The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-03
SECOND DAY
(. OF institute
TEACHERS LISTENED TO INTER
EsTINa TALKS.


TEAcHERs LISTENED TO INTER.
EsTINa TALKS.
Miss Connolly Spoke on Methods OF
Teaching Grammar, Prof. Monroe
Of Commercial Geography" and
educational Psychology" Prof
Kemp on "Power Tests of Teach.
ing" and "The Effect Of Expression
on Thought"-Lecture Last Night
on Porto Rico BY DR.. Groh.
There are ways and ways to make
places for new teachers. One way is
to encourage matrimony: another was
put in force yesterday, when one Sec
tion OF the institute was assigned to
the locker room for whole session.
Any teacher who would conduct her
pupils to the cellar of a school building
for single recitation would be ar
raigned before the board of health or
some other fearsome body. The gram
mar and High school teachers were
obliged to spend the entire forenoon
yesterday in the basement whose ce-
ment floor was damp and whose at
mosphere was exceedingly chilly. An
other session Is to be held in the same
unhealthy place this morning. The
reasons given are that other rooms of
the High school building are undergo
ing renovation. The. plan is not the
fault Of Superintendent Phillips, who
was greatly annoyed at such a neces-
sity.
The institute opened in the morning
with prayer by Rabbi Anspacher. AZ
ter the announcements made by DR..
Phillips the assemblage was divided,
the primary teachers remaining. the
others being relegated to the lower
regions.
Miss Connolly, who has captured all
the teachers by her brilliant. yet prac-
tical talks, gave singularly interest
ing address on grammar. There is a
lot Of nonsense being taught in the
name Of English grammar, she said,
making useless drudgery in the name
Of preparing pupils for study in Ger
man and Latin grammar, with the re-
suit Of simply meddling their brains.
COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY.
Professor Monroe gave a most valu-
able address on Commercial Geogra-
ply" which the speaker declared must
soon have prominent place in the
educational system Of this country.
Giving brief history Of the founda
tion Of commerce he spoke Of the evo-
luton which had resulted in the su-
premacy of Great Britain, Venice hav-
ing been the pioneer, then Portugal
and Spain, Holland, and finally Eng
land. America now stands the third
among the nations, having exchanged
places with France during the past five
years. 1t will not be long until it su-
persedes Germany and takes the sec
ond place. Great Britain occupies ter
ritorily more than one-fourth Of the
earth's land surface, and contains one
fourth Of the souls in the world. 1t
has held the first position during a
century for many reasons. 1t produces
the most coal. although in 1899 Amer-
ca surpassed it, but because of having
but forty millions of people while the
United States has seventy-six millions,
there Is less home consumption in
Great Britain. 1t produces the most
iron and the most tin. thus in these
raw materials it is far in the lead.
1t has a second factor in the way of
shipping. Seven-tenths of the mer-
chant marine of the world belongs to
Great Britain. In steam craft it out
numbers US Is to /, while it has three
times the sailing vessels. 1t has the
largest ship-building interests and an
excellent internal system of railroads
and waterways. But the manifest
of Great Britain are great.
First OF these is it's inferior common
school system. We are weak in COM
mercial schools but excel in technical
training, while England is still cum
bered with the old bungling system Of
Germany is far ahead
In these matters.
SUFFERED FROM BOER WAR.
But Great Britains power may have
reached it's climax. In the first place
Il has suffered enormously from the
Beer war. Being obliged to withdraw
much of it's merchant marine service
Germany was quick to step in as was
llso the United States. England also
lost enormously in wealth, men and in
deprivations. The absence
81 food supplies cause that country to
keep a vastly unnecessary naval force,
simply for protection against possible
of powers. All these fac
tors enter into the problems which con-
front Great Britain today.
Professor Kemp followed with an in
talk on the effect of express
ZION OF thought
In the primary department, Mrs. Will
Son spoke most entertainingly on
"Story Telling" and Miss Considine
gave excellent practical hints on teach
lng reading.
The afternoon session opened with
music, led by Prof. Derman. Prof. |
Kemp continued his talk on history, |
beginning with description of TicOn-
deroga and Its physical features. BY |
means Of relief map he showed the |
contour OF that region. He declared |
hat the battle of Gettysburg. one of
he great decisive battles of history,
vas not planned before hand. 1t so
happened that the Union forces caught
lp with the Confederates and they
we're made to fight there. The battle
vas lost and won not because of su-
perior numbers or courage on the Union
tide, but because General Lees mill
AIRY genius failed him for once while
he generals on the Union side took
advantage of the confisuraton of the
General Lee did not. A re-
ief map was shown illustrating the
,attle-feld, and the speaker explained
he manoeuvres OF the conflict which
10 said was one of the most magnif-
emily useless in history.
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