tbs Ro-
chester lamp with the light OF the morning.
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