Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-18
THE SCHOOL OF METHODS.
THE PROGRESS or THE work
DURING THE SECOND WEEK.
Miss Firth's Instruction in the De-
pnrtmcnt Of Primary Mrthods-
Opposed 10 the Mechanical
AIphnbetic Process.


teaching OF reading to beginners has
been subject of much discussion
among men and women who are strlv-
ing to carry out the educational re-
qulrements for the present and future
generations. The greatest economy of
effort and the best possible results,
IRE demanded In an age OF Irresistible
progress.
To teach reading and at the Same
time present conditions for the deYel-
opment Of mental actiWty--to give the
child something to think about--and
thus make the written expression as
natural u mode as the oral; this Is
what the primary teacher is trying to
do, and 1t Is method both natural
and economical.
1t is strongly opposed to the me-
chnnical process OF alphabetic und
phonic word building. A special stress
is laid upon the ability OF the teacher
20 draw well, since 1t is a means OF
gaining voluntary attention, and OF de-
Neloplng artistic and ethical ideas. She
IL most successful who can best eX-
press thought, and who can best
arouse the conscious activities of the
child. IL has been said that elementary
education must become n liberal edu-
cation, and this fact has never been
more keenly recognized than at the
present time
Therefore there Ia a demand in the
primary school for greater degree
~ tesi ,,, 10 those stuoles whlch
.J,u 40 mike me indlyldunI broad and
i ,,sV,ous IN Ihehtnl activity. sueh stud
ture and geography have their places
in the primary curriculum, as well
as In that OF the higher school.
During the next week the methods
" - prs .t,n iE these IN an elementary
NJ VI W slNSn.
,,, mGs,ous o. tshehlng geography, inter-
Mrs will 'uvs IIustratiNe LESSONS
s mls, WINE D. House, Instructor,
i9NuH.
urPose OF lessons
4, 70 ram observation, memory, Inn
a6.'sl'i ~ JuuBheht' reason and IAN
hS'1 - =" Lhe ehlid.
co,,osD,,t tne ucquisllon OF knowledge
litinoi ditst,to 1T pnys,Sa, regions po-
n n,iIai ulN!9iohs' productions and In
uu7'iies u ieNaS'
MI the acquisition OF knowledge
~ IL, "a ~ part or Inc earth and
VI ~ uapihuon as the home Of man,
~ hU5e paItlcularly as the home OF
s"r hin ,a amd a5 "a means OF supplying
~. Nun loou' clothlng ana shelter
ia make me enid glad that he
ii,,es .n9 ~, nc ives In Texas that he
iinss IN Lurralt county, and that he
hE ga IN fort Worth
,ieNas'
bnr IN the east, like low-hung clouds,
me waving woodlands lie,
M u, ~ tne west the Glowing plain
Dets Warmly IN the SKY,
ppIvct VI introducing poetry Into the
inrucnlng or geography. /. For
tho ,, dlilg lnhuenSe 2. To quicken
the imagination, 3. To cultivate taste
FOR the beautiful 4. To appeal to the
HlbHeT faculties.
l. study of Texas. Study the super
ncla' structure OF the state from the
teSt ana by map-drawlng.
objects OF map-drawing; |. A pleas
. T mie,hou which appeals TO the eye.
taste and imagination. 4. Improves the
, reSs"mlns power . Strengthens the
nelal structure study It's slope. it's
tnree terraces, mountainous plateau,
n 1ngun'a ans rivers. islands peninsulas,
pai,s study Texas In regard to its sit,
surrounding states and countries. to
understand It's commercial relations,
anu IN regard to its situation as TO
honss, 70 understand Its climate and
productions. Clearness OF thought is
developed In the pupil by means on
We NlNlu presentation OF facts. and by
constant appeal to the experience.
3, Study its divisions as TO nTodpc-
tons-yegetable and animal
!, Eastern TeNas;
The waving woodlands lie"
Eastern Texas Is the region between
the SABINE and the Trinity rivers, and
II me lumoer-growing region of Texas.
= central Texas;
"A Favored land.
WIN rivers wide and fertile soil
region doubly blest,"
Lies between the Trinity ana tho
Sol9rado rivers, and Is the agricultural
Issloh, FROM us diversity OF produce
lions 'he agricultural region is divided
INTO
III ~ southern Texas;
fierv, IN sunny cline, mid breeses
u,,,., o'a NO
Bright flowers unfold and luscious
fruits expand;
NO wintry blast to chill, the magnolia
, blows
inc sweet hg rlpens and the orange
sloWs'
Along the coast, the sugnr-growInr
region, and II Is noted for It's produc.
(h) Central part or mo a,,.,o,,,.,,,
region, has the warm. moist climate
ana the fertile soil which meet Tho
t re-, OF the cotton plant and
the distinctive production is cotton, in
the production OF which Texas ranks
"rsS MI,