The Helena independent., 1894-10-05
THE INTEREST KEEPS UP.
Second Days Session OF the Teach
ers' Institute Of Lewis
and Clarke
An interesting Talk by Supsrin-
tandent Stoere on the
Nations F-lg.
Miss DsVors. Miss MaEasss, Prot Merritt
aud Prof. TsmpIetou Take Part
The Night Programme


Anea Miss DSvors aRaia addressed the
teachers upon tho subject of dlaphTAmaiio
breathing. giving Illustrations and sIsr-
oisca and having the tsAehsrs repeat ths
same. Exercises In the drilling Of voWsl
aud consonAnt SQUADS were also given,
with diiieult eomblnAtions. Children are
natural imiiAtors; thersfors . correct sI.
ample OF pronunciation. bIssthiag. sM-
Tiags Of thS body. standing. etc., should
always be seen In the tsashsr.
Hon. +. A. B,ssre In taking up the sab
jsst OF United States history, read an sE-
tract from ths scAs0l lav OF AsniAnA, re-
gArdlna the dsiT OF isaeAinR trath, moral
Ivy and patriotism. and advised that 90.
Oasions should be set apart for thsir eonsld-
srAtloa. Mr.. sissrs brouaht With hin
eolorsd sketches Of tAs various 1sas used
By The solonisE on diffiesl, occasions, with
q short account Of ,hsir origin and their
meaning, In all . very Interesting eollss-
,isn. The Gag designed by wsshingien
and franklin In Philsdelphla wiih hs
symbolieAl msaAina. was diseased; from
that design the pIsssn, United States nag
is derived. The enactment By congress In
177T concerning the prssen, nsR was also
brought up, and . few instansss given OF
the nrsi uses Of the Gag, with I've hrsi ren-
ogni,ios By foreign powers. The changes
In the flag a. different times we're given.
until the flag reached iis present condition.
with ihirissn sirips. Q blus fsld and forty
four white stars, the came number % the
number Of states.
Miss MsEnsss read . little rhyme oon-
esrnina the vronunsiation OF The word
vase" In sahina MP The Dictionary woih.
which caused rippls Of smile. A liss Of
words on the beard Was thea discussed and
thsir proper pronunciation given. II vas
pointed out that caution should be used In
sending children 10 the dictionary before
they understand ths use Of the naIks; that
should be taught hrs. from the board.
After . recess Prof. Msrsiu snss more
took up the subject OF sriihusiis. He re-
tsfated the statsnsnt that he vas laying
down no plans or arbitrary msthoda Each
teacher must work them out for himself.
He merely wished 10 throw soms light on.
or give some idss Of ,hs msutal processes
used In understanding underlying prinoi-
pies. All arithmetic 10 mental process ths
written work 10 merely an sKpsdieut, q con-
vsnisnos, aud 10 ussd for that purposs;
each step 10 Q mental one, and the great
object 70 be achieved 10 the development Of
the inherent powers OF the mind. Then tab.
ing mp the work where the previous lessen
ended. Prof. Merritt gave an illustration Of
factoring BY inspection, and the last con.
mon multiple Vas arrived ~ By deduction,
the greatest common devlsof vas obtained
In the same war. Children In this soAnss-
tlon should be induced to state In correct
language the principles Underlying ths p'o-
oess. All these steps lead naturally up 70
fractions which should be taken up whom
thsy can be understood, NOT bsfsrs. The
idea OF fractions and their red cotton should
be given BY ocular Demonstration. before
any mechanical work IL given. Mr.. Msr-
rits was Of The opinion that ~ oil the pro-
eessss arc mental, much written work 10
Unnecessary; 1, is only necessary 70 an
dsrstand the PRINCIPLES involvsd. Miss
Rsifeursth supplemented Mr.. ksrittslrs-
marks BY giving a simple and effective OF.
Iedient for division of fractions. In dsci-
NAL fractions 10 10 again trus that previous
stsps have prepared for the work. Tbs
student goes back to the vsry beginning Of
ariihmetie-ths seals OF ten. aAd the work
is all built upon that principle.
In the afternoon Niss MaCnsss took up
the subject OF literature, and under her
skillful adninis,ration the ssbj,ot took
added interest 10 that which 10 Inherent in
~. Cooper was the novelist under oonsid.
eration. and several OF those present, In
oludinu Miss WoodmAn, Miss Nootrah.
Mr.. Bramhls and others, gave vorA pie
lures OF his life and works. Talks upon
Lowell, and rssdiuEs from his poems vsrs
given.
Prof Teuplston continued his 'psda-
eogios." giving 70 q somewhat dTy subject
the snliysning force Of his sun Interest. A
lively discussion eoneerninR home ishu-
snos, the religion. politics. sie.. Of parents
snsuSd aud the general conclusion arrived
At that the best NSchsF phases himself In
sympathy with the shild, looking Al thinEs
from his standpoint. aud from there. With
ou, AntAgosizinR him, leads him 10 broad
basis OF fundamental truth. The aim Of o
school 10 10 develop q child physically.
meatAlly aud morally. Many means 10
ihis END were Diseased. including house
and grounds, furniture and 1Itufsa
nsigb6orhood, the school course. the class.
the lesson, the manner aud morals OF the
tsohsr, and nauy others.
After recess Prof. Ten plston eoniiaued
his work, changing the subisoi 70 Thstoric.
and taking up letter writing" Of various
tenoss. ths following Toinis we're oonsid-
cred, style, diotion. VosAbulAry, dissrlmiAa-
tlon, purity OF dioIlou. bstbaTiIns. etc.
Wod Dc we're oonsidsrsd ss TSVutshs, ma
tioual. present. foreign words, new words
law 0f verbal formation, sio. Synonyms
aud shades Of moaning Vers spoken OF, and
examples glysr. All OF these poisu vsrs
discussed At greater or less length sntll the
lilac oEms for Adioutnmsnt.
The pToRTsmmS foi the second evening
/ Of the inAutate called oUt a fuli house and
proved pleasure 20 all in attendance The
hfsI number on the pTogTamms wss a Vio-
| In aJlo BY Pfof OldhHm. which olllsi
forth ga saoois aud vas very Kindly re-
8 ond'd 80 by TIE gentleman. Miss De
| Yors favored the AudiensS nth . reeiIs-
hon. The Dead Pussy Cat" which vss
| Vsry automatically Isesivsd and thsrs-
spun ths younR sloeutionist gEys "Pisily
lrus' In = most charming manner.
Prof. TemTlston Of The Methodist uni-
ye.sitv followed with his lecture on Victor
HuPo," TIE lesturs was listtnad 10 With
the closes, attention and was thorouthly
ehjoysd by all.
| Tee inu.itaie will close to-day, The
daily attsndNneo hAl been good and the
wo x OF tho insirSoIoa very sIoslisnt.
That Joyfoi TsslIng