The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-06-24
YAKIMA'S PBDbGOGUES
Progressive and Industrious Teachers
Working Their Own Advancement.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE In SESSION
subjects of Education which are
Heing Listened to by Those Who
Teach the Young Idea How to
Shoot-An Important Gathering.

The teachers institute opened on Tues
day with large attendance and much
interest is being manifested. The in.
strnctors are Professors l.. II. Leach and
Geo. f. st. John, and Superintendent +.
ii. Plumb, all OF whom are natives OF
Wisconsin. The institute began its SEES.
slons 10y enrolment the following being
the names of the members with the
number of months experience OF each
j. NJ. Richardson, 1862; Geo. +. st.
st. John, So; l.. II. Leach, 81; F. II.
Plumb, 20; J. u. Mcintosh 145; Theo.
Miner, -; Grace Stephenson, 20; Bessie
Plat, 3; l.. Z. Parrish, 100, Mae Conrad,
80; Ada Weikel, IS; Albertine Rodman.
II; Bessie Needham. %; Cornelius
Lynch, 10; Carrie Young, Is; Elsie Fer.
rell, Al; Fannie Druse. 80 Carrie Rollins.
0; J. II. Lynch. 80; Helen VI. Druse, 8;
Eina iiaines, 60; Lima Plat, u; j. A.
kingsbury, 0; Marie l.. Druse, 45; Jacob
4. jacobson, 10; Cbas. II. Stahl, 20
Jessie Elliott, 0; J. X. Schwartze, 80 ;
Mrs. Mabel Fry, %; Grace Shannon, 0;
Winniired Patton, ID; John Chalmers
Belle NJ. Parker, T.; Lettie Kings nury, s:
Irwin Myers, }; Geo. Stephenson, "A
Leona Durham, O.; Catherine Graney, 0;
A. Maude knuppenburg, o; Carrie Il.
Livesley. Z; A. ". Schwartze So; Isabel
A. ieates, 20; Anna Jungst, u; Nav T.
Crosno, Il; Jennie Sherwood, ~; Mary
A. Young, SO; Ollie Crosno, Is; Annie G..
Gibson, 3; Martha Wiley, p;
Following the enrolment Superintend-
ent Plumb Diade some general remarks
and concluded by introducing Prof,
Leach who discussed the state reading
circle work and presented the plans as
outlined by the state board OF education
with special reference to credit upon GER
tiiiCates for completed work ia the circle.
Prof. Leach then took up the subject Of
history, it's importance being the general
topic, and he showed that for discipline
OF the memory, imagination and reason.
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II furnishes examples of character to be
Stunned, and also to be emulatet as no
other subject does. 1t is made the center
OF correlation by the Committee Of Ten.
Next followed class exercise with the
subject OF participates and infnitives By
Prof. st. John. The aim seemed to he
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infection and uses OF these forms. Prof.
J. NJ. Richardson discussed the subject
of spelling under the title, "Futilty OF
the Spelling Grind" He gave the eX.
perimcnts Of DR.. Rice and others upon
80 900 children, the conclusions of which
were these: Too much time is given to
the subject. Fifteen minutes day is
sufficient. Excellence or its lack in
spelling depends upon neither age ma
tionaIity, method, heredity. environment,
time, nor former teaching. 1t depends
somewhat upon the intelligence, but
more upon the teacher. The method OF
teaching spelling without book was
criticised as few teachers were capable
OF selecting words.
In the afternoon the first topic was
Child study by Mr.. st. John. The pur.
poses of child study are to learn the ply.
steal defects of children, to formulate the
principles OF education, to make the
teacher more sympathetic and reasona
BILE, and to learn the nature of the child;
world. The qualifications for studying
children were memory OF ones OWE
childish fancies, fears, etc, skill in APP
plying tests and the genius of hard work
The methods were laboratory method
in directed observation OF children a,
home, on the street, and at school.
Mr.. j. II. Lynch spoke of the mechan,
ical development OF a chiId's language
Mr.. Lynch has just graduated from the
Ellensburg normal school and the ma
te-ial for this talk was prepared in con
nection with the work in pedagogy in
that school. His talk reflected credit
upon himself and the school.
A very interesting discussion was then
led by Mr.. A. W. Schwartz on Current
Events. Some differences of opinion
were expressed as to how much teacher
should undertake to discuss the political
phases of current events.
The subject of the lecture in the even
ing at the Congregational church by
Prof. Geo. +. st. John WAS Habit, the
general topics OF which were the common
illustrations of habit, the physiology oil
habit; the formation of habit as it re-
lates not only to the physical and mental