Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-09

The Business Done During the Second
Day at MoundsVille.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DAY
FULLY CARRIED OUT, WITH
GREAT PROFIT TO THE MANY
TEACHERS ATTENDING
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.

ty Institute was called to order yes
terday morning at nine o'clock. The
teachers were nearly all present and
the roll call disclosed the fact that there
were 100 ladies and 104 gentlemen en-
rolled There were also number of
visitors present from Wheeling and
New Martinsville.
After the first exercise, that of sing
ing, J. A Ewing led the teachers in
prayer. Prof J. NJ Skinner then took
up the first topic for the day, that of
"The School Room" Many of the
boards of education, he said, see how
cheap they can build school house
and how cheap they can maintain it.
This is a wrong way of doing business,
and he gave number OF illustrations
of how different schools had been con-
Quoted at places he had visited in this
State. He told the teachers how to
conduct school, how to ventilate the
rooms and in fact everything that
would be beneficial to them. The next
on the programme was the Teacher"
This topic was handled by Prof. Arthur
Powell. He began by saying that the
teacher must first be man or a wo-
man, as the case may be. There are
two things to be considered, that OF
character and reputation. The first
means what we are and the latter what
we are. For the benefit of the teachers
I give you a number of the elements
which | attribute to teachers being
successful. First, be upright; second,
sympathetic; third. firm; fourth, cheer
full; fifth, Industrious; sixth, earnest;
seventh, hopeful, and eighth charitable.
All these were discussed at length, the
teachers obtaining much valuable IN
formation from his discourse. At 1890
the teachers had a recess of fifteen
minutes. after which the topic "The
First Day. was discussed. This sub
ject Prof. Powell had, and during his
speech he gave the principal prelimi-
naries of interest to the teacher on the
first days work A teacher, he said,
should have a knowledge of the human
body. knowledge of the soul, and
methods of development, knowledge of
the principal methods of teaching,
knowledge of the schools and class
management, and a comprehensive
knowledge of the branches to be taught.
These five things go together and
during his talk Professor Powell made
everything plain to the teachers. He
told them how to get acquainted, how
to fave the children improve theirtime,
how to enroll the pupils, to recite, and
in fact, everything pertaining to the
subject Everything in this line was
we'll explained and many of the notes
the teachers took advantage of by writ
ing them in their tablets. The above
subject was discussed until the noon
hour when the Institute adjourned until
1870 O'Clock.
The afternoon session was called to
order at / 80 o'clock and after singing,
Prof. Skinner gave a short talk on diff
ferent matters which were of interest to
all teachers in conducting school. His
topic was Busy or Seat Work Every
thing pertaining to the subject was
discussed, his remarks being brief and
to The ! oint. The roll was called for
the afternoon session, showing 1877
ladies and 104 gentlemen enrolled. The
next topic introduced was "Our New
Possessions" Prof. Powell had charge
and with the aid of his map the teach
ers were pointed out the important
events transpiring in the history of the
United States The Philippines were
discussed and also everything else ac-
Quired by America. The Philippines
were discovered in 1921 by Magellan;
there are between twelve and thirteen
hundred OF them, but about only six
are of any Importance. The population
averages about to the square mile.
The majority of the inhabitants are
engaged in agricultural pursuits. The
climate is tropical and there are three
seasons. The temperature ranges from
70 to So degrees. There are also over
thirty languages spoken. The govern
ll6ul Is SllHlldI " iildI VI C4eAih anu
has been in force all these years. The
religion is the Catholic and there seems
to be a great deal of hatred by the
Filipinos against the Catholics. they
claiming that their prayers have done
them injury. The United States has
these islands now, and the speaker
hoped that the natives would receive
humane treatment, something they
never have had before. The Professor
was followed by ]. T. King. who took
up the subject Of the grading sheet.
After an intermission arithmetic, con-
tinued from yesterday. was again taken
up by Prof Skinner The last topic for
the afternoon was civil government
courts. This was discussed by Prof.
Powell.
Last evening a literary programme
was rendered, which was participated
in by quite a number of the teachers.
The programme for to-day is as fol-
lows:
800 a. m Opening exercises
$3.50 a M. The school room continued
l0:l5 a. m. The teacher continued.
1918 a. m. Recess