Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-11-22

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Tav~5sy mornings >s>>soH u2> open
81 bv thg dsvotional exercises, conduct
81 bv the Rev. a. G.. llecS, pr, Wsrrvn
nar>t. q Ohio, nr. 7, K Cr0>Weil, ~
Blooa,>bCv.. and Miss ls,iS ratnjsv. oC
Philadelphia. spoke en Literature. Ma
ture >tU3y aud PrimSry Language WORK.
respectively.
The sane speakers conducted the If
ternoon exercises. pr- nSr>t spoke on
school government, the principal factor
Of which. tie said. i, the teacher. who
should possess al that l. beautiful, good,
pure and holy. ami Who should direct
the activity Of the school in such a man
ner a. TO secure interest.
Miss Partridge said that in teaching
language the power Of spontaneous ex-
preston in children should be studied,
and 4 list should be made Of the errors
Of speech from which to correct the er-
rors in phraseologv.
DIR. Croswell devoted his Nature study
talk TO birds, with the habits Of which
he advised teachers 10 become better
acquainted.
Rev. G.. +. Imbert conducted the OPP
ening devotional exercises yesterday
morning.
DIR. Darst continued his talks on ped
agogy, speaking Of the four stages Of
mental growth, which ne classes n, oh
servation, or the requirement Of know
ledge; assimilation, or the arrangement
of knowledge into systems; expression,
or teaching others; and application, or
putting knowledge into practice.
Miss Welsh, of the Bloomsburg Nor
NAL school, spoke on reading, urging
teachers to give more attention to ex-
preston. She said that many children
read poorly because teachers fail to rec
ognize the importance of the subject
and because thew lack the appreciation
Of the literature. Miss Welsh then gave
a recitation.
Miss Partridge followed with talk on
primary reading urging that language
work should precede the reading, and
that these studies should be used to
correct the errors in the language Of
children.
DIR. Darst closed the forenoon session
with a talk on poetry. Real poetry, he
said is in the heart, and written poetry
is simply its expression in words.
Miss Partridge occupied the first period
OF the afternoon session, with another
talk on language. This subject should
be taught, she said, so as 10 develop the
powers Of the individual in the way of
expressing thought and pupils should
write language lessons so as to obtain
practice in the art of writing and then
they should correct their own errors.
Dr. Darst delivered another address
on literature, devoting himself to de-
scription of the different kinds of poetry,
giving illustrations of each and quoting
freely from familiar poems that come
under each class.
Miss Welsh closed the afternoon ses-
sion with talk on elocuton, the ele-
ments of which she classified as force,
time, pitch, quality, stress, infection
! and volume. She described the differ
ent kinds of each of these elements,
illustrating the manner in which they
should be used and taught. The ele-
ments of stress, she said, should never
be used in teaching small children.
The only evening lecture during the
Institute will be delivered in the High
school room this evening, when DR..
Darst will deliver a public lecture OF 81
the Heir of All the Ages" DIR. Darst,
by his interesting talks on literature
and pedagogy, has proven himself deep
student and pleasing speaker, and il
is believed that this lecture will be high.
ly entertaining and instructive.