The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-11
COUNTY INSTITUTE
COMES TO A CLOSE
II Terminated with Yesterday Morning s
Session.
INArTENTIvE TEACHERS REPROvED
superintendent Taylor Says Some
TART Things in His Closing Address.
Resolutions Adopted Sustaining tho
superintendent in His Action in Re-
idering the Decision to Meet in
Final Addresses That
Were Delivered to the Teachers.

The county institute came to a close
with yesterday mornings session, and
the teachers, officers, lectures and 9TH
er attendants, after much mutual con-
graduating went to their several
homes much pleased with the work of
the week and incidental pleasures of
the stay in the Electric City.
Miss Buckbee gave as her farewell
talk dissertation on "Children's Mo-
tives,," which like all her previous
talks, was plain, practical and inter-
esting and instructive. She deplored
the fact that so many children leave
school before they have fairly begun
to study and blamed it all to the lax
ity of the parents.
DR.. Benedict gave an interesting and
valuable address on Lessons in OBJ
servations." Among his illustrations
ives an explanation Of the manufacture
of an incandescent lamp. He advised
every one in the vicinity to shut the
eyes after which he hit the lamp a
slight blow resulting in a loud report
and the scattering of minute particles
of C'Gss all over the platform. 1t was
often said that an incandescent lamp
would not set fire to the most delicate
rosure of such materials, as he had
known of case where a young man
had thought of a brilliant idea in the
way of warming his feet by placing
lamp in his bed one cold night. 1t
was great success as a foot-warmer
but consumed the bed clothes in the
| operation.
PROFESSIONAL READING.
Reporting for the committee on pro-
! fessional reading, Prof. NJ. w. Cum
mings recommended for the teachers
| perusal and study "Baldwins School
| Management" edited by DR.. Harris,
! United States commissioner of educa-
tion, and Educational Foundations, ,"
published by Kellett & Co., of New
York
| Resolutions We're adopted conveying
thanks to Superintendent Taylor, DR..
| Stewart and the daily papers; COM
mending the state legislature for the
enactment of the compulsory education
law commending the present course
of study followed in the county schools,
and seconding the action of the county
superintendent in reconsidering the de-
| cision of the last convention to hold
| the institute in Carbondale, believing
the haste in such action, the smallness
| of the number voting, and subsequent
| attendant circumstances, to have been
ample cause for his reviving the issue,
thus allowing him to decide for a GER
tainty in accordance with the best in
terests and desire of ALL"
The resolutions were read by Theron
| G. Osborne and We're unanimously
| adopted.
Deputy State Superintendent Stew
art, in his closing address, urged the
| teachers to be ever mindful of the re-
sponsibility of their vocation, Of the
influence they exert in moulding the
lives of their pupils, and the duty they
owe in helping in the general educa-
tional advancement of the state. He
complimented the city on the new High
school and expressed the hope that the
pupils would only be constantly awake
to the grand opportunities afforded
them.
SUPERINTENDENT'S WORDS.
Superintendent Taylor in his CLOSING
address commended the teachers whC
had given careful attention to the lee
lures, and asked those who had beer
careless to do better in the future. "A
teacher" he said, "who is not suffic
iently self-controlled to listen atten
lively to a good, short lecture is no
competent to control a school of chill
dren." He thanked all who had aideC
in making the institute success ant
announced that the sessions were thel
at an end.
At 11.30 the institute closed with th
singing of America" Prof. Cogswel
leading.