The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-11
TEACHERS
INSTITUTE.
The Annual Gathering is Drawing to
a Close.
MANY INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS
The Selection Of the Place For the Next
Institute is Accusing Considerable
Interest-Mahanoy City and
Pottsville Are the Towns
Making the Contest.



MAHANoY CRY, Nov. 1.-THE arrival of
Deputy State superintendent of Public In
struction Henry Houck at the Teachers
County Institute in session here yesterday
afternoon was cordially welcomed by the
teachers. Mr.. Houck closed the session with
an address in his usual happy manner.
At the opening of the session this morning
Mr.. George Howell, city superintendent of
schools at Scranton, Pa, was introduced.
He took 'Words' as his theme and had
the institute very much interested. Thought
giving, or expression. he said, is equal to
thought getting. The best test of impression
is expression. Supt. Howell gave the origin
of certain words and said the study Of orthog-
raphy casts a great deal of light upon history
and the movement of the various peoples Of
Europe in the earlier ages. The lecture was
a literary treat. Many favorable comments
were evoked from the professors and teachers
present.
English Literature In Our Public
Schools was the subject vpon which DR.. NJ.
G.. Brumbaugh, of Philadelphia, talked very
interestingly and he was followed by DIR. O..
T. COrsun, of Columbus, o., who spoke on
the subject of 'Recitltion.' He paid
a strong compliment to the remarks Of Supt.
Howell. There Is a great difference in
teachers, said the speaker Too many
teachers entertain, but don't arouse the
curiosity or interest of their pupils.
Boys and girls are being ruined
by overwork in writing. They get no chance
to think. Discipline is a big feature of
school life. 1t is not what the teacher is
thought of at the present time, but what he
will be thought of 20 years hence. If fogg-
ing is necessary to make the man, go on with
the man making.
The morning session concluded with an
other of Mr.. Houck's entertaining talks and
it had an enlivening effect. AT the afternoon
session Superintendent Howell and Drs.
Brumbaugh and Corson spoke again.
Two of the auditors, lady and gentleman,
tainted in the institute this morning aud
another auditor complained Of illness. This
was due to improper ventilation, but to no
fault of the opera house management. The
facilities for ventilation were ample and had
not been used.
The all-absorbing topic between sessions
and lectures is the contest for the next place
for the institute. 1t has boiled down to a
contest between Mahanoy City and Potts
vile, with the chances very much in favor of
the former. There will be some scattering
votes, but they will not affect the result.
L nt NOLlllE Will 5lhlU bGlNNNh D anu q U Albth
this afternoon and the result announced to-
morrow. There is a strong sentiment in
favor Of Maha 10Y City because of the
general satisfaction with the town and
the entertainment the people have af-
forded the visitors, and also on account
of the spirit of opposition which has been
evoked by the course of the Pottsville
teachers in conducting their canvass. Some
Of the Pottsville teachers are talking Of hav,
ing a separate institute if the contest should
go against them. The law allows any place
having more than fifty teachers to hold an
Independent institute. 1t is not believed,
however, that the threat would be carried
into execution.
The School Directors Association Of
SchuylkiH county closed its annual session
here yesterday afternoon and the attendance
was so small that it was decided to adopt a
new method for increasing interest in the or
ganization. The first step in this direction
was to decide that the annual sessions be held
at a different time than when the county in
stitute meets, and in pursuance of this a
resolution was unanimously adopted that
the association meet on the first Wednesday
of September in each year.
During the closing session State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction DR.. N. G..
Schaeffer read an able paper on Distribution
of State Appropriations"
DR.. Charles E. Quail, of Auburn, was re-
elected president and W. f. Scheerer, of
Pottsville, vice president. w. j. Perry, of
Mahanoy City, was made secretary aud
Thomas Edwards of Shenandoah, treasurer.