Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-18

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colored people are very ANXIOUS to do
something tor their race; but the great
trouble is they don't know how TO do
1t is the duty of all. and every good
citizcn will adhere 10 this dnty. 10 aid
IN lifting up the ignorant masses.
After preliminary remarks the con.
dnctor proceeded TO the discussion of
The Teachers Institute. lie quoted
The definition OF education as given in
syllabcs. The object Of education i
80 to train and develop the mind and
body as to give 10 the individual pow
cr to do the work Of lie, 10 meet the
ends OF his c"eatiOn.' Another dcini.
ton of education as given by ID. W.
Shcrrod * Education is such a dcvcl
opmcnt OF our rati0nql powers as will
enable us TO do the greatest good in
The elevation ot ourselves and our
fellows, Other definitions were giyen
by Professors & Lucas and W NJ
Thompson.
The principle, meRS Suar IN cOrDore
SuHO, was fully discussed alter which
he Institute adjourned Tor the morn.
ing.
The afternoon session opened with
the discussion of Primary oral Gcog
raphy, conducted by Prof, EC Lucas,
Mr.. Lucas made the study simple and
attractive. After this the conductor
finished out the afternoon asking ques-
tons on and discussing the Teachers
Preparation and Moral TRIMMING.
After the opening on Tuesday morn.
ing the Institute was favored with an
able lecture on Educational Psycholo.
gy by the conductor. p ii Saunders.
The various activities, faculties and
powers of The mind and their inter,
relationship were clearly pictured. 1t
was shown that every teacher, to do
successful work, must know mind aud
this can only be shown through its
activities. The subject of Language
Lessons was next taken up and dis
cusscd by Mrs, Ida Bentlv. Ms. B,
showed herself up on teaching the
little ones 'anguage-a hard task for
most teachers. Begin this work as
soon as the pupils enter school. Con-
yerAational exercises are proper icr
beginners.
Primary Reading was the next sub
Jet well discussed and illustrated by
Miss Annie Griggsby. Miss Grisss
by cnnncia'cs and %arliculatcs well and
is a choice teacher for reading. A
preference was shown for The word
method, sentence method, and phopic
method combined.
The important subject OF Clns.
Management was fully discussed for
Tie interest Of the body by ID. W.
Shcrrod j. The speaker showed
with much farce and clcarncss that
class management and school govern
mcnt are two terms meaning almost
the same thing. If we find one in a
school we have the other. Certain
incentives and. penalties aid in creating
an interest and help to manage the
class. Pupils must be interested. Glass
illcation depends not altogether on
knowledge but maturity of mind. En-.
ploy all the class. Study to do This,
Tuesday afternoon, Relation of the
County superintendent to the Pros
pcrity of Public schools was discussed
with an enthusiastic intcisst. The
conductor emphasized the tact that
County Superintendent should not al
low young and inexperienced teachers
to have charge Of Il large SHOOT as
principals. II is an injury to the
teacher, pupil and the county at large.
1t DESTROYS the child mind. Pay
teachers for qualification and cxj cr-
fence and YOU will have better teach.
crs.
Prot. b. a. Jordan discussed mrn
tai arithmetic as the logic Of The COM.
mon branches. Many new thoughts
were advanced as how best to teach
that study. All agree that it should
begin with the child's study.
u 5. History was discussed by NJ NJ
Barker. Much stress was placed On
the culture value of history. The me
thods of teaching this study was
made clear. Stories create an early
taste for history.
An enthusiastic discussion arose
over the subject of Grammar. Parsing
and Analysis are the foundation stones
OF oil grammatical knowledge. a
diagram is a simple form of an ,lysis,
m object lesson in grammar Murri,'s
CHA Grammar is a stumbling block
for he, ~inncrs.
Course Of Study tor County Schools
was deliberately discussed before The
Institute by d. W. Shcrrod Jr. The
speaker pictured the advantage OF
grading the County schools with 50
much torto and clenrness that it was
decided by the teachers, the Condnc.
tor aiding in the decision, TO grade
tho county schools. Supi. S. NJ.
Thomas offered his hearty support aud
and 20 operation. A committee Of
five was appointed by the Conductor
TO arrange the grades and offer The
same to the other teachers for adop-
ton. The committee is at work. II
mig"' be well to speak here of tho or
.anization ct n teachers Lvceum un-
der the directions Of the Conductor.
Mrs. A. W. Lucas is Pres, ID. w.
Sherrod Jr. Pros, of the Cabinet. Tho
names of the other officers with duties
will DO gwen later. Next meeting the
first Saturday in September.
Physiology and Hygiene was made
quito interesting as well as instiu two
by Prof. p Shcrrod.
Mrs a W Lucas gave TO the Insti.
fntc the advantage of her cxperienrc
which ia great OH the study Of N, fur
al Philosophy.
The Institute closed Friday evening
with tcacher's social and Tie cxecu
ton ofthc following programme:
Song-By Teachers.
Prayer -ny Rev. W.. N. Thomson.
faotr, ~ ct OF Education - She :.
rod
Quartet ''Moonliglt on the Lake.v
Essay. "Do your work weli,r-Miss NJ l.
She,rod.
solo, ii met her at the Ball,n-Miss IL
Oyerton.
Recitation, "alacksmith story.r-L II
King.
Paper, practical T~eaching,o=D. W.
sherrod, Js.