The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-22
The teachers
Institute Work.

The Teachers Institute convened yes
terday morning at $3.50 o'clock, After
, roll call and the reading of minutes
the enrolment of teachers was proceed
ed with as follows: Miss Alice Lyons,
District No. 81; Miss Bell, District 20;
c. H. Jones, Walluski; and Miss E. b,
Hess, of Lewis and Clarke, who re-
lated her experience in getting from
Caldwell to the institute. Miss Hess
stated that she started On Tuesday
evening and arrived here yesterday
morning at 5 o'clock. Thanks to the
splendid" country roads, she under
went shipwreck by sea and disaster by
land. Her hearers concluded that such
pluck must succeed anywhere.
Miss Sayre then gave a calisthenic
drill with her little boys and girls. 1t
was very nicely executed, the little ones
performing the exercise with e~xactness
and perfect harmony of action. The
training is advantageous in many ways
and worthy of more special attention in
the public schools.
The regular work Of the institute
opened at 9:45, with an address by Prof.
R. N. Wright, of theHigh School. His
subject was "School Organization; Ma
chinery in the Schoolroom." He said
in part: "The first day is win or lose;
well begun is half done; know the
school and pupils beforehand; become
acquainted with parents and pupils; my
remarks apply to country schools as
well as those in the city; have your pro-
gram ready; make few rules; never
command OF threaten; barking dogs
seldom bite;' open with music, Amer
ica,' Red White and Blue;' know all
about the bad boy, but don't let him
know it; never show by your actions
that you are suspicious; have pencils
and paper ready for the pupils to enroll
their names, ages, parents names, etc.;
then have some movement exercises to
prove that you are the general; give
the bad boy some responsibility;
make him your friend; stand at the
helm; all things being ready, go to
work; waste no time" Quite an inter-
esting discussion followed, in. which
Messrs. Brewer. Jones, Rayfield, Halves,
Campbell and Miss Hess participated.
Miss Mary e. White then presented
How 1 Gain the Love of My Pupils"
She said-"Make the pupils feel that
the school is ours, not mine; that the
success of the school depends upon
them; among pupils, as among men,
government depends upon the con-
sent Of the governed; give the
ing hand; teach them that they ought
to be able to take care of themselves;
them believe in self-government;
work is the essential of good ORDER"
Miss Campbell then gave her plan,
lsed among primary pupils, which was
% reward them by stencil pictures and
levices Of her own; it worked well, the
said. w. H. Levings then
spoke on the subject of 1.-THE Bad Boy"
the boys standpoint. His
'emarks Were confined to personal ex-
,eriences at school. He was followed
~ Miss Lawrence, with a few we'll
'hosen remarks. Mr.. Clark then briefly
.ddressed the meeting and Miss War
en- presented the subject of "Orthog-
She said that the whole secret
f holding an audience is a mastery of
ounds, infections, and intonations. Or
biography is founded upon elementary
ounds. There is not a teacher in Clat-
Jord mule" correctly. Great attention
hould be paid to accentuation and syl-
lbication; 1 pronounce tomorrow's les
on today; pupils then repeat them as
early correct as possible; give dicta- !
on exercises; write, say, fifty difficult
lords o the black board and recite
hem on Fridays; old-fachioned spelling
for Friday afternoon; baseball {
(she illustrated by selecting /
teachers for captains and they
hose a class; it was an interesting 7
ass; the winning side is the one which
oells correctly the most words in so '
ANY innings; it car be used also in
Their studies, for instance, in grammar a
nd arithmetic. I
The discussion brought out quite a 4
lumber Of practical methods for the y
,hool room. Mrs. w. w. Parker, Mrs. e
Owens-Adair, DR.. w. c. Belt, Mr..
Galley, and Mr.. Freeman Parker gave :.
'me excellent ideas and the methods :.
I'VE olden time" There seemed to be ,
tendency to the belief that the mat :
r of spelling is a question of heredity; :.
lie tendency to spell we'll being born !
it'll the child. Many, however, were ;
1t of that opinion, /.
The session then adjourned until 1870 =
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