The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-10
THE BROOKE TEACHERS.
Second Days Session Of Their Au-
nual Institute
HELD AT HELLSBURG YESTERDAY.
Tho Exercises Seem to Increase In In.
forest and Profit Instead OF DlmIn,
ishinG-MuSIc Is Made an Attractive
Feature OfthO sOssIoas-Tho Topics
Discussed.

-
Tho second day OF tho WcllOburg in.
HtituIe opened promptly at 0 o'clock,
being called to order ny the county
superintendent, Mr., Russell. Tho
choir sang "The Battle Hymn OF the
Republic" all joining in the chorus, ].
e. Baxter led in prayer. Tho choir
sang There's Music in tho Air" Tho
roll was called and attendance marked,
FOrIy.avO wero enrolled Monday, which
was yesterday morning increased to
fifty.
The subject OF "HoW to Teach Geog.
Faphy to BeRlaasrs" was opened by
Mrs, Quest, The points made werO'
First, teach direction second, points Of
compass; third, intermediate points OF
the compass. She gave aome very in
teEeating incidents coming under her
own observation in teaching geography,
The subject was further discussed by
quite q number Of teachers, including
the instructor.
"How to Teach Morals" was discussed
by Prof. Mitchell. Ono point made was
worthy OF the attention Of all the teach.
Ors: The disposition Of the pupil to
the school IL generally what the teach
or makes 1t, Another was; II you
teach q pupil how to learn, you have
done great work.
After q recess OF ten minutes, the
subject Of Elementary Arithmetic was
introduced BY the Instructor, and was
continued by quite number oil teach
srs, and it proved very interesting.
Mr.. Mitchell gave his method oil teach
ing addition aud subtraction, beginning
with objects, aud passing from them to
abstract numbers.
The different methods OF teaching
subtraction Were shown and discussed.
Methods Of preventing hardness and
whispering were presented aud die.
cuIsed, and quito number OF plans
were given, which, those giving them,
claimed had been used successfully.
RollRrd's synthetic method Of read
ing and spelling was ,exempliled by
Anglo NJ. Harding. Size used class OF
boys and girls from tho Wellsburg pub.
lie school, II was q class OF beginners.
reading in the frat reader. The pupils
showed great proficiency in giving tho
sounds OF the letters. They also read
very we'll.
Prof. Mitchell explained tho system
and told what 1t was doing in the Wells
burg schools. All present wero very
much pleased with tho exercise. The
children showed that they had made
remarkable progress for their age aud
the time they had attended school.
Rev. ]. L. Goodnight, ID. D., tho now
~ elected president Of tho West Vir-
ginia University, having arrived, was
introduced TO tho institute, and made
some very pleasant remarks, contrast.
ing the public schools OF now to what
they were whom he was q schootboy,
The doctor is q man Of very pleasant ad.
dress, and his talk made very good
impression on all who heard him. All
feel that they now have In him tho
right man at the head OF the State Uni
versity.
Mr.. Burge introduced the subject
"WeSt Virginia." first giving a short
history OF the state, as TO how formed,
etc. lie then drilled the institute by
asking questions on the geography and
history Of West Virginia.
just here was 4 very agreeable dis
cussion made from the regular pro.
gramme. Mr.. Samuel Jacobs wac intro
duced who gave a talk on the trip taken
by him year or more ago to the Holy,
Land, Egypt and other places Of inter-
est visited by him and others. His dc.
scription Of Gibraltar and its surround
ings, was very interesting. He visited q
school in tho village. II was under the
British government. He also Wis.
tied q mission school at Cairo,
Egypt. It was a school pre'ided
over by Rev. Mr.. Harvey, Ho
spoke highly Of the appearances oil the
pupils OF this school, compared with the
children outside, who aa q rule were
very repulsivo and uncleanly. He also
visited mission school near jerusalem,
established by tho QuakerI Of America.
Mr.. Jacobs closed his talk by ConTa't-
ing the great standing armies OF the
countries OF the old world with that oil
America. lie urged on tho teacherS
the fact that tho public schools are to
America what tho great standing
armies arc to these countries.
A short recess was taken, after which
Mr. Gullott spoke on the subject "Word
Study" He showed clearly that In ordor
to perfectly understand a word, its deri'
walton must DO known. Whom this Is
known the iull meaning can DO seen at
onco.
The committee reported that tho
meeting as night would DO held In tho