The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-09-15
TEACHERS INSTITUTE CLOSED.
A WeIl-Attended and Profitable Ses.


The Hartford County Teachers Institute
closed its annual session at Bel Air, last Friday.
The occasion was pleasant one to the teach
ers, many OF whom meet together but once
year. and the interchange of viewe doubtless
brighten their ideas and strengthen the esprit
de cO1BS among them. To inexperienced teach
er,, especially. the Institute was invaluable,
| the work being OF a practical character and
| calculated TO aid them in their duties. Bel Air
always extends s. hearty welcome to the public
| school teachers of the county and every good
| citizen recognizes the nobility and value of
| their calling.
The afternoon session on Thursday was de-
| voted mainly tn explanations as TO the best and
most direct mcthoGs OF teaching History. The
Institute divided into two classes the one
| of experienced teachers being taught or con-
Quoted by the Director, DR.. 5. Z. Forman, in
the Principals room, at the Graded School
composed of inexperienced teachers, being
managed by the Examiner, Prof. 4. c. Gal
breath, in an adjoining room. After recess
| Pro essor Austin resumed his discourse upon
scientific physics.
On Friday morning the exercises opened with
| singing 'Tenting Tonight" and reading the
| 10Th and 24th Psalms, responsively, the Lords
Prayer being recited III concert, with Dr. For
man leading.
The question box was opened and the num-
| erous queries were answered by the Professors
| and members of the Institute in perfectly
| satisfactory manner.
After recess the last topic on the programme,
I'm What Grade Should We Begin Teaching
| Textbook English? What Work Should be
Done Before This Grade is Reached?" was very
| intelligently discussed by Elizabeth s. James,
| Julia E. Kerr. Frank Davis, Annie e. Shane,
| Annie A. Mddendorf, Elizabeth L. Meter,
Matte N. Ofiiey, Sallie T. galloway and Philena
| NJ. Hutton.
| humorous recitation was given by Miss
| Helen J. p. Mitchell.
| The annual session of the Teachers Associa-
| ton was held before the Institute closed. Prot.
| Charles L. Wright presided. The following
| named officers were elected for the ensuing
President, Mr.. Charles H. McNabb; Vice
| President, Mr. Charles II. Middendorf. Secreta-
ry, Mss Minnie V. Lee; Treasurer, Miss Lena
9. VanBibber; Executive Committee-Prof. A.
| Finney Galbreath, chairman; MIR. Oscar Cum
| ningham, Misses Julia Z. Kerr, Pbiena NJ.
| Hutton, Ella Stritehoff and Elizabeth K. Reid.
| The usual resolutions were passed, express
| ing the thanks of the Institute to the citizens
OF Bel Air for their cordial reception to the
| partial and comprehensive reports of the pro-
| ceedngs; to Mr.. William g. Jeffery, for the
loan of Miller organ during the session; to
| DIR. Forman, Miss Richmond and the different
| other instructors for their valuable assistance,
and of deep and profound regret for the sever
auce of the ties which had existed for several
| years between MIR. John ID. %orthington and
the Teachers Institute, both as Il member of
the corps and as Secretary. Treasurer and Ex-
| aminer of The school Board.
The gratifying statement that the Associa-
ton was free from debt, and was able to COM
mence the new year with a balance in the
treasury, was received with evident satisfac-
ton.
ON motion Examiner Galbreath was request
| ed to examine into and confer with the Board
of School Commissioners concerning the matter
of securing an Instructor in Music ut the In
stitute Tor the ensuing year
In closing the Institute for this year Prof.
Gabreath said:
I'VE are about to conclude the exercises of
| our Institute work. Among other things We
have lea ned is the fact, hope, that there are
| many things we do not know. l wish to take
| this opportunity of thanking you, each aud
| every one, for the hearty cooperation you have
| given toward making this week helpful one.
\ If your attitude this week presages what it is
to be during the coming year, am even more
thoroughly convinced than l was at the be-
| ginning OF my work, that anything other than
a successful year in our school record will be
| justly charged to my account. And am very
| hopeful that your best energies will be given
10 the work which you take up next Monday
, do not forget that. after all, your tex book
| teaching will be in vain if it does not produce
well-rounded and symmetrical man and
| woman. John, in his vision of the New Jerusa-
| lem, describes it as being equal in its length
! and breadth and height. One of our greatest
divnes OF this century has applied this to the
, well-developed man. His length corresponds
l to his looking forward to dc velopment along
those lines Tor which he is peculiarly fitted.
With this peculiar growth should come Il
breadth OF vision that makes him see, with
sympathetic view, the men in other professions.
Teach him that the man with the hoe;' the
man behind the plOw; the man who shOvels
dirt; the man who pegs shoes, so long as he does
, his work well, is performing u God d-piven SER
vice, as houorably as any he can hold, and
Z more honorable unless he honors his labOrs by
performing them to the best of his ability
And with length and breadth, he should grow
/. in heignt. Develop that upward, soaring in.
stnct of the child that makes him see beyond
the practical affairs that sense -perce ption
brings within his range; that makes him see
S beyond the effect to the cause, and finally to
II want to tell you, because feel that you