Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-20
SOCIETY.
A Few Events of Interest i'm
the World of Pleasure.

The Occult Research society was en-
i tertained yesterday afternoon at the
! home of Mrs. s. &. Whitesell, Fort
Wayne avenue. The regular program
was carried out and an enjoyable after
noon spent. The next meeting will be
, the last of the season and will be held
at the home of Mrs. Isham Sedg wick,
east Main street. This will be an even
ing meeting and the husbands. ,apd
gentlemen friends st 'h will be- sarroS @s, os
essi4 Z musical and literary program
carr led out. So. % -.
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End the attendance Illll1u ID
address of the occasion was 70 nave]
been delivered by Mrs. w. D. Fouike,
and in her inability to appear and read
the paper, w. d. Foulke had been APP
pointed. He, too, was detained
through misunderstanding as to the
date of the meeting, and the Rev.
Stanley Hughes was substituted. He
| took the subject that was to have been
discussed by the original appointee-
'Negatism and Positivism in Teach
ing The paper was an excellent
one. The opening remarks were COM
plimentary to Richmond the Rich
mond schools. He said that Richmond
| teachers were the best he had had
in all his schooling ,and that Richmond
was just little better than any other
| town. He advocated loyalty to the
home town, and gave it as his opinion
that more de. otion to Richmond, more
standing up for her would do the city
good. He then proceeded TO discuss
the subject in hand. He took the side
| of positiyism, without expressing rad
| ieal views. AT intervals he stated that
his views on certain things differed
from those of the person who was to
haye read the paper. The paper and
the supplementary remarks made by
the speaker were highly pleasing, in
structive and entertaining. The dis
eussioD was opened by Prof. ID.
w. Dennis in few hap
py remarks. Much that he said
! was heartily coneurred in by the
members present. He is a radical
positivist. S. W. Gillian was then
called upon and made a few very brief
remarks on the side of positivism.
The terms positivism and negativism
as used in the discussion all through
referred to the relative merits of teach
ing what good things to do, and what
bad things not to do. 1t was shown
that the Old Testament was a collee
ton of negative teachings, and tha
the new was collection of positiv
isms. The world had progressed anC
become civilized under the New Testa
ment teaching, while in remained al
most at a standstill under that of tn.
old.
An election of officers was then had
resulting In the re-eleetlon of Mrs
Walter Hutton as president, Mis-
Viola Ewers vice president, ana Mrs
\. II. Ballard secretary and treasurer
This is the end of the present schoo
years work, ard all who took part il
the study, with the mothers and tn
teachers, feel that they have beel
benefited thereby and are better fitte'
to take care of the growing minds en-
trusted to their care. The work wi
be taken up at the beginning of III
new school year, and the sphere Of tn
club viii perhaps be enlarged. Mis-
Margaret Dennis was the originator G
the work locally, and all whom sh
succeeded, either directly or ind
: rectly. in interesting, feel grateful I
her for introducing this branch {
school and home work in this city.
The marriage of Miss Cora knap
! and DIR. Wiliialn Waking took plat
T last evening ST o'clock ST the home {
I the groom, 431 south tenth street, ii
e Rev. ]. W. kapp of the First Englis