Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
Teachers. Normal institute.

man sun srckr Of the changes on Tx l,ngrl;,
made necessary because of tn ti.ss4,e,. %
some who Were ON Tor papers.
Attention WAS then turned 10 tue subject
Moral Training OF Young Chldreir us ont
lined by e. e, Smell, Of Manchester. Mr.. Smell
emphasized the Importance OF This ira ming IL
our schools, 1t is a branch not taught enough.
The average teacher torgets that MS profession
calls for more than bpok learning -the cali to
tescR meats ii thorough preparation OF the
youth for life complete and finished, Man
has physical, a mental and moral nature
and the DEVELOPMENT of the mental to the OK
clus'on of the physical and moral natures will
not be fulhllment ot a teachers duty. AS the
child is develored morally so will the man be.
The teacher should always be open and ready to
forgive. The pupil should first be taught o6edi-
.ence, not to obey through fear but because 1t is
right. This entails order and law. Kindness
and control should be instilled into tho child's
character. In this day when the mother with
her clubs and societies. her charities and her
social life, has shifted the responsibility of
bringing up her child to the shoulders of the
teacher these things must be carefully weighed
Honesty is an essential in the pupil, and with
out teacher who is honest this will become d
thipgs him, ,,,,,,,, T., So ,.a,,,, - Il, =
child can a,sn ba hoe, et,n,,,,.ta, ~, a,.ar,,,.
,a.t IA. an, o,a,a,,, -. IA, A., -,
tovaras r,,, f,r,,,, ,;n IS a., v,,,.
Inv bar yerv ,,resaroa c,,earr,,,uasn IN :
'te,cber e,tars IN, ia, l,...,.,. 80, nett
ltism and nn,i,,c. oa,, ,,, ta,. ,,t,, ,,,na
III To tho morals al, th.sa ,n,,,s,r,, a., oo,f
respect mako tI,e ,daa, cha ractari ~ tho ,o,,tb
I John Williams of r,naida s,,,oestsd ,h.t a
kns,vIet,pe of ne tn,,a i,fa 4, tIo ,,inr 80 a
necessity bafora ono o,,id io,,,n ,aab,,,, 10,
npr,i ,,oro,s s,,, 80, M, ~. ,,.,,,
n boos he said
In tho cepar,I dis.,ss,oo -, .,,,s .,,,,.,4 -,
ari,,tan,ia,, snb,,.oi,at ~,
haan s,,d f,,thsr ,,,,,osi.,,,,. ~,
of sucb ,ra;n,nc IN a., $50, ,,,sI
'prIncinal of onr ci,, u,,,, so,,,n, .no,. ta,,o,
Inv a On. onor.t,or bat,rsa, ,aos,,ou -.
Rev. Wolf also dronned n ,ood t,nnc,t on
this great onestIon haforo t,a ssss,on .d,enr,sa
to meet at one thirty in the ,ftsrnoon
nv asseiiioieo carry al'ef 'the hour
nooa Gnu Mnno waiting 'or tue chorus o. i'''e
.,, W "tiiue' chairman gun appointed as
s aa.lt. on ,.esU.u.'ons' Mf. Eue' MISS .ohi-
M -. s'n aAu mos i.''iei oonis.oi'
LIZ HieeIey teacheis ih'iseo the lhstitute 10
,liee. ~ 'iieir village al Tue next session, which
m's UNANIMOUSLY accepleo, me eitne
oons SO. ,oi 'ne seeohu oaturuas III Mefch.
niss Mn'pple' u rar..iie' then READ paper
st.tes mat Nh, teaohor sh,na ,e nors,,,e ~, =
na,ts,n of aano.,,,,,,,, az.
character verv acc,,,at.i, and 80, ,,,,,.
teacber or,,.r o,d ,on,, ,snnars
bann Miss wb,,,e -
forms OF saluts.ion, in fact she said ta on Tho
pupi, all that is meant b. good breeding TIN.
reputation of Young Americans for bad manners
anf1the question was asked how many teaehers
werato blame for this.
