The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-07
FOR NATURE STUDY
President Winston Addresses
Teachers Institute.
Resolution Of Sympathy For Supt Clements
Mr.. C. J. Parker Win Lecture This
Afternoon.

The Teachers Institute yesterday
morning took up work in the fifth grade
conducted very ably by Prof. c. c. Crit
tenden. of Wake Forest college, who
lectured most admirably upon geography
and discipline.
President Geo. T. Winston, OF the A.
and M. College addressed the institute
at o'clock on the subject of Industrial
Education He spoke for two hours ana
was listened to with marked attention by
the entire institute. TIe told how North
Carolina was once third among the States
in wealth and population; how other
States had gradually outstripped us un-
til now we have the least per capita OF
wealth of all the States how our natural
wealth is the most varied and among the
largest in quantity; how our accumu-
lated wealth is the least how slavery,
uneducated labor, lack Of machinery, or
improved tools and of skill mas prevented
our producing wealth; how great
change has taken place since the aboli-
ton of slavery and is becoming greater
daily; how machinery is being employed
in mill and factory and on the farm; now
industrial education is essential to skill
ed industries; and how all the progress
sive nations of the world are introducing
industrial education into all the public
schools.
President Winston gave many illustra-
tions of industrial education along me-
chanical and also along agricultural
lines; of practical education for farm
boys in the study of soils, plants, ami
mails, butter making, farm machinery,
etc. He made a strong plea for nature
study in the rural schools: for such
study as will arouse the ambition, de-
velop the interest, quicken the observing
faculties and strengthen the judgment of
farm boys concerning things that they
must deal with on the farm.
The Institute is to visit the A. and
M. College Friday, 2 p. M, at it's close,
and see the nature study work of The
college under Prof. and Mrs. Stevens; as
also the work in free hand and right line
drawing.
President Winston was exceedingly
earnest in advocating the introduction OF
drawing and of nature study into al our
public schools. He claims that such in
and that it lies at the bottom of all ag-
ricultural and mechanical education.
Rev. w. G. Clements, County Superin-
tendent of Schools, was unavoidably abb
sent yesterday. AS stated on Tuesday
morning, his two daughters and his son
are Ill with typhoid fever. The Institute,
desiring to express it's sympathy with
him in his affliction, adopted the follow
ing resolution:
1--WE. the teachers now in session in
the Wake County Institute, desire to ex-
press our profound sympathy for Rev.
w. G. Clements, our Superintendent, in
the Providential visitation under which
he is now placed, and while we miss him
very much and believe that his presence
would add greatly to our profit and pleas
ure, we desire him to feel perfectly at
ease to remain at home so long as the
conditions demand him. At the same
time we hope for the full restoration to
health of all his family"
This morning at $3.50 Prof. Crittenden
will take up Sixth Grade work, and al
3 o'clock Mr.. C. ]. Parker will lecture on
1.-The Proper Equipment OF a School
Room"