The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-27
CITY TEACHERS. NEEDING.

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The regular monthly meeting of the city
teachers was held Yesterday from 9 to Il
a. M, in the chapel of the High school.
DR.. Stevenson conducted the devotional
exercises
The fist subject considered was the cele-
| bration of Columbian Day. DR.. Stevenson
gave directions for the proper observance
of the day. Teachers are to have not only
an interesting program. but also an ex-
hibition as far as practicable OF the actual
| school work. Parents of the children
are cordially invited to attend these
exercises. Teachers are expected TO
make this year one of special study
OF the history of our country and its re-
markable progress since Oct. II 1892. The
teachers of Kansas everywhere should go
on record in favor of having the great
Columbian fair a representative OF great
moral and Christian nation.
Professor Griffin of Garfield university,
| in response TO an invitation spoke of the
! condition of school affairs in the south.
He was glad also to notice an improved
condition OF affairs of every kind il Wich-
| tia.
Miss Bryson of the City Normal training
department read well written paper on
The Home, the Child, and the Primary
Teacher" The primary teachers intuition
must be quick and her resources unlimit-
ed. She must know much about children
in general and her own pupils in particu-
lar Her vigilance must be unceaslng.
She must keep the pure in heart uncou-
taminated in the midst of wrong doing.
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will inspire wise and careful parents
with confidence in her vigilant
care. This exercise called out vigorous
discussion i'll which the importance of
primary work was emphasized and the
excellent ideas of the paper were endorsed.
Those who took part in the discussion
were Misses Mossman. Smith Sharon and
Grove and Mrs. Embree and Mrs Moore
head of the primary schools; Miss Cleye-
land and Mr.. Carson of the grammar
schools; Miss Hutchinson of the High
school and Miss Rowe, principal OF the
Normal school.
Mr.. McNair of the school board respond
ed to an invitation to address the institute
He spoke of the great pleasure which 1t
afforded him to contemplate the growth
and increased efficiency OF Wichita's pub
lie schhols. He believed in good teachers
and security of their tenure Mr.. Nc
Nair's remarks and his known interest in
the schools and the welfare of the teachers
was rewarded by liberal applause.
The meeting next listened with great
interest to an exercise by number of pu-
pills of the Carleton school conducted by
their teacher, Miss Dickinson, principal OF
the school, The subject was spelling includ-
ing pronunciation and definition. The skill
full manner in which this recitation was
conducted and the readiness of the bright
boys and girls received merited applause
This work was endorsed and various
methods of teaching spelling discussed by
Misses Mills and Flower and Messrs
Shull, Vowel, McMichael and DR.. Steven
son. DR.. Hoss, principal OF the
school OF oratory, in response to
au invitation to address the
meeting spoke earnestly in advocacy OF
the spelling reform and urges the teachers
to united support of it in the interest OF
economy of time and labor,
Miss Brook principal of the Emerson
school read we'll prepared paper on the
important topic Habit in Education" #
the mind of the pupil were a blank, pos
sessed only of its present capabilities. the
body healthy and free from ''Hereditar
Tants," then education would be AN easy
matter for both teacher and pupil.
Habits are formed aud education begun
very early in life; therefore a teachers
duties frequently consist as much in ersdi
eating errors of education as in impsrting
knowledge. Mere extracts cannot do
Justice TO the valuable teaching of this
paper.
Mr.. Duncan, principal of Lincoln school.
read as the last exercise a paper OF great
merit on the subject. Discipline" Train
ing and instruction are largely the
result OF discipline, Proper dis
ciplIne can better be secured
through the actual practice OF teaching.
There should not be that discipline that
curbs, but that which stimulates pupils.
Such discipline is stagnatiou, and stagna-
ton is retrogression. There should be
very little of that kind OF discipline which
coInpels, commands, subjects pupils in
order TO have good conduct or thorough
lessons.
Lack Of time prevented the discussion OF
this paper which was replete with inter
est
Music in charge of Professor Shull and
Miss Jessie Clark added much TO the
pleasure of the meeting.