Arizona republican., 1900-12-20
THEROD AND THE CHILD
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ercises to the needs of the particular faculty which it is intended to unE fold. A general discussion followed / Prof. Bloome brought put the Following points:
 his inherited tendencies. Man may change his inherited >tendencies by his will in accordance with his environ ments; the importance of the will; the ought in man.
 Prof. Bloome said that to develop the will powey>in children we must get out of them"the habit of laying the blame for eyil on others.
 Prof. Adams said: "A strong willed person is not affected so much by en- /vironment as one of weak will.
 Taylor. Lockwood, Blount and klos each gave good remarks on the subject under discussion.
 Hygiene was extensively discussed bv B. K. Kerr and E. c. Bunch.
 After this was discussed generally some time was spent in the discussion: schools and Teachers as Seen by Principals
 THE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
 The primary division was held on tbe second floor in the assembly room' The session was opened by an illustra- tive lesson by Mrs. Fred NJ. Irish. It was A mytholoric1l story taken from German mythology. The children were intensely interested from the first anu Mrs Irish showed exceptional ability in nresantir- the story. Although Mrs'
 
 chalk she held talked great ,nanv words on the boa1d ahu' although the children were first grad ers tbev soon could read the words from the board and to tell the story So interested were the children in the lesson that they didn't notice the large assembly of teachers in the room during the lesson The order in the class was perfect. When she had finished the story, Mrs. Irish had the children draw picture of the story OH the board. ,5,, Although the drawings were crude they showed that the children had the whole story in their minds and that they could express what they thought When the children had finished draw ing, the lesson ended.
 The next was @ paper on 'EXpresslon in Number Work" by Miss Gray. one of the things emphasized in Miss Gray's paper was observation work and one could not help but see the point she wished to make by her con crete examples. In concluding her pa per Miss Gray said that accuracy was one of the fundamental principles un- deriving education. Miss Gray's paper was very interesting and contained } many valuable suggestions for teach CTS.
 After Miss Gray's paper was read Miss Babcock, who had arranged the program and was chairman of the sec tion, called for discussion of Mrs. Irish's lesson.
 MT Creager being called on gave a short talk. He said he hadn't a single criticism to make on the lesson and complimented Mrs. Irish upon her great ability as a teacher. He said that lesson was worth more to him and the other teachers than all the papers which had been read or would be read during the institute. All present agreed with him in this statement and all others like it.
 The next was a paper by Miss Cohn on Expression in Nature Work" Miss Cohn emphasized observation work and said a child learns by doing. She gave an interesting talk on what she had done in her school in modelling In her conclusion was the motto, 'The best is good enough for children
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