The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-29

at high school hall. A full half hour
was spent as only teachers can spend 1t,
talking over the delights OF vacation
and the work to be done during the
year to come. At precisely 10 O'Clock
superintendent w. H. Anderson called
the ASSEMBLY to order. and the Wheel
ing Teachers Institute Of 1899 was in
session.
'Trhe Watch on the Rhine" was sung,
Prof. J. NJ, Hammond leading, with
Miss Eta Roberts at the piano.
Prof. Theodore B. Moss, principal Of
the Southwestern Normal School, Cali
fornia. Washington county. Pa, was
then introduced. and he gave a very
pleasant talk. He said in part that
the teacher vii get from the institute
Just what he wishes to get We can
make the institute a picnic or pente-
cost, Just as we think OF It's Importance.
We get out Of the experiences OF life
Just what we are prepared to get out
Of them. We get out of a book just
what we are prepared to get out Of it.
Teachers get out OF their work just
what they are prepared to get out OF 1T.
Some teachers are happy In their work
every day and every day. Others
teach for the money there is In 1t. Can
we get out Of the institute this week
anything that win help US in our work
that begins next week? Our work the
coming year should be different from
what It was last year or any previous
year. An studies should be made In
teresting to the pupils.
In speaking OF the subject OF psy-
choloEy he said that all the psychology
needs is that of interest; to know how
TO Interest the pupil He closed his talk
by saying that teachers ought to mag
nRy their work. There is no greater
work. He placed ON the blackboard
what he considered the teacher should
know in order to be a success.
1. To know when the key dts the lock.
2. The difference between bread and
stone.
.. Should know how to build bridges
without stopping trains.
The speaker applied all these points
in way TO interest all.
The roll was called at the close Of his
talk, and nearly all the teachers re-
sponded. A few were detained by causes
over which they had no control.
Miss Lucy B. Chapman. superlntend-
ent of drawing In the schools OF Des
MoInes, Iowa, was next introduced,
though she NEEDED no Introduction, this
being her third year as instructor in
this important branch at the Wheeling
Teachers Institute. and every member
OF the institute is glad to welcome her
again, and more than glad to hear and
Know OF her continued success. as her
position for next year is considered a
promotion from the one she held year
ago. In her talk she spoke more Of
how to manage the pupils, to secure
their attention in the important subject
Of drawing than as to methods of In
struction. She also showed samples Of
new departure in cutting and FASTING
in initiation OF stained glass.
The institute met again at 1880
O'Clock. The institute sang Annie
Laurie" as only Wheeling teachers can
sing 1t. The roll was called by the Sec
rotary, Miss Reppetto after which Miss
Chapman took up the subject Of draw
ing. She explained her talk with a
drawing on the black board. The
teachers having paper were required to
draw, as an application of the lesson
given. She showed during the talk
how to make imitation of stained glass,
ofwhich she spoke in the morning. Miss
Chapman said that the teachers can
carry on successfully what she Is CIV
ing and will give during the week
without the assistance Of a supervisor
Of drawing.
This may be so. but supervisor
would be a great help in the matter of
drawing, let the lesson be ever so sim
Die. This will be the case until all
teachers are adopts in the art of draw
ing. When the time comes that mem
bers Of the board Of education realize
the Importance OF having Its pupils well
taught in this important branch then
viii wheeling have specialists to teach
It While all may succeed partially In
learning to draw. there are but few
who are able to teach 1t as It should be
taught. This might lead the oppon-
ents to having n special teacher say
that 1t is not one in a hundred who
make drawing a success, therefore, the
expense vii not yield the proper re-
suits. But 1t is the aesthetic effect that
the practice has upon the character Of
the child that 1t is desirable. Though
the child may not make an artist. the
boy or girl will make better man or
a better woman from the practice at
school In drawing or painting. While
Miss Chapman believes this work can
be done without a supervisor, she also
says It can be done much better with
one.
America" was then sung with vim
by the members OF the institute.
DIR. Moss was the next speaker. and
he took up the study OF "chlId Study"
In the California normal school, of
which he Is principal. the study of the
child Is taken up in detail. A series
Of questions have been prepared con-
corning the child, It's physical, mental
and moral condition. These questions
were at first given to the seniors OF
81, "A ..,h ,,re took n child