The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-30
WHEELING
feathers
INSTITUTE.
Third Days Sessions Were Largely
= g Attended, and Most Interest
ing to the Teachers. s3i
SUPP. ANDERSON is PLEASED
With the Progress Being Made-En-
tertaining Talks by Instructors
Bryan and McMurray.

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Bryan and McMurray.
The third day Of the Wheeling Teach
ers' Institute opened with 4 full at
tendance, and most auslpiclously, 1t
seems to bera conceded fact that this Is
one OF the best Institutes ever held In
the city. II not the best, and those who
are not attending are missing what
they cannot afford to miss. Especially.
is this true as to teachers! Messrs. Nc
Murray and Bryan are matters Of the
situation at this institute and their
labors are being fully appreciated.
The morning session opened by sing
Ing, Guide Me o Thou Great Jehovah
blythe institute. Professor McGlenn,
Of Martins Ferry. by permission, called
attention to the many publications he
was In charge for sale.
The roll was called. after which SUI
perintendent Anderson. before introdu-.
cling the first speaker. made some peril
nent remarks. He said he was pleased
with the institute this far. He was
pleased with the reports in the papers
and he was especially pleased with M
editorial in one OF the city papers con-
ernins the institute. He asked all,
teachers and principals, to make their
schools progressive and aggressive all
along the line. II they are not what
they should be make them SO. All
should do better work this year than
they ever did in their lives before.
Professor McMurray continued the
lesson on history. which was begun
Tuesday. using the class as he did then.
He. first reviewed the lesson of Tuesday,
the pupils generally anwering prompt
ly. Two Of the children were asked to
draw In few. minutes a map Of the
Ohio valley. which they did promptly,
crudely It is true. but 1t showed that the
lesson had taken hold of the minds OF
the children. Several OF them told very
correctly and promptly the story Of the
proceeding lesson. The lesson was then
continued in u very interesting vein.
giving further account of Clark's
treatment Of the Indians In the north
western territory. Both lessons were
but the historical account Of George
Rogers Clark's expedition against the
British and the capture of Forts Kas-
kasken and Vincennes. DR.. McaIur-.
I
rays lectures take the form, In the
truest sense OF good school-room work
| A recess Of ten minutes was given,
after which The West Virginia. Hills
was sung. Professor Bryan consumed
the last hour Of the forenoon session in
q talk full OF power. Every ones prob-
lem in life is made up of two factors.
One Of these is ourselves and the other
the rest Of the world. The one who
considers the second factor ignoring the
first Is apt to become an INSANE fatalist
We cannot afford to ignore either, but
we must remember 1t takes both to
make up the true life. The professor
said that he intended to give three lee
lures and 4 sermon In forty minutes,
and they would be the same lecture. II
he were talking to young people he
would call 1t experience: II to the pess!-
mist he would say to him. What Is on
the outside corresponds to what Is With
In; II to teachers he would call 1t ap-
perception. If you prefer sermon. my
text would be: ITO him that hath shall
be given, but to him that hath not shall
be. taken away even, that which he
hath" All will be given In the one talk
and those that heard the talk were con !.
WINGED that everything promised had
been given. The great point In the en-
tire talk was that we get everything
out Of O, thing. that we have Inside of
our heads concerning 1t. He gave this
Illustration: The teacher who needs this
instruction the least, will get the most
out OF It, and the teacher who needs II
the most will get the least out OF 1t.
Thi Is the rule. 1t Is true. In the
course In his talk he referred to the
habit OF reading trashy literature, and
the duty OF the teacher In leading to the
reading OF good literature. We must
DC discouraged II our boys and girls
cannot see Just rs we see. They have
mot had the experience. What we get
out OF lie to-day is Just in proportion
10 the experience we have already hnd
! IN lie. But what has this to do with
school teaching? Much every way. We
must first ind out the capital stock