The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-08-10

Dyed. Mrs. Denny has very sweet well e
trained voice. S
Prof. Winship not having arrived Prof. s
King gave his first lecture on Language. He
says Language is communication between I
soul and soul There are four kinds Of lam
guage: % actions, 2) sign and symbol, 81 voice
In itstelf without words, a. dictionary Ian
guage He says the reason there are only five
senses is because there is only five fingers, a
finger for each sense. The thumb and ear
each other as is shown by the po-
sition OF the hand when listening. The first
finger Is connected with the eye. the second
finger touch. third taste. and the fourth smell.
You can tell by mans hands just what kind
of person he Is The hands of the world we
read in history, used to be reach out and grab |
all they could and hold to it. Now they are
turned over to receive all that anyone will |
give
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
Opened by Music.
Prof. Winship gave talk full Of interest |
ing points on the history and customs of the |
Transvaal
He described the coming of the English to |
South Africa, their subsequent relations with
the Beers. and the rights and wrongs Of each
nation in its relation to the other, the wars
and treaties which grew out Of these rea-
tions.
The following points were brought out by
Mr.. Winship in his talk.
The Boer never liked government until he
could get the foreigners to pay nine-tenths of
his taxes. Then he liked it.
| A Beers active religion consisted of going
| to church regularly four times year. Then
| he went, not only for worship, but for horse
trading, visiting buying and selling. and
having a holiday
| The English once bought the whole Zulu
country from the last Zulu chief, and when
the Dutch South African Republic came into
| existence, England remembered that this
territory belonged to her.
| The Beers asked to be made colonies of
Great Britain. Public opinion can change as
easily and swiftly among the Beers as among
1.-THE Americans.
Kruger and Joabect were unpopular until
they met with a cool reception in England and
went home and complained about it. That
reused the ire of the Dutch. and then there
was war.
to South Africa until the advent OF the
gold mines.
Some one has described President Kruger
as having the mouth of Benjamin Frank
lin, the eye of J. White, the intellect of Abra-
ham Lincoln. and the will power of Oliver
Cromwell.
Krugers greed in making the English
pay $S,OO0.OOO damages in the former war
when the British were the ones damaged,
accounts for the British determination to
fight the present war to the end,
PHYSICAL CULTURE,
Prof. King thinks that when there is SC
much said about mental, moral, and spiritual
L HI heac
, ical culture.
1t is quite as important in its effects as the
others.
There are five requisites for health.
| l. Air
Few people know how to breathe,
Hollow chests are often caused by bad po-
sitions in the school-room.
The air of poorly ventilated churches ani
Ischool rooms is very poisonous.
IL man going through life with weak body
is like putting child into a leaky boat and
telling it to row up stream.
.. Water.
Drink plenty of good water at all times.
} 3. Sleep.
Some people don't know how to sleep.
| II the muscles are tense when sleeping, yo,
| will dream and not rest.
| The man who is able to relax the body mos
Is the strongest man and able to endure th
most,
4. Eating.
5. Exercise.
J. These other things must go ahead to max
!. the blood pure and prepare the body for ex
ercise.
Prof. King drilled the teachers upon fe,
exercises with the hands and arms. He think
!. every one can have good voice. if he know
how to speak.
vi II you make the letter A, so that you ca
see the tips OF your lower teeth you are a dis
= tinct speaker. You should bring the soun
I. out over the tips of the lower teeth. =
[. MONDAY EVENING.
n In spite of the many attractions elsewher
there was good attendance at the teacher.
reception.
>, Mayor Cassidy's address of welcome wa
made in his own happy style and with a
the Mayors speeches was bright with goo
points.
;. Prof. Britton was called upon and made
3, few remarks relative to his going away fro
|. Logan county, and the pleasant relation
that had always existed between himself an
the teachers Of Logan county.
III After social half hour, the teachers wei
s. called to order to take part in a guessiu
n game.
;. Certain characteristics OF well-knOwn PEI
" pie were place upon the board in such wa
that the letters formed the initials of the
" names. Angular lawyer was Abraham Lii
r. coin; Great Destroyer, George Dewey; I
:. Wrote Lyrics. Henry w. Longfellow; Bril-
liant Witty Keen, Byron w. King; An Earl
q est Worker, A. f. Winship.
8, There being several who guessed all Il
names correctly, cuts were resorted to al
i, Mr., Thomas G. McCracken the succesSf
one. The prize was a beautiful paSse-pa
u, tout mou nted prophet.
u The remainder of the evening was given Q
D. to speeches and recitations by Prof Kin
:, Prof. Winship, Mr.. Muir, Miss Bellamy, an
Miss Graffoot They were each enjoyed
d the utmost.
W. TUESDAY.
~ Devotional exercises. Rev. Mr.. Simpson.
b, Arithmetic the last year in primary wor
There are three phases of intellectualit
10 the unfolding, the developing and the gro
ing In the unfolding and growing periot
let the child alone. In the developing perio
=. guide him.
n. The purpose of the first year is to give Il
child good start, and more than year
gained by kindergarten work.
The one important thing to be taught
easy conversation and correct expression.
The course of modern methods is the te
dency to easy work.
Don't use rules except when they help y
to remember something you would otherw
IL forget.
Busy work is to be used only when it W
help the child
Prof. King, Alphabet. .-
1t is probably safe to say that very 4
IT. teachers knew the alphabet was so intere
ing as Prof. King showed it to be- He thin