Miss Elizabeth Harschal followed In the dis
cussion of this. cOncurring with what Miss Whip
pis had SAID
'ue SUBJECT En"catonai value OF Games
was u'iiioriiiaiS ,featao pS Mr. harvey, who
oeheses lnii games haNea purpose IN me schoo'
III ttanipe .iie hshd' the eye ana tue pereepilFe
iauui.ies lhey may aiso serve IN me 'fai ing
VI .in'ais io' it'" emu VINO cheats AZ gone Is
,et'uou' Vi 'he sports anu soon learns thtt 10
nave companions. ne must ee honest. Hahy
esnes are instructive III .'ie matter Oh pfohunci-
n,,v,rn,,nd should ho,o ~, ..'s bnr,. -. si
teasi,s. " '''N
Nnsio h, a,,,,. :, s.,,,. .,.,
roo-oa,io,, ,ro,,, sssa,, ,,s ,',.,, . ~
,n.,;,,,, .t, =, 80, ~
M ~ ,ras, ~, ia,,,,,,a '''',e' ''AA
miss fraser ei leihl' then continued the sub
ICY ~ fsiiss. one spoke Oh many games wh'cn
mea sl pe reaiiy nehelit 10 the gamesters' she
4,
"ise aio',es spohe shorty Saying 'he recrea-
noh so''',' W 'hs i"e'noa Oh game piayihs made
'no asnoo' MUM iioie in'eres'ins'
Kew. Wolf again arose with the statementthaf
games of skill must be carefully distinguished
from games of chance, the one educating up
ward and the other downward
the next paper to be given. Miss Smith. of Ma
sonyille, the author, said 1t was well to encour
age the children in bringing TO the school soom
these actual necessities in the life of the scholar
Shelpoke of the p,ctures of promInent men of
the last few years, OF authors. of fruits. etc
The Perry pictures are always obtanabie
Proper school decorations brighten not only the
room but the pupil himself.
Miss Nederfrant, of Greeley. also prepared
a paper on this subject, She began with The
trite saving 'order is heavens first law, and
added that school room with one curtain up
and the other down was hardly a decorate I'd
school room. Every school room should have n
Madonna, ami she M ntioned other suitable pic.
lures. Further Miss Nieaerfrank adyocated
collections, AS afrording an opportunity to study
animal and plant life. .
Mics croyes n,aso,,od .a, ,,.o q, 49,,
p;c,ure saries ,ine t.,,, ~. ,ar,,ar ,rn,,,,n, l.,
Tho oa,t no ,n,r,a,na,,,s ~, a., -. a.
min ira t,orr h,ps ara ~, q .oo,. ,,so ..,o,,,,s
metbod that ot .ry,no ,o, ,,ai,ar, 81 no, ~
rict,,res Iy,,, corrasnod r, ,,,a s.aso, L., ~,
erhar N, a Oh tbar.d fr,,,s - ro,,'.,s .,.,,,,
ans,ai, the Th.n,sgiy,na ,,o,,,,as s,,. 49,,
m,,da5 neotrec. obont no ,,ra,aa,,.,, 80 ~
tre.snrcs hrorobt in !, mo so,,eo,
lat the children, handle tho ,,ic,,,ros ,han,sa,as
for than they stndv tber mora ip,a,,,,,an,,,,
rho cborns ~ m,yca roicos hoys 81 r,,,.
from six tn tep vears Of ,oe rndar tha a,raa,,,,,
Of Miss Gl,ssendorf wac W, rm,y e,cnrad
- "' ..'' y. hp"'i.n oeinihaiS' was theh
ns.o'taeeu W Sn".'inei o,ii' nuu tne teauhefs
~ s',oi ,a.o ''ea' III lhe siioi. yak WHICH
,o,aomea a.na,nes looh ior ms 'hene me
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