The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-29
INSTITUTE OF
INSTRUCTION.
Three Valuable Addresses Made a
Morning Session.
Were on Adjustment of IDEALS to P,act!-
cal REQUIEM :nts.

This mornings session OF the Teachers
Institute opened 1t 9:i5 with the usual
pleasing organ recital by Miss Emma j.
Williams. The devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. 4, l.. Houghton.
The subjects OF the various speakers this
morning bore on the general thought of
the adjustment OF Ideals TO Practical
Requirements
The first speaker was Principal A. b.
Morrill,, OF the state Normal Training
being Elementary Natural Science. ="
He spoke on teaching science in
the schools below the high school grade
We must aspire to idealism, but we must
bear i'm mind every day life. What are
tho people OF this state doing today 2
What are children going to do as they
grow upY Manufacturing, Agriculture
trade and transportation. personal and
professional services mostly furnish our
people with work. The law requires us
30 teach subjects that do not fit children
for these occupations, but nothing that
is : practical tor fitting. We should
have something in our schools TO tit In
some degree or this Reading is Of hrst
Importance or the love OF books. Science
i believe IL n very close second. Every
where people are dealing with things and
forces. as heat, aravitation. cohesion. ana
so on. Science implies no mystic pro-
cess. simply common sense The processes
of science are Identical with practical
every day processes. BY nature study
fire in the boiler, raising of Bread etc.
The public school has duty TO ut the
pupil better to carry on his education
from real things after he leaves sch ool.
The second address on Art and Life
was presented by Miss Harriet l.. Rice,
supervisor of drawing, Providence.
Many nre setting out ON life's journey
with their eyes closed to the glorious
hesuties OF tho world, she said. 1t is for
tn, % hat b ars its message. The Art
spirit gives us tine read ING for our primer
Art il a broad term, Includes architecture,
statuary and so On, also the thought of
beauty. Any one might write gram
maticnl sentences and not write litera-
ture; drawing is to art what construction
is to literature. There is no art as long
rs one simply reproduces fact Art
begins when one puts ones own idea aud
feeling into IL. Art il utilization and
adaptation of the materiali Of nature
AIT A. the transformer of creation. Flow
ers are loved by all children. We
should study them for the many things
we can get from them, among these, fine
suits have come from some one sesinR the
idea capa ole of furnishing the adaptation
in some form of nature.
The last speakerlof the morning. Pripoi
pal &. H. Koyes Of the Holyoke High
school, was then introduced. He spoke
on Manual Training" lie said that the
two former speakers had spoken much of
his thought The kindergarten system
50 thoroughly successful is not but ele-
mentary manual training. Manual train
ing has Just the same claim on education
as mathematics, classics and oil other
branches Its aim is the DEVELOPMENT
of conscious skilful energy, and TO make
the hoy "A man and citizen not only "A
machinist or workman. Ine manual
training school work should stop when
the brain work stops. Here Is the line
between tho manual training and trade
school i believe it is important 20 make
manual training n part OF the high
school system. The high school is break
ing down the bodies of the pupils Ihe
manual training makes for the healthy
body.
'ihe afternoon session was devoted to
department meetings
LAST EVENINGS SESSION
Tho session last evening was attended
by very large and enthusiastic
audience. DIR. Andrews the chief
speaker, wns greeted with loud and con.
tinusd applause Us he appeared ON the
platform.
After an entertaining organ recital.
MIR. T.. ID. Mead of Bost n, was intro
ducei, aGd spoke briefly ON The Rela-
tons of Europe and America.
At the close Of Mr.. Mends address
President Andrews was introduced as the
one who had done 30 much for education
Ia this part OF the country. He talked
very interestingly of his impressions of
affairs In Europe