The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-12-25

a Profitable and Pleasant meetine o. Iron So"n'
~ Teachers a. iron River


attended by every tcnchcr 10 Che county
Tho people 81 Iron River furnished
free entertainment ior the visitors
nnd t.c watm reception pcrorlrd
visitors rs the tnchcr- and r,epie
in general of thu town viii not
soon IL. f.r.o,ien. proi W.C. Hewitt
ol tie Oshkosh Nonnal -chad wa- "a
ihc Institute nnd he wis
assisted hy Miss Rose Swnrt ~ The
snmc institutions. Mr. Hewitt 4 an
offered thinker ia educational lines and
,hr sueccsiinu- and idcns thni he at 4
ynncd wcreull uf the prtci'cnl cnmm"'i u
scnrr Kind that aic ui so much ana l' T
The teacher aud yauc tu thr pupil. Ills
snraestinns i'm arithmetic are especially ]
worthy az mcnOnn, not that they
were better than those IN other lincS'
but hccam.c thcy carried with thrm thai
fundamental quality OF probability that
il So often loreotlcn IN the m"drfn
methods uf teaching that branch
The work oi Miss SSnrt is also
worthy oi especial mention. She iS hn
lnccomplished wnmin aud, as oae per
son expressed IT, at IL a privilege u"
meet her and 90 hear her talk. Shr
il a teacher of and believer IN methods
lint she hclicvrS iu seasoning hrt
mctho,ls with those common sense
ideas ol the child aud oi his indiN'du'l
movers aud possibilities, tlHt are cal
Iculnted tn bring him nut aud she dts
claims against hamperng % child with
those pedagogical -tiulght lnrketS tirlt
modern orthndoX cdur1tinnal tenrt'
sooftrnencunber erhmwith lierpnrtE
u,ot. III tcnchcrs would giTe methods
= vnention and children nn Opportunity
II would hr far b,ttci'' Is a tcrse way "l
puttinr it,. We hope tu have Miss
Swart AMI Prot II witt with as nttm.
The first scsAon nt the institute was
held Thursday evening nt the op't
bnu.c The weather wis cNtr'm ~
cold and the heating facilities oI th'
room were not enough To make u COZ"
rtablc. SO the program was -hnrtcna
considerably. The exercises op'n'
with a chorus by the pupils "i the irn'
piyer school after whlrh i'v. pon1t
Mcdonald off red prayer Miss j ISL
L.orrna followed with "a very prciiy ''I'
gunt Catler opened the round t'h'
discussion ON the subject The Relation
81 the school to National lie with
thirty minute talk that was iull oi gpn
noints. Al the close ui Mr cutler
. rem,rks further Discussion oi the sn'
ict was deferred until tlc inllpwli
norning. Prof. Farmer took chtrSr q
the meeting at this iuncture au
announced general hand shake HS "
rext feature of the program, Thu
was not "A person in the assembling 'i'
neclcctc the opportunity oi meetn
overv other person md when all ha
nmndcaeaunintcl Miss Mnry L'rei
went to the piano and started mare
inc mir. The audience itll IN with u
,deu nt once: selected PARTNERS al
mnrrhc,l to their hearts cnn,rnt A't
- the march, refreshments were SerNrd
- tho Iron River teachers aud whoa I
} crowd dispcrcd Il ~as with a feeling III
all had been royalty entert 'incd'
The round table DISCUSSION WIS
ahmed nest morning ut the school ho'
and continued until the arrival oI ~
Hewitt aud Miss Swart at 1870 "l
the regular program was taken up
A lecture was ON the program Tor !
dny evening bat the climatic con MI
of tte hall suggested Co lrOi lie"
the ndvisibility 81 couteuiing hm
with short talk 60 the b'
Ius talk was good aud we
sorry that we could not u
he,rd morc oi IT, After tie
. ture Prof. Hewitt suggested "A m'wh
- order To warm uplhrcrnwd Miss Il
Rowlcy unidntolat pianplnl i'wm'
wn4 hobby pr,i Ileyittnnd Mrs d''
Crinpen Prof Hewitt had a gnmopl
with him and after the march was
be announced that, IL the people wi-
Il lac would give them grhmnpl
ronceri The audience Tell ia with
IlN ,Jo, aud Tor about au hour the mae
around out popular selections "t y
aud instrumental music, an
hvoritc rcciiatious,
The CRYSTAL Falls iruclrr- hta
tended driving across ilr country
fheinsiitutc wtsnvcr bat th' intrI
eoM weather ncccssitnicd their
- bone by tram nrNt morning. Tue
- drnwal of ilni uumlHi oi lctrhers
- quite difference 10 ibo HulnWfr
mo,niurbul suchnnintrrst lad 'we
nted - Tie mcctir enmoua-t llcl""
Iron River that many ~ ihrm wr'
nttcndcucc nest dry thus com"n-
.nnrulint iot the los- Of t'r east
trgrlrr4.
Pnt lirRin gave y srcond q
phnnc rauncrt ntter the Institute "
,enslit nf the chil,lrru ui Iron llrri