The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Biggest and Best Session Of Teachers IN.
st;trts Ever Haid in tha County.

When the Ssh annual session of the
Somerset County Teachers Institute al
iourned sine die at noon, Friday, there
passed into history one of the most prof
liable and important meetings of common
school educators ever held in this county.
As indicated in orr last issue the week
was devoted 10 active, earnest work ON
the part Of both teachers ana instructors,
and the benefits derived must manifest
themselves in the various school rooms
of the county and rcsalt in permanent
good to the cause of education. The III
fuence exeried 10y such eminent instrue-
tors as Drs. Waller, Moss and BrnmbIugh
is OF inestimahle value To teachers. They
incite desire for more liDers3 eI--a-
ton and demonstrate that thS school
masters is an honorable profession, niled
with the lofliest ambitions to which noble
men and women can aspire, notwith-
standing the fact that in many cases his
services are eunapprecialed and but poorly
compensated.
Such man rs Dr. BTumbaugh, for in
stance, can not !1il To be an inspiration TO
all who teach i'm the schools OF this Com
monwealth. Although still "A Young man
the lines of his scholarly face bear traces
of devotion To hard and silent study. The
same lines also reveal that he is master of
the subject he chooses to speak upon.
And what pleasure il is TO hear him. He
uses no catchy phrases To please the ear,
but his every sentence is composed OF the
purest English and conveys information
that must Ut once entertain and instruct.
DIR. Brumbaugh's numerous addresses
| before the institute upon " The Teacher"
primary Reading .'rhe Three IS of
Education, ~ Advanced Reading"
Function of Nature in Education"
"How To Study and Teach Literature" a
| gem which would suffice for an evening
lecture, ''Moral Education on Let Him
| First Be- Man." were the most pleasing
features of the week and were eagerly
looked forward to by both teachers and
the general public.
Drs. Waller and Moss both gave valga-
bic instruction gathered from years of ex-
| perience in the profession and from their
advantageous positions for learning what
/ is best aud " holesome for the schools of
/ Pennsylvania.
2S6out of a total of s9teachers employed
in the schools of the county We're present
at the institute OF the four absent ones.
/ two were sisters employed IN the
schools of New Baltimore borough, and
the remaining two were Miss Belle Ship
ley, OF Meyers,lale, who was detained at
home by sickness, and Earl Statler, OF
| Ogle township, whose absence was unac-
counted for.
The lecture course was up 10 the high
standard of former years. In fact it was,
taken rs a whole, am Improvement over a
number of preceding courses. The PRO
| tection-Frec Trade Debate between Hon.
Il. q. Horr and Hon. NJ. ID. Harter at
tracted an immense audience. With very
Few exceptions the audience was delight
! ed with the entertainment. Mr.. Hartcr
opened the debate. He is an excellent
speaker, without any of the arts of the
| orator, and unfortunately on this occasion
on the wrong side of the fence. His re-
marks. however, were unquestiOnabiy
the best elucidaiion of the Free Trade
theory ever heard in this county, and
we're given an attentive hearing by the
audience, a majority cf whom were stall
wait Republicans and believers in pro-
tectiVe tariff.
Hr. Horr said that he really pitied his
friend Harter because he had told him
that lac was wrong in his conclusions on
jiiis great economic question several years
ago, but that hc, Hartcr, either woIldn't
see it, or didn't want 10 see it. Then he
marshalled an array of facts completely
demolishing the fine spun theories OF mis-
opponent and concluded 10y challenging
him to refute them. Mr.. HOrr's remarks
were interlarded with many happy sal
lies at the position OF his adversary,
which called forth prolonged outbuTsts OF
applause from the audience. Both speak
ers appeared to be very much in earnest
even though each received perhaps $50
for the evenings entertainment-and for
several hours after the debate had been
brought 10 Il close Mr.. Harter stood i'm the
hotel hall and argued To an assemblase of
gentlemen that his position is the correct
one and that the people of the United
States must yet realize the error they have
committed.
Major Danes lecture Wednesday even-
ing. on Great Naval Battles Of the Re-
bellion," WAS Of absorbing interest, made
so by the fact that the speaker had partic-
ipated in several of them. His descrip-
tion of the engagement between the
Monitor and the "Merrimac" at
;T,u,nton Road. .,as fbriiliuor 80 was
also, his description of the engagement
at New Orleans and Mobile Bay. The
lecturer spoke for over two hours and
held the attention of his audience until
after he had pronounced the last sentence.
The Schumann Concert Company
proved disappointment to the large au-
dieuce which crowded the opera House
Thursday evening. The company cannot
be compared with any of the musical or
CARNATIONS appearing before an institute
audience in former years without suffer-
ing by the comparison.
The entertainments, taken - a whole,
were exceptionally good and refiec; great
credit upon the Judgment of Superintend-
ent Berkey, who, of course, had never
before heard the Schumann aggregation
make an attempt at vocllization.
The total receipts of the institute, in
Guiding the county appropriation of 500.
were $3.50; the total expenses were
Sgl9. 10. leaving a balance in the hands of
the County Superintendent of S53.l0.
The session Of Teachers Institute just
closed has again illustrated the wisdom
of the school directors of the county in
electing capable and conscientious
County Superintendent.
The success of the institute was i'm
great measure owing 10 his individual eff
forts.
The following resolutions were adopted
by Institute before final adjournment:
RESOLVED, That under the leadership
of our able and efficient Superintendent,
Prof J. NJ. Berkey, our schools have
made long stride forward since our last
annual institute, and that we viii use
every endeavor during the year upon
which we have entered 10 carry them still
farther or in the march of progress.
ReS1iUsd, That we express renewed
confidence i'm ourworthy Superintendent,
recognizing in him q man in every way
fitted and adapted for his work, and that
we will heartily cooperate with him IN
all that will be for the welfare of our
schools.
Re,oIrcd. That the thanks of the MEM
hers of the Institute are hereby rendered
to all the instructors who participated in
the exercises of the occasion, and also to
all who so kindly assisted. by their pres
ence or otherwise, iii oar entertainment,
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