The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-28
TEACHERS IN
CONFERENCE.
Institute Of Instruction
Begins Work.
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT.
Professor Jacobs Discusses "The
Demands of the Hour.
OTHER INTERESTING REMARKS.

Tie 53d annual session Of the Rhode
Island Institute of Instruction opened at
0:45 this forenoon in Infantry hall, by an
organ recital by Miss Emma j. Williams
There was very large number OF
teachers present from all parts of the
state, and the ball was we'll filed. both
in the body of the mouse and the gallery.
At the close of the organ recital President
Gilman &. Fisher requested the audience
TO join i'm singing" What Glory Gilds the
Sacred Page from leaflets that had
been distributed to all. All joined
heartily in tho singing.
The Rev. Alexander McGregor of Paw
tuoket then conducted the devotional ex-
eroises of the day by reading from the
New Testament, followed by prayer. The
audience united in singing Onward
Christian Soldiers.
The Introductory address was by Presi-
dent Gilman G.. fisher. His subject was,
What Have We To Do" He said
Upon the life OF every individual teacher
and every indiyidual scnool dual demand
Is made. What have we TO dor We have
first of all To realize those higher ideals
in the life Of man, the appreciation OF
which in cons cious intelligence Is the di-
vine birthrigat of the human race, and,
second, To meet those practical require
ments of daily living and achievement
which spring from the conditions of
material existence. In school and out OF
school this dual demand is made, and n
we meet it in school so shall We help
Others and help ourselves to meet it out
of school. The schools are the bulwark
of church and state and the foundation
upon which the people rest their hopes
OF the national honor.
We are come together TO hold another
great meeting of the RAede leland Insti.
tute of Instruction-its ODD sesslon-to
tion and to consider ways and means for
advancing it. / would liken teaching to
tree, OF which Interest 10 the sap
thought the flower, ard deed the fruit.
Says DIR. Andrews, Character is above
culture, culture is above information.
Results in teaching that affect only the
intellect are meaRre. The old idea Of the
three IL 8 Ia erroneous.
TIE RELIGION OF EDUCATION.
When we come to realize what we can
do in the way Of winning child, not tn
ourselves alone, but to God. TO right, and
to truth, to home and to country. to .
chivalrous, noble on getting, we expert
ence the religion of education. Nature,
study and history ara the centres OF selec-
tion OF radiation and growth. and when
n teacher comes to realize what site can
40 10 un1olu tie child mind anu develop
the child character by simply utilizing
legitimate subject matter Drawn from
these sources, she 10 born again.
Says Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Upon
ideals the worlds elevation feeds. l
tell you, teachers, the poorer your pupils
are, and the poorer the district where you
teach. the more you need ideals and the
spirit
As Bsoon objected to the barren mind,
so have we to object 10 the barren life.
Bv the unity of the dual demand the new
world Of enlightenment and manhood and
the new America in education are to
come.
ihe president then introduced Prof.
Walter Is. Jacobs Of Brown University.
Prof Jacobs made 1.-The Demands of the
Hour his subject.
MUST GO HAND IN HAND.
He stated that the ideal of education |
md the ideal Of life must 60 hand in
hand. and though the formef might lag
behind. the nature Of each was the same.
The ideal" he said, lever changes
because we ourselves are always chang.
nR. He devoted large part of his time
o the history of education during the
,ast nineteen centuries. lie show d that
he individualistic trend Of education
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