The herald., 1894-04-05
POINTERS FOR PEDAGOGlB,
The County Teachers Inst;nte
Meeting Yesterday.
hfr. Evans Of Pasadena Hclares
Against Utilitarianisl.
a Sumbar Of Clever Papers Dad-some
lively observation-disclosures
ticn Of SAluting ~
Fiss.
The county teachers, astitute met


yesterday morning at theusual hour.
In sections one and tw Miss Rather
ine Ball taught drawinga and A. E. Win
ship taught arithmetc
In the high school ection Mr.. L. l..
Evans Of Pasadena sad an excellent
paper On modern Languages. He claimed
that the modern tensency of the schools
ie too mnch toward so-called utilitsri-
auiem. Pupils are expected to be ex'
perts at budding trees and shoeing
horses. All manner of fads are fash
ionable, but tneFeally useful, refining
aud elevatinz lsnguage studies are neg
iected
Professor Bansby spoke in favor OF a
bination Of the new and old methous
oi teaching languages.
Professor Havemsnn spoke IN favor oi
tho old method.
Prof.. John Dickinson spoke in favor OF
university methods OF instruction as
iconoclastic and the most uniformly
fruitful OF good results.
Professor Kirk spoke against the uni
versity plan az too conservative.
Professor Baker read paper on the
ancient languages. He claimed that
too much time is spent on difficult
books, while simple works suitable TO
the classes should be used.
Miss Matte A. Reed of Pomona read
paper on literature aud rhetoric. She
gave a complete outline of q plan OF
teaching literature. The society voted
TO request her to allow her paper to be
published.
Prof. Kirk and Prof. Meredith COM
menGed Mics Reeds paper. Mr..
Huichison said that lest it should seem
that all were agreed, he should ask why
oral language and literature work are 30
sadly neglscted, when oral work 10 of so
much Importance to everybody save the
deaf
Prof. Pierce gave an outline of the
new method used in the normal school.
Prof. Larkey criticized the normal
school work.
In the afternoon the institute met in
the general asse by room.
Prof. John Dickinson was the first
speaker. We need healthy budy.
Without it we are nothing; with it we
are powerful. We need the body not
for itself. hut for the mental effort it
will permit.
Some teachers learn things, not for
teach, teach, teach.
Whoever says, 81 do not care for
that because it is not in nv grade"
is traitor to the cause of education.
We do not study to teach, to know, to
plan better than others, or to seem bet
ter than others, but to be living,
breathing souls who do not need an
excuse for their creation.
There are now too many souls that
are not 9ouls-mere cringing, fawning,
whining 5ycopiiante, vino count as one
only when the census-taker calls, or
when orders are drawn for salaries.
There is more in living than mere ex-
istence. There is more in knowing
than having something to tell again.
man is what he feels or realizes.
We can congratulate ourselves on living
in the foremost files of time only when
we ore in the ranks of those who live
and move. Ii the mountains have no
message for us, if the great deep speaks
not to us, il the smallest thing that is ia
not TOR us we have not lived as we shonld
have lived. Like the enraptured girl
that gazed for the first time on the mag
niticient panorama of the worlds fair, |
am glad that do live, am glad that
have the glorious opportunity of seeing
WV btohNOuA "a OAO6SOA bulnk6g buo RIOTY
OF the universe.
He only is worthy OF the name of
teacher who lifts the veil that hides
from common eyes the things that are
sublime.
Mics Mary Lathrop of Pasadena spoke
on the Sloyd system of manual train
ing.
The simple straight line ia the basis OF
many things. The boy who cuts accu-
rRtely has brain to guide the knife,
and there is as much food for thought
in the Workshop as in any other place.
In Sweden the work of Sloyd has been
labor OF love. The best men OF
Sweden have given every encouragement
to those earnest people who work go
hard Tor the success OF manual training.
as taught in the Sloyd system. At
present all thoughtful people are consid-
ering and many are adopting some sys-
TEN of manual training. We believe
that the Sloyd system offers more ad-
vantages than any other system, and
that its general adoption would be a
great advance in education.
Mr.. A. E. Winship of Boeton contin.
ned his talk of yesterday afternoon on
Educational Psychology. This modern
psychology which now has the field is
known as phvsiological psvcbolo0v II