The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-10-31
THU COUNTY INSTITUTE
ANNUAL CsATfiE RING OF
PEDAGOGUES.
They Meet AVID Cuss and Discuss Va
rtOus Massers Pertaining to Their
ProfeHssOn.

of that warmth of greeting always Civ
en our vi 5i!ors and the week has passed.
pleasantly and motitably both to teach
ers and citiz-nH. The following were !
pre- sent during the sessions: Katherine !;
Comfort, Nellie cole. F'lor:. Duncau,
Earl DouglAs, >. ,;,n Donegan. Mrs.
Mamie Estli,u w i. Foster, BESSIE
Farrell. I.ottle Gina. Mrs. F.. Garvey,
Fred L. Gibson. Craze tiernd0u. Jennie
Hilton. Mrs. Tvhia Hunter, Edith Hun
ter. Gertrn,;e Kirby. Hattie I.o,ton, J.
M. Leutz, j. n. Little. +. ". McFar-
land, Mrs F.. w. Mcfarland, Mae
Iutyre. ] T. Norville. Ciias. A. Parry.
r. N. RAY. Craig Snyder. Carrie Smith,
Mrs. f. #. Wilco,nb.
The Inst tuta was called to order ut
o a. H.. Monday. by Mrs. d. II. Will
comb. county superintendent. Mr.. j.
Nj. Little w;ts elected secretary and the
active work Of tie day was begun.
Mrs. f. w. Mt.t' ali.tnd had an excel
lent paper on AGv nc-d Reading which
was introductory 10 the instruction on
ttlis topic To be giv'r 'ater
Prof. Mct';trI"r,' lfien took up the
snOject OF Ortho .rts,hy and demon
strated tht, fact that. benefit j., to b.. de-
rived from the study Of this neglected
subject.
Miss Grace Ile,n'lon next presented
the subject OF Primary Heading in an
able manner.
Prof. Mcfarland then presented his
methods Of touching Denominate mum
berS.
Beginnin. She Afternoon session the
"Study Of Rocks was the subject pre-
scented by Nl'. Earl Douglass The time
4 ,,t tn ,.l.
ton of the seVt,ra! varieties of quartz
from specimens furnished by the in
StructOr.
Tho factoring of Algebraic quantities
was the next subject presented.
The paper on the Study of Cram
mar" by Prof. Mcfarland was intro
<uctOry to the regular lessons to follow
MIR. j. NJ I.entZ discussed the best
methods Of teaching GeOgraphyuO
Mrs. Mcfarland conducted a drill in
Swedish Gymnastics.
The day closed with q talk on School
Management by Prof. Mcfarland. the
principal points brought out bcing the
Importance Of o,',ter in The SC hool room
which he designated as the teacher $
workshop.
TUESDAY.
The roll call was RESPONDED to by
quotations.
The instruction in Advanced Reading
was resumed by Mrs. Mcfarland, the
teachers forming IL class and analyZing
the thought OF the paragraph and then
endeavOrlng to give proper expression
to the thought.
Prof. Mcfarland then took up Or.
thoepy giving the vowel sounds careful
attention.
4 - IA,
Primary reading,
cellent address on THE Adaptation o
the Bible to MentalsCulturc.
Short methods in multiplication ant
.suuarine of numbers was the days topic
in Arithmetic.
In the afternoon in the Study o
Rocks. conducted by Mr.. Douglas
Feldspar was discussed.
The work in Algebra consisted of th'
deriving of formulas FOR Arlthmetlca
Progression.
In Grammar sentence building wa
taken up. At the request OF the teach
.,rs Prof Smith gave u short talk OF
Grammar, defining it as "the scienc
of the organism Of the sentence 9Th
grammarian, he said, sis II scientis
and his field of investigation is the sen
tence.' Prof. Smith presented som
new thoughts.
After the Gymnastic drill, SchoO
Management by Prof. Mcfarland close
the day.
TUESDAY EVENING.
Suut. T.. A. Steere had been ~
nOunced to speak at the NJ. f.. chnrcl
Tuesday evening. but at the last mt
ment telegram was received stain
that he would be unable to fulfill h
engagement. The evening howeve
was passed pleasantly and protitabl,
Rev. Z. L. Smith gave an entertainin
and instructive lecture on Americanisn
A. i. Bennett recalled old school men
,ories in pleasant talk and Miss Graz
Herndon and Gertrude Kirby favOrt
1he audience with some Scotch songs.
WEDNESDAY.
The teachers responded to roll ca
with anecdotes and many and anu
ing were the tales told in school. ~
vancnd reading was continued by Mr.
Mcfarland in the same manner as tt
preceding day.
The Orthography instruction consis
ed of rules Of spelling and the apple
tiOn of the same.
Division of Fractions by analysis W
presented by Miss Isabel Mahahy in
thorough manner.
In the ''Study of Rocks, Hornblen'
and Mica were analyZed.
In Algebra the application of Als
braic theories to Elementary GeOmet
vas shown.
IN Grammar. Prof. Mcfarland int
iced the subject OF restrictive and NC
restrictive. modiiicrs. over which &c
Siderable discussion was had.
The drill in Swedish Gymnasti
clOsel the day, several new cXcrci>
being introduced.
THURSDAY.
Mrs. Mcfarland continued the ust
thorough instruction in Advanced Res
ing.
The use of dacritical works was t
subject of Prof. Netherlands work
sOrthOgraphy. Following this We're t