The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-07-14
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
ALMOST ONE HUNDRED TEACHERS
ENROLLED SOW.
FULL PROCEEDINGS ron yEsTER-
nay AFTERNOON AND TO-DAY
UNTIL Neon.
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Afternoon Session The session be-
gan with music then, roll call after
which the topic, Educational Psycholu-
gy, Imagination andits developments.
was discussed.
Imagination is the creative power DIT
the mind that faculty which takes
material areadyin the mind and builds
other fabrics from it. We can think
Of mouse as big as elephant and an
elephant as smallas mouse, although
we never saw such thing. The mag
nation il practical, il il Of use 70 the
artist, the sculptor, the poet, the in
ventor, more or less 50, 10 every one.
All persons Of great genius have great
Imagination. Imagination Is Of great
moral value. II has a great deal to do
with our actions which we generally
imagine or think over in our mind
before doing them. Mr.. Armstrong
then submitted the floor to Mr.. Lybar-
ger, who said, amongst other good
things, that imagination gave a person
| the power to put himself in the place
of another. The more imaginative we
become the moro sympathetic we are.
| To cultivate the imagination of the
children we should describe fully some
simple scene, the birds, the trees, the
! house, etc. Robert g. Ingersoll says:
'.The man Of imaginaticn that il
TO say, Of genius-hayiag seen a leaf
! and dropof water, can construct the
forest, the ocean and the seas. In his
presence all the cataracts fall and from
: the foam the mists rise, the clouds
0 form and float = The
9 man Of imagination has lived all live.
9 and through his blood and brain hav,
! lcrept the shadow and the chill Of ever,
4 death. He has lait
< him down with the embalmed dea,
2 and felt the doubt and fear, childrer
/ born Of long delay.
He has walked the streets Of might,
Rome. Has heard the shout that shook
the Coloseum's roofess walls wher
from the gladiators's hand the short
/ sword fell. - He has
been victim and victor. pursuer and
] pursued, outcast and king--he has
heard the applause and curses of the
world and on his heart have fallen all
the nights and moons Of failure and
success. So - The imagination
hath stage within the brain where
on he sets all scenes that lie be-
tween the morn Of laughter and the
night Of tears; and whore his players
body forth the false and true, the joys
and griefs, the careless shadows and
the tragic deeps Of every life.''
Next came lessonin pronunciation.
Thirty-five words were placed upon the
blackboard and pronounced by the
class.
The next topic, Bookkeeping, was
taken up by Prof. Miller and explained
under the following heads o. Ex-
plain the common terms used in book
keeping. 1l2.) Explain the use of day
book. Journal, etc. 80 Define post
ing, the terms, to balance, by balance
etc.
Recess. After recess, singing, Miss
Cutler at the organ. Then the subject Of
government, county and local govern
ment, the county officers, their term Of
Of Office, salary, duties, how vacancies
3 are filed, took up the time until
o'clock, after that the Query Box was
i opened and VARIOUS questions found
J therein propounded and answered.
At 4:3O p. m. adjourned until 9 q. m.
Thursday. r
t FOURTH DAY.
D Forenoon-Opened at 8 a. m.
promptly with singing, 10Th Psalm was
j read and prayer said by Prof. Arm
/ strong. After which Prof. Miller read
the poem, Drifting" written BY T.
Buchanan Read. The enrolment is
now 81.
4 PSYCHOLOGY, the will, was the sub
ject then discussed upon which topic
Prof. Armstrong gave a very interest
ing address. Arithmetic followed.
The topic mensuration, onwhich many
demonstrations Of value were present
cd to the class BY Prof. Miller