Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-10
BARTON COUNTY TEACHERS.

Congr egational church, Great Bend.
Kans.. Saturday. Oct. IS. 1898:
The meeting was called TO order by
the president, Miss AnnaJ. Rearick. at
half past ten in the morning. The fol-
lowing program was then carried out:
Music. America, led by Prof. T.
c. Straw. with Miss May Woodburn at
the organ.
2-Invocation, Rev. L. c. Schnacke.
3-First Four Chapters s-The Study
Of the Child, Miss Susie Long.
She left the discussion of Prof. Tay-
lor's book to the other persons who
were to speak on the same subject and
took I'D some matter outside of the text
book. The following thoughts were
cleaned from the article by Chas. r.
Skinner from which extracts were read:
Child study brings the teacher in closer
sympathy with the child and indirectly
with its parents. The community and
eventually the state suffer by neglect
of child's education. Children are
the wards of a state and the latter
should make adequate provisions TOR
them along educational lines. Child
study is not fad, not a theory. 1t
begins with the mother and continues
throughout a child's entire life. 1t
should be encouraged because of its
importance to the individual, the COM
munity, to society and to the state
Large societies for child study have
been formed in New York. Illinois.
California and Massachusetts,.
Francis E. Ewing then offered the
following truths from the text book:
Parallel lines though but an inch apart
at their origin may yet be ten feet apart
at the end of mile. Bad children are
such in many cases because Of impaired
senses. The school-room should be
properly heated and ventilated and
warm blooded children should sit away
from the stove while the cold blooded
pupils should have places near the
stove.
Mr.. Dickens, Mrs. Patterson, and
Miss Goodwin further ably discussed
the topic.
4-Recitation. Miss Stella Rankin.
s-The Teacher as Student, F. M.
Chapman.
He said among other things: Teach.
ers teach wherever they are. not only
by precept but also by example. A
teacher should pursue a course of pro-
fessional reading and collect at least a
small educational library. On History
of Education, these authors and re-
formers were recommended: Painter,
Compare, Froebel, PestalozzI, and
Quick; on Philosophy of Educational.
Psychology and School Economy:
Rosenkranz, Dewey, Krohn, White,
Page, Wickersham. General study
should not be neglected; at least one
good weekly newspaper, a county pa.
per, one educational journal, a maga.
zins of some kind should be in every
teachers hands. Guard against self
suficiency. Study should be constant
and not intermittent; certificates ought
not to be the goal in view.
The subject was discussed by Henry
Zimmer.
GA motion was then made and
carried that we meet at one O'Clock
D. m. prompt. because of public speak
ing at two o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Music by Association led by Prof.
Chapman with Prof. Straw at the organ.
z-Roll call, which was answered by
quotations from Longtellow.
3-First Four Chapters of the Lam
guage Arts, Agnes Unruh.
The purpose of Hinsdale's book was
said to be: To state fully and illus
trate clearly the principles underlying
language culture, whether it assumes
the form of speech, reading. or com
position-which he calls the language
arts. To emphasize the value of such
culture. To present torteachers some
,atbods and devices along this line,