Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-14

ever nelO III NOSSOuu county anu r Or
syth will conclude it's labors this
afternoon after one of the most interest
ing and profitable meetings of it's kind
held in the state this year. The at
tendance was far beyond the expecta-
tions and most gratifying to everyone
concerned, there being eighteen teach.
present. Even Custer county was rep
resented.
The instructors were State Superin-
tendent Welch, of Helena; Miss Anna
l.. Harwood, of the State Normal
school at Dillon; Miss Helen Reynolds,
of the Miles City schools; Prof. w.
Horace Reid, principal of the Ekalaka
school, and Prof. Fl. v. Beeman,
principal of the Forsyth public schools.
They were all present when the
institute began in the high school
building Monday morning, with
the exception of Mr.. Welch, who arriv-
ed Wednesday morning.
Miss Helen Reynolds, who had charge
Mondays Session.
The institute was opened by prayer
by Rev. Danner, and singing, after
which Miss Reynolds, with class of
little folks before her, illustrated
methods of conducting First Grade
reading, which was enjoyed by all.
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"Geography' in a very skillful and
appreciative manner. After short
inter1nission Miss Harwood gave a talk
on ''Instiute Work. and it's aid to the
teacher, to the utter satisfaction of all.
Prof. Beeman then very ably discussed
Arithmetic, and emphasized the ne
cessity of rapid mental work and prac-
tical problems, after which Miss Rey-
nolds exhibited work done by the pu-
pills of the country schools of Custer
county consisting Of drawing, illus
trated stories, water color work, paper
cutting and maps. The next topic on
the program was "Spelling' and
''Penmanship" which was discussed
by Prof. Reid, followed by Miss Har-
wood. Both spoke OF the Importance
of correct spelling because the public
demands it; also of the value of
writing, and several methods were
given to enable the pupil to spell cor
rectly.
Miss Reynolds began the afternoon
session by an interesting talk on Ian
guage work in the lower grades. In
her lecture she pointed out the nee.
ess ty of interesting the child above
everything else. Several short period s
were devoted to the asking and ans
wering If questions during the day.
Tuesdays Session.
Tuesday morning session was call
ed to order by Miss Higgins. After
the opening song Miss Reynolds con-
Quoted class in second grade read
ing. She selected for the lesson, ex-
tracts from Hiawatha, and illustrated
the lesson with drawings and mention
ed the fact that the child should be
familiar with all the hard words in
the lesson. Miss Herwood followed
with very interesting lecture on
literature. She said: .'It is very inn
portant in all the grades for the build
ing up of character, in order that the
child may have an idea that he must
have great many examples and they
are found in the study of literature.
The aim of litature is to show ethical
truths and to illustrate the lives of
heroes. The study of literature helps
the child to come in closer touch with
nature and true ideals. She divided
literature into periods. The earliest
literature that we have is the Talk
Lore" Children enjoy these Mother
Goose rhymes because they are simple,
and the child's mind is not ready for
anything deeper. 'Fairy stories''
are the next historical development;
children always delight in fairy stor-
les. "Myths" come next They are
personifications of natural phenomena
such as wind, trees, sun etc. "Leg-
ends" follow myths and after that we
have the biography" which is con-
crete history. We can teach ethical
truths through fairy stories far better
than through biography or through
facts. She said we must live in the
child's imagination and get thetruths.
A child who does not have these fairy