The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-01-01

Magazine, and OF his struggle for an edu-
cation, in which he, as superintendent of
the city schools Of Valparaiso, Ind, was
an aid. Literature, MIR. Banta said,
teaches the child how to improve his
leisure hours. As man he may work
all day at manual labor, but he SEEKS
freedom and in the evening, around the
tireside reading a good book, his soul ex-
pands. 1t is not the number of books,
but the character OF the books that makes
the learned man, aud il is not the man
who has read here, and there and every
where who knows the most. Every child
should have library, but he should
have each book so well that VIII II he goes
into his library he feels he goes among
friends. Mr.. Banta exalted tn work OF
the teachers, ltadiug his audience to be-
leave that the future destiny of our nation
largely depends on the good, faithful ser
vice of our teachers.
Prof. A. j. Kinneman of Clark Univer-
sity, Wooster, Mass gave his first lee.
ture on Fundamentals in Practical Ped
agogy" ON Tuesday morning, and so cap
tvated his audience that throughout the
week he was warmly greeted whenever
he took the floor He endeavored to bring
each teacher into clear light of that of
which he is part. lie related the histori
cll development of the school which has
its foundation in the egoistic and altruis-
tic natures of men, SLOWING how teaching
originated in the family where the father
was priest, governor and teacher, and
how it was gradually lifted uut o, the
home and placed in the school from an
economic sense. Education being the
purpose of each generation impressng it.
self upon the next. Mr.. Kinneman also
showed how, as man takes his Inherit
ance from the races OF the past, il is the
duty of each person living 10 add his lit
tie to tie heritage of future generations.
Tie elevated the life of the conscientious
teacher as well as the life of any
other industrious person who is in spirit
ual unity with the church, the civic, the
social, the educational anG the industrial
institutions, clearly portraying to the
teacher that unless he is part of each
institution he is not fully rounded into
perfect manhood and suffers as much as
ifa limb of his body were amputated;
and the question with the teacher is. by
what order shall the best in these insltu-
tions be put to the clil /? These various
Institutions are maxim such great prog
r,Ss we must know about them. he
teacher has under his care the boys and
girs who are to be the men and women
of 80 yeats hence, and he must bring
them in contact with the best there is for
them now. He must leave them not in
possession of knowledge alone, tut with
ability to grasp it themselves. He looks
into a face aud sees soul; he looks into
the future and sees a p isibllity, and ere
he is conscious of the fact a transforms
ton has taken place aud he beholds a
man or woman made in the image of
God. Teaching, Mr.. Kinneman went on
to say, is fine art, and we play, not on
instruments of few strings, bnt on in
struments of thousands of strings trat
play for eternity. 1t is within the teach
ers power or influence to touch a life and
conceive destiny, tor there are POSSIBLE
ities in the boys and girls. The teacher
should be a person who teaches, not as a
stepping.stoue to "higher" things, but
because he is actuated by an uhseltsh
motive TO teach. As examples of just
such teachers, Mr.. Kinneman referred to
Socrates, who, for thirty years, went
about the streets Of Athens in tatters and
rags teaching, and especially to Booker II
Washington who cleaned out an OLD barn
and hen house on The Tuskegee farm in
order to have rooms in which to teach
and who now can lecture for $3.50 night
but who, by some noble pure and holy
impulse is impelled to spend his life as d
teacher. Throughout the week Mr.. Kin
neman did his work conscientiously auC
well. On Friday morning he gave a very
interesting account of"A Day at Valley
Forge" taking his audience in iniagina
tion to that historic spot in Pennsylva
MIA which has been so sadly neglected
but which will, in the near future, be.
come a national park.
The music was in charge of Prof. ID. Etc
horn who was mu-ic ica director of last year
institute Prof Eichorn has been travelling
with New York evangelist during tn
past year and left an engagement in charg'
of his wife while he fills several engage
menis of Institute work in Pennsylvania
Prof Wilkeuson represented the ClariOI
State Normal school and was warmly greet
ed by his former students, and friends q
thai popular institute Of learning Prof
Beer, also of Clarion, was present Thurs
day and Friday andbrOught 20 the teachers
Uf Forest county greetings of cheer ant
encouragement. Mrs. Mumford Of Phila
delphia appeared before the Institute ol
Thursday aiterl oon in behalf of The con
gress OF mothers and the relation this con
gress sustains to the school, hoping 20 IN
terest the mothers and teachers or BOres
county in their department Of work. Or
Tuesday evening a musical entertainment
was given by the fremont Quartette o
Boston, who were accompanied by Mis-
Pierce, reader Of high order WEDNESDAY
evening The Heron Si-t r. also gave a musi
cal entertainment, and on Thursday evening
Rev L T. Hagerman, ID d pastor Of th'
First Meihodi.t Episcopal church Of Nor
walk Ohio, gave his lecture on "rhi
World in which We Live DR. Hager-
man endeavored TO reveal the beanties y
tba 1iterary world, showing that the size o
this world depends upon the man. HI
also spoke Of the religious, the sensitive
the snnerstitious business worlds and tn,