The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-09
FUN At THE INSTITUTE
Some Sarcastic Lunges Between Miss
NcNOllan and Supt. hOwe,..
SEVERAL LECTURERS ABSENT
But There Was No Lack OF Substitute
Numbers Small Audience in
the Morning-Ths Noted,
Brumbaugh Today.

Yesterdays morning session Of the
city teachers institute contained three
distinct features, an absence OF num-
Der of teachers and spectators. the non
appearance of three lecturers and a
somewhat sarcastic exchange Of re-
marks between City Superintendent
Howell and Miss McMollan.the Blooms
burg instructor who is devoting her
institute efforts to phOnetics.
While the morning session was at
tended by less numbers than usual the
absentees We're spectators rather than
teachers The afternoon audience
nearly filled the hail.
General Secretary Mahy. of the
Young Mems Christian association, Of
fered prayer at the opening of the first
session and a long period of music. un-
der Professor Derman's leadership,
followed.
The tilt between Miss McMollan, who
was lecturing on Reading. an Exact
Science" and Superintendent Howell
was more humorous than serious. The
latter was justly provoked by the
teachers backwardness in asking Ques-
tions. a condition which has been very
apparent since,the institute began. and
he proceeded TO set them an example
by himself questioning and honestly
and quite properly criticising some of
Miss McMollans statements Miss
McMolian Is woman and a good talk
er and she did not hesitate to, give the
superintendent and the audience evi-
dence of the fact. %.
Superintendent Howell explained at
the close of the lecture that he had no
intention Of embarrassing Miss Nc
NOLAN, but wished to encourage the
teachers to ask questions and not sit
calmly and take for granted every ut
terance of a speaker. They were re-
quested to revive themselves, whisper
less and question more. He then wrote
on the blackboard the following words
which he said he had heard mispro-
nounced: he offered prize to any
teacher who pronounced and marked
the accents correctly: Legate, bouquet,
finance, analytic. miscOnstrua, abstruse.
Incompatible, reservoir, acclimated
ard programme. Only three teachers
showed especial interest in the. matter
and they were unsuccessful. ..-.
PROFESSOR JORDAN'S PAPER.
1t was announced by the superin-
tendent that NJ. G. Brumbaugh, presi-
dent of Juniata college; Professor
Twitmeyer, of Honesdale, and DR.. A.
Education, who were programmed for
addresses, had failed to materialize,
and that NJ. II. Jordan. of school No. 9,
who was to have read a paper on his
tory at this mornings session, would
take the place of the absentees. Mr..
Jordan's paper was almost exclusively
confined, to colonial times and the
methods of securing revenue and con-
Quoting mercantile pursuits at the time
Of the revolution. 1t was an eXhaus-
tive effort that showed careful prepara-
tion.
During the noon recess Drs. Brum-
hau.h and Winship reached the city.
The latter gave the first lecture in the
afternoon. His topic was "Horace
Mann" who, he said, was the greatest
Of American educators.
After referring briefly to Mann's ca
reer as student, lawyer and Connecti-
cut legislator, DR.. Winship commented
at some length upon the educators
great hobby. his advocacy of public
schools and instruction as against pri-
vate schools If the boy Is father to
the man he will in the public school
and among all kinds of his fellows ac-
ullire a fundamental and practical
knowledge of child-world. which is the
only natural foundation for advanced
but nevertheless corresponding cOndi-
tions in manhood.
"Herbart' was the topic of DR..
Charles De Garmo, president Of Swarth-
more college. Herbart was born in
l776 and died in 1871. His chief edu-
cational theory was in not entirely rid
ding the young mind of old precepts:
in keeping him in touch with current
affairs; in blending memory and per-
ception, and in developing character.
The child should be educated as a citi-
zen not solely as Il mind and body. He
should be made conversant with pa
triotic subjects and with affairs which
are of particular moment to the city,
state and nation. for in the United
States the perfect citizen is the per-
feet man.
THE PERFECT CITIZEN.
To make perfect citizen the man
should be taught as child his place
and relation in society. free American
society in which the best man is he who
is the best citizen according to the
general meaning of the word. The i'm
portance of this thought is shown in
the fact that only in Denver. Indian
apolis and Kansas City, of the larger
cities, are so per cent. Of the population
natlNe-DOTn. ne eSdUlplc VI UHlteu
States natives will have much to do in
intoxicating into the mind OF emigrants
and the foreign-born the requisites of
good citizenship.
1t lacked but few minutes to 4
o'clock when Superintendent Howell
announced that In his search for a
tonic for the institute he had sue
ceeded in finding one in DIR. Brum-
baugh, who will this morning lecture
| on geographical Concepts" and this
afternoon How to Build a Vocabu-
larry" DR.. Brumbaugh was introduced
and he proved the truth Of the superin-
| tendents remark. For several minutes
he kept his auditory in a gale of mirth
and then retired, after explaining that
he had only agreed to keep the aud
ience until o'clock. DR.. Brumbaugh
| is one of the highest -salaried, college
officers In the country. He is the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania favorite lee.
turer on pedagogy and is a wit and ora
tor of the first water. 1t is a safe pre-
diction that his two addresses will be
two Of the most popular features of the
| institute.
The programme for today is as fol-
| lows:
- :. THURSDAY, 8 A.. NJ.
Invocation.
| Music
| Electricity Mr., Wagner
Each Pupil His Own Discoverer,
Miss McMollar