Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-27
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
They Are Well Into the Weeks
Work.

They Are Well Into the Weeks
Work.
Many Interesting Talks Have Been
Given Them-The Enjoy Mr.. Har-
per Very Much-Others Who Have
Appeared Details OF the Meetings
IN to this Afternoon.
TUESDAY MORNING.
The session opened by singing
'sThe Battle Hymn Of the Republic
after which prayer was offered by
DR.. S. Y. Leech. The institute then
Joined in singing "All Hail the Pow
er. Dr. Sanford gave an excellent
talk on the Teaching of Primary
Reading He laid down as the OBJ
ject and end to be attained in teach
ing reading, the getting of thought
showing objections to the methods
very extensively practiced in many
of our schools, namely making read
ing the mere repetition of set sen
fences Great emphasis was placed
on the Importance OF teaching work,
so that the young reader might not
acquire the habit of broken and
rough enuuciation of words in sen
fences.
After recess Supt. Gallup gave a
good talk on penmanship, speaking
Of the Importance that should be
given to it. He discussed in very
satisfactory manner the merits of
the system of vertical penmanship.
Prof. Miller then spoke at length
in very interesting way on the
early history of West Virginia, and
Trans Allegheny pioneers and settle
ment. Prof. Miller is man deeply
interested in line of history, and he
very earnestly urged more com
plete study of our ancestral history
in the, Ohio and Allegheny valleys.
He showed in the course of his talk
the real cause of the formation of
West Virginia.
Those who enrolled in institute
this morning we're:
GENTLEMEN.
Orie MeConkey, Perry c. MeBee.
Harry A. Stellar.
LADIES.
Mary Costello. Jane Stewart,
Lucy Bowman, Anna Faulkner,
Virginia Curry, Laura Shisler,
Harriet E. Chambers.
The Institute convened at 80 p
M. after roll called, DR.. Sanford
made short address on the advan-
tages of travel. Prof S. B. Brown
read an excellent paper on coal for
nation, reviewing carefully the his
tory of the different kinds of coal.
One strong point to be noted was
the comparative amount of undevel-
oped coal deposits. Among the lead
ing nations, United States, Great
Britain and Russia have the great
est deposits Great Britain has be-
come the great manufacturing coun
try through the influence of her coal.
He emphasized the fact that leading
nations of the future will be the
ones that have the richest coal fields.
He closed the discussion by point
ing out some of the advantages our
own state possesses in her vast coal
deposits.
President Raymond made his first
public appearance in this state be
fore the teachers institute Of this
county, three years ago. He again
came before US, and delighted the
teachers with some splendid words
of advice and encouragement,
After recess the institute joined
in singing the favorite song "The
West Virginia Hills" DR.. Sanford
gave many interesting,remarks in re-
gard to collecting and using mater
ials as busy work for the pupils.
All, or nearly all the student mem
bers of the institute were absent
from this period in attendance at
the funeral services of Prof L. c.
Woolerv. And these made up a
large per cent of the enrolment.
In the evening Mr. Robarts Har-
per gave his illustrated lecture
which was as his lectures always are
very interesting. His subject was,
"A Holiday Trip to Europe No
lectures at the University are better
attended than Mr.. Harper's. 1t
would be well, if every teacher could
be present at the evening lectures. 1t
is rare opportunity the teachers
have Of hearing this man.