The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16

Teachers Meeting.
The regular meeting of the. Burlington
County Teachers Association was held il
the Farnum school, Beverly, on Saturday
October 10. The exercises were opened
by the pupils of the Beverly public schools
singing .'The Lord is My Shepherd" fol
lowed by prayer by Rev. Charles E. Bet
ticher. rector of st. Stephens Church
Beverly.
There were two addresses of welcome
one by Prof. William p. Curtis, principal
of Beverly public schools; the other by
Prof James B. Dilks, Principal of Far
mum school. Prof Curtis spoke of the
reasons for the inhabitants being proud OF
their city. 1t contains the National GENE
terry for soldiers killed in the Civil War.
| The first public announcement that wal
was declared with Spain was made in Bev-
erly. He himself rang the school bell to
give notice that war was declared, only to
learn afterward that the news was false.
Miss Grace. Wilson, of Beverly, played a
piano solo.
Doctor Emily G. Hunt, of Philadelphia,
delivered lecture, why We Should
Study Natural History" We should not
teach definite facts to the child but strive
to inspire a love for the beautiful A
lover of the beautiful is never alone. He
always has companion in Nature. DR..
Hunt exhibited quite collection of leaves
both dried and skeletonized. She gave
directions for skeletonizing leaves. She
had also a collection of butterflies. A
woman is at disadvantage when chasing
after butterflies and grasshoppers She
told how to build an aquarium and stock
4 ,11o oh toll fioh
may be procured through the Pubic Led
ger. She exhibited various other speci-
mems of Natural History, both of animals
and plants.
Miss Annabel Wilkins, of Moorestown,
sang two solos.
Rev. Frederick E. Stockwell, of Beverly,
delivered lecture, 1.-THE Value of the
Personal Equation" Mr.. Stockwell began
by saying that being preacher, he could
not be expected to speak without text.
He put his text on the blackboard in the
form of an algebraic equation and solved
it by method much shorter than that US
ually employed. Life is great problem
and there are more solutions than we
dream of.
He spoke of the schools in China, where
the teacher goes into the school, assigns a
lesson, and then goes away, while the
scholars learn it, each one at the top of
his voice. Education in China is simply
memorizing, and China to-day is paying
the penalty of that system of education.
The system in India isn't very much bet
ter. There the aim is to educate for a
government position. NO system OF ecu
cation can nope TO be eHectlve that does
not take into account the personality OF
the pupil.
Miss Dora b. ANDERSON, OF brlogeporo'
played piano SOLO,
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good pictures anu Ieao good DOCKS IL
would De OF Dene1t II we "ouiu reau lew
er books, but read them more intensely.
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and cheerful; Dr; green oweit al some
length on the Wnolesomeness OF Dooks,