The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-01-03

Editor John Blair returned toi
Adrian Wednesday.
DR.. and Mrs. Gaugh came home
from Mankato to-day.
" Frank Blair came home Wednes-
day for 4 holiday visit with the home
folks. !
Mrs. Wickman and children who
came down from Lemars to spend
Xmas. returned home to day.
Miss Cheney's many friends here
will be clad to know she is enjoying
herself immensely in Germany.
Mrs. Brant is visiting her son
John and wife at st. James. She
will be home the first Of the week.
Mrs. Torrey Of Minneapolis is
here on visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Ray Humiston. She will be here sew
eral days.
There was a big jam at Ray
Humiston's the night before Christ
mas-people were packed in like sar-
dimes. One lady tainted.
Mr.. Cowan came down from
Marshall yesterday whore be had
been to spend Christmas with his
Mrs.. G. P. Shepard.
Andrew and Herman Doeden
were among our callers to-day. They
came in to have their names enrolled
upon the subscription books Of this
great journal.
Il. NJ. Brooks called to-day. to
make himself solid with the ADVANCE
for 1896. We are sorry to learn that
Mr.. B. and his good wife have not
been enjoying the best of health this
winter.
In Justice Benefits court to-day.
the case Of Fred Heron vs.. D. w.
Chute was settled and dismissed.
Also the case of Eta p. Webb vs..
Samuel Edwards was settled and dis
missed.
The many friends of Rev. and
Mrs. Hartzell will sympathise with
them in the loss of their youngest
son, Howard, who was buried yester-
day in Minneapolis. It is only about
a month since he and his mother
spent a week here. He died Christ
mas day after a weeks illness with
"A fellow by the name Of Mack,
who run paper at Pipestone, the In
dependant, was last week sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary Tor
enlightenment. He will probably get
4 Job on the Prison Mirror. 10 let
our own profession down as easily
as possible, be It known that
Mr.. Mack was also a lawyer.
Prof. e. L. Porter attended the
teachers meeting at St. Paul. In it's
wrrite-up Of the affair the Pioneer
Press says: Probably the most in
terest attached to the high school
sections session in the afternoon, be-
cause Of the earnest discussion Of the
subject Of sQuantitive Physics" pro-
voked. The subject was first treated
in an able paper by Supt Porter Of
Worthington. Supt. Porter said, in
part: 1Quantitive physics is not an
Independent branch. but closely assoc
ciated with the illustrative work SO
much practiced Of late, and with the
theoretical work of the old-time reci-
tation. The recitation is still fun
damental. Consequently, good text
is necessary, and there are many.
such. But when we seek books to
direct high school quantitive work,
we quickly recognize the newness OF
our field. The earliest books OF
value date back only to 81 or 49,.
Whether experiment shall follow or
precede, text study depends on the
topic. To investigate the conditions
under which given phenomena is
secondary to their relation, that is, in
most quantivive work, the text should
precede.' Supt. Porter then went in
to a treatise on the most effective
mode Of teaching by the laboratory
method, and concluded his paper as
follows; But why SO much stress on
quantitive physicist Because pupils,
without special effort, become inter
ested as the best of you cannot inter
est them either by purely the
oretlcal work or even by individual
work in illustrative experience. Their
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