Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-09-27

have welded, on the other hand the
manly, dignified and pure teacher
carries with him an influence for
good which will last as long as time
itself.
Prof. Cherry then gave the Instf-
tute brief talk in the interest Of
their school at Bowling Green.
Prof. John Sollee took up the sub
ject of "Least Common Multiple and
Greatest Common Divisor." He"
would give long and thorough drill
in factoring as an introduction to-
these subjects.
Prof. Duffey gave blackboard
illustration of his method of teaching
compound numbers. The pupil
should first learn the different meas
ures, then the unit of each measure.
the dollar, pound, etc. He thougfG
compound numbers should be intro
duced after fractions, this was the
more philosophical method.
Mrs. Allen then introduced the
subject of percentage. She laid
great stress upon a correct placing OF
the point She would permit no alb
breviated work at first, but would in
sst on the different steps being
worked out in full.
Prof. Bartholomew spoke of the
great Importance of thoroughness in
fundamental work. The pupil should
start right. In beginning the subject
of percentage he would have the pu-
pill convert his decimals into common
fractions in their lowest terms and
the reverse. The Institute then adj
journed.
TUESDAY, AUG. 27, 1895.
MORNING SESSION.
The session opened with music by
-, followed by prayer by Rev.
Mitchell. After the roll call the min
utes were read and approved.
Prof. Bartholomew then addressed
the Institute. Teachers, in his opin-
ion, gave undue importance to the,
means. Let the end be the principal
object. Child-study is the all-im-
portant study for the teacher. This
should be done from all points of
view. The teacher who does this wiz
be successful. Study methods less,
the pupil more. The ideal consisted
one teacher and one pupil. The SUBJ
ject OF Psychology was one which tbe'-
average teacher had not studied az
all, or il he had had misapplied itEr
principles. Teach the child 70 think
then how to express that thougfs-
| Both of great importance. The iIs-
ternal and external. The one follow
ing from the other. None of us lives:
to himself. No one dies to himself
When he stood in the presence of a.
little child and thought of the great
responsibilities resting upon him as
its instructor he was overwhelmed
We must understand the child's en-
vironment, its moral, intellectual and
spiritual side. Sometimes the mind
dominates the BODY; sometimes the
body the mind. What an immense
field opens itself herel Study the
child on its intellectual side. You
wish to introduce the subject of read
ing. You must first pass throughs
your consciousness, that which muste
pass through the child's mind. TIE
teacher must know the alpha" and
omega" of the subject Re must
aim to arouse enthusiasm in the child.
He must study the subject carefully
from the childs standpoint, SO as to-
anticipate any difficulty in the chiIdiss
mind. He could not tell how he.
learned his alphabet under the oID
method. This was about as abstract
as any thing in teaching Children
concrete everything. In teaching a.
child do not forget that the internaB
and external are inseparable. You
must maintain in your teaching the
relations of these two. The first step
in reading is to bring the child in
contact with real objects, then the
words and the pictures, the represen.
tatives of the things themselves
When this is done the child has iIHs
his possession the key to the situa-
ton. The child naturally takes hold
of things as whole; then resolves
them into their parts. The teochew
should keep note book IL Gh-ss
note all the mental peculiaritics OF.
each child under his care. IL GER
tain arithmetic class there was a boy
who in written work made a fine
average, in the mental work he made
marked failure. The teacher after
making study of the case found
that the boy was somewhat deficient.
in hearing. The teacher in private
took this boy through course of ex-
ercises, remedied in great measure
this impeachment and won the boy'sy
everlasting gratitude. This b(p sSsrs
took as high rank in the u.scs.l.
work as in the written. The teacher