The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-25
THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Evening Lectures and Entertainments
Add Materially TO a Week OF Proht
and Pleasure.

teachers took advantage Of the Institute,
and We saw right here that those who did
not attend will have to explain their lack
of interest in their chosen profession. Ihe
people want their children taught by q
teacher who throws the soul into the Work
and not by one who teaches like machine
for so many dollars.
Professor z. L. Hughes, superintendent
of the graded schools Of the city OF Green
Vile. had charge of the Institute, and he
was ably assisted by Professor O. b. Mar
tin. of Greenville, and Miss Mamie Wick
life. of Winthrop College, Rock Hill. Pro
fessor Hughes gave the teachers pracncaI
lessons on conditions. principles, aims,
aids, and methods OF education, schoo!
management and professional Work OF
teachers. Miss Wicklife's lectures on the
primary methods of teaching were tlne aud
highly instructive, especially SO We're her
methods in the theory and practical teaching
of phonetics in both reading and spelling.
Miss Wicklife won great many friends
here by her dignifed and easy manners;
she is bright, witty, quick and attractive
and her manner of presenting the work IS
yery pleasing and makes o lasting lmpres-
sion. Professor Martin dealt principally
with history, language and geometrlca!
drawing, and his instructions Will prove OF
great service to the teachers in their work.
The daily sessions did not lack life and
interest, at the same time there was no time
spent in levity. The drill lessons in sing
ing, word study, physical exercises, draw
ing, writing, and ell these being explained
with practical illustrations on the black
board made the exercises very profitable as
well as pleasant.
THURSDAY night Professor Hughes lecture
on "What the Man in the Moon Saw" was
greeted by large and cultured audience,
and while there was q uniqueness about
the lecture and enjoyable IN the extreme,
there was all the way through it puneent
points Of seriousness AMI wholesome tood
for thought; some parts Of the lecture were
beautifully inters persed with the keenest OF
wit. and other parts showed that the lecture
was the outcome of much study. On Fri
soSs tbe Institute Was aEsMfsss sd
Hughes, after feelingy referring to the
hospitality of Manning and the courtesies
extended to himself and associates, and
going over the weeks work, gave a magni-
icent talk on the Home, the School and
the Workshop" Quite number of spec
tators were present, but it would have been
to the interest of every father and mother
to have heard this talk. Following is a
synopsis of Professor Hughes address:
There are three things which summar-
ize the best there is in our lIves-practi-
cally al! there is. They are the home, the
school and the workshop. The first stands
for the social side of life, the last for its
activities and energies engaged in produc-
ton, and the school is the place of prepa-
ration for both the others.
What does the home mean? Not simply
place to stay, to eat, to sleep, to live. One
nigh. do all that in the County jail. Home
is, first of ali, place Of rest. It should be
such for each one who helps to make the
home circle, including the wife and mother,
who 90 often is the only one who finds DO
rest at home. Home should be a place OF
safety. Not simply safety from violence,
but safety from bad example, bad lnf1u-
ences, physical, mental or moral evils. II
takes more intelligence to make home u
place of safety than is supposed. Cleanii-
ness, ventilation. sanitation. proper food,
pure water, pure air, risi.; habits, order,
system, mental growth and enjoyment.
spirituality. cheerfulloess. all these and
more are necessary elements of safety IN
the home. Home should be place of
peace and affection where the tenderest ties
of relationship and friendship may be
formed and perpetuated, and where all that
is brightest and best in compauionship
may be fostered.
''What is the workshop? The place where
one does his work. whatever the work or
wherever the place. The Law of labor is
binding on all. Whoever violates it does
so at his peril In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat thy bread" is the fat of ON
Impotence; to evade is to suffer. ones
work should be such as gives employment
to body, mind and:soul. That is the ideal
work. if one may choose. But when con-
0itions forbid choice and the work which
must be done is not ideal, then the worker
must of necessity find the missing elements
elsewhere Growth and strength of any
part of mans complex nature comes only
from labor. The law must not be violated
For one to know that work is a blessing,
needs only that be shall lose it, or the
power to perform it.
"What is the school? The place of all
others where most Of preparation should be
eiT>n for both the social and active duties
of life-the door through which the largest
possibilities of the home and the workshop,
may be reached The highest intelligen nee
the utmost development of power the
wiSest training are necessary for home
makers and workers. To furnish these is
the Office of the school. The home cannot
do 1.-THE workshop cannot-both may
help, b1t the school is the agency to which
this is committed.
don County. in Manning? Are they such
as they should be to do this great work?
The public school is the great uniting force
of the people In social life there are
classes -boun dairy lines created by wealth,
or authority whicn divide the
people; 10 the church, differing crseds
make divisions; in politics there are parties
and factions OF parties causing strife and
dissension. In the public school work side
bv side children whose parents are Of all
creeds. all political beliefs, all degrees OF
wealth and intelligence, followers OF ali aro-
cations.
The public schools are the most pecu-
liarly democratic of all our iDstitutions--the
great factories Of the nation in which clti-
zens are made, and the principle on which
our government reSts-co-operation. They
are of the people, for the people, by the
people. Manning owes duty to Claren-
don County. Let the citizens Of Manning
unite, establish we'll ordered system OF
schools, place in charge Of it the able in
telligent teachers they have aud the result
will be far greater effectiveness, economy
and progress. The experience Of other
towas proves this. Then will Manning
set an example and set in motion an iuflu-
ence which will reach out into the County