The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-30

Held at Dufur, Oregon Jan, 21st and
22d, 1897

Held at Dufur, Oregon Jan, 2Ist and
22d. 1897.
A well filed house greeted Prof.
Frazier at Dufur on the evening of the
2lst, when he called to order the sixth
annual local teachers institute and
turned it over to Supt. Gilbert, who
disclaimed in advance any credit for
whatever good should result from the
institute. by insisting that it belonged
to Prof. Frazier.
On the snbiect of education, A. ].
Brigham presented some we'll arranged
principles in very forcible address.
With his conclusions there was q
general agreement, but his position
that the moral education depended
almost wholly upon parents, ELECTED
strong dissent. This address was fol-
lowed by shorter ones bearing on the
same subject by DR.. Dietrich, F. II.
Johnston and j. Z. Connor, all en-
phasizing the need of a thorough
practical education of high moral
grade.
In conclusion Supt. Gilbert called
attention to the superior advantages
of Dufur as an educational center, and
further emphasized the need and i'm
portance of new school house there.
At 10 A. NJ. Friday, the institute was
again called to order by the superin-
tendent. who, in his brief yet lucid
way, outlined the plan and object of
the institute.
The subject Of mental arithmetic
was then presented by P. 2. Under
wood, who called attention to the
great value of this study on account of
its developing the power to reach
definite results by correct logical
reasoning. He closed his remarks by
showing the sameness of work when
using either integral or fractional
numbers, Illustrating his statements
by solving difficult problem. Miss
Maud Peabody read we'll prepared
paper on methods in teaching orthog-
raphy, bringing out several good
points; one being that pupils should
not see their misspelled words, but
the words should be correctly spelled
for them.
Miss Nellie Hudson's paper on what
shall teachers read? showed much
careful thought and research in pre-
paration, and was heartily commended.
In presenting the subject of writing
vertical and oblique-Mr. Gilbert
called attention to the sad neglect of
writing in many of our schools. He
claimed that the vertical system is
only fad, and is inferior to the
oblique in legibility, beauty, and in
the rapidity of its execution. He urged
teachers to daily subject their pupils
to thorough and systematic drilling in
this highly beautiful and useful art.
E. S. Hinman in presenting methods
in primary geography, complained of
the text book as being poorly adapted
to primary pupils, containing so many
hard words and being beyond the COM
prehension of the young. This led to
different suggestions of methods for
overcoming the difficulties.
The best presented and most import
ant subject of the institute was moral
culture-methods of. Prof. Frazier
has for years made speciality of this
and his method and experience justi-
fed his vehement claim that moral
culture can be successfully taught in
the public schools.
Sixteen teachers attended the in
stitute, and were enrolled as follows:
Nellie Hudson, Alice Powell, Maud
Peabody. Joseph NJ. O'Brian, Robert
D. O'Brien, Edith Peabody, Aaron
Frazier, Roy D. Butler, Annie
Frazier, Dufur; Hattie Steinweis,
Hattie Allen, P. P. Underwood. Bessie
Hastings, Boyd; o. K. Butler. Nansene;
o. H. Kerns, The Dalles; Will H.
Walker, Kingsley.
The attendance during the day was
not as large as that of former years;
but at night a packed house showed |
the interest felt by all classes, who
listened with close attention to the !
following program:
Reading ng.......... Miss Alice Powell |
Recitation. on.. Miss lilly Temple |
...... Miss Nellie Huuson |
Recitation. ion................O ..Orrin Moore |
Defamation, "My Mary Ann,"
..................... Ed. Limroth
Duet, "Murmuring Sea-. ".......
Mrs. Inez Hinman and Daisy Dufur
Reading. ng.............M Miss Eva Slusher
Defamation. ....... Robert O'Brien
Reading. ..................Om .Omer Butler
Solo. o.......M Miss Anna Dufur
Address, 1.-THE New and The Old
Way. p. P. Underwood
Miss Bessie Hastings
g............W Waldo Brigham
The Evening STAR.
...............M Miss Edith Peabody
The exercises of the institute were
enlivened from time to time with sweet
strains of music, for the excellency of
which the Dufur musicians are so
noted. P. P. UNDERWOOD.