Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-09-12
TEACHERS
Session Of the Fergus County
instructors Appropriately
Ended Friday.
A FULL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Attendance Was Excellent and
Meeting Most Profitable
Of Series.
A FULL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS

For the following complete &C.
count of the proceedings OF the teach.
ers' institute we gratefully acknowl
edge our Indebtedness to Miss Clara
Ward, the efficient secretary OF the
session.-ED
The tenth annual session of the Fer.
gus county institute was called 70
order by Miss PEBBLES at9a. M. Tues.
day, Aug 18th, in the public school
building, after which the secretary
called the roll. Twenty-seven teach.
ers were present in the morning and
twenty-nine in the afternoon.
Miss PEBBLES, in an opening address,
expressed her sorrow that some oi
the former teachcrs had given up the
profession, but cordially welcomed to
the ranks the young teachers and
those first engaging in school work
in Fergus county who came from
other counties or states.
America was sung, followed by
an address by Prof. Carleton, state
superintendent, who asked the teach.
ers 10 remember that they came ar
workers, not auditors, and to Illus.
trate his idea, gave a test in spelling
Mr.. Carleton thinks that spelling IL
neglected. and. as we have more use
for spelling than any other branch,
it should be taught more thoroughly
After a short recess Miss Lindsey
discussed drawingin primary grades,
Following this Miss PEBBLES con.
Quoted a drill in physical culture. one
which may be use in the school room.
Miss kittlaus, with IA class OF chill.
dren who had attended school,
developed the idea OF number, COM
parison, OF size or quantity and sim.
pie fractions, according to the course
of study, for the first three or four
months OF the first year. Her skill.
fulncss in handling the subject she
tenrhes is surely an incentive To bet,
ter work,
The afternoon session opened with
singing, followed by roll call.
Miss kittlaus gave a short talk on
methods Of leading up to the study
geography. She asked us To bear in
mind that we should teach geugra.
ply in relation To man and bis home,
and that we must use objects to
awaken the chlld's activity and lead
him to think and investigate for him.
self. Again Miss kittlaus practically
demonstrated her ideas oi teaching
arithmetic by the use of mode class,
who had been in school Il year.
After devoting ten minutes to recess
and singing, Mr.. Busenbergconducted
Il penmanship class, thus developing
his idees in regard to teaching pen
manship, regarding it as an art. He
advised us not to change from slant
to vertical or from vertical to slant,
but strive always to teach writing so
as to secure rapidlty, legibility and
beauty.
Mr.. SillOway showed MS how he
correlated science, literature or his.
tory with language work by telling
the class oi first year pupils a story
and asking them to reproduce it. In
the discussion which followed, the
teachers were urged to persuade
school boards to purchase books foI
supplementary reading and thus form
school libraries.
The final work for the day vas 4
lesson in drawing by Miss Kittlaus
She urged us tn illustrate, instead oI
simply describing, and not try Il
make perfect pictures ut the risk o.
losing the attention OF the class, but
10 SKETCH rhpluly.
The evening session was especially
entertaining consisting Of au instruct
i've lecture by Mr.. Carleton on ''Somt
Educational Problems OF the Day
We also enjoyed listening to Il must
cal program consisting OF vocal solos
by Mr.. l.. D. Blodgett and Mrs. Leard
n violin solo by Mr.. Hemphill and
piano solo by Mrs. Willard.
At9a. m. Wednesday Miss PEBBLES
called the institute to order, afteI
which quotations were given in re
Spouse to roll call. the minutes Of I'll,
previous days session were read ant
approved and several minutes spen
In singing.
Mr.. Carleton devoted ahali hourt'
work In spelling, correcting common
errors.
Mr.. Busenburg again gave valuabl
instruction in penmauship, followe,
by Miss Lindsey's drawing exercises
From recess until noon Miss Kit
lause conducted reading classes, tab
ing up both first and second grad
work, dwelling especially on the valu
and results of observation lessons.
Miss Kittlaus began the afternoon
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