Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
VIOLIN BOXES wood S1.25.
TIE INSTITUTE.
The Proceedings at MOundSville, Yes
terlay,
The Morning and Afternoon Ad-
dresses by DR.. GOrdy on 1.-THE
Two Caihouns" - Miss Anna
Buckbee Continued her Remarks
on Language" The Entertain
ment Last Night.

While the interest taken III the III
stitute being held at Moundsville this
year is as good as in the past, the at
tendance is not so large.
Yesterdays roll call showed that
there were one. hundred and twelve
gentlemen present and ninety-four
ladies. This is a falling oil Of about
twenty-five teachers.
The session was opened as usual Dy
Prof. Writ, and after the singing Oh
America" by the audience the teach
ers were addressed by DR.. Gordy, on
history. his subject both morning and
afternoon being the 1.-TWO Calhouns.
He began by saying that John Cal
houn up until 1926 was one kind OF
man politically, and during the re-
mainder Of his political life was alto
gether another kind Of man. His first
political life being that OF Alexander
Hamilton, he was a believer in pro-
tective tariff. in internal Improvements,
in the national bank and took broad
view of the constitution. The second
Hamilton conceeding that slavery was
and would continue to be the very
dustrial life Of the South, hence we
find that the second Hamilton fayorlng
everything calculated TO perpetuate
slavery. For instance, the notification
or States right reasoning proceeded
from the conception that the State was
the principal and general government,
the agent During his discussion the
sneaker showed clearly that Andrew
Jackson's administration was justly
STYLED German translation the reign OF
Andrew Jackson.
After few minutes recess Miss An
ma Buckbee continued her talk Of yes
terday on Language" She said that
in classic literature Of to-day, with few
exceptions, the sentences are growing
shorter The using of slang was dis
cuSsed and she said it was the concise
ness Of the vulgar Among the many
/ sources cited by the speaker as a means
Of widening ones vocabulary the
value of an extensive course Of read
ing was dwelt on at length. A third
! source mentioned was a deliberate
+ search for the word. On correctness
/ the speaker said she would insist from
/ the very first on arrangement Of the
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capitals of punctuation.
DR.. GOrdy then addressed the teach
/ ers again on Attention, speaking Of the
means of receiving attention, both vol
untary and involuntary. One great
law of attention is connection. The
+ second law Of it is contagion The
/ reason why children are not interested
( is because the teacher is not interested,
either. The recipe to the teacher in Or
der to get himself interested in his
subjects is to make himself master of
/ his subject. The third great law is
I the law Of adaptation. Lack of capac-
/ ity. goes hand in hand with lack of in
/ terest.
/ The afternoon session was called to
I order at 1870 p. m. and after the usual
/ singing exercise Miss Buckber contin-
/ ued her talk or reading. She recon-
mended the teaching Of silent reading
0 to beginners prior to reading aloud.
4 Reading. she said, naturally divides
I itself. first. into what shall be read?
| second. how shall we read it? The
I aim of teaching reading TO & child
should be not only learn 1t to read but
should give il valuable information
while so learning a good method
I Of teaching reading should cultivate a
| taste for reading. The speaker review
/ ed carefully all the different methods
of teaching reading. and while she
condemned none in the main preferred
/ the sentence method.
I Here another recess was taken. af-
ter which Dr. Gordy again talked IN
| the two CalhOuns he said Calhoun
/ advocated the annexation of Texas for
slave territory. as it favored the pro-
mitigation of slavery. He told Of the
| Mexican war and gave many illus
/ trations. which interested the audience
very much.
Last night the teachers entertain
ment was given at the Parish Insti-
tute instead Of the school hall, on ac-
/ count Of no piano being there. To-
night Miss Buckbee lectures on Cuba
and the Cubans" and very likely a
/ large audience will hear her.