Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-10
Teachers Annual Institute.

Sullivan County at 2;15 p. IN. Mon
day, December 81, by Supt. F. w
Meylert who introduced Prof. G. NJ
Parker as musical director, after
which the institute joined in sing
ing "America." The institute ther
proceeded to elect secretary and r.
r. Beers was unanimously chosen.
Rev. p. M. Hoover, pastor Of iii,
Reformed church, was then intro
duced and delivered IN address o!
welcome in which he welcomed the
teachers to DushOre and made some
very valuable suggestions regarding
the teachers duty.
Response by Prof. KiIgore, of Lo-
PEI.
Prof. Black was then introduced
and in few well chosen words he
impressed upon the younger teachers
the necessity of paying close atten-
ton to the sessions of the institute,
and the advisability of taking CO.
pious notes of what the instructors
shall say to them.
Prof. f. l.. Sweeney then made a
few remarks in addition to what had
already been said, after which Prof.
Parker led the institute in singing
the "Battle Hymn ofthe Republic"
Prof. j. w. Meyer, of Philadel-
phia, was then introduced. He
spoke on "Pennsylvania." Tie said
in part, Pennsylvania has given to
the nation:
lst, Religious liberation, pure and
unadulterated.
2nd, First declaration against sIav-
cry, Sept. 80, 1858, at Germantown.
3rd, The Declaration of Independl
ence..
18th The Articles of Confederation.
9TH, The Constitution of the Unit,
eel States.
9th, The first Capitol of the Ma
ton.
7th, The American flag made by
Betsy Ross.
= sth, A united people Battle of
Gettysburg.
9th, The first American novelist,
Charles Brockden Brown.
10th, The greatest mathematician,
David Rittenhouse, the inventor Of
the orrery.
18th, The greatest naturalist,
james Alexander Wilson-James
Audubon, birds, fishes and plants.
18th, Inventor of the steamboat,
Robert Fulton.
18th, The greatest scientist states
man, Benz. Franklin.
18th, The first medical college,
the University of Pennsylvania,
which is considered in Europe the
ideal medical college.
Besides giving all these to the ma
ton Pennsylvania has kept for her
self: the greatest coal mines in the
world, the largest iron factories in
the L. s., the only nickle mines in
the l.. :. and the greatest oil fields
in the world.
The institute then sang "Scatter
sunshine" after which Supt. Mey-
lert announced that DR.. y. &.
Schacffer would deliver lecture in
the evening. Subject, ':rhrec Great
Orations."
MONDAY EVENING
DIR. y. &. Schaetfer delivered u
lecture, subject, "rhree great Ora
tions.n These were delivered by
Calhoun, March I, Webster, March !,
and W. IL Seward March | | 1850. The
speech of Webster Is the only one in
history of the /. :. that was named
from the date on which it took place.
DIR. SchaeiIer made very clear why
certain results were brought about
by these speeches. They each rep
resented the greatest eilort of the
authors political life.
TUESDAY MORNING.
Institute opened ut o;3o by singing
followed by roll call.
Dr. Schaefier occupied the first
period with "t;ra,les of Thinking
and Thinking in the Grades. lie
classified hi. remarks under three
hea,ls: Things present AMI absent;
symbols suggestive, substitute and
expressive; Relations -enuse and
effect, reason aud consequence, nn,i
means aud cn,l-.
lie produced arguments Ia show