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. 'a'fc . The eleventh annual .s-stnn Of
ihr North tarOAus Tra,herS' Assembly, u.s
opened "Wednesday june Bah. With Ms.
i'sch'tcld Br,okheld ~ NcNi~ro osc ,f
III" ior freslslruis la the chair III. prr,,.
ieo' 81 the Assembly. Trot = t. HatsoSsi.
p "hl"ni, hcing detained At home on a..
"'nhi q sickness in his family.
wednesday afternoon. the ua~int.rr~ Of
! 'he Assembly aocsgici the invitation of the
toa'tnen of Morehead CITY aud Beaufort ta
a supplementary sail
AT ~ wednesday evening the o,-ni,.
address .! the Assembly pas delivered b,
h"hFy hlount editor 81 the Wilson MIrroY
h's Theme ~as The sgrmnuntlns ai dim.
'"Hies and the rcSari pf faithful I-rrsSyrr-
ah'e, lie was greeted with a lar,sr audi.
enoe that felt encouraged BY his words IL
was good spcych aud we'll ,lcli,rrsi
President Taylor. Of Wake Forest Collr,.e
"'' "o' present Thursday morning to r,ad
a paper "n What you owe to- your boys.
AS the Programme annouucvd Hit pf.
James Atkins, President OF A.heyill. Pc.
male college gave au excellent address ON
What you owe to your girls" Dr. Atkins
spoke Nithow manuscript, aud made fa,.
orabie impression. lie plead for an equal
education of girls with boys Girls do not
want the same kind of training a. boys. Ia
study the same subjects. For the srTe. are
different, physically aud mentally They
have different work to DO ia the world But
the girls arr the Intellectual equals of tn.
boys, and their education should extend ~
far. We want to make not men of our
girls, but the bcss kind of women wom-
ans highest position is that OF wife aud
mother.
! According to the custom of the Assembly
alter the reading of paper OF delivery of
hn address on the mornings program me,
the subject Was open for general discussion
] he short, animated speeches that followof
DIR. Atkins, can hardly be called q discus
sIon for they all agreed ia endorsing what
had been said Remarks were made by DR..
! X. H. Lewis, hinston Capt. G. r. Siles
Holly Sprnfs, Mr.. J. NJ. Weatherby High
Point; Prof. Dred Peacock, Greensbsro Fe-
male College, and Mr.. Henry BIount
The Assembly does not meet in the after
noon, but gives the members opportunity to
70 sailing, surf bathing, or to take other rec
| rcation
| ON the programme for Thursday evening
| Mr.. {. W. Barien, editor of the school Bul-
letion, Syracuse, y. Y, was announced for
an Address" lie was not present In
stead. Mr. Henry Blount delighted u large
audience with recitations from various dra-
mas and negro minstrel farce. In this
Mr.. Blount is genius. His representations
OF the character. Of dialogue are perfect,
and he is equally good in tragedy and ia
comedy.
The discussions OF Friday morning were
the first that could be- of practical value TO
school teachers. There were about hfty-tive
present Supt 4 =. Moses, of Raleigh, read
"A paper on Primary Reading" He adyo-
Gated teaching beginners to learn words by
the phonic method that is, by teaching them
the sOunds-not the names-ol the letters
First children should be taught 10 pro-
nounce correctly. Many children, when
they enter school, 10 not IL is absurd TO
teach them to spell words they cannot utter.
Before teaching them to recognize printed
words, teach them TO spell simple words by
calling the elementary sounds Of the words
not by naming the letters. Having thus
learned that II word is not a simple sound,
but is composed of two. th rec, or more parts,
teach the children the letters, III the charac-
tiers representing these sounds
Mr.. Moses argument for the value Of
phonic teaching was convincing. Ii will
save time in learning TO read. II is the ra
tional way to teach reading This is the
method in use in European schools. He ad-
mitted that the English is the most irregu-
lar of lndo- European tongues. But no Ian
guage is regular, and ninety per cent. of
English words are regular in their spelling,
and may bc learned by sound. Then teach
them this way, and the remaining ten per
, cent. as exceptions, merh0rizing each word
without rule, as all are now learned. The
speaker quoted eminent authorities in sup
port of his position. English can be taught
thus, for III some schools it is taught by the
phonic method. The paper was scholarly,
the result Of years of study upon this sub
ject, and long in investigation. Mr. Moses
style is direct and earnest. The Secretary
announced that this paper would be pub
lished. Every teacher Of young children
s should read IT,
Primary Arithmetic" by Miss Kate Nc
7 kinnon of St. Mary's School, Raleigh was
the next subject on the programme. This
: was omitted, owing to the absence of the
speaker.
: Miss Eliza Pool, Principal of the Murphy
Y Building of the Raleigh City Schools read q
}. paper on Spelling" She gave some good
{ suggestions TO teachers Her paper also ex-
posed the inconsistencies of orthodox Eng
Q iish spelling, and was a strong argument for
the spelling reform, that is advocated by the
/. pathological societies of England and Amer
" lea. At the close of this reading, discussion
y was participated in by Measrs. T.. q. Harrell
=, Raleigh l.. ID. Howell, Goldsboro G. r.
Siler, Holly Springs; f. K. Smith, Atlanta
Is Ga Z. p Moses, Raleigh; Dr. r. II. Lew
Is is, Kinston T.. T.. Britton, Rutherfordton.
H. Supt. &. n. Toms, Durham, introduced q
# resolution sitting that the y. c. Teachers
l.. Assembly endorses spelling reform, and tina
a copy of the resolution be sent to the Sec
rstary of the American Pathological Society
- DIR. NJ. Rice, of Boston, Mass, was or
y the programme for Friday evening, subjec
a. Scientific Teaching" DIR. Rice is the au
thor of the articles that appeared in th'
ls Forum about a year ago criticising ths
X school system of certain American cities
,o He, however, failed TO come to Moreheat
Il ity, and President Hobgood. who had ar
!, rived the day before, delivered the delayet
~ inaugural address. His subject was ''Th'
'n life, work, and character of Thomas Arnold
Head Master of Rugby School" Mr.. Hob
Al -
G. ject, and happy in its presentation.
ne saturday morning the Assembly hall wa
of filled TO hear the intercollegiate debate for
-, gold medal, offered by the Assembly. Tn
W subject was J.: Resolved that Great mel