The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-18

| Ends of Geographical Study, by NJ. I.
Hendricks; Preparatory Course, NJ.
u. Mcbride: Advanced Course, J. h.
sutton Method OF Study, Mrs. }. q.
Laurendine. Misses Norma Lauren
dine, Sammie Bowman and Minnie
Hunt gave practical suggestions on
First Steps, Ideas Of Location, The
Earth, and Plant and Animal Life.
Physiology was introduced by Miss
Ottilie Swan, giving a good talk on
Object Teaching, Experiments was
entertainingly given by Miss Susie
VAUGHAN Anatomy Of Respiratory
Organs, Miss Annie Watkins. Miss
Ruth Denmark opened the discussion
on History, why taught and relation
to other studies, in which Misses
Florence Morrow and Florence Canty
gave essentials and suggestions.
TUESDAY morning.-Prof. Taylor
gave Practical Tests Of a School.
While the majority Of teachers
thought these tests rather theoretl-
: cal for the common school YET. the
t force and earnestness with which
D.. they were presented showed that the
> speaker had tried them and believed
in them. Mr.. Faucet. told why Men
tai Arithmetic is a separate stndy'
Z It's relation to higher mathematics,
aids to reason, memory, AlgeDralc
forms, correct analysis, were next dis
1cussed. Maxims, early lessons, OBJ
!. iects, etc, in PrimarytArithmetlc, by
Misses Hunt, Delmas anc swan:
Miss Annie Watkins in a splendid
talk on Mississippi History as supple
mentary reading showed why "
should be taught. Educational
lGrowth OF the State was well given
by Miss Vaughan. The morning
session closed with a talk on the
s. Schools of Mississippi by Miss Ruth
denmark.
In the afternoon Prof. Taylor gave
an interesting talk on Tests OF Teach
ing. When the subject Of Physiology
=, was introduced by a paper on Anato
my, Physiology and Hygiene OF the
Bones, by Miss Ruth Moore; Offices
Of the Bones, Miss CAVITY Discussion
is Of the Skull, Miss Morrow; The Ner
yous System, Miss Denmark; Classe'
w. OF Muscles, Miss Vaughan; Liga
y, ments, Miss Watkins Structure an
l' Hygiene of the Skin, Miss Delmas
ire The Senses, Miss Swan; Eye an
cal Ear, Miss Hunt Civll Government
,t. Miss Boman; Age to Begin the Stud,
Miss Laurendine Our Own G0verf
ment, Mrs. L%aurendiue: Origin an
It's Growth Of Political Institutions, 81
M Sutton Methods OF State Govern
al, ment, M. i. Mcbride; Civil Govern
ment and History, NJ. P. Hendricks
Debating, r. z. Faucet; Polite;
his Issues Of the Day, Rey. G. J. Broder
Of Wednesday morning.--Many teacl
al ers saw for the first time the impor
!" ance of the study OF Mental Arithm
tic. It's ad yantages as mental pap,
,,o lum, as an aid to calculation OF pro
nv lens, and the child's salvation !
Y mathematics. These fruitful topi
css brought out new ideas and old on
Irlv too, In a new dress. The dlscusslt
was animated throughout and u
o'A teachers seemed 10th to leave 1t.
cry After an hon Is work on WRIT,
be arithmetic, composition came IN I
adv it's share, and the following topl
:. ~, show that the little fellows are n
Vi forgotten in the schoolroom. Prop
cles age to begin composition, oral al
written exercises should begin AS so
( as the child enters the schoolroom.
Wednesday evening, Misses Bet
Taylor and O. Scarborough matricu
out ted, and Miss TAYLOR talked TO t
our teachers on Where to Begin Tech
.or, cal Grammar; How to Interest
W. ginncrs, Miss Scarborough Systems
lply Diagraming, Miss CAVITY Value
it'll Diagraming and Parsing, Miss NJ
and row: Use of Advanced Gramm
Miss Denmark. In the discnssi
which followed prominence was CIV
.U1ie to the following points lmprO
ments OF ones speech, the impOssll
INV ity Of doing without it, the sentel
""' is the unit. The State Superintcl
ting ent, Hon. J. II. Preston, being pl
and ent gave a ringing speech OF half
can. hour which was rcplete with g
hno things, and afterwards joined in
discussion OF topics. -.
ans, The evening session closed with
n. thirty minutes talk by superint
dent Howe, on Keeping Rcgistt
urch emphasizing the point that a tea
lish. cr's register was an index OF his CT
and acter, and the trouble u badly X
T,.a register caused the county supel
i"c tendent.
lurs- Thursday Morning.-Mr. FauC
arch. gave Constructions of In1Nnitivcs c
struction Of Participates, Mr.. II
phy- bricks: Idiomatic Constructions,
ed a f. Mcbride, in which several tc;
ealth ers and Prof, Taylor joined T; Phr;
rnod and Clauses, J, Il. Sutton; Crit
w knowledge Of Syntax, Mrs. Laul
guar dine; Technical Grammar, \
Laurendine Square and Cube Ro
M Miss Bowman Mensuration.
Nc Hunt, What Subjects Emphas
lie and Which Omitted in Arithm(
State Miss Swan /; Misses Delmas, Walk
II on Vaughan and Denmark talked on
,ts IN Art u Illustration; Use and al
'O' W of Methods, Miss CAVITY Chara
OF Questions, Miss Moore; Purpos
, last Questions, Miss Taylor. Prof.
: the lor gave a practical talk on teacl
49, Language.
bruis- Thursday afternoon the subje'
las re- Educational Psychology was br0'
up by Mr.. Faucet. Relation.
Psychology and Pedagogy, Mr..
ached bricks The Intellect, N. +. Mob
work It's various powers, Mrs. Laurend
-. Cultivation OF the Senses, Miss /
"'c VI endine; Object Lessons in Color,
P0wman: Oral Lesson In Sci
, res,- Miss Hunt; Drawing, Miss O, s.
or the moslo sIabits ~ .A,tantion, Ms,
t Pas ME Watkins ; Permanence Of
Impressions, Miss Vaughan r
In the Sontosns Miss Morrow: How d
move these, Miss Canty ;~Are
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