New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-09-06
TEA CHE JSTITIJTE.
Instructors Instructed IN the Methods
Of Training the Youthful Mind.
Prof. Kirk and Nm. Jaques Give the Brown
County Teachers some New Ideas.
They are Told How to Shake of thu Old
Clothes and Adopt New Methods.

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i've OF the teachers Of Brown county as
sembled in the lecture room of Turner
Hall, ready to receive the benefits Of RI
pened experience and new ideas: and
they are receiving them.
s Prof. T. III. Kirk and Mrs. E. Il. Jacques.
the conductors, had arrived early in the
morning and opened the institute prompt
~ at two O'Clock.
AT this writing it is impossibleto give
much Of a report. but certain it is that
the weeks sessions will be productive Of
much good to those who attend if they
are prepared to take anything away with
them.
Prof. Kirk is a man who entertains at
the same time that he instructs. His
slow, measured style of address, always
accompanied with clinching reasons for
every expressed thought and with an
method Of extracting answers
from the teachers, compels attention from
everyone. His chief object thus far seems
to be impress upon the teachers the idea
that they should know why they are
teaching subject and also have their
reasons for their methods Of practice. In
talking along this vein Monday after
noon he cited Thomas Carlyle's reference
to sold clothes'' in civilization and in
cidentally the Professor attributed our
present social and labor troubles to the
habit of adhering to old systems long af-
ter: they had been outlived. The same
was true in teaching. Too many were
teaching certain subjects simply because
they were taught them when they went
to school. Too many are following GER
tain methods simply because thy were
used on them. And still worse, some
have had the benefit of good tanning,
but are not living up to the light that
has dawned upon them. From all this
the instructor drew the conclusion that
what school needed most was a good
teacher-one who had methods and rea-
sons for those methods.
The following morning he brought
out the necessity of libraries in the coun-
try districts. The need in this direc-
ton is SO painful and apparent that the
instructors advice was timely and as
good as that of Il physician administer
ing to very sick patient. He also poin-
ted out the advisability of reading news
papers by asking questions regarding cur
rent events that no one present could an
swer. ..s.@ E...e 49,.
Mrs. Jacques is practical in all her
talks and illustrates to the teachers the
dearest methods of reaching the pupils.
Her questions are always aimed at get
ting the teacher in the habit of systema-
thing her work so that instruction in one
branch along definite lines will assist in
struction in other branches. The SUBJ
jects which she has dealt with so far
have been reading, writing and arithme
tic, and they have been fruitful periods
spent in their discussion.
The institute continues until Saturday
noon. Tonight a literary and public
entertainment will be given in the hall
and tomorrow evening those attending
will spend a social hour with their
friends
Among those in attendance are: New
Ulm: Anna Dietz, Anna Velikanie, Gina
Lizzie Davis, Emil Velikan
JIG, Herman Raabe, John Haenze, A. A.
A. Bochum, and w. F..
Runk; Springfield, Louisa Olson, Agnes
Gee, Jennie Burns, May Bently, Cora
Emerson and Leonard Redding; Linden,
Nellie PaulseR, Matilda Botten, Carrie
Botten and Christina Harbo; Sleepy Eve.
Eliza Montgomery; Hanska, Ed. Shelley;
Lone Tree Lake, Mabel Allison; Court
land, Emily Davis; Leavenwortb, M. J..
Lenzen.
The sociable at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. II. Behnke on Tuesday evening
was we'll attended, and Notwithstanding
The somewhat chilly weather the lawn
was dotted with ladies and gentlemen
Who seemed to be enjoying themselves
immensely. The receipts netted the So
,iety snug little sum.
Friday evening, Miss Marie Collins, an
locutonist of state repute. will give an
Exhibition Of her talent at Turner Hall.
'ress notices give her liberal and favor
BILE comment, and the New Ulm lovers
T the art Of dramatic reading, will no
oubt be pleased with her efforts. She
1ill be assisted in her entertainment by Z