The Dickinson press., 1894-05-26

DR.. Stickney continued the talk o.
the morning. Boys and girls should
have equal freedom of motion il
sports at.d an equal amount of out,
door rlay. Teachers should study
their pupils, find out wherein they
are weak and know what to prescribe
to remedy the defects. He spoke al
some length of the careful physical
tests at colleges, particularly at Har'
ward.
The neatness, cleanliness and beau.
ty of school.roOm and surroundings
was studied from u board diagram,
and the subject of excessive punish
ment discussed.
After drill in mental arithmetic,
MI. Clark conducted a lesson on
Folks administration and the Mexi:
can war.
A motion song was next taught the
members of the institute.
n short exercise in the study and
analysis of words was given by MIR.
Croker.
Practice in military marching oc.
cupied the next five minutes. The
last period was taken up in rules for
spelling and board work.
THURSDAY.
At roll.call. memory gems from
Tennyson were given. After singing
the usual rapid mental number work
occupied a few minutes.
Miss Crowley, with a class from
her own room, taught writing and
reading of decimals and percentage.
Discussion followed the recitation.
Mr.. Croker then conducted a pri.
mary reading class, using the phonic
method.
Practire in correct position for
writing and drill in arm movements
were conducted by Mr.. Croker.
Recess.
An exercise in miscellaneous geog.
raphy occupied the first half. hour af.
ter recess.
A short talk on map drawing fol.
lowed, and the session closed with Il
few minutes work in mental arith-
metic.
AFTERNOON,
ROll.call and the quotat ions were
followed by u history lesson OH the
thirteen original colonies, as a re.
view lesson. Some discussion arose
AS to methods. Do not forget the
five w's-who, what, when, where,
why-in questioning a class.
Advanced arithmetic, with board
work was next considered.
After singing Il motion song the
teachers listened to an interesting
talk by MI. Croker on the air. Ex-
periments were given showing how
impurities in the air and breath may
he proved, and the effects of impure
air clearly shown. Mr.. Croker urg.
ed the necessity of pure air in the
school room. Experiments should be
performed with common, easily Oh.
tanned things.
Military marching and a language
lesson conducted by Miss Spears with
the teachers rs 4 class were the last
OH the program.
FRIDAY.
After memory gems from Whittier
and Shakespeare, the use of the copy.
ing. pad was illustrated.
The song copied sour Baby" was
then sung. The institute then con.
sidered arithmetic, progressive com.
pound proportion. Thelconductor ad.
vised p%icturing a problem to classes
whenever possible.
After a years experience as to
the workings of the law in Ransom
county, the following facts relative
to uniform text hooks ere given by
Mr.. Croker, the county superinten.
dent; the cost to the parent is one.
fourth as much; books are better pre-
served; children have books the first
morning; schools are graded and ex.
aminatiOns are uniform; there is no
extra expense in moving from dis.
trict to district; teachers become
acquainted with n system; scholars
are not deprived of schooling for
lack of books; attendance improves;
the schools are free indeed.
In the afternoon MI. Partridge dis
sected an eye; Prof. Croker spoke
upon the subject of free text books
for counties, the miscalculatlons of
eye sight, etc.
The session was made one of profit
to the teachers, as have been all the
sessions of the week.
TEACHERS ENROLLED.
Emil Christensen, G.. F. Clark, Gus Finger,
Mrs. M. l.. Ayers, Mrs. A. p. Hills, Della
Spears, Florence Spears. Mary Crowley, Nellie
Crowley, Rose Gallagher, Mollie T. Saunders.
Finger, Mary C.. Wagner, Nettie Henderson. o.
E.. Foote, Mary E. Coleman, Mrs. Carrie John.
| son, Lillian HauRan.