Smyrna times., 1897-12-15

could not exsist half slave and half
free" was a key to all development as
public man. He showed from re-
peated incidents in his life when Pres
ident, that despite his mild bearing his
was the ruling spirit that dominated
both the cabinet and the defense of the
nation. Mr.. WattersOn believed and
reiterated the opinion that African slav-
cry was the cause of the war, and that
Mr.. Lincoln was brought out of obscur-
ity by Divine Providence to accomplish
its destruction and save the Union.
THURSDAYS SESSION.
The second days session opened
under the same bright weather condi-
tiOns as the previous day, with the en-
thusiam and interest growing in the
meetings as the time drew to the close.
The exercises began with an invoca-
ton by the Rev. Adam Stengle, pastor
of the Methodist church, after which
Prof. w. H. Elson, of Philadelphia,
well known here as the University Ex-
tension lecturer at the winter course of
our local circle, talked on the Making
of Chains in United States History. ;"
The speaker did not agree with the
memOrizing of long list of dates, but
on the contrary the taking of a
few important dates and group
ing around them a chain of others,
enabling the student to get the facts
more closely fixed in his mind. DIR.
Brumbaugh followed with talk with
a high moral tone on "The nature of
Education from an Ethical stand point ="
The one great end in education was the
making of better men and women, NOR
ally and religiously. In his remarks
he tried to set forth the duty of the
teacher to iuculcate these principles
along the line of every day school life.
Too great a care could not be taken in
this work, he said, and the teacher had
a great mission to perform. His talk
was full of good common-sense
thoughts. Prof Elson followed with
another talk on "making chains"
The afternoon address on "The Re
vival of Learning" by DR.. Brumbaugh
was full of historical interest as he pic
tured the different advances the cause
of learning took in Italy, England and
France The tenor of his whole dis
course was the value of higher learn
ing, and every teacher should encour-
age n pupil to so through college and
the Universities wherever chance was
available.
A new feature in the program was
instituted here which proved an excel
lent innovation. Mr. Walter Q. Hof-
fecker was called to the front and with
the assistance of his wife, who furn-
ished an accompaniment,he he led the In
stltute III song service of popular
airs. The ringing out of so many
voices in one mighty volume was an
impressive part which the entertain
ment afforded.
Prof. Elson continued a talk on
United States History, and then DR..
Elson gave one of the most interesting
talks of the Institute When he an
nounced his subject "Rat-hole Psv-
chOlOgy, there was a litter all through
the house. DR.. Brumbaugh was
noted for his dry humor, but back of
this all was flow of good common
sense that found ready response in
the hearts of all his hearers. He al
ways explained his subjects in the sim
plest language In taking up his sub
Iect he showed the connecting link be-
tween the mind and the body. how n
thought was carried through the senses
until 1t went through the opening that
separated the material from mental.
This point he calld the "Rathole" and
he compared the mind to a cat and the
impression or thought coming into the
mind as the rat The underlying
thought of his remarks was--Attention.
Without attention, he said, "Instruc-
tion was useless" The cat must watch
the rat. When everything came into
the mind it was classified and found
its proper place in the storehouse of
information. The discourse was one
of the finest ever delivered before
Kent County Institute. Prof Elson
closed with talk on Geographical
Progression.
The evening lecture by DIR. Byron
W. King, of Pittsburgh, Pa, was cap
tivating. He was greeted with an au-
dience that was packed to the doors.
and for nearly two hours he held them
spell-bOund, continually moving them
to laughter and tears. His selections
covered nearly the whole range of elo-
cutiOn. His facial expressions were
amusing to the extreme, and his tragic
earnestness in the recitals of Shake
speare's plays, were of the gilt edged
orcer His death scene was one of
great empressiveness. He was intro
duced by Benz. A. Hazell of this town.
FRIDAYS SESSION.
The crowd reached its climax on Fri
day, the last days session of the teach
ers. The fame of King had come be-
tore him and the people eager to be en-
tertained, came to the Opera House
early to procure the best seats. PRAYER
was said by the Rev. Geo. w. Dame.
of the st. Peters Episcopal church.
after which Supt. Jas. NJ. Coughlin, of
Wilkesbarre, Pa, was introduced to
the audience. He gave an excellent
talk on Arithmetic, advising the
teachers to refrain from teaching it to
the first two years. After that
time they could learn much more read
lily. DR.. King was greeted with a
round of applause as he stepped on the
platform. He gave a very entertaining