The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-20
The Teachers
Institute Work.

at 10 a. m.
County Superintendent Lyman in
troduced State Superintendent bIcEl
roy, who briefly commented upon tn
general condition Of school worI
throughout the state. He said that tn
work was progressing ~splendidly, an
a good interest is manifested in al
lines of work. After a few brief an,
felicitous remarks he took the chal
and opened a long needed institute II
Clatsop county.
Alfred Cleveland and John McCree
Of the High School wer appointed ush
ers.
Miss Lawrence and Mr.. Halves Were
appointed critics, A. l.. Clark, secre
tary; r. N. Wright reporter; Willie
Levings assistant reporter.
Then followed enrolment Of teach.
ers. The following are those present
at the morning session. Many from
the country canno be here before
Thursday:
Miss Lettie Lyons, Court street
school; Miss Mary Dealey, Cedar street
school; Miss Ethyl Andrews, City; Miss
Margaret Laws, city; Miss Lawrence.
city; Miss Frances Sovey, Cedar street;
Miss Nellie Spencer, Knappa; Mr.. H.
s. Shatto, Hare; Miss Ocla Campbell,
Cour street; Miss Mary p. White,
Court street; Mrs. Carrie Krager, Cedar
street; Miss Catherine Powell, Court
street; Miss Katie McKean, Court
street; Miss Harriet Sayre Court street;
Miss Emma sayre. Cedar street; Mrs.
Jennie Busey, Court street; Mr.. Albert
williams, Alderbrook; Miss Helen Dick
inson, Cedar street; Miss Dora Badollet,
High School; Miss Anna Belknap,
Uppertown; Miss Callie Brodie Court
street; Miss Nora Nickerson, Court
street; Mr.. s. A. Clark, principal of
Uppertown school; Mr.. r. N. Wright
principal OF High School.
Superintendent Lyman then read the
school law in reference to the necessity
of Institutes and the many advantages
and the enthusiasm resulting there
from.
The real work of the institute opened
with the subject school management"
by Mr.. Lyman. He considered the sub
ject (a) as the personality of the teach
er, (b) moral elements, () acquired
elements.
He said many good things. AS the
teacher so is the school. The teacher
should be the essence of h~opefulness,
cheerfulness, steadiness of purpose,
clearness of plan; he must be acquaint-
ed with c%hild-nature. 49,,
At the close Of the address Miss
Lawrence spoke of the necessity Of or
der in admitting and dismissing pupils.
Miss Badollet-Order is heavens first
law; plenty of exercise.
Mrs. Busey-One thing to make a
plan and another to stick to 1t. Even
the smallest pupil will detect any
omission on the part of the teacher to
maintain discipline. Our rules in the
primary are three little "nots". Not to
turn around in the seat, not to leave
the seat, without permission, not to
talk aloud without permission.
superintendent McElroy then spoke
of I'VE olden time" and the changes of
recent years in regard to discipline and
drill work.
Miss Powell-Observation lessons Tor
Monday morning, Tuesday morning
newspaper day, Wednesday reading by
teacher, Thursday general discussion BY
all the pupils and the teacher, Friday
morning queer queries" 1t gives
u splendid interest
Miss Mary White-No difficulty In
preserving order at the recess time
Have marching. singing, and calisthen'
les, Don't pretend to keep them quiet
at the time.
Miss Lawrence-Don't believe In in
door intermisslons.
Miss Harriet Sayre-Muslc is the
most influential element in obtaining
good order.
Mr.. Clark-Have a plan; live up to 1t,
No experience with indoor recesses.
Prefer recitation seats In the room,
Don't keep pupils standing TOO long
during a recitation,
Mrs. K~rager-Prefer no recitation
seats; require pupils to sit erect dur
ing recitation. with their hands be-
hind them. should they get out Of or
der l add ten minutes to their daily
work.
Superintendent McElroy-I notice
that there is a tendency to become
stoop shouldered. How do you prevent
It?
Mr.. Shatto-Am teaching country
school; recitations necessarily short ten-
dency OF pupils Is to get right down
over their desk during study and writ
ing; allow playing around in the school
house.
After n few more remarks by Super
lntendent McElroy and Director Dealey
the session was dismissed until 1880 p.
m.
The afternoon session convened at
1870 o'clock. was followed by calling OF
the roll. after which new teachers were
enrolled as follows: w. II. Levings,
Miss Dollie Levings. j. d. Halves, prin-
clpal Cedar street school. l. +. Bay
field, OF Prospect Park. and Miss Emma
Pungari. of olney.
The subject Of reading was then In
troduced. and superintendent McElroy
gave some practical points. He called
attention to pronunciation. and pre-
scented q paper entitled Dream OF an