The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-01

i"'SiSstS III IL Is not q good
lesson. BY brilliant extracts from
Bryant, Lowell, Tennysoo, Burns and
Others the lecturer clearly illustrated
his point. Literature as universal
m Mat IL toucheS tic depths of tie
s"dtctd~dt human heart. Let your
test OF poem be this Where does
u search the human heart? Locate
your Shylock and your Antonio in
yourself every day. The forces of
avarlce and those of love are within
every one of us. Put nothing in a
reader except that which is universal
and searches the human heart. Lit.
erdture deals Nth ideal human life
Literature reveals myself to myself;
1t is self revelation. If literature gives
you love it is pure love it is sub.
jective. Literature is valuable in that
1t searches, reaches and touches the
human heart, revealing to the reader
a high ideal which he is compelled to
live for awhile until at last he comes
to live that ideal forever.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
A mastery Grafton delivered in a
forcible and telling manner, with ex.
traordnary power and vim, by man
who has the courage of his convictions
and the backbone to express them ;
was the record of last nights lecture
by DR.. Thomas Dixon on "The AL.
mighty Dollar"
THURSDAY MORNING.
The fourth days exercises were
opened by singing America aud
1871. The devotional exercises, con-
sisting of reading from the Bible and
prayer, were conducted by the Rev.
Mr.. Brandt, of the Reformed Church.
Supt. Johnston made few remarks
regarding the attendance cards.
Vice-President Boyd Irescott in.
troduced MRS Allen, who spoke on
the " Physical Characteristics Of Pure
Temperaments." There are four
temperaments Sanguine, bilious,
lymphatlc and nervous. Every teacher
should know his own temperament
before trying to teach children. Hold
a meeting of the children's mothers
and by consultation with them ascer-
tain the temperaments of your pupils.
Mrs. Allen gave the teachers an
elaborate outline illustrating her talk
but we are obliged to omit it for want
of space. Actioity is the best anti
dote for the blues. The fundamental
principles of temperament cannot be
changed but some of them may be
modified. DO not place children of
similar temperaments together.
1o:1s Music, "Onward Chris
tian Soldiers"
1920. DR.. Tompkins, subject,
Reading" Literature is soul; it is
ideal human life entertained subjec-
lively and lived for time. The
literary man is he who calls the indi.
vidual object to its universal signihca
tion. 1t shows individual things in
its universal application. Lots wife
turned to look upon sin and was salt
ed down SO will every one be who
turns to look upon SIN. Ideal truth
is she trueSt truth. The ideas EN-.
bodied in Smiths story of Pocohontas
and De Icons fountain of immortal
youth are universal in their apphca
ton. In the reading lesson the child
must make a mental picture and then
make application of the thought in
the lesson to himself. Reading is a
spiritual experience. Reading is no.
| the ja,c process. Lead the pupil tc
this spiritual experience and he viii
say the words of the lesson all right
The leading point is that point where
the pupil lives the ideal life anC
knows it to be real and true. We
never live on a straight line or deat
level. In Longfellow's Rainy Day
picture the rainy day and then make
| its application to human life. Human
life has its lower half and its uppe
half. Pupil must see the unity be
tween a thing and its universal appli
cation. A pupil may miss his empha
sis and infection and still be virtuou
and happy but he cannot be perfectl,
happy until he attains to the ideal n
has once lived. Literature is tn
most immediate and directly practica
branch in the public school this Cal
= be mathematically demonstrated.
/ must know the value of the pupils ex
, perience in the reading lesson.
! must take pleasure in aiding him t
make the application of the good !
t the ideal therein contained to himse
, and aid him in his eternal striving fo
the eternal good.
+ II a. m. The Institute took a re
cess of few minutes after which
musical exercise was conducted b
: Prof. Sprenkel.
: This was followed by practic;
talk by Mrs. Allen, in which sli
: enunciated the following rules fc