The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-01
THE CITY INSTITUTE.
Continued Its ss,slons Yesterday with a
Large Ausndaues-Ths In'trueIOrI Do
ing Elective Work.

AT 0 o'clock yesterday morning the
City Teachers institute was called to or
der After singing THE Lord Is My
Shepherd" the roll was called ana alb
sentees marked. quite a number Of
teachers from without the city are en-
rolled, some having failed to attend their
county Institutes the full time and are
attending. Others are attending because
they know the benefits derived from at
tending such meetings, After singing
another song Miss Buckhee talked on the
subject of Language" The subject OF
language was never receiving the atten-
tlnn 1t is now. The tongue and the pen
are now taking the piece of the sword,
Diplomacy and arbitration are now set
thing the questions that were formerly
referred to the sword. What our children
need is not military drill, hut drill In
language. In all avocatlons Of life the
men and the women who succeed well
are those who can talk we'll who can
say great deal in a few words and who
can say these few words ! II. Those
who have the greatest influence in So
ciety are those who can tFlk well and
write we'll The use of good language
adds greatly to ones influence, power
and happiness Language enables us to
observe carefully, and especially to give
good descriptions, 1t makes us think
more definitely 1t improves memory by
fixing upon the mind the thought eX-
pressed, The Importance OF language
has been acknowledged In all ages, but
the training in the use Of language has
been very poor. We have taught techni-
cal grammar instead Of how to use lam
guage. Grammar is all right, but the
great thing Is to flnow how u talk and
to write well, |, e., how TO express our
thoughts so that they win impress the
hearers. Many of our language books
are nothing more nor less than easy
grammars, Language Is not like dress,
tn be put on and taken off at pleasure,
or TO be worn to suit the occasion. our
language must be part OF ourselves
1t will not wear out,
We like to hear the speaker or read
of the writer who gives us thought as the
predominant Idea. The expression Is
subordinate 70 t.e thought
l-Have thing to say.
2-The motive for saying It,
6--hulutu Practice III bdylHS IL
She closed by giving sources from
which good language can be drawn
l-LItera ture, from which we can get
stories, fables, fairy tales, folk lore,
myths, history,
mature.
S-Experlence-Falr trips, visits, pic
MICS.
II was suggested that the Wheeling
teachers were not permitted to attend
the fair. The speaker replied that the
children would 50 whether the teacher
could or not,
Miss Chapman followed Miss Bucklee
She began by saying that nothing had
been presented by the former speaker
that could not be illustrated by drawing
our school work goes hand In hand
Drawing Is not set off by itself, as II
were, but Ia a great help in all other
school work. She then proceeded TO give
a lesson in the development Of the cube,
first by drawing the pattern, then the
picture. The same was done with the
cylinder. A lesson was given in sketch
Ing a book in different positions.
A recess of fifteen minutes was taken.
after which Prd. Black spent the time
until noon in number work. He first
reviewed the lesson Of yesterday, Ad-
ditlon Is uniting equal quantities, sub
traction Is diminishing like quantities,
multiplication Is uniting equal quantities
while division Is separating q quantity
into equal quantities Partition Is taxi
ing a part of number. These are the
five fundamentals In arithmetic, He IL
Illustrated his talk by having the teachers
form problems, when the operations used
in the solution were placed on the board.
There are a great many problems In our
books that the child should not be asked
to solve. our business men are complain
ing that our boys and girls are coming
from our schools not knowing how TO
compute the simple business transac-
tons of life. It is mainly because they
are drilled in so many things that have
no relation to business life. In all teach
ing there should be two motives, /
Thought training. 2-Acquire facts.
Prof Black Is principal of Sherwood
school. Chicago, instead OF Serbrooke, as
was mentioned in yesterdays report, He
is master Of the situation IN his instruc-
ton in number.
AT the afternoon session HAL Column
bla" was sung, after which Miss Chap
man continued the subject Of drawing
She first developed the picture Of table
on the board, requiring the teachers to
do the same on paper She did the same
with a chair. sns also developed plan
of placing two or more objects in group
and all proved very interesting. She
closed with giving an example Of shdd-
Ing AT the close of Miss Chapman's talk
the Institute was favored with a duet
by ProfG. Black and Hammond; subject,
Hope Beyond" They were loudly APP
plauded
Prof Black took up the subject Of child
study. 1t Is well for a teacher to know
as far as possible the possibilities Of each
child. We do not expect the same Of all
children. In this way we give the chill
dren Of limited possibilities credit for
what they do. The following may cause
the possibilities to be limited: l-Physi-
| cal conditions. Physical defects either
hereditary or acquired 3-What of his
environment ut home, in his play or at
| school. Hereditary and environment are
the two great factions that hinder tina
Advancement Of those who come to us
| for Instructions but II Ia a satisfaction
| 10 know that we can blot out all defects
| by pruper training or nearly SO, We can
| at least 30 guide him that he Will make
a proper use of all his environments.
| The teacher should aim to surround him
with proper environments. The child
must be Interested II cannot be inter-
estcd In anything OF which the child has
no experience. There should be three
steps in all teachlng-1, draw from the
chlds experience; 2, present new facts
| In relation to known facts 2, application
to the chiid's life. We are familiar with
many things In life, but we do not know
them The teacher Is often familiar with
her children, but does not know them.
At least twenty-five per cent. Of the chill.
drcn In our public schools have defective
| sight T. e. are other ar-glghtpd Oh