The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-04
MINUTES OF DUBOIS COUNTY
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Held at the Court House. nj jas
per. Ind. July .f-2S, 1898.

Presidents.
I.0ui. H. katter. Secretary.
Eva DebFuIer and Mary Burlingamc,
assistant secretaries.
C. w. Land, enrolling clerk and treas
urer.
. Emms Cato. assistant enrolling clerk.
Prof. Robert y. Alley. OF Blooming
ton. Ind, invoked the Divine blessing
upon the assembled teachers.
Matte Milburn then favored the in
stitute with an instrumental solo.
, Prof. Oscar l.. helso, of Richmond,
Ind. opened the Institute with a very
interesting and instructive talk on the
. subject. school Opening and Classiii-
cation" lie spoke OF the importance Of
some previous thought or preparation
} upon tho part OF the teacher 10 open a
} a school successfully, and stated that the
, essential object Of Classification was to
} avoid the two extremes too great
} number OF daily recitaiioLs. and clssses
} consisting Of pupils OF different mental
: strength.
Institute adjourned ill l 80 II. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Institute opened at :3c r. NJ. with
an instrumental solo. by Miss Alice
( Alice kempf.
Prof Il. J. Alley then talked on the
! subject, Methods"
. Among some of these were. that s
, teachers intellectual powers should not
: only be well developed but that they
should also be under the control Of the
will "The teacher should be serious in
bis work. az be is responsible. 10 great
/, extent, Tor the pupils education.
sutt IN
/. free"
County Superintendent Geo r. WI
son made some appropriate announce
ments, and rest OF few minutes fol-
lowed.
The subject Percentage" was ably
discussed by Prot. Oscar l. kels0. lie
I showed the importance of a thorough
! knowledge OF decimal fractions, together
!, with the fundamental rules OF arithme-
!. tic, 20 deal with percentage.
: Miss Alice kempf favored the Insti-
I tute with another instrumental solo.
X. J. Aiey briefly and yet ably in
I, strucied the institute on the subject,
\ ~IIistory aud Government" in which he
spoke OF the different notions as 10 the
!, real meaning OF history.
:, Prof Oscar L. helso then gave 4 short
: but interesting talk on GEOGRAPHY
4 purpose OF its study and place" He
. dweli principally upon purpose, stating
Y that the principal purpose was 10 deal
4. with the relations existing between
= things rather than description.
!, Institute adjourned until 80 l.. NJ
al Enrolment: 20 teachers aud 81
i visitors.
AT EVENING SESSION.
ID The institute was called to order al
IN 7 $50 +. NJ by Go. Snpt. Geo IL. Wilson
a. and opened with an instrumental solo
T. March OF the Roman Mummie.v by
at Miss Minnie Friedman and a vocal solo
Or My Mothers Kiss was Sweetest Of them
l.. AL" by Frank l.. Beiz
A. Prof Oscar l.. kelso was then intro
70 duced 10 the audience. aud lectured on
r. the subject, Education and the Com
TO mon Welfare" which proved to be ihs
A. result Of very close, and careful thought
- and was well rendered
m After this followed solo, by NJ is
IN Alice kempi. aud a vocal duet by ID,
i Misses Minnie Friedman and jess,
G. Traylor.
o. With a few remarks and announce
!. meats by Co. Supt. Geo. X. Wilson, ikl
institute adjourned till Tuesday,
&c clock a. M.
!, TUESDAYS SESSION.
"a Tie institute was called to order At
as O. m. by County Superintendent Ceorg,
e. r. Wilson. aud opened with an in-fru
a. mental solo by Miss Matte MiIburn an.
&c prayer by Prof. X. J. Alley.
re Prof X. J. Alley instructed the insti
III tmte on literature. lie sp Ike o. the pur
80
u, some OF the thoughts expressed are: ~
p. love for literature is developed by piac
be ing Yourself ia the attitude OF the origi
nal thinker" Literature j. The highe,
II. expression OF art" "A moments though
ry 81 tho original thinker may express vol
~ umcs OF thought for "a when propcrll
a studied lie then read few extract
N from Lowell, whom he regards The mos
scholarly American poet. ia which III
r. showed several scholarly characteristic
As OF the poet.
ut A very interesting talk on "Scho0
Government lbs Oscar l.. kelsO. thcl
- followed lie spoke OF the importance
% OF corporal punishment in extrem
cases. and recommended II AZ the prope
time and place, and the manner 81 al
" minisicring il. lie then gave several &C
~ cnrrcnccs Of NlOlAilDn OF schOOl rules ~
~ pupils, from actual experience. BY which
TO tic showed the manner aud importance
or 81 detecting mischief. ani how 10 pun
ga ish through kindness rather than bod;li
y iniliciiOn.
sc The subject. General Method "a
~ then discussed by Prof. r. j. Alley I'D
~ very able aud instructive manner, which
VIC was received quite enthusiastically D,
~ the institute.
a. Miss Alice Kempf favored the insiiiui
n with an instrumental solo
q Oscar T.. kelso then instructed The in
pa siituie on "rhe Teaching Geography.
~ lie recommended that no text bool
- should bc used by the teacher durinl
-e, Rotations. and offered A. reason 10
~ this that the accuracy Of the teacher d
this subject would put the teacher i