The Republican journal., 1896-11-19
Maid county Teachers Institute.

rTs ana SCnOOl uptrlntenuenGS
county met in the High School
I asst Nov. 18th, to reorganize the
I..8ty Teachers Association and to
l.4 lcrs' Institute. The meeting was
5,r 10y Herbert E. Ellis of Bel
.Iheu l.. Ilsley of Belfast was
cMau. The Belfast High School
s.e "A Hne selection, after which
t.ton Of Belfast offered prayer.
superintendent of Schools of
rie brief opening remarks and
..- - regrets of State Superinten-
who was unable to be present.
-cretary of the Waldo County
-.. ---oe.ation, Miss Grace E. Wal
Y-eu to act at this meeting
S!bley of the Belfast School
t,le a brief address of welcome.
I= said, the hearty welcome
Ir School Committee but Of the
-'pe OF the city. The School
.' teregIlizes the value of these
tutes, in the benefit the teach
we from them hy the inter-
-ws and experiences, and the
experienced educators from
ll not agree with the often
uuuu that teachers are over
Nderpaid and considered ii a
rnefr intelligence and business
-srt that they will work harder
-.au any other class.
Int OF the Association, Mr..
ibsent, and the chairman call
ues q. Harding to respond to
f welcome Mr.. Harding spoke
ring to the unavoida able absence
son and stating that while We
isence we are assured of a good
tile presence of EX-Superlnten-
The recent changes in the
met, he said, with some opposi-
uhanges do, and after awhile
VIII settle down to the new or
.lgs and nothing would induce
urn to the old district system
L., in behalf of the Association
+chers present, the hearty wei
e~sed by Mr.. Sibley.
paper was on Geography Teach
Mss Mary S. Snow of Bangor. All
Ssive teachers spend their best
ug the day in the schoolroom
uurn the midnight oil in prepar-
letter work on the morrow. There
rs, however, who dismiss from
4I care or thought of the school
. when they dismiss the pupils
such teachers are few and far
-. 4 true teacher chooses teaching
'-7,on for the higher possibilities il
t4at regard to the pay, The rea-
ta. Lack of good teachers in geog-
'a- .ack of preparation. Geography
-- he other sciences. The teacher
-- 6nows geography is the best
n teacher has no interest in
Dntries he has no conception OF
ldDg. A teacher of geography
oe ianiliar with meteorology, geology
ST ~ especially of the geology of the
.o.Au0d of the school. Should be able
1cal conditions and by comparison
.- lessuns of distant countries. Again
edge of the climate, productions
4tant countries helps to an under.
a5 Uf the commerce of our own
g 5ls are needed to awaken an inter-
nE teachers in the studyof geography
e- ana language, as much as to awak-
erest in religion. The teaching OF
IS should begin in the Primary
THE teacher should make putty OF
1t maps, production maps, etc. She
htklng relief map in putty and
ing 1t with sharp knife to show
section of the country represented
by recommending list of books
-e Of teachers, Including Nichols
sngraphy, Kings Handbook, Frye's
Hlg with Sand Modelling, Rickers
atlave Geography, the U. S. Consular
md books of travel.
.ane of the Castlne Normal Schoo
.ri paper on "PraCtical Arithme
ie divided his discourse into three
1'aely, the Deficiencies in the teach
trlthmetlc, their causes, and the
he great trouble is our pupils dc
}.s accurately and logically. They
t3-e examples in the book but cannof
IN idl CAdIi1 PICS III VNtI -idl lIlC
Huot properly add, subtract, multiply
ie. or use common fractions or deci
lie cause lies chiefly in the lack O
ry work. Primary work is the foun
Ut all number work. 1t is a hat
t 10 allow pupils to learn rules anC
'laples from the rules. Biindly fol
= tile rules hinders the brain work
dame for poor work in numbers lies
"Jh the parents, partly with the
'o'ks. Parents are anxious to hav,
alidren advance and be smart, hence
want them to hurry through the book
earher too often falls into the sam,
hlt may, by "a little tact, overcome
Thence. The text books are at faul
ng too much stress upon the rules
.taehers should be better educated
Know the subject, and Primar,
eF in number work needs more abilit,
teacher in the Grammar school. Th,
ny teacher develops the mind and lay
oundation for the future education
methods will follow better teachers
'ane would have pupils learn the mum