Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-12-04

Cultivation" was especially edify-
ing and from the interest display
ed by the institute it is evident that
the teachers realize that in order to
40 1uIl justice to the, ,pupils entrusted
to their training it will be necessary
for them to direct their studies into
the special domain of science opened
! up by Professor Deatrick or in other
words to more thoroughly familiarize
themselves with "the thinking shop
of the boy or girl.
wednesday, SESSION.
Professor w. W. Deatrick, of the
Kutztown Normal School, bid adieu
to the county institute yesterday morn
ing with fine discourse on "The
Great Thing In Education. " Super
lntendent Coughlin continued his talk
on " Arithmetic" while Professor
Cogswell, who has charge of the music
of the institute, gave another excellent
talk
County Superintendent Derr did a
very wise thing in providing for in
! struction i'll music, now that it has
| been added to the course of study in
our town schools. 1t is worthy of note
that the subject could not have been
| placed IN the hands of better person
than Professor Cogswell, who is un-
| IStI al hly-, g l.
| teachers show their interest BY giving
| the closest attention to every detail
presented by the Professor, not only
during the singing, but also the
| talks on music. Yesterday morning
he outlined the underlying principles
Of music that should be taught in
| graded and ungraded schools. In IL
lustrating his subject he uses the
! charts at present in use in the schools.
The last period of the forenoon
was occupied by DR.. d. F. Fox, who
lectured in the Opera House Tuesday
night. 1t was short talk, but full
OF beautiful conceptions and was elo-
quent III the extreme, running along
the line of mental and moral deyelop-
ment. Humor and pathos aIternated
but i'll all there was food for thought.
Every person, he said, should struggle
with an ideal ahead of him. In clos
ing the speaker magnified the calling
OF teacher, whose mission it becomes
to take the plastic clay of childhood
and mould it into the beautiful forms
Of perfect manhood and womanhood.
The first period of the afternoon
was occupied by William G. Johnston,
Esq, of Bloomsbury, who was super
intendent of the schools of Columbia
G991! county yJRaf RfFW636oGn County Superintendent,
G. W. Derr, was first examined and
taught his first school under Mr..
Johnston. The subject of his talk yes
terday was ''Some of the Things That
a Teacher Should Do and Some of the
Things Which She Should Not Do"
The discourse was eminently practical
in its nature and abounded i'll common
sense views. Mr.. Johnston is pleas
ing, dignified speaker, never at a loss
for words to adequately express his
meaning. He followed the teacher
through the routine of school work
and held up in a strong light the var
ious pitfalls and errors into which
even the most conscientious may fall,
so that no doubt many in the
institute saw themselves reflected and
for the first time became aware that
there was room for reform i'll their
teaching.
Professor Aldinger of the Blooms
burg Normal School spoke on the sub
ject of Physical Training He
crowded into brief address great
deal of practical information. Physi-
cal training, limited at present to the
schools of the larger cities, is grow
ing in popularity and in time will
find place not only in the schools of
the smaller towns, but i'll the rural
districts as we'll
1t is a tallacy, he says, to teach that
in need of physical training In his
own experience he finds that the young
people from the country who attend
the normal school as a rule have not
the proper chest development. although
they may be strong of arm and limb
and we'll developed about the hips.
He ventured the opinion that if it
were not for the out of door life, which
counterbalances in some degree the
evils of diet and the irregular hours for
meals, the people of the country would
be considerably worse off physically
than those who live in town. His
view, therefore, was that physical
training is as much needed in the
country schools as i'll town. Professor
AIdinger concluded with a practical
illustration of the proper way to
breathe, which is to throw the hips
back, raise the chest up, keeping the
head erect. This will lower the dia-
phragm and introduce air into every
part of the lungs.
Hon. W W StetSon, State Superin-
tendent Of Maine, was introduced to
the institute Hon. Stetson, among
institute instructors is one of the
heavy weights He has a charming
faculty of quickly introducing himself
and of making the teachers feel
thoroughly at home before him. He
commended the speakers who preceded
him for their sound common sense
views which he said always appeals
to a Yankee Common sense, he re-
marked. makes common people"
His subject was "Order of Develop
ment, >" which yesterday embraced
child training He ridiculed in his
very effective and inimitable way
many of the mistakes that teachers