The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-29

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strange; the strange thing would be
that he does quit It. II this be true In
bad habits. It lie the same with good.
Then what bulwark against evil good
habits are. We cannot begin to break
off bad habits with the came capital
with which we begin to form, but we
have to begin with diseased muscles,
nerves and in short every fiber, OF the
body. How important then. that we
see to It that we do all In our power to
have them form good habits-that their
spiritual fiber Is clean. This Is far
above all knowledge gained from the
books. All teaching. though, should
keep in mind the purity OF the lives Of
the children. n n &
Promptly ut 1880 p. m. the institute
was called to order by Prof. H. B.
Work. principal OF the high school, in
the absence OF Superintendent Ander.
son. my Old Kentucky Home" was
sung by the entire body Of teachers
with q vim. Professor McMurray used
the first period, giving lesson on 1.-THE
River Rhine" First he spent about two
minutes drawing q map OF the Rhine
valley, and some Of the surrounding
country. This he called giving view
Of the foundation Of the lesson, j. e.,
telling where the valley lies. b
Selecting Cologne as a typical city OF
the valley he gave a description OF the
city. Its surroundings, Qualifications, ca
thedral. He also spoke OF the many old
castles that dot the valley here and
there along the banks OF the beautiful
river Rhine. The commerce was also
mentioned, as well as the former his
tory which touched on that Of Ger
many and France. The point Of. the
whole lesson seemed to be to show the
close relation between the geography
and the history Of n country. Ever
since the days of julius Caesar the
Rhine Valley has been the center Of all
the celebrated events OF European, his
tory. Following this was piano solo
by Miss Glasgow. q teacher OF Lincoln
school, for which she was loudly ap-
plauded. s:it,
Professor Bryan continued his talk
on psychology. First. he finished up
his mornings talk. He wished It un-
derstood that II is not the, record that
you keep on your books concecnlng your
pupils that VIII hurt them. but II sithe
record that is lrbedded in their bones,
In their lives. He continued his talk,
speaking more particularly Of the psy-
schology OF memory. We wish NOT only
to know how to think. but to have
something, to think about. We should
have our heads filled with the right
kind OF knowledge. well corralled, so
that 1t can be used at once. Our men,.
DRY is nothing. There is no such thing
Us memory, positively speaking. Mem
DRY does not exist on Its own account.
1t does not exist as our ears, our hands,
etc. In one sense there Is memory. It
Is something that happens because
something else happens. Memory. Is
the answer; 1t is the fruitage. the re-
sultant, etc.
Whether you hold a thing or not I'm
the memory depends upon how you get
it. You can never improve the memory
by driving 1t. If you wish to remember
well. you must get the thought through
rs many OF the senses as possible. Also
the child should get 1t. as to time,
place. cause and effect. etc. These re-
ations will be linked to each other
as with hooks OF steel. 1t will stick
when gotten in this way-but in no
other. .e, Z,
He gave an example of what he
meant by telling how he would teach
the United States constitution. 1t
should be studied at the time in the
history when the constitution was
adopted. A Vivid presentation Of a
subject will also assist the memory.
Vivid teaching is the kind needed to-
day. All these things were presented
in way that interested all. Adjourn
ed until Il. m. to-day.
Notes.
The examining committee wifi hold
the final examination OF the year. It
viii be held on next Saturday, at the
high school building. All who wish GER
tiicatcs should attend this. the last
examination.
Prof. McaIurray Is professor OF pcda-
cosy and principal OF training school
connected with the state normal school
at De Kalb, Illinois, instead Of presi.
dent OF the school, as mentioned in
yesterdays report.
DR.. S. L. Jepson was present yester-
day. He always takes great Interest
in our schools and everything pertain
inE thereto.
w. e. Danford. principal of the
Second ward school, Be!lairc, Ohio. was
an interested spectator yesterday after
noon for n short time. .'f