Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-12-19

do the child good. Let her have heart !
| in her work, her personality should be |
| reflected in 1t, The missionary spirit !
Is needed especially by the elementary
teacher. She has plenty OF oppoi tunity
| for home missionary work and does as
much good as the workers in benighted
China. DO all the work well, seen and
unseen.
Miss Anna Simmons sang a solo,
LEAD Kindly Light" and then DIR.
| Wilmer spoke on "a ttertion. Atten-
ton, he said, IL denied as the conoen
trato OF the mind upon an object.
Appropriation representing the habit of
the mind acquired in the life time OF
the individual, imagination, the repro
duotive process acquired and inherited,
sensation and inherited process and
stimulus make four pegs on which TO
hang physiological material. Hypnot
ism is q phaHe OF attention. Ne de-
pend on tue motor force for acts of
voliton. Tho first act of the infant is
graspiug, tnen grasping and putting
the object in It's mouth. Children have
WHAT'S called the natural instinct of
appropriation, before they have learned
the difference between niue and thine.
An acquired habit comes through the
training of the imag nation. Atten-
a ton is a state Of mind, having an IDEA
Y in mind with maximum clearness. The
conditions that dstermine maximum
vividness are the most attractive slim
illus, the sensation, lit is impossible
Tor a child to give attention up less his
sense organs are healthy the acquired
control over his sense organs and the
training OF his faculties into the right
habits,
After recess of 10 minutes the audi
ence sang "ShininR, Still Shining.
Mr.. Stetson occupied the next period
With WHAT kext?'' He said
| think it the duty of every teacher
to read Robert Burns 80 as to know his
country and his nsighborhood. Know
the masters OF literature and ART In
tho old days we had Individual In-
structor, nuw we have the educator,
who has stumbled through mistakes to
, somet1 ing better. The common school
teacher is coming to tho troEt. She 10
becoming student and scholar, In
the future their counsel and advice will
be considered rather than that Of the
administrator.
During the child's early stage OF
observation make him alert. Leave
, arithmetic out OF the course OF in
struoton until he is. 10 or IL years old.
principles. Lot the child learn his own
neiRhborhood, county, State and coun'
!: try before he studies foreign countries.
a The teacher who perauades his pupils
> to go on to the next grade is the good
a teacher.
i Prof Albert talked on Methods snG
a Devices. - In teaching We must re-
1 me'nber, he said, that there are laws Of
n mind. Thinking ia seeing relations.
/. All principles OF education are based or
n the laws of the mind and from the
a pr moi PIES OF education come methods
\ OF teaching. A device is never {
j method, it ia meant 10 illuminate {
method. Four open doors in the teach
I ing OF geography are observation, con
versation, reading, redecticn. SHOW
q pictures of cities, States, sections o
v oiuulry. First make an impression
a then call for expression.
! Prof Albert showed numerous pic
Il lures which he uses in the classroom
"a DIR. l.. g. 'Shortlidge, president; Col
\ L. b. Morrow, John White, j. W
a Schaefer, Robert O. Frsim ard Johl
d y. Kersey of the Board OF Education
( are among the interested attendant
d upon the institute sessions
If The last session of the Wilmington
Teachers Institute opened Frida
!, Afternoon la the High School audi
j, tUrium, with the singing of Keep Of
"a the Sunny Side of Life.'' The hrs
period was occupied by Mr.. Stetson o.
rs 1.-THE Teachers Study of History.
l. He said;
n We make mistake by beginning
IF study A merican history at 1882, but tn
'. place to begin is at the beginning c
/. the human race. Some 5000 or 600, 0U
r years ago one family lived somewhere !
ID Asia; they expanded into thousands
IN The first to leave the home were tn
East Indians; the second, the old Cells
f. found now in Spain, Isle of Man an
IN France and among tho Scots and Picts
ar To US has come from the old Roman th
n power and desire to rulo they develope
n the science of government. The Greek
r. adored and gave their lives to beauty
ia The old Germans were fierce and wilc
o. but loved their homes, and each ma
ia stood for him elf, In Northeastsr
Of Europe is the old Slav, the most subtl
ns people of Europe. France stands fc
"a iinesse, Germany for rashness, Russia fc
re suhtlety. Russia proposes TO dominat
"a the eastern continent as America dot
of the western.
70 One reads history best If he know
what the country stands for, OF whic
is he is reading. Egypt stood for yastnesi
of Persia for abstract thought, the Henre
o. for moral code. In olden times a
ne nations lived in seclusion. All othsi
~ were heather.
r. History is q great mountain chat
s, with great bold peaks standing out. |
I'd the origin of things there was on
IN source. In our own history south OF
g, uertain line we had the cavalier, mort
3 of it the Puritan and Pilgrim. Bet
needed each other. The yeomen mi
g; in conflict with The cavalier and fusio
~ was the result. The great citizen of th
re future is the American citizen. Hay
I'D somewhat Of range of history, get
10 reasonable perspective and fill in wit
Ill details afterward.
n Miss Annie Raudnitsky read a sele'
10 ton. 'When Melindy Sings. Pro
or Albert then talked on WHAT | b.
be lieve"
or We all want success in our work,
1d said. People think its easy to teac
m school but 1t isn't. 1t is work Of bod
he and soul. OF all people in the worl
to they need to take care of their healti
M We must give care TO food and to slee!
ay Study your profession, read profession
70. books and magazines. Milgle with II
is people.
X a recess of 10 minutes was held. aft
o. which the audience sang Shining, Sti
Al. Shining,'' DR.. Wilmer spoke {
ut Causes and Treatment Of Feebl
O. minded Children. - lie said;
m One hundred years ago a man WI
he found running wild in forests Of Fran
he He came under notice of ltard,