Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-09
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Teachers Institutes Close - Attempts
at northumberland News.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, February s. 1901.
The annual institute of the white public
school teachers of Montgomery county
closed today. The concluding act OF the
gathering was to express its thanks to
County Examiner White for his industrious
efforts in arranging and conducting the
institute and TO Prof. a. G. Harley and
Miss Blanche Braddock for their efficient
services as secretaries.
The opening exercises of the final day
were directed by X. Cooke Harley, princi-
bal of the Forest Glen school. Rev. ]. A
Hopkins. pastor of the Rockville Christian
Church. led in prayer. after which Miss
Jennie Doing. principal Of the school al
Falkland read a paper on Child Study
The teacher who has a thorough knowl-
edge Of child nature. she said. will possess
the highest form. Of interest for his pupils
lie will understand the childs mind and
teach him lntelligently. The close sympathy
which child study will arouse will enable
rhe teacher 10 look through the children's
eyes and help him 10 present his work sue
Cessfully and will also result in better dis
C!pline.
Miss Ida Dove, principal Of the Shady
Grove school, followed with a paper
The Study of Literature in Our Schools"
Develop in the children taste for pure
demand ii when permitted TO choose. She
offered some suggestions in regard to sue
ecssful teaching OF literature. THE Restrain
ing influence of Gentle Discipline" was the
subject OF a paper by Miss Conway Coles.
principal of the Spencerville school. DR..
Charles ii. Waters. principal of Fairview
Seminary at Oakmont, this county, gave
talk on Psychology as Applied to Instruc-
zion in Simples," the program concluding
with address by Prof. Fearnow of Shen-
audoah Normal School Prof. Fearnow's
subject Our Work and Its Require
ments.
lie school teachers of the county, which
began yesterday morning, also closed this
afternoon. The exercises of the day in
Guided talks by Prof. Keller Miller of
Washington on Mathematical Geography
and Some Curious Words and papers as
follows: Methods In Geography" by
Charles +. Hughes; The Newspaper a
Factor in Education by Rachel Miller;
pills. by John ". Payne; How 20 Interest
Parents in the School, by Marie Letcher:
school Ethics,'' by Rachel E. Bond; In
terest of Teacher in Children,s Play. by
Martha Browne; Manual Training, by
Rocks Turner and a recitation by Louise
v. McAbee.
The citizens of the vicinity of Darnes-
town.. This county. are considerably alarmed
at the presence in that locality of one or
more persons evidently bent on incendiar-
ism An attempt was recently made to de-
stroy the store and residence of Mr.. John
Jones by setting fire to a sack containing
infiammable material which had been sat-
urated with coal oil and which had been
placed In touch with the woodwork of the
building. but the flames were discovered
before much damage was done. Mr.. H.
Ctsseli had a large quantity of straw and
fodder destroyed and the family had great
difficulty in saving the residence, and a
few nights ago Mr.. Clyde Griffith. who re-
turned home late from dance. discovered