The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
Teaehers' ln.tstute.


! The Burlington County Teachers Insti
| tute convened in the Court House al
Mount Holly on Wednesday.
! The meeting was called to order by the
! County Superintendent After the sing
| ing of America" DIR. E. E. White, OF
| Columbus, Ohio, offered PRAYER.
AS DIR. White arose to make the first ad.
dress of the morning he received an en-.
| thusiastic greeting. His subject, THE
Lesson and the Recitation, was treated
in thoroughly practical way, meeting the
teacher in her daily needs in the school
room.
DIR. ]. M. Green of the State Normal
School presented to the teachers the rela
ton of the Normal School to the profession
of teaching, and the Importance of having
trained teachers in our schools.
Miss Partridge, of Philadelphia, charmed
her audience by her bright manner, and
impressed upon their minds the uplifting
influence that may be brought into a
child's life by leading him to see and hear
and feel the beauties of nature.
In the afternoon, Miss Wood, of the
State Normal School, read a paper, in
which she set forth the advantages of
kindergarten training to the child, not
only as a Kindergarten, but to the work
which pertains to the subsequent years of
school life.
Miss Partridge, on the subject of Busy
or Silent Work, explained what the char
acter of such work should be and empha-
sized the power that the pupil will acquire
in this way.
DR.. E. E. Whites lecture in the evening
on Dreams and Illusions" was exception
ally fine.
The second days sessions of the Bur
lingtSn County Teachers Institute were
opened on Thursday morning with sing
ing Onward, Christian Soldiers by the
assembly, and prayer by s. D. Quigg of
Delanco.
Miss Partridge led a discussion on
Reading" in which it was conceded
that the getting of the thought should
precede the giving of the thought, and
suggestions were given as to the way to
secure rapid silent reading.
County Superintendent Stees intro
duced to the audience Mr.. S. R. Morse,
a member of the State Board of Education,
who spoke to the teachers on the benefits
to be derived from The Teachers Retire
ment Fund and from the Teachers Bureau
of Information.
DR.. E. E. White was again listened to
with much pleasure and profit as he 80
ably presented the subject of CORAL In
struction. The duties of the teacher
with reference to her own preparation and
presentation of a subject and of what
should be subsequently required of the
pupil were carefully explained.
The last period of the morning was oc-
cupied by DR.. George |. Alrich, of New
tonville, Mass The purpose for which a
oh sho,1IJ ~
how it should be carried on, and the atti-
tude of each teacher toward it, were the
topics upon which he based his discourse
The afternoon session of the Institute
was opened at two o'clock by singing
"Joy to the World"
Miss Partridge continued the subject of
Reading" telling how the child is to get
thought from the ordinary reading lesson:
DR.. E. E. White supplemented his talk
of the morning by lesson on Book
Study" and skilfully illustrated how the
definite and suggestive instruction necess-
airy to enable a pupil to master the lesson
should be given before or during it's as
signment by the teacher.
DR.. Aldrich gave lecture in the even
ing on the subject, "The Modern School"
The last session of the Institute was
opened on Friday by singing The Star
Spangled Banner" Miss Partridge finish
ed her talk ON Spelling" She advocat-
ed the plan of having the child make a
correct copy of the word a number of
times in order to get him to see the cor
rect FORM to have his mind to imagine it,
and his hand to make it, thus establishing
the habit of writing the word accurately.
DR.. Aldrich gave very helpful ad-
dress in Geography, suggesting methods
for teaching primary geography. He
would lead the children to observe geo.
graphical features around them, and to
give oral expression of what they see
Advanced pupils should study and recite
by the topic method.
DR.. White, in his closing address, en-
phasized the Importance of abundant Ian
guage training. The ends to be secured
are facility in the expression of knowledge
and skill in the use of written forms.
The Institute clio sed with the singing of
America :"