Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-01
Saint Narg's Beacon.
Teachers Institute.
I Reported for the Beacon.

town, st. Mary's county, Maryland,
on Thursday October 18th, q IL o.
M, the County Superintendent of
Public instruction, George W. Joy,
presiding. The roll call showed
a full attendance of the teachers Of
the county.
The opening address was made
by Prof. Joy, who after expressing
his qualification at the large attend
ance, welcomed the teachers, and
after stating the object of lnsti-
tutes, asked the hearty co-oppera-
ton of all.
A paper on "School Organization
and Management" was then read
by the Secretary. 1t was very ably
discussed by Prof. Joy. Miss Luz
cy Shepherd and Mr.. G. B, Maho-
ney. An hours intermssion was
taken at p. m.
AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session opened
with the singing of "America" by
the Association" Mr.. Thoro
Harris accompanist. The follow
ing papers were then read "Char-
acteristics of an Ideal Lesson"
Miss G. M. Bailey; "The Future
Education of the Negro" Mr..
Thomas S. Nelson "The Basis Of
Moral Training" Miss Julia
Carter "The Importance of the
Grade Schedule" Mr., Robert
l.. Harris Education as q Sci
ence," Mr.. Reid. The papers were
generally discussed, the good pointa
of each being accumulated by Prof.
Joy.
An interested visitor at both scs-
sions was County School Commits
sioner, John F. Duke, whose pres
enco was greatly appreciated.
Friday Oct. 10.
The Institute was called to order
promptly at $3.50 a. m. After the
roll call, Miss Lucy j. Shepherd
gave an interesting talk on Clan
guage in the Primary Cradles" this
was followed by the reading OF a
most excellent paper on "History"
by Mr.. Thoro Harris. Mr.. NJ. i.
Freeman was then introduced, and
talked entertainingly on the sub
ject Of History, emphasizing tho
fact that it should be treated not
alone as memory study, but as a
philosophical subject, the principles
of which, if brought to bear in the
practices Of life, may influence
ones character for good or the re-
verse.
Mr.. William b. Thompson, pres
ident of the Colored Teachers Az
ISOLATION, then read an interesting
paper on "Our School System. ="
A spirited discussion followed, in
which Mr.. Thompson was called
on to defend his position, which
he did in a manly way, to the sat
isfacton Of oil.
"The Purpose Of the Object Les
son." was the subject Of n paper
read by Miss Grace A. PEBBLES, az
ter which she gave black board il
lustrations, which proved to be both
interesting and instructive.
AFTERNOON.
Music was an attractive feature
of this session. "Scatter Sun
shine" and several other selections
were well rendered by the "Associ-
alton" A piano solo by Prof.
Thoro Harris delighted all. Mr..
II. Lee Mattingly was introduced
and read paper on Essentials OF
Order" The salient points of this
paper were: "Order;" 2 "Galn-
ing Confidence of Pupils" 3 "In-
creaalng Applications" and 4
Glove" real love, and not the more
profession. This last point the
most essential. Mr.. Mattingly
closed by saying "Not only chill
dren are controlled by love, but
older people; |, myself, have been
controlled by it," daughter y
Who has not felt the influence of
the mystic spell ?
o. strange the power that kindness brings,
An creatures it can move,
And they're the truest queens and kings,
Who rule the world by love.
Regular attendance and how to
aoffJra it'1 yuaa n or hinnt for o,onor