The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-20
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talk in "The Presentation of the Fun
damental Rules of Arithmetic to Pri-
mary Pupils"
The period to-day was occupied by a
Ground Table" discussion Of the same
subject.
On Monday Miss Halliburton, of Nor
NAL and Industrial school, will read a
very interesting paper on Elementary
Science" Miss Halliburton has made this
subject a speciality and no teacher can
afford to be absent.
The aims Of this department is to make
this work interesting and practical.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
The work in English Department is
under the direction of Prof. Sledd, Of
Wake Forest The Professor is fortu-
nate in having experience, both as
learner and as teacher, in schools of vari-,
Gus kinds-from the "old-field" school to
the university-and in his conferences
he has tried to give his fell0w-teachers
the benefit of this experience. The lee
lures are wholly informal. The following
is an outline of the subjects:
l. Child Literature; 2. The Study of
Fiction, With Special Attention to Scott;
). Shapespeare in the Schools; 4. The
Study of Poetry; ;. College Require
ments for Admission in English.
Under the latter head, it is hoped that
something may be done to put the work
of the lower schools more in harmony
with the demands of the colleges.
The director has devoted a considerable
part of each lecture to brief suggestions
about material for the study and teach
ing of literature-what books to buy and
where to buy them.
PROF. MASSEY ON PLANT LIFE.
Prof. w. f. Massey, of the A. and NJ.
College, gave lectures upon plant life
from the termination of the seed to the
fully developed plant, tracing the func-
tons of the plant in all it's fruits, roots,
stem and leaves, and the chemical
changes taking place therein
a very enjoyable sail was given by Mr..
and Mrs. Il. L. Miller, of Send county,
Kansas, this evening, complimentary to
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack w. Ball, of Green's
boro. Mr.. and Mrs. Ball were married at
LaGrange on June 16, and came here to
spend short while at the seashore. Mrs
Ball, nee Miss Mary Todd, was one of
LaGrange's most charming young ladies.
The train tonight was full of people,
seeking the exhiarating breeze of More
head City. There is a large crowd here
now and an exceedingly pleasant one.
Among the arrivals tonight | noticed the
following:
Hon. Robt. Hancock president of At
lantic and North Carolina Railroad,
Newborn; Mrs. J. %. Ray, NJ. r. Norris,
Fred ]. Brown, Raleigh; Hon. George l..
Morton, III. II. McIlhenry, Wilmington;
Mrs. John Uzzell, Miss Hattie Hargrove,
Mapleville; III. T. Gregory, j. Il. Gil
mer, G. III. James, Greensboro; w. u.
Pollock, Kinston; J. G. Braswell, J. T.
OdOm, Rocky Mount; Mrs. r. J. Cobb,
Miss Mamie King, James Sugg, l.. J.
Moore. Greenville; b. H. Griffin and
wife. Miss Daisy Smith, Miss Howell,
Goldsboro; w. II. Pegram, Durham;
Alex. Graham, superintendent Charlotte
Graded schools, Charlotte; Edwin s.
Sheppe, superintendent Reidsville Graded
schools, Reidsville; e. Mex. Goodwin,
superintendent of State School for the
Deaf and Dumb, Morganton..
The german last night was full Of
pleasure to the participants and added
attractiveness to the lookers-on. The
attendance was large and the scene pre-
forms, decked in gowns of various hues,
glided over the floor to the sound of sweet
music. The german was led by Charles
Forbes, Greenville, with Miss Elizabeth
Grow, Raleigh. Among the dancers
were: Stewart Carr Greenville. Miss
Mamie Fleming, Greenville; S. &. Ken
nedy, Kinston, Miss Ethel Norris, Raj
eigh; Charles Harper, Snow Hill, Miss
Gertie Dill; Will Carr, Gastonia, Miss
Lula White, Greenville; Charles Wilkin-
son, Greenville, Miss I1nttie Hargrove,
Louisburg; j. l.. Fleming, Greenville,
Miss Hal. Morson; j. r. Culpepper,
Richmond, Va, Miss Latta, Raleigh; Mr..
Snow, New Bedford, Mas, Miss Shively;
Jarvis Sugg, Snow Hill, Miss Worthing-
ton, Newbern; John Arlington, Rocky
" cunt, Miss MIME Slocumb, GoI6sboro;
Rom Num-, Newbern, Miss Davis, Beau
fort: Mr.. Morrisey, Mo"ehcad, Miss
Apheiia Howell, GoldsbO-O.
Stags-Harry Heck, Raleigh; Fred
Carr, Castoria; Capt. Bullock, Balti-
more; DIR. r. l.. Carr, Greenville.
Chaperones-Mrs. Mebane, Green's
boro; Mrs. G. A. White, Greensville, and
Miss billiard, Oxford.
There is considerable musical talent
here and the music that one hears from
time to time in the spacious parlors of
the Atlantic charms the senses. The
sweet songs by Miss billiard, of Oxford,
and Miss Shiveley, of Raleigh, made one
feel that here was much of beauty in life
and that music still hath CHAINS to ''sooth
the savage"