The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-01
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allDlenIS among lnc DuDllS9 tlISl,
care should be taken TO guard against
improper ventilation. Enough air
should be H. the room to provide 300
cubic feet of pure wholesome supply
for each pupil. Let the teacher take
the dimensions and figure out the cap
acity. However the draught should
not be strong enough to blow the ph-
pills out of the room.
Good light is also very necc ssary. 1t
should come over the left shoulder
upon the books and writing page. The
drinking water by all means should be
pure. This can be very readily seen
when one knows that - per cent. of
the human body is composed of water.
In schools where there are no steriliz-
ing vessels, the water may be purified
by using absorbent cotton at the
spigot and letting the water soak
through it.
ABOUT TYPHOID FEVER.
DR.. Bateson dwelt during the rest of
his address upon contagious diseases.
Typhoid fever, he said is not con-
tGgious: it is infectious. ard is gener-
ally caught by using food. water or
a vessel in the room OF a typhoid
patient The germ of typhoid is first
developed In some decayed animal or
vegetable matter. Scarlet fever Is
both contagious end infectious and
may be transmitted rods or miles and
even in a letter sent 100 miles away.
Diphtheria is the most terrible
scourPe that may come to children. 1t
is !nsidious in its approach and spreads
with such rapidity that the strictest
progress. He spoke briefly on small
pcX, chicken-pox and the mumps. AS
to whoopne cough it Is most COMMON
among children Of from 2 to years
of age, and as children arc not admit
ted to school till they are six years old
there isn't much danger, Itch, ring
worm, and uncleanliness of the body
were the last topics of unhealthful-
ness, DR.. Bateson touched upon.
Professo: w. y. Kelley, supervising
principal of the Archibald schools
charmed the institute with his rendi-
tion of 1.-THE Holy City" The piano
accompaniment was by Professor
Cogswell.
1nternission OF ten minutes was fol-
lowed Ivy roll call. after which f. II.
Green, professor of English in West
Chester State Normal school, was in
troduced. Professor Green was here
last year ard made such a good i'm
preston that Mr.. Taylor was petition
ed by large number of teachers to
get him for this institute. The pro-
fessor is a fluent talker, and he is
bubbling over with dry wit. He is
never at q loss for n good story and
makes frequent use of them by way OF
illustration.
PROF. GREEN'S REMARKS.
His subject for the afternoon was
My Book and l." but he transposed
it for the subject assigned to him for
this forenoon. Guiding Principle in
Teaching Language" He laid down
ten rules for teaching language:
1. Learn to appreciate the beauty
| and worth of the language we speak.
>. Remember the true purpose of
the study of grammar
3. Remember the true purpose of
the study of language.
4. Begin at the right place and de-
velop at the right order.
). Make teaching of language con-
structive rather than destructive.
6. Don't put words into sentences
| for parsirg or analyzing which would
make other than smooth English
Z. BE not a slave to a text book in
| teaching language
8. Study the text book we'll and abb
| sorb only the things worth absorbing.
8. Define and illustrate fully and
| sensibly ana learn that it is not 50
much the things we don't know, but
| the things we know that are NOT So
that make fools of us.
| 10. Don't fret and fuss over tritlcs.
THE EVENING COURSE.
| The first entertainment of the evenins
course will be held tomorrow night il
| the High School auditorium, wher
Marshall p Wilder will delight tn
| audience. He will be assisted by tht
| Schubert quartette, led by Prof JOIN
| II. Watkins.
On Thursday evening the Slaytor
Jubilee Singers will give a concert. O
| this company the Wichita, Kansas
| Daily Eagle says: "The entire pro
| gramme was of the higher order o
music, the old melodies being sung il
a very tasty manner and the pieces
of the more classical type We're render
ed with all the grace and expression
which could well be applied. The com
pany have been gathered from sew
eral different parts of the country
two being from Ohio, two from Ken
lucky, one each from Alabama, Ten
nessee, Maryland, Texas and Canada
They leave for Sterling this mornin:
where they appear tonight"