Evening journal., 1897-12-07
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Begins It's Twenty-third An
nual Session To-day.
MANY SCHOOL MNAMs PRESENT

MANY SCHOOL MA'AMS PRESENT
OPENS UNDER VERY FAVORABLE
AUSPICES SOME NOTABLE IN
sTRUCTORs HERE.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
New Castle, Dec. THE twenty |
third annual session Of the New Castle |
County Teachers institute convened in !
the Opera House this morning at $50.
At that hour Superintendent Smith
called the meeting to order and intro
duced Rev. f. NJ. Munscn, Ill. d., who
made the invocation An address of
welcome was then given by Principal
George w. Andrew, in which he stated
among ether remarks, that as long as
he had been in New Castle ne had
never as yet been able to attend
meeting of the Institutes, but had read
their reports with a great deal CT
pleasure He welcomed the teachers
IN behalf of his able corps of teachers
and also of the Board OF Education and
the people of New Castle, whom he
knew were glad to see and have The
teachers with them.
| Superintendent Smith then said that
as there were not yet the full quota OF
teachers arrived there would be a short
recess taken. Scattered around the
building are various devices for the
education of the youth both from the
kindergarten to the more advanced
ideas. There being no sessions OF the
institute in any Of the Pennsylvania
| al "A ltnfs % al.cfs
and instructors from that stale have
availed themselves of the opportunity
to be here. AT 10 o'clock order was
again called, and DR., e. e. White, Of
Philadelphia, made an address. In his
opening remarks he said he would be
right in the school room with the
teachers and net in the philosophical
sky. 1t is necessary to deal in helpful.
matters, and he would use the subject,
fundamentals in Teaching" The
topic was comprehensively handled in
all it's phases. The teacher must un-
3 derstand what she teaches before she
undertakes to instruct the pupil. The
first theory is the end to be attained
the result to be reached. "Aiml6ss
! teaching is the poorest Of al teaching
, as the teacher does net know w'ha
= idea she wishes to produce when sh'
starts, nor what result has been ac
cOmpiished when she has finished Enc
y is the essential in teaching. End guide
u the process; then, having found which
is the best, adopt that one. TIL
{ teacher has joy when successful, but i
the work is mechanical it is the s0r
riest Of occupation. The teacher shOuh
= know every eercise ere sLe starts in or
der to thoroughly inculcate the idea il
the pupil knowledge Of works in va
s. rious states is beneficial, and gives nel
- ideas and Increases ideas. VIII y0
try them? Experimenting with chill
L dren is a crime, and has been weighe
and found wanting. 1t never gives In
ls teacher ay certainty, and the variou
p schemes which are advocated from tim
u TO time by the various advocates @
earring are found in the end to be I'm
l. satisfactory. The best device, how
De- ever, is the test Of ends If you don
ie see the end or result In any plan whic
le you may have, do not use it, as no n,
IL suit or enefit can Socrue therefrom. Yo
cannot afford to do poor work"
u1 Dr. White dwelt on the time in whic
% he was superintendent Of schools
= Cincinnati, in which twenty WORD
ol were daily posted on the boards fC
In the pupils to spell. One teacher sal
n it was to improve handwriting. 81
Ol an examination OF the states prove
~ that each consecutive column of wor,
g was written worse Than the precedin
cne, and thus this reply failed. All
other teacher said it was to imprO,
spelling, but said that every pupil
e. the room with probably four excel
nd tions could already spell the word
ed and as a consequence, this failed. \
r. a result, the whole weak was mecha'
d. ically perfunctory. Teachers shOu
he individuahze.
N, In further remarks he said: "a
IN reaching results there are three end
ng or a trinity of results to be attaine
no Every class you teach, you give OF
I'D, Of the three. The first of these
m knowledge, the power TO lead the chi
'p- where he does not understand, mu
rd be in the teachers knowledge of Il
he subject The more clearly he know
OF his subject, the more skilful will he b
IN come in knowing what parts to teach
ye, He also said that in st. Louis the fir
A. rule was made. wherein the teach
on had to map out the entire science lo
m son before teaching it. This was
Dr. far the best way to do, as it gave q
teacher a more comprehensive view
the work before her.
rs DR.. Elson will speak this afternol
on How to Teach History" and [
As night Dr. Byron w. King, the eloc
of zionist, will be heard. The New Cast
list orchestra will play this evening befo
of and after the exercises. Organizati
nal has not as yet been perfected.
~, PAID A FaATERNAL VISIT.
of number of members CT DuPc
The Post, G. A. r., visited Camp No. 9,