The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-07
CONTINUE THE|R9)OD WORK.
KING COUNTY TEACHERS HOLD
THEIR THIRD DAYS SESSION.
tertainaent-Many SAeFt Address
es Delivered en- school Sub
jeets BY Well known Teachers.

The third days session Of the King
County Teachers Association was opened
al o'clock by 4 violoncellc solo by Prof
George Bachmann. who responded to two
encores- An invocation oy Rev. Louis
Bowerman was followed by a string quar-
tette. which played the "Andan,e and
Scherzo." by Beethoven. The players were
Miss Ethel Kahle. Mrs. vining, Miss VIM
ME Winning and Prof. G. Bachmann. A
round of applause attested the spprecia-
ton of their playing.
Supt. Meredith introduced State super
Mtendent r. j. Browne. who gave a brief
address on teachers work.
The institute then resolved itself into the
sections. In the high school section Prof
j. Allen Smith, OF the state university.
gave most interesting talk on social
science.
Following are some of the points which
he discussed briefly: The object of social
science. the necessity of IL: the difficulty
OF obtaining Information upon which to
build 1t, the principle underlying social
science, which. he said. is the process OF
adaptation: individual. effort opposed to
combined effort; equality OF oppor unity:
principle Of conservatism opposing ad-
world: efficiency Of labor augmented: mod
ern education refusing TO take cognizance
of changing social conditions: abnormal
distribution Of wealth cause Of social I'M
rest; education the remedy.
Prof. j. NJ. Taylor. editor Of he Educa-
tional Repository, addressed the section
on local history. He outlined his method
of teaching history. and defined II as the
laboratory method.
In the intermediate section. Mr.. Lingen-
felter presided. and introduced Prof Getz,
who gave talk on Ratio in Number"
After short discussion, Mrs. b. W. Brint-
nall, associate editor Of the Northwest
Journal Of Education. was introduced and
read an interesting paper on Temperance
Physiology" Mrs. Brintnall spoke espe-
cially OF the drawbacks in teaching tenn
perance physiology on account OF home
relations. and emphasized the necessity OF
the work. Miss Laverta Morse opened the
discussion of the paper.
Mr.. Coffey gave talk on History" He
tod little story showing the derivation
of the word history from the two words
his and story. Love of personal history
leads to local patriotism
In the primary section Miss Robson
presided. Miss Quig began the work with
model lesson in number teaching ac-
cording to Speer The lesson was Intense
~ interesting. and was followed by an ex-
pianation or the underlying principle OF
the work by Miss ArQuit
Miss Agnes Stowell. Of Ellensburg, dis
cussed composition work. She spoke par
ticularly Of the aims of language, and said
that the acquisition OF huency and accu-
racy result in a development of truth.
In the special section Mr.. w. d. Ger
rard was president and introduced Super
intendent Hopson. who discussed School
Law and Constitution
His work was followed by a talk on
Geography" by Mr.. b. w. Brintnall.
Prof. p. A. Getz. of Eliensburg, closed the
Books Teachers Should Read"
In the afternoon the short talks by
Messrs b. w. Brintnall and v. H. Hopsor
were received with enthusiasm.
DR.. Bolton. in his lecture on Child
Study" was received with enthusiasm
Prof Spiilman, with one of his excel
lent talks on Science closed the after.
noon session.