The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-06
Miss Sullivan Takes her Dopar-
turs. Regretted by AN
VERY INTERESTING EXERCISES
Continue to Mark .hS Progress of tho
Institute Each Day = Profitable
Talks on Literature, Grammar aud
Psychology Yestordsy-Tho Teach.
ing of Drawing Illustrated.

cnuptet OF EIoNeEUu auu Vu9tSN u AS' :
Tsat prayer. Superintendent Anderson
spoke pleasantly Of the progress Of the
institute thus far. and urged the teach-
era to embrace the opportunity they
are now having to learn how to grow.
He said that the teacher who has ceased
10 grow ought TO leave the profession.
Above all things we ought TO seek wis
dom, for wisdom Is the principal thing.
He introduced Professor Irish, who
took up tho subject Of grammar, first
calling attention to some temperance
gems written on tho blackboard. lie
began with the clements oil sentence,
principal and subordinate. A great
many words arc purely rhetorical, have
no grammatical force. They go by the
name Of attendant elements. The moro
cultured person becomes, tho less OF
these meaningless words are used. The
learned use words that mean something.
lie spoke Of three kinds Of predicatcs:
| !, a verb alone; 2, q verb and an adiec'
tive; 3, verb and noun. We have
the pure copuia, the impure copula and
the strengthened copula. Tho copula
and the attribute form the predicate.
A colo by Miss Maize Jacobs, OF
Unisn school, followed, Miss Maud
Noble at the niano. The song, Como,
Buy My Flowers" was loudly applauded.
Miss Sullivan followed on the subject
OF Language Lessons" With class
OF little boys and girls from Centre
school she showed how TO develop Ian
cuago in the minds OF the little folks.
She used the blackboard, drawing dit-
ferent objects and leading the children
to talk about them. The exercise wac
most interesting one. Miss Sullivan
showed herself master OF her subject,
and she also shows what q power the
teacher has who ia able to use the
| crayon rapidly and vol. 1t should
surely cause all tho teachers to try to
prepare themselves TO use this great
power.
After a ten minutes recoss DR..
Quarles continued the subject OF
Psychology. Hc first spoke Of the diff
Guilty OF understanding tho subject,
from the fact that it is not tangible,
cannot DO grasped by tho senses. But
the moro studied tho better it is under
stood. Tho teacher uses 1t evory day.
The knowledge OF the mind gives the
teacher power. lie carefully reviewed
his previous talks. and then spoke
particularly OF tho relative powers Of
the mind-the secondary powers. de
next smoke OF tho auxiliary powers, or
tho helping powers, the servants oil tho
other powers. These powers do not add
to our stock OF knowledge. They are
tho hod-carriers OF the mind. MOmory
| does threo things: II retains what We
know, IL reproduces what we know, 1t
represents what we know. The memory
is the minds storehou,e. The reten-
tive power OF the memory is the same
| in all persons. We retain all We get.
| We never forget. The great power OF
the memory Us far as Touching IS con-
Cerned is the reproductive power.
Another song was sung, alter which
Prof. Irish gave a talk on photography,
which was greatly enjoyed by tho en-
tire institute. At the close he gave ton
test words to be pronounced by marking
Thorn diacritically. The words were:
mercy, carbino. gangrene, mustache,
bronchitis, machine, Hemaus, franchise,
catch-weight, frontier
The time for adjournment having or.
rived, the institute closed until J 30.
The afternoon session opened by
singing america" with a vim that
caused the very walls to echo the
strain. Miss Sullivan continued her
lesson on drawing, having before her
the same class of little boys aud girls
she instructed In tho forenoon. and tho
lesson was fully as interesting II not
more so than the former one.
This was Miss Sullivan's last lesson,
and the teachers all express great re-
grot that she will not BIO present during
tho remainder OF the institute. She is
| the author OF the System OF Drawing
used in the Wheeling schools and from
her instruction tho teachers will no
doubt catch an Inspiration that will tell
on thoir teaching OF drawing during tho
school year Just opening. Miss Sulli-
van leaves with tho we'll wishes OF all
| who have had the pleRsuro Of listening
to her instructions. A unanimous vote
of thanks was rendered her for her
valuable instructions during the three
days She has been present.
DR.. Quarlc4 continued his talk on
Psychology. first explaining what ho
meant in his forenoon lecture by tho
term common sense. 1t was in q toch-
meal sonse, meaning tho Same as rca-
son. He thon continued to discuss tho
subject OF memory. Tho laws that gov.
orn tho retentivc powers OF the memory
arc objective. while tho laws governing
the reproductive powers arc subjective.
Two Of the laws aro repetition aud in.
forest. These arc laws that are OF i'm
portance TO tho teacher. II you are
deeply interested in n subject 1t i'm
prints itself upon tho MUD so indellbly
that It il easily recalled.
Professor Irish followed him on tho
subject OF literature, continuing his
morning talk. His lecture was greatly
enjoyed.
Tho committee to decide on tho
photography contest gave tho prize to
Miss Reeves, OF Madison school, 1t be-
ing a nicely bound copy OF "Momory
Gems."
Tho institute holds no session to-day
until evening, whom It meets in the Sec
ond Prosby torian church. Tho teach
ers will attend tho fair to-day. To'mor'
row there will DO but ono session, com.
mcncing at s a. III. All unto in tho
opinion that this is ono OF tho best in'
stitutes over hold in Wheeling.
TIE famous musical composers have