The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-03


time. The roll was called by the seere-
tary, Miss NJ, Reppetto, principal OF
Webster school,
Professor Black continued his work
in number, He FIRST spoke of the reia-
lions OF lines, surfaces and solids, taxi
ing lines, squares and cubes as exam
pies, He laid down this principle as
fundamental. Never allow your pupils
to think OF surfaces except as pictured
off In squares, and never think of vol
ume, except as cubes, because the
square is the unit OF surface and the
cube Is the unit for volume. His expla-
nation of how to find the surface OF the
walls and ceiling Of room in order to
know the amount OF plastering and al
so the method OF teaching, how to find
the amount OF carpeting for a room
proved interesting. He urged that chill
dren should be taught these things just
as they are used in practice. Mr.. Black
i'm ali his talks, aims at the practical
as far at least as the pupil will be fore
ed to use the knowledge after he leaves
school, This practical part is not to IN
terfere with the culture value of the
different subjects taught, but II his plan
is followed. ne meets the objections
used against our school Instruction
that our pupils are not prepared for ac-
tual business life.
After a recess OF five minutes, Mr..
Black sang the following selection OF
his own composition to be used In the
celebration of Washlngton's Birthday,
the chorus being GLORY, glory hallelu-
Iah, etc.
We celebrate to-day the birth OF Washing
ton of yore,
His fame II shines the brightest In our
cOuntry's sacred lore.
No name like HIS on HIstory's page since
then or ere before
He made our country free.
Chorus
When England's laws our Colonies op-
pressed with all their might
All eyes were turned to Washington TO
lead us in the fight.
He led our armies forth to strike for free
dom and the right,
And made our country free.
Chorus
And when the war was over and at peace
with every lhllhf
Our nation with It's stars and stripes had
boldly made her stand,
We chose him for our President to lead
us by the hand,
And keep our country free.
Chorus
All hail our noble Washington who led our
patriot band.
Wen sound mis- praises long and loud
thTo' all our glorious land,
And God, who gave us Washington Will
lead us by his hand
And keep our country free.
Chorus
After the singing, Miss BuclShee con-
tlnued her talk on the mechanics Of
language. She made the remark that
some teachers told hes they could not
put her plans into practice, from the
fact that the janitor would not allow
plants on the window sills Of the school
room. She gave very graphic ac-
count of the trouble she had at one OF
her schools with the janlter. She gem
orally had things as she wished to have
them. Continuing her talk she present.
ed:
l. Arrangement. In speaking Of this
she spoke OF the heading of papers, the
margin on the left, etc,
Q. Capital Letters under this head
she would teach the child all the cir
cumstances under which capitals must
be used.
3. Penmanshlp She pays attention to
their penmanship all the time. She Is
opposed to the use OF the copy hook In
the school room. She would have the
pupils do their best writing nii the time.
4, Punctuation. This she would teach
as she does capitals, |, e., use the per-
iod. comma, etc, Just where they must
be used.
3. Paragraphing. This part OF her
talk was most Interesting, but space will
not permit It's being reported. The gen
erll opinion among the teachers Is that
this Is one OF the most practical insti-
tutes ever held In the city of Wheeling.
Everything thus forgiven by the In
structors can be taken into the school
room and put into practice. This is what
the teacher needs. and the good atten-
ton paid by the teachers in attendance
shows that they realize that they are
getting something that will do them
good II they put II Into practice, ana
they act as though they intended to
put It into practice.
Mr.. o. @. White n student OF Bethany
College, was introduced, and in few
words presented the claims Of Bethany
Colleuc urging that there was no better
college In which TO get an education and
urging on all to send their friends to
this institution. Miss Chapman spent
the last half hour on her special work.
drawing She emphasized the import
anco of sketching from life even by the
youngest children. These sketches will
be very crude at first but remember
that the child must be led from the very
crude, TO that which Il perfect She
sketches the picture Of little girl on
the blackboard explaining as she did
So how easy It was to lead the child to
do the same. The teachers wcro asked
to make the sketch as quickly as posi-
BILE on their paper. Many Of them did
so. making very fair copies Of the pic
ture on the board,
In the afternoon, after singing, Rob
I'm Adnlr," By the institute. led by Miss
Lucy Robinson Miss Chapman spent the
first period with continuation Of hcr
mornings lesson She skcched street
with the houses on either side, the teach
ers copying the same on paper She al
20 gave her plan Of applying drawing to
the teaching Of geography by the draw
ing Of plant llfe such as flowers, trees,
etc. Miss Chnpman'a exercises are
greatly enjoyed from the fact that she
gives all something to do Miss Buck
bee followed In Il talk on Cuba" She
spent two years OF her life on this his
torlc island. She stated at the begin
ming Of her talk that there ueVcr was a
better opportunity for the teaching Of
patriotism than there has been since the
Instruction IN the Island Of cuba, She
spoke Of her trip to cuba, Her dcacrlp.
ton Of Key West was Of interest Then
the ak hourF trip from there To the
rIty nf UnVnnn She smoke Of Moro