The record-union., 1896-11-26
IHE INSTITUTE ADJOURNS.
Interesting Talk Of Dr.. Winship About
Girls.
The nOst Profitable and Interesting
Session Ever Held i'm
This County.

The last day of the County Institute
opened fair and bright yesterday ana
as the teachers filed in they appeared to
have caught the spirit of the weather,
and prepared to absorb any amount OF
information with avidity.
After roll-call and a Well-rendered
instrumental solo by Miss Maud Erie
wine, Miss Annie c. Weeks, Principal
Of the Sacramento Grammar School,
gave an able and interesting criticism
OF the new State grammar.
She said many were unappreciative of
Its many eXcellencies. We abuse the old
grammar, but also rate the new one,
ii we miss any familiar features. The
oral analysis, together with diagram
ing is good discipline. There is in
creased sensitiveness with regard to
incorrect speech and the rules as TO
spelling are left which is a good thing.
A few rules are useful. The indicative
and Subjunctive moods have absorbed
the potential. It brings out the idea
OF relation rather than connection.
There is some omission of matter in the
FORMER book. The question is, Does
the book contain enough of the purely
technical work of grammar? On the
whole she heartily liked the book 1t is
interesting, and the children enjoy it.
The exercises in good usage are valu-
able, and they learn this good usage.
The selections also are from authors
worth knowing. Language and compo-
sftlon have been worked to death, and
the child should be taught that Ian
guage and composition go hand in
hand. There are different styles in
composition. We weave technical Ian
guage into written and spoken Ian
guage. 1t is crowded with more excel
lences than are usually found in one
text book. The seventh grade takes
that part UP to complex sentences, in
the eighth it takes to adverbs, and the
ninth grade takes the rest of the book.
The seventh grade teachers say they
can do more than the work assigned to
the grade. 1t is intended to use it to
fmplant in the child a love of good
usage in language. The text book can
not be effective unless the heart and
brain of the teacher are back of it, that
feel the heart of the child.
VERTICAL WRITING
Was the next subject, handled by Cas-
par w. Hodgson.
used by the monks in old times. Much
time had been wasted In teaching the
Spencerian system. In talking with
the best writer's he found that they got
away from the Spencerian system be-
cause it is not natural. A small per
centage became good writer's through
it. The form of vertical writing is
based on print, and the authors have
4rs 1N~i,1 n TaarfGGfiOn
The lower grades bring better results
than the higher grades do, because
they have nothing to unlearn. The
three prime essentials, legibility, speed
and hygienic condition are secured by
it. The forms are simplied, but it is
not a panacea for all ills. 1t is aimed
to go back to naturalness as nearly as
possible. The best position in writing
is that the reporter takes with his
arms free The dest should fit the child
Mr. Hodgson then went into technical
details, explaining them clearly by use
of diagrams, and won a favorable YER
dict from his audience.
GIRLS"
DR.. Winship's part of the programme
was an address On Girls.
He confessed that ON this subject he
was least prepared to speak on. 1t was
a subject that neither he nor any other
man could understand. 1t was too large
and beautiful a subject to be handled
He should treat it from no such stand
roint as he did Boys yesterday. The
training Of the two is essentially differ
ent. We are training the boy for lead
ership, but the girls are trained to be
accompanies
First of all we must recognize that
the happiest, the most to be envied OF
all beings, is the happily married
mother Of beautiful child, a manly
son or a bright. womanly daughter.
On the other hand, the most miserable
woman is the one who is unhappily
married, and has a reprobate son or a
good-for-nothing daughter. He'divided
the boys life into three parts yester-
day. He should divide the girls life
into four parts-physical, religious, in
tellectual and economical.
The baby girl has all the attractive
qualities of the woman in her ripeI
years. The kindergarten is Heaven s
boon to the children. At this age she
should be taught all the graces, the
courtesies and the little things that
make life pleasant. At this age there
is no sentiment about her You would
hardly know that she was not boy She
loves her mother, and her mother loves
to receive recognition and affection from
those about her.
From 6 70 10 years is the religious
age. These are the years when all that
is noblest and best and most universal
in religion comes into the child's life.
They are often also the years when
bad language and perversity of inclina-
ton appear. But you need not worry
over this, but simply watch and guard
against and correct it. 1t will all be
washed out clean in the tomboy age
which follows it, and he believed that II
did not initiate against her growing vi
pure healthy woman. In the tomboy