The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-01

ton becomes increatingly the factor AZ
they advance from preliminary 10 final
Activities are based mainly upon the
body OF knowledge. beginning with pre-
..i-.!S2Fy. continuing through secondary 70
The final represents the highest power
OF the human mind, and Il the ideal end
OF edrc ltion. The first Il preparatory 70
the second and third.
Most productive human activities are
concerned with the second Courses OF
study must make place for all. providing
the proper body OF knowledge and FUR
nlshlng opportunity for activities, the
school being In reality q microcosm.
At the afternoon session, Professor
Dreamer. author of the system Of PEN
manship used in the schools. was I'M
troduced. and gave a talk on the sub-
ject of writing. He said he tied him
self to no particular system; what he
is after is rapIdity and legibiIity.
Which slant is best he win leave to the
teachers, but his choice is slant writ
ing. he gave samples Of writing on
the blackboard, showing both move
ment and form.
DR.. Moss spoke Of the steps to sue
cess. Taking the ground that educa-
ton consists Of the formation Of char.
acter, the hrst step then Is end, which
is character. and means, which are In
terest, attention and apperceptlon. He
made the point that we often fail be-
cause we try to force the child to receive
what he cannot accept. The child must
add to what he already has; we must
begin with what the child knows. How
often we present the child with indi-
gestible material that cannot be assim-
Hated. The right kind of teaching
does not tax the mind; 1t causes 1t to
expand and to grow. The end Of edu-
cation is ethical; the means psychologist
cal. The third point is the material
used. This is found in the course Of
study. What shall we do with it? Just
go on In the same old nut, as In the
years gone by. or shall we think Of
ourselves? The speaker said, think,
and the more the better. The fourth
step is concentration. This looks to
the proper correlation OF studies. The
geography should be helping the his
tory; the language lessons should be
helping everything. We ought to be
thankful in these days that the school
is taking on the air Of active life. This
is as 1t should be. The fifth step IS
method Of teaching. There is but one
way or learning, but there are many
methods of teaching. The steps of
learning are preparation, presentation,
comparison, generalization and appllca-
ton to new cases.
This was DR.. Noss's last talk, and
the teachers part with him reluctantly.
After a short recess DR.. Gilbert talk
ed on the correlation of studies. There
is no such a thing as truth not re-
lated to something else. We cannot
even think thought without Its being
related to something else. There is
nothing artificial in correlated course
of study, but everything In segregated
course is artificial in every respect. The
doctors talk on the correlation Of stud
les will be finished to-day and will
be reported for the Intelligencer.
Rev. S. P. Crummett, Rev. C. B. Ora
ham, DR.. S. L. Jepson and Rev. Jacob
Birmingham were visitors at yester-
days sessions.
A number Of the McMechen and Ben.
wood teachers have been present.