The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-09-07

advanced civilization. Professor Reed
delivered a talk on the qualifications Of
teachers. lie thought that the iitness
Of the primary teacher was very 10 :
portant, because a good beginning was
half the work. lie thought weak
teachers should be put in the seventh
grade where the pupils would soon run
them ont. lie said ~ you have two
teachers equally intellectual, but one
strong IN government and one weak, in
what grade would you put the teach r
OF strong goyernmentS In the 9th
because the boys especially are harder
TO govern at that ages lie believes IN
scientific system in training children.
lie spoke Of the quick perception Of The
children and advocated the envelope
system, showed the power Of pictures
IA advancing education.
Prof. SayIor gave talk in which he
said that the struggle We an have
through life begins with children and
that the hardest thing for child to un
derstand clearly was what he knew.
lie believed that every idea must he
made up Of qualities, the greater tie
number Of qualities. the greater the
knowledge. As an illustration be cited
the teacher who is not keen thinker
and said they were not iit for teachers,
ms they could not know when child is
confused unless they were keen think
eTs. lie showed that a word meant
nothing unless you understood its full
meaning. spoke against too much text
book teaching and did not believe 10 coz
poral punishment. lie liked to see a
teacher leader and not all authority. lie
thought power was the result Of kn0wl-
edge and that knowledge is power. lie
also discoursed on the subject of read
ing. showing the benefits to be derived
from the employment OF proper meth
DDS and the right kind Of training.
He said in part: "Put areading lesson
in a child's hands suppose the study
be picture 1t puts the child to talk
ing about the things concerned in the
picture. 1t not only makes the child
original, but thinker" He believes
in the child asking questions and is not
in favor of arbitrary rules for the gov
eminent of a school. lie also condemn
cd the blank work system which leaves
the child TO Ill in words and form a
complete sentence.
DIR. II. A. Heritage took up the study
Of music and demonstrated the scale
system, claiming it TO be the simplest
form. His demonstrations were simple
and good. lie held the close attention
Of his audience and made a fayorablt
impression By his clea-ness.
After the opening exercises Thursday
morning Prof. Saylor addressed the in
stitute on the subject Of psychology
He first explained that a class Of pupils
could be gotten in shape by introducing
some little incident that will work III
the child's sensibllities. lie defined
the elements Of knowledge as sensation
which is a physiological effect. and the
same Identical reasoning holds for eacl
Of the other senses.
Prof. Talkington followed with dis
cnssion Of nature study, advising TIN
teachers TO have the pupil study thu
things Of nature, as it teaches them oh.
servation.
Prof. Blair, of the Blair Business col
lege, Spokane, came up Thursday morn
ing and assisted as one Of the instruct.
ors. Ills first talk was on technica
grammar and he handled the subiect
very nicely. He also discussed pen
manship and advocated as one of thu
necessary adjuncts to good writing tn
use of the best notwithstanding pa
per, pens and inks.
Mrs. Young, the Shoshone county
superintendent. read a paper to the in
stitute on the importance Of employing
devices ia illustrating lessons. 1t wa
full Of beauty, earnestness and benefit
She was followed by DIR. Heritage viii
another practical lesson in music. Thu
doctor explained that music was rythn
and time. lie put great stress upoi
the Importance Of time.
Fridays session Of the institute wa
one Of the most interesting daring tn
week.
Prof Saylor gave another of his in
teresting talks on physiology. lie SAID
in part: "There are three stages o
physiological stimulus; first, the nerve
endings; second. the nerve tracts; third
the nerve cells. Touch gives us ;
knowledge of hardness, smoothneSs
elasticity, inertia, roughness. Toucl
appeals TO the intellect more largel!
than any other power Wedc not know
what the properties In body are tina
make it oderous, but it must be in
gaseous former. odor appeals to tn
emotion largely. Its greatest use is L
protect the physical man by standing
guard over what he eats. These ar
classified into agreeable and disagree
able and are comparatively unimportan
from the standpoint Of giving us
great amount of useful knowledge.
lie then explained the use of tast
to some length and took up the ques
ton Of sight and said that at is prot
ably the most important and usefC
sense, especially in the matter or givin
us useful and valued knowledge. On
f; peculiarly of sight Is that touch edI
Gates 1t into a larger sphere Of useful