Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-18

%plementing his remarks of yesterday by
valuable advice as to the best method oil
developing a taste for the study of his.
tory among children.
The use of newspapers in the common
schools was dwelt upon and recommended
by the speaker. The value of illustra-
lions and cartoons, as calling the child's
ttention to and exciting an interest,
in current events, being ~cleverly pointed
| out.
Professor Woods then conducted the
institute as a class in pronunciation,
with a list of one hundred difficult
words.
Miss Hostetter's class from No. 2 then
gave an interesting lesson in number
work, and Professor Moore then taught
the teachers an amusing little motion
song.
Superintendent Perkins called the
attention of the teachers to the i'm
portance of having pupils in their replies,
answering IN complete sentences instead
of in d%isjointed words.
The topic Of physiology was then taken
up by Professor Moore. Oral teaching
in this branch to younger pupils was
recommended, and an interesting discus
sion was brought on among the teachers.
as to the healthfulness of different arti-
| Giles of food and drink and clothing ma.
terials. The conductor then gave an ex.
cellent dissertation in the methods of
study, play and work.
The teachers then adjourned to room
7, where an interesting lesson in draw
ing was given the teachers by Miss Set
tie. This lady who is a finished artist,
! placed on her desk a model in the shape
of a battered tin pail, which the teachers
exercised their ingenuity in sketchiug-
With more or less success.
Returning to room 8, Professor Woods
placed IN the board the names Of a nun
Der of famous men, calling out the
thoughts of the teachers respecting
! each.
NOTES.
Mr.. Harvey Harris, of the Board of
Education, was a solitary visitor in the
afternoon. .
The ladies have nearly a monopoly OF
the profession of teaching in Burleigh
county, Mr.. r. Ullum was the solitary
male, among a crowd of schoolmaam's,
most of whom are young and handsome.
In Miss Jennie Macnider's class in
local history-the answer to the ques-
ton, "Who was the first teacher in Bis
marck?" brought forth from Mrs.
Slaughter who was present, the remem-
brance that Miss Jennie Macnider. was
her pupil come twelve years ago., when
the city schools we're held in the county
buildings; and the hope that this bright
amlable young teacher might live to ex-
perience a similar pride in the future
success of some little ones now under her
own care.
The institute commenced at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, and the names of
famous characters were again taken into
consideration, and the teachers know
ledge Vt their life and deeds was called
forth by questions from the conductor.
A list of words was then pronounced
for written spelling by Professor Moore,
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valuable instruction was impaired by
the conductor.
Professor Devine was then intro
duced to the institute by Superintend-
ent Perkins, and in a brief address com.
plimented the teachers on their work,
expressing the belief that North Dakota
was to have the most magnificent educa-
tional endowment in the world.
The subject of civil government was
again taken up, and the question was
fully considered, much practical infor-
nation being impaired by the conduc-
tor.
Professor Moore then presented the
subject of language in a clear and en-
PERTAINING manner
After recess Miss Rafferty, of school
room No. l, gave a most charming ex-
hibition with a class of little ones, who
under her skillful utelage displayed great
versatility in associating objects with
words, as a prelimin ary to first lessons
in reading.
Miss Hostetter of No. 2 then explained
the method of work, using picture
cards and other devises IN enlisting the
interest of children, which was followed
by an experience meeting in which a
number of the teachers related their
methods, and exchanged views as to the
relative value of the various methods.
Another lesson in drawing in Miss
Settles followed, in which the tin
pail received divers artistic and elabor-
ate touches and became "a joy forever
under the facile pencils of the student
teachers.