The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-08
TEACHERS
TRAINED.
Hudson County Institute in
Session Today at Two
Schools.
INTERESTING LECTURES ALL DAT
Grammar Work at No. 9
and Primary at
No. /.

Jersey city public school pupils are hap
by today. They do not nave to attend
school. Their teachers are attending a
convention. 1t is the annual institute
meeting for Hudson county and an all day
affair. 1t opened at half past nine this
morning in two schools, No. l. for pr1m-
airy and kindergarten sections and IN Ne.
s. for the High and Grammar School
section.
All the teachers upon entering were FUR
nished with little Institute note BOOKS, ar
ranged for notes on each lecture, and were
kept busy with their pencils until twelve
O'Clock, when a unch was served by
Morrow & Day, and teachers and lectur-
ers were at it again by two o'clock this
afternoon, note books and all.
Dealing with the exercises conducted at
School No. eAAfter the usual devotional
service. President of the Board of Eduoa-
tion, John ]. Mulvaney, ave a brief adj
dress of welcome in which he made all
feel thoroughly at home. This was fol-
lowed by an address on Guiding Princi-
pies in Teaching" by DR.. e. E., Wnlte,
of Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. White divided his lecture into the
three chief factors In pedagogy, knoWl-
edge, power, skill. In the first place, ne
said teachers must make themselves as
useless as possible. that IS, they should
not do the pupils thinking for him,
hut simply guide him in that thinking.
Knowledge. he explained could be taught
only by occasioning an activity In the
pupil.
Through activity the Speaker SAID,
ssthe child comes into power. He never
learns by simple doing. but under good
guidance with definite ideas"
skill. Mr.. White said. was brought
about by the practice Of activity.
Mr.. P. Kennedy here sang a baritone
solo. because I Love You, Dear, re-
ceiying a hearty encore. and Miss Lena
e.. Partridge, of Philadelphia, spoke on
practical Psychology" She gave a very
good talk emphasizing the importance OF
teaching the child to memorize quickly
illustrating per blackboard. She placed
some numbers on the board, told the
audience to look at 1t, then turned the
board over, and told the teachers 70
reproduce those numbers on paper. ana
in case there was a ~yagueness IN the
minds reproduction to mark 1t, and as
the board swung round correct 1t at
a glance. This system Of mem
orizing, the speaker thought, should De
given each class at least ten minutes
each day.
Mr.. Otto Grouse, member of the State
Board OF Education, was the x speaker.
His subject was the Teachers Retire
ment Fund.- He told how this had be-
come a law in 1896, when it was drawn up
in a very crude and inartistic form, but
La s-1~ Aoo, ~orn1doIjod a1pfi1 fDdaV II
was as good a law as could be hoped for
for some time to come. It was an expert
ment, he said, which rested entirely with
the teachers. According to it, a teacher,
after twenty years of faithful work, II
disabled. as retired on half salary. But
this, MI. Grouse said, could not continue
unless more members were obtained, as
there were at present thirteen applicants
before the Board for retirement, and II
this wa granted it would use up about
5000 OF the $4,000 which was coming in
annually. .-.-. s
Mr.. Grouse further spoke of the various
bodies which supported themselves in this
way, concluding by saying that there
should be enough brotherhood among the
teachers to stand by each other n sup
port themselves.
An address by Mr.. William L, .Tomlins
of New York on 1.-THE Teaching of
Music" which he illustrated by notes,
sounds and physical movements, COIN
pleted the mornings programme and the
teachers adjourned for lunch.
This afternoons programme included an
address on language by DR.. G. I. Aldrfch
of Newtonvile, Mass: a military calls
themes drill by Nc. 9 Cadets, and an adj
dress OF Influence on Parent and Teach
er In Moral Education" by Professor E.
II. Griggs. OF Brooklyn which brought
the programme up to lhalf-past three. with
still another address on 'sCivics." to be
given by Miss Dynes. of the State Normal
School.
The County Superintendents are:-Ed-
ward A. Murphy. Superintendent Hudson
county; Henry Snyder, Superintendent
Jersey City; A. J. Demarest, Superinten-
AaEns .asn