Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-10-16

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Wadaes.iay, October Stk. Meeting
called % order By. the Examiner,
Geo. w. Joy, at 1IAn Roll call
BY the Secretary. Address Of vel.
come 10 the teachers delivered BY
Joseph H. Key. Responded TO by T.
Lee Mattingly on behalf Of the teach
ers Of st. Mary's county.
Address by the Examiner on the
objects Of the Institute, and sugges.
tons 70 teachers as 70 methods Of
teaching. After an introduction by
the examiner, DIR. Boyer made afew
remarks TO the teachers as O pream-
bic 70 the work in the Institute.
Afteraooa Session. Roll call by Sec
rotary at 2 p. NJ. Address by DIR.
Boyer. entitled AS you would like
it," with reference to the profess
sionof teaching. Paper, with Hero
ism" as its subject. read by Mr.. Z.
II. Petherbridge. Supplementary
reading was the subject Of Q paper
read by Miss d. Virginia Wise. A
paper entitled Devices in Gram
mar" was read by L. Johnson Cam
ter and discussions invited. First
steps in Natural History" was the
subject Of paper read by Chas. A.
Heard. The afternoon session was
closed by q talk on Attention by
Or. Boyer. At 4P. N. the Institute
adjourned. 10 be called to order at
"a. n. Thursday, Oct 9.
Thursdag, October 9th. Meeting
called TO order by Examiner at 9 A.
N. Roll call, which was responded
to by the teachers with quotations,
was read by the Secretary. First
on the program was a talk on Thor
oughness" by DIR. Boyer. Paper,
entitled THE Teacher, His Relation
to the School," was read by T. B.
Carpenter. The teachers were en-
tertained by a talk on the Needs of
our Schools" by F. Eugene Wathen,
Examiner of Anne Arundel county.
Prof. NJ. Bates Stephens talked to
the teachers along the same lines as
Mr.. Wathen, that of an increase in
salary. Address on Methods in
Teaching" delivered by DR.. Boyer.
Atternooa Session. Meeting called
TO order by State Superintendent NJ.
Bates Stephens. After roll call,
Prof. Stephens delivered an address
Examiners Visit" Ad-
dress by DR.. Boyer entitled "Brok-
en- Life Line" DIR. Zach r. Nor
gan, being introduced by Prof. Nj.
B. Stephens, delivered an address
on Compulsory Education. Are
ply to DIR. Morgan's arguments was
made by +. Eugene Wathen. Dis
cussions on this subject by the teach
ers engaged in by Mr.. Chunn, Miss
M. Virginia Wise, Mr.. Canter, Prof.
Joy. Prof. Stephens, DIR. Boyer. An
address on this days program by
Charles Adams was deferred until
the next day session. Meeting adj
iourned.
Friday, October 10TH. Meeting
called to order by the Examiner.
Roll call by the Secretary. Res
pended to by teachers with quota
tions. A paper on Spelling" read
by Charles Adams. Round Table"
discussions on the REGULATIONS en-
gagged in by Charles Adams. Frank
lin Adams, Miss Paula Coad, Prof.
Joy, J. Briscoe Bunting, Miss Eta
Parsons, Miss Madge Duke, Miss
Lizzie Blackstone, Miss Susan S.
Brlmbaugh. Recess was then ta-
ken, after which Miss Susan S.
Brumbaugh read paper by Mrs.
Mittie Goodwin, entitled Aim in
Education. Miss Susie IaRoche
read q paper on Energy in the
School Room. The following Com
mittees were then announced -
Reading Circle Committee, Miss SUI
san Brumbaugh, Chairman Miss
Elizabeth Shaw, J. Franklin Adams.
Committee on School Room, Decora-
tion and Beautifying School Grounds,
Miss Lizzie Blackstone, Chairman;
Miss NJ. Virginia Wise, Miss Annie
Robinson. Committee on School
Legislation, T. Lee Matsingly, Chair
man; Charles Adams, Miss Eta Par
sons. Prof. III. Bates Stephens gave
the teachers talk on the formation
of q Reading Circle among the teach
ers of the county. The morning
session having been prolonged in
order tocomplete the day s program,
the Institute was then adjourned.
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