The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-07
TEACHERS AT WORK.
interesting Papers Before King
% County Institute.
Ae DlsrRlcrs REPRESENTED.
Fret Mark Baiiey ON Gains Of Lam
9 gasxss':-Bdogr.phy OF noah Web
g stsr-Toaay,. Pragramme.

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9 met IN annual session yesterday morning
oip the high school room, and County Su-
perlnlendent " A. Pusey called the meet
ins6tc order ats 80 with about 80 members
op5essnt, representfng teachers from every
DISTRICT IN the county. The forenoon ses-
spn ssasoone Of the most interesting as
wei as enthusiasts the institute has so
far held. g S@s5
Ineprogrsmme as published In yester-
day Posr-lsTELLIGEscEE was carried out
qRrof Mark Bailey. OF the state university.
lecturesi on THE Aims Of Language. :"
handing his subject in mastery man
neT. Hesdsiined language as more than
the ABILITY TO write and speak correctly.
ior the stndent should be ahle TO compre-
nefd and fully appreciate the highest and
{ noblest expression OF thought. Both
teennlcal and untechnical men will speak
ana write. and therefore language should
os, In the highest sense. an object of study
10 ALI Language IS science and can lay
Grains 70 as practical an importance to
human life as any other science. Beyond
3 being an instrument OF expression, IL is
the en- odiment Of truth and human ex-
perience. Asit is claimed that a ohiid's
Z future Is determined by the seventh year,
II Is truly essential that this work must be
done by correct expression OF the teachers,
for the child at this age is led TO a great
extent by imitation. As the pupil adj
yances into the grammar school. the aim
should be TO incnlcate the proper rules of
gremmst and of composition. The work
Of Analysis of expressed thought should be
given to him until he is a thorough master
Of IL. The high school should enlarge
upon the previous methods and thorough
Instruction begun in advanced grammar.
composition and rhetoric. To complete
weli-rounded training IN language and
to enable the teacher to properly and per-
iect.y give instruction in the English and
its grammar. Latin is essential to the best
success, since il is the basis of our gram
NAUTICAL and linguistic instruction and
knowledge.
Prof w. j. Meredith read paper on
Patriotic Literature" handling it In his
usual able and forcibie manner. This
concluded the forenoon's exercises.
In the afternoon Prof +. ]. Browne,
principal of the Columbia school, spoke
on. United States History" Prof. Browne
commenced with the biography of Noah
Webster and his part in the history of the
colonies and early administration. He
showed the relation Mr.. Webster held to
the surrender OF Burgoyne. to the support
OF congress under the confederation. to
the formation OF a new constitution, to
the support of Washing.on's administra-
ton, TO the financial difficulties of the
early government and TO his work as q
teacher and author of text books. On the
conclusion Of the address the teachers
mrar r. al tx hA xuh
n anne had not yet been given. Not one in
the room could do so. They were enjoined
not TO over look the facts which were close
read the biographical sketch OF Webster
in the front part of their dictionary.
paper on .Inductive Child Study"
was next read by Miss Martha L. Pike, of
the Columbia school. Her main point
was that ;eachers, if they are TO help their
children to grow up strong. true men and
women, must study the individual needs
OF each, and give to each mind the food
necessary for its growth.
Prof Charles Hill. of the state univer-
sity.. nextread paper on Science and
Its Educational Value" The paper empha-
sized the I'M ortance of an early training
or observing faculties. According to DIR.
Carpenter:
Any right system of education will
take up the faculties IN the order Of their
development and Il is quite certain that
the observing faculties are developed be-
:. fore the reasoning powers. The
training of the observing faculties by at
te nIion TO phenomena of nature, both in
physical and in natural science seems TO
be the natural application of time at The
age Of. say to Il
The study offered as that natural intro
ductory science is botany, and the reason
for its selection is that botanical material
for the training of observation is readily
obtained at nearly all times of the year.
Probably the natural thing to begin with
is study of leaves. which can successfully
be pursued for a whole school year, with
daily exercises of fifteen or twenty min
utes for pupils or 10 years old. The
study of leaves can be followed by the
study of stems of flowers, roots and seed.
Prof Hill recommends also that II
would be desirable that the study of some
one OF the natural sciences be begun at
the commencement of school life and car
RED on continually through higher grades.
The next was a paper on penmanship
by Prof Roland Weatherbee, covering
theoretical and practical penmanship.
positions, pen. material. movements and
blackboard writing
Al special class In algebra of forty
teachers was also held separately, led by
Prof. f. f. Teachner. Of Van ASSET. He
based his work on subject factoring, and
spoke for an hour.
The institute was honored among others
Of the many guests present by the attend
ance .oi Superintendent Z. c. Kerr. Of
Walla Walla Prof Kerr was one of the
terFiteriaG superintendents, and is now a
slneTnber Of The state board of education.
Prof. Kerr has The reputation of being one
of the abIest educators In the Northwest.
= The programme tor today's exercises
will be-
language 1872 Prot Mark Bailey
g sseli.Cdlture q the TezcAeE' ....<.. ...;..-
sIndnetive Chlid study" Martha K. Pike
Z "Foar Epies IN English Literature -.
gtIistsfv. ;.......... Pros =. J. Browne
. ps4,srs ...... Miss tieTtrude " hesler
pssirl,4f5ss, fyl Roland MsatheFbee
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