Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-02-21
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Held at Victory Friday and Saturday
February 8 and 10.

February 8 and 10.
Institute called to order with Supt.
Watts in the chair. Exercises opened
with prayer by Rev. w. A, Adcock.
Organization completed by electing E.
I. Wine, Secretary, and l.. Hilbert, AS
sistant Secretary.
Supt. Watts made a few remarks,
stating the purpose of the meeting.
In looking over the audience he said
he was made to exclaim, "What crowds
of people!" and predicting from what
he saw, an interesting Institute. T. g..
Garst and j. T. Vines who had been
assigned the two first topics on the pro-
gram, not being present, A. NJ. Mettetal
was called on to give a select reading.
He gave a short talk on the difficulties
experienced in securing expression.
He then read an amusing selection,
which he rendered in his own charac.
teristic way, much to the amusement
OF the audience. The reading was fol-
lowed by talks on the methods of teach
ing reading, by Mettetal, Murray, Ad-
cock, Sherrell and others.
The Supt. appointed a committee
consisting of Messrs Mead, Murray,
Mettetal and Sherrell to formulate q
program for the night session. Ad-
journed for dinner.
Should not teaching be ranked with
the professions, was presented by w.
A. Adcock, who delivered quite an eu-
logism on the dignity of the position
occupied by the teacher. "The profess
sional teacher" was assigned to A. E.
Mead, who contrasted the course pur-
sued by the members of the other plo-
fessions with that of many persons who
enter the school room as teachers. He
emphasized the idea that the successful
teacher can only become such by loving
the work for itself Prof. Sherrell pre-
sented very lucid method of teaching
percentage which was well received. &.
My experience this year as teacher"
was given in several interesting talks
by Messrs Malone, Depew, Adcock
Sherrell and Mettetal. The subject of
compound numbers was presented by
S. w. Murray, whose method OF teach
ing met with general appreciation. Ad-
journed to meet at G: 30 P. NJ.
Night session opened with prayer by
Prof. Sherrell. Recitation by Laura
Wattinbarger. What authority should
be exercised by the teacher on his
pupils out of the school room, was dis
cussed by Messrs Slonaker, Sherrell &,
Mettetal and Hale. The general opn-
ion was that the teacher was re.
spousible for the conduct at and from
school, while the child was wholly
under the control of the parent on the
way to school. Mettetal however dis
senting, and claimed that the teacher S
authority should be exercised over the
pupil on the wav to school as we'll
Recitation, Miss Mollie Barns: Decla
nation, Clayton Martin. How to de-
velop thought" was discussed by TIC.
Garst, DR.. Hale and Mettetal. Recita-
tion, Miss Hassie Grisham The exer-
cises for the evening closed with a Sc.
lect reading by A. w. Mettetal which
was SO ammusing within its self and
the rendering on the part of the reader
so cleverly done, that the teachers
laughed off the fit of indigestion with
which they were threatened from eating
a gorge" of the many good things
that the deft hands of the fair ladies
had prepared for the comfort of the
inner man; and to which the Sc ,retary
though not teacher, did ample JUS
tice, and were it not that he is con-
tirmed bachelor he would certa ainly
court every young lady in three miles
of Victory Institute or have one of
them for wife. Adjourned to meet
at 8 A. NJ.
SECOND DAY.