The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-29
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Boy" and Miss Mamie Starr re-
cited 1.-The Story of tho Corn
Bread and; !Crows. Prof. Berch-
told's lecture on "Nansen's Polar
Expedition" was exceedingly In
teresting. He held the rapt at.
tention Of the audience for over
an hour and half. Many excit-
ing and daring exploits of the
trip were narrated in the most in.
teresting manner; At the close
of the lecture vote Of thanks
were extended him for his very
entertaining address. - :.
The work for Saturday COM
menced with the -subject--ef="The
Recitation" by .Supt. Denman. In
course of his remarks Prof. Den
man said that our couaty had too
many school keepers and too few
school teachers. A school keeper
always has noisy and indolent
school, while "a school worker al
ways has, working school. A
good srsstsation depended upon "a
wide awake, enthusiastic and:cofn-
petent teachef-a teacher full of
life. energy and enthusiasm, one
who could hold the attention Of
her. pupils. Unless the teacher
could secure and hold the atteHs
ton of the pupils, he was a failure
The subject of 'sRelation Of tile
parent to the teacher" was intro
duced by Mr. II. j. Nichols, clerk
OF district No. 81. >Mr. Nichols
insisted that i teacher should FIRST
have moral character above" re:
proach. -aswell as. being we'll,
versed in the branches : to : be
taught. Hes should be. Careful as to
his habits mdcoaduck Altering
reading of ;this paper q recess was.
taken uuaif one-octoek. $ !:
On assembling in the afternoon
the previous subject was thrown
open for a general discussion;
Prof. Pratt thought the entire re :
sponsibility should rot be thrown
upon the teacher. Prof. Cordley
urged the patrons to do their part:
Too many parents listen. to the
stories of their children without
investigating for themselves. Rev.
Round added a few words of ad:'
vice to the parents. : .>...
Miss N. M. DenlingeE. in discus,
sing. Es.Langusgs i the, advance
grades, "emphasized the need OF,
more competition work or the
part of.he pupil, She would.
have at least one or two papers a
week from members Of the class.
Have pupils correct their own
work. The following symbols
were found very expedient: G for
mistakes in capitals, S for errors
in. spelling, Gr. for grammatical
errors, Rtos paAosasthonp % .:s.,,.
!. Mjsai settis WICK k&pTesspted the
,nsses ma{s deossiAsB es l:5gA'sS SsIeRsd Rsi
in having fheb pHprSd db!a great
deal of writing and story telling.
She displayed samples of the work
along this line as was being done
in. the Cofyallis public schools. 80
Prof. Pratt read an excellent
paper on geography. The study
of geography developed the mind
as welle.saas iifhite,drsesased2 iifit,dss 2fhe Store of
information of the pupil. By
snfeahS.ofsit the mind is niade ac@
quainted With the stage % which
thsl dramNof human life &s been
and is being acted. AnyAmoun
of learning is extremcl& vague
sfA d5fafpeffeut without ge8graphi
cal knowledge; As an ilIustration
Of what geographical knowledge
does with the progress Of the hu
man race since the days of Galiee
and Columbus. Train the power
of imagination in this study. Out
lines. were giyenand suggestions
made as to methods of the study
presented.
In discussing physiology, Prof.
Cordley urged ,tlae teachers not to
put so much time in teaching an
.atomy. Teaching proper habits
and the lawsof health were more.
important. Always make good
use of the laboratory. =
Prof. G. d. Thompson read an
interesting paper on sIndustrial
training in<the public school," He
showed tho necessity, Importance
and effect OF: such training on the
pupil. >..,., :,
Ex-Supt. Holm took p,reading
and: gave, an exceedingly interest
ing talk. His 'refharks were both
profitable and practical j to the
teachers present. He urged the
necessity, Of. haxings thespupifs.
read understandingly. Without
proper understanding of what was
read but little profit and benefit
would be derived from the study
by the pupils He took up the
study of al verse :of "The Old
Clock on the Stairs,' written by
Longfellow, analized it and, then
had it read by thesclass. Much
interest was manifested by the
teachers present in the exercise.
The attendance Of the institute
at both day and nightsessions was