Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-09

They should be taught to div de each
number by each # the mum 5ers be-
low it and give the Quote mt and the
remainder in each case. Teach the
writing of numbers to %. Make
addition and subtraction tables for all
work up % this point, reviewing
them freely and requiring clear
statements. The tables should, as
fast as learned, be spilled in simple,
practical problems. whose conditions
and terms are familiar in the ordi-
nary experience of the children.
The afternoon session was opened
by the singing of solo by Miss Clara
Zollinger with organ accompaniment
by Miss Mile Alorecht. The papers
read and discussed were:
Preparation OF Lesson.
Preparation of the Lesson" Miss
Elzina Smith: Roark has the prepara-
ton of the lesson under two heads.
preparation by the teacher and
preparation by the pupil. An old
Latin proverb says: Opportunity
has hair in front, behind she is bald.
and if you seize her by the forelock;
you may hold her, but if suffered to
escape, not Jupiter himself can catch
her again" So if we do not teach
the child that the spirit of self help
is the root of all genuine growth in
the individual, we have sadly neg
lected duty.
Patrick says: 1.-The one great habit
which pupils should acquire is that
of self reliance" The teacher who
helps a pupil acquire the proper
haA - 6u hoa H. h
stantial service. In the preparation
sists of acquiring and assimilating
the portion assigned to him. Ohen-
times he fails to assimilate, just mere
ly memories, thus when reciting he
uses the words of others and fails to
get the thought.
One of our first duties, according
to Roark, is to teach the child how
to direct effort, and to economic
time, how to exert thought power,
and to question himself and his text
book By being properly taught how
to prepare his lesson. the pupil will
soon find he can master his lessons in
comparatively short time. If there
are any difficult phrases or hard
words it is my way o examine the
difficulties and place the hard words
upon the board until they are mas
tered. Socrates says: Whatever
we wish others to do. we must be abe
to do ourselves" A pupil soon guages
the depth of a teachers knowledge
and his teaching abilities. Roar k
says: "a teachers reciting knowl
edge and his teaching abilities al g
quite different in q lality." The
more a teacher enlarges his field Of
knowledge the more he can improve
his teaching. He must learn how to
question so as to hold the attention
of each pupil, and mold each express
sion of his own so that his class may
use his language as their model.
Principle of Methods
Principle of Methods" Miss Clara
Hunter. The mind should be trained
&C cording to the laws If individual
growth. All the powers of both body
ami mind should have systematic
training. If the body alone receives
culture the faculties of the mind re-
main undeveloped This may de-
vel lp splendid animal, but will lack
the essentials of noble manhood. But
the training of the powers of the body
aud the faculties of the mind must go
hand in hand. The time is close at
hand when the athletic training must
be al essential part of every curricu
lum of study. Vigor of body is essen
tial to vigor of mind. In all our
schools both teacher and pupils should
pass regular physical examinations.
Teachers themselves should have such
practical knowledge of physiology
and hygiene as to be able to correct
any abnormal or unhealthy condition.
Games should be introduced among
the pupils which will develop grace,
beauty and deftness. 1t should be
the aim of the teacher to make all
knowledge available for use, end
teaching should be as largely as pos
sible in line with the pupils inclina-
ton. Teach him, il possible, to do
all his work cheerfully with the hope
ever before him that there is re-
ward for the faithful performance of
duty.
Experimental Physics.
Experimental Ply sics." f j. De-
lano: The talk on experimental
physics by Z. j. Delano was practi-
cal and illustrated by several simple
and interesting experiments. Mr..
Delano showed how a practical I'M
of some of the common
branches, as geography, physiology.
nature study, etc could not be had
unless some attention was paid to
physics and chemistry. He empha-
sized the fact that every teacher
ought TO have at least some knowl-
edge of these sciences, in order to ex-
plain and illustrate by experiment |
some of the principles in the first
subjects.
w. Ga Lawrence having resigned
the presidency, 4 j. Delano was APP
pointed for the coming year.
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