The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-02

preston there must be impression. II
there Is nothing in box, nothing can
be taken out of It, Water can't be
pumped out of an empty we'll Carlyle
tells us not to speak at all unless we
have something to say.
GOOD RULE TO FOLLOW.
stop, Look and Listen" the sign
displayed at railway crossings. is a
good rule for language work. We have
eyes that see not and ears that hear
not, something like potatoes and corn
stalks.
Professor Green cited the case of an
old blind man who used to go out into
his garden with the help OF wire
strung along as guide. His helpless
rrss stirred the sympathes of the pro-
f"Ssor, and yet when he reflected there
are many who can see that are as blind
almost to the objects around them as
the old man was.
iiuskir said that to see correctly is
poetry. prophecy and religion all i'm
one. That great writer could see the
Apocalypse i'm "a daisy. How many
have stopped to think asked the speak
er what thoughts are suggested i'm
the lines" Twinkle. twinkle. little star.
how ! wonder what YOU are" First.
the pupil must observe the twlnllling
of the star; next. he must contemplate
what the star is; and third, he COM
pares the star with the diamond.
1t is surprising, said the speaker. the
ignorance of people about persons.
places and pictures right around them.
Dickens has been called the camera
minded. because when he went through
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the characters in real life that he pic
turod in his books. Mark Twain wrote
from real life and that is why his
characters are so natural
"Oh, we have such a shut eve" he
said. He cited the passage i'm Macbeth
where Lady Macbeth says as she walks
about i'm her sleep: mot all the per-
fumes of Arabia can wash out the
blood from these little hands," And
the gentlewoman said to the doctor
as they watched her: See her eyes
are open!" "Ay." said the doctor, but
her sense is shut"
Miss Edith Watkins, of TAYLOR. sang
"Afterward' with fine effect and re-
ccived generous applause. An inter-
mission followed and upon reassem-
bling Prof Cogswell was allowed ten
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THE MORNING SESSION.
At the morning session of the insti-
tute the teachers divided for section
work the primary teachers remain
ing i'm the main court room, while the
teachers of the advanced grades repair
ed to court room No. > where they
listened to a discussion on the three
great American educators. Horace
Mann, David Page and James }. Wick
ersham, the speakers being respectfully
Jennie c. Benjamin, Mary c. Barrett
and T.. II. Green
In the main court room Miss Ada Van
Stone Harris supervisor of the prim-
airy schools of Newark, y. j., gave a
very thoughtful treatise on Language
Expression" arguing that the pupils
must be thought to think earnestly
before they can he expected to write
earnestly. Children should be given
power to see before they are asked to
interpret.
When the institute reassembled in
the main court room Prof. Green ad-
dressed them on My Book and L."
outlining his taste strongly for school
libraries. Miss Harris address on
Mature" closed the morning session.
A pleasing feature of the morning
was an instrumental duet by Miss May
Murphy and Emma Ludwig, Of Dun
more.