The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-31
SECOND DAY
OF INSTITUTE
INTERESTING SESSION HELD BY
COUNTY TEACHERS.

INTERESTING SESSION HELD BY
~ COUNTY TEACHERS.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction N. c. schaeffer Delivered
Two Interesting Addresses on the
Study of History and oratory-.
Rev. I. j. Lansing, D. D., Spoke
Eloquently on the Necessary Quail
fications for Successful Teacher.
Other Addresses of the Day.
Both sessions of the county insti-
tute yesterday proved exceedingly in
teresting to the three hundred teach
crs who sat in the main court room,
carefully listening to the instructive
and entertaining addresses made by
the various speakers of the day.
During the morning, DR.. Sherman
Davis, of Indiana State University.
continued his talk on Mature Stud
ies." which he began Monday after
noon. He will continue the addresses
on this subject every day during the
institute. Yesterday morning he dis
cussed the spontaneous interests OF
children, and declared them to have a
life interest. Among other things. he
said: "rhe love of life is coincident
with life itself. IT, you try to capture
an animal, obser, how it will turn
to defend itself. The greatest mon
strosfty is the human. who has II
consciousness of himself and destroys
his own life. His is the nagrant vioia-
tion of the two highest biological
principles"
DR.. Davis delivered his address in
the main room. and Miss Louise Con-
molly spoke on "E,nglish in the Pri-
mary School," in court room No. ..
The remainder Of the morning pro-
gramme was conducted in the main
room. Rev. 7. j. Lansing. ID. d.. of
the Green Ridge Presbyterian church,
made a strong address on Some
Teaching IDEALS" He said that good
health, a Wcll-balanccd nervous SyS-
TEN and an amount OF comelineSS are
essential qualities for teacher to
possess. IF you yourself are at all
slovenly or negligent in your English"
he said, you will appear at u great
disadvantage before your pupil
AN exalted character is another
very important requisite" DR.. Lans-
ing said. After paying tribute to the
character of an ideal teacher, DR..
Lansing briefly gave his audience an
echo of the bribery trial and turned
his attention to one of the witnesses,
Il councilman and teacher. and said:
"a principal of a. school whose charlc-
ter was such. should BE- turned out of
<I1 ,nf his l,enI
would SWIM"
DIR. SCHAEFFER'S TALK.
Or. N. c. Schaef>er. state supcrin-
tcndent of public instruction. whose
interesting addresses have made hi;
presence Il welcome feature at teach
crs' Institutes for many years, spoke.
on the subject of History, How 1t
Should BE Taught and Studied" He
impressed upon the teachers the fact
that in teaching history they should
not limit themselves to text books,
but should strive to make the great
soldiers and heroes of this country
living. breathing characters. A pupil,
once Interested in some great charac-
ter of this sort. will not only learn
and acquire knowledge about the in
dvidual but about his surroundings.
the times he lived in, and, in fact,
general information.
Miss Louise Connolly opened the af-
ternoon session with an interesting
address on "How to Get Essays" In
it's course, she spoke about the SUBJ
jects for composition work. "Make
the child describe" said she. "firsr
simple little objects, the hat, the UNI
brella. anything to give the faculty
of accurate description" She adj
vised the teachers to add zest to
school work by introducing anecdotes
into the routine drill, to give a point
and interest to study, and to encour-
age originality.
"There is one place in school to
show temper" she said, land that is
when you get a soiled. dirty essay in
grade where the children are old
enough to know better. Then I get
mad, and hand back the essay with a
big black cross on it, and when the
child asks me what the mark means,
I say it means that am cross. Mis-
spelled, carelessly written words, are
other things that rouse my ire, and
poor punctuation in the advanced
classes and sentences run together are
also very annoying.
LESSON IN MUSIC.
led by Professor John II. Watkins,
the afternoon lesson in music was
held. DIR. Sherman Davis was then
introduced and resumed his talk on
Natural Instincts and Impulses" 'Ir
is natural instinct to talk" he re-
marked rather archly, at which some
two hundred and fifty or so fair young
school teachers audibly Uttered. He
remarked upon the impulses and de-
sires of a young boy to find an outlet
for his pent-up energy, and explained
it is the natural inborn instinct.
Tie illustrated mis- argument with
several instances, which gave a keen
point to his address.
Superintendent Taylor then intro
duced Madame Elizabeth De Barrie
Gill OF Philadelphia. Madame De Gill
is of fine presence and distinguished
bearing and from the moment she as
cended the platform she kept her au-
dience in continual good nature. She
recited two childish poems, IF l Dass',
but i Dassn't," and an alleged recita-
tion by a small boy. She was heartily
cncored and recited another juvenile
selection. A five minutes recess was
then given.
DR.. n. C.. Shaeffer was introduced
to the teachers by superintendent
Taylor and straishtway plunged into
an interesting address on the subject
of "Three Great OrlIions." II hope"
said he, Ito convince you before l get
through that the arts of peace are