Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-10-17

cred so wide a range that we do littI.
more than give u brief outline.
TUESDAY.
Institute called to order nt S:4J a IN.
Thirty-twO members responded to
roll-call, with quotations from favor
ite authors, one of which we quote:
"Of all hard things to bear and grin,
The hardest is knowing that you have
been taken in"
Mondays minutes were read and
approved.
At the opening OF each session dur
ing the week, Prof. Garrett gave a
drill in music and distributed among
the teachers a number of new songs
very appropriate for school work.
Prof. Parent again took up the
subject of Philosophy, selecting as
his topic the Elements OF Machines.
Prof. Steere then talked on the
Duties of the Teacher i'm the School
ROOM
ID Developing the faculties of think
ing and reasoning.
(2l Fixing in the mind n store of
useful knowledge.
He urged the teachers to read the
Evolution OF Dodd." 10y William
Hawley Smith.
| Intermission.
| Prof. Garrett gave "a model lesson
in rithmetic-subject, Fractions. He
| h.,, ,,.llaI hn fnf i'm. nplx
ner.
| Synthetic Reading was Illustrated
and explained by Miss Weydert She
believed this n most excellent method
for beginners. and said that results
of her work i'm this line had been
highly satisfactory.
Institute called to- order at y. m,
thirty three teachers responding with
Quotations.
Supt. T.. \. Stecir, i'm his talk on
Physiology, selected for his topic tn,
heart. After explaining diagram on
the board he dissected beef heart
assisted by DIR. Monahan.
The next period was used by Prof
Garrett-topic, Grammatic Errors.
| IntermIssion.
| Prof. Parent gave an interesting
talk on Algebraic Theorems and Fac
turing. after which Prof. Garrett con
Quoted the Literary class; Whittier.
''Ship Builders" was recited i'm con
cert, the beauties of the poem pointe,
out, and an interesting sketch of tn,
Lizzie De Bord.
!. Miss De Bord had charge of TIN
class i'm Geography each day, giving
the teachers the latest and best meth
ods. She placed outlines on the bOaro
for the teachers to copy and tax,
with them, and handled the subject
as only an exceptionally good teache
can.
The miscellaneous period was dc
voted to Vertical Writing. Supt. III
. A. Moulton presented the subject
pointing out the advantages over tn
prevalent system of slanting writing
He gave the results of his work il
the school-room and cited many an
thorities from different parts of tn,
country. He advised the teacher
not to conclude hastily, but to TAX
time to study the system. He als'
cautioned them never to force il upoI
, a child whose hand was alread,
formed, and that when a child i
, writing a good legible hand, no mat
ter what the slant, slope, or direc
ton, it should under no circunl
stances be interfered with.
, / Prof. E. A. Steere delivered lee
ture i'm the evening on Pericles AM
His Times The lecture, thoug
, largely biographical. was nicely com
posed and showed great care and re
search. Mr.. Steere closed by reading
an extract from a speech made by TIL
great philosopher and statesman.
Miss Winnie Luton favored the au
dience with a recitation, Miss Stell
; Mackey sang i'm her usual charming
manner and Messrs- Shafer an
Hemphill and Mrs. John War; reI