Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-18
A SUCCESSFUL MEETING,
The Thirty-seventh Annual Tenchers
Institute Breaks the Record for Atten.
dance, Enthusiasm and Profit.

The Thirty-seventh Annual Teachers'
Institute Breaks the Record for Atten-
dance, Enthusiasm and Profit.
AT 2:15 County superintendent
+. w. Mylert opened the institute
by welcoming the teachers and con-
graduating them on the character
and worth of the instructors secured
for the week. After wishing all Il
happy New Year, officers were elect
ed and j. Il. Reese Kilgore was
selected as secretary.
Rev. Klingler extended in behalf
! of the Boro of Dushore, n welcome
to the teachers and delivered an adj
dress upon the subject General
Information" Teachers should be
well informed. Careful and con-
slant reading, the best source of in
formation. Preparation for citizen
ship the true object of educational
development. Rev. Klingler will
always be an able and appreciated
talker at our institute.
/, Prof. M. r.. Black, in replyto the
address of welcome, compared the
institutes of to-day with those of
previous years. j. E. Reese Kill
gore joined in extending the thanks
of the institute for the kindly well
come accorded them.
Our old friend, Prof. Parker, led
the institute in singing "America."
He is the same happy, inspiring
leader as of yore.
DR.. O. II. Corson, Pres. of the
National Educational Association,
received an ovation when introduce
eel. He occupied the remainder of
the Teacher May Expect from an
Institute" He recognized the inn
portance: Q OF what had been said;
| (2) OF what was to be said; (O OF his
inability to say anything that had not
been said; and expressed the hope
that he should be able to talk with
and not to us. Expect not, O to
have technical questions solved; (2)
To secure material for examinations.
Expect; % Helpful, pleasant COM
panionship; (2) That which will
cause us to think and grow. In
conclusion, be your own honest self
and try not to carry out literally all
| suggestions given. DR.. COrsOn is
one of the most fluent institute
workers ever provided for us.
MONDAY EVENING.
DR.. Corson's evening lecture, sub
ject; f" Public Criticism" was one of
the most helpful ever delivered in
| hn
every parent in the state to hear
this lecture, there would be one of
the greatest educational revivals
ever known in our history. Touch
ing so many points of interest to the
home and school, it is almost prof
anation to attempt Il synopsis. After
distinguishing between the critic
and the mere fault-tinder, he illus
trated in the most forceable language
the injustice of that criticism which
arises from ignorance of the criticiser
and mere "hearsay." He made II
! noble plea for more considerate at
tention to the boys of the home, and
urged closer union and more
sympathetic cooperation between
the home and the school.
! TUESDAY MORNING.
| After singing, DR.. Smith, president
of Mansfield State Normal School,
spoke for thirty minutes on "Vices
of the Imagination"
Imagination is not confined to the
service of sentimentality and poetic
imagery, but of service to invention
and all development. 1t differs
from perception in that it deals with
what is not at hand. Perceptive and
creative are the two types of imagi-
nation. Children should be given
descriptive literature; should be led
by preparation to use the creative.
The ability of the imagination is de-
termined by the fund of ideas, and