Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-08-18
GOOD BYES
Are Said After a Good Weeks
Work,
INSTITUTE CLOSED FRIDAY.
The Attendance Reached The Three Hun
dred Mark,
TEACHERS ARE PROFlTED AND INSPIRED.
Meetings 10 be Held Four Times Year
Hereafter.
TEACHERS ARE PROFlTED AND INSPIRED.
FRIDAY FORENOON.

President Startling raped for order
at $50. and devotional exercises were
conducted by Doctor Hinsdale.
ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE.
Prof. George P. Brown, editor Of
school and Home Education" Bloom
ington, Illinois, conducted a Round Ia
BILE Conference, his subject being "The
Various Ways in which the Natural
Development of the Child's Powers
may be arrested by the School"
Creation is process of growth, not
mechanism. The first manipulation
OF physical life is feeling. Intellect is
purely mechanical-the mind Is a great
machine. Brain eel! growth was ex-
haustively discussed by Prof. Brown,
with the assistance of a chart. The
brain of each man has peculiar char
acteristics of its own.
METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY.
Superintendent Williams took up
the subject, Methods in Geography"
and discussed it in his characteristic
able way.
When the child first starts to school
he knows a great deal about geo.
graphy-about the natural conditions
of the earth's surface, especially as it
applies to his own home and neigh
borhood. He knows something of
hills, valleys, rivers, lakes and "pud-
dies" and especially does he knew how
to get into the "puddles."
Keep prominent before the children
charts, showing the directions and con-
ditions of winds, clouds, etc. Do not
each that the sun always rises in the
east and sets in the west-it depends
altogether on the lattude-if you are
near the North Pole the sun will rise in
the South.
The child by nature goes from fable
20 fact-he reads the story, then he
wants to investigate. Above every
thing else, the teacher should possess
The ability to tell fact-don't read ev-
erything from bCoks-familiarize your
self with your work, then tell it to
your class-don't be prosy; it will kill
all interest.
Pictures are great help in teaching
geography-they impress upon the
mind locations and conditions. 1t is
rot SO much what sou teach as how
you teach it.
Take your class on imaginary trips
on the river and overland, then talk
and write about it. Use a globe. Study
the earth as whole. Ascertain as to
how and why the earth floats in space
Teach as to the relative positions of
,he earth, sun and moon.
Before the child can know much of
physical geography, he must know
something of life, vegetable and ami
nal.
Geography, strictly speaking is not
1 description of the earth and its in
labitants, as taught in the olden days
it is study of the home of man, the
abiding place of the human being.
Vegetation and the lower animals are
confined to belts and zones-man is
ound in all sections of the world.
HOW TO TEACH HISTORY.
Doctor Hinsdale again took up the
ubject, How to Teach History"
The mind grows, is expanded by the
light study of history. There is diff
renee between historical and scientific
Material. In dealing with historical
ubjects, We are dealing with. the do
ngs OF men-it is active, real life. His
ory differs from mechanics-the form
r is largely the result OF experiment:
n the latter the outcome can be
cured out in advance. The study of
istory is an introduction to real life
brings us into contact with the gem
'al affairs OF man. Mathematical
roblems are not the most difficult by |
ny manner OF means--they can be |
lived by rules. Not so with the prob |
ms that effect the nations and gov
one can tell what is 60
& TO happen.
A mind should be imaginative,
ould have wings in order to properly
ldy the great questions of the world
mt attempt to hammer things into
P mind-develop the mind of the
lid rather than attempt to stretch il.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
rhe last regular session OF the Insti-
Le was called to order by President
lrling, and the first business was the
,ction OF officers.
The committee on nominations re-
rted the list as published in the
ader Friday morning, as follows:
President, F. P. Wheeler, Marietta;
cretary, Mary r. Cox. Newport;
smber Of Executive Committee
ected for three years., j. NJ Starl-
:, Marietta.
1he Secretary was authorized to east {
, ballot OF the entire Institute, and
, officers as above named were all S
cted by acclamatlon. a
The Executive Committee for the I
It year is composed OF the follow j