Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-16
ROSEBUD COUNTY TEACHERS INSTl-
TuTt CANE TO an End SAT-
uPDHY AFTERNOON.
WAS AN INTERESTING SESSION
There Was Good Attendance Of 7 Teachers
and COMPETENT Corps OF Instruc-~
tors We're In Attendance.

tute of Rosebud county, which was in
session here for four days last week
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday-closed Saturday afternoon
after one of the most profitable gather
ings of teachers ever he'd i'm eastern
Montana. The institute was harmo-
NOUS throughout and all the teachers
seemed to enter into the spirit of the
meeting and appeared to be prompted
with but the one desire of better fitting
themselves to their work.
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION.
The association was called to order
at 9 o'clock by County Superintendent
Gertrude Higgins.
Song service followed, after which
the roll was called, all members being
present.
An able paper on "The advantages
Of ungraded schools over graded ones,"
by Miss Williams, was listened to.
The subject was treated under two
heads; first, "The grading of country
schools,'' and second, "Some advan-
tages Of the country schools over the
city schools
Professor Beeman gave lecture on
arithmetic. He thinks too much time
is being devoted to this study and that
it should be correlated with other
branches instead of being taught inde-
Of IL ho1i
text book should be introduced in num-
Der work until the pupils have reached
the third grade. The methods of max
ing papers in the written work has a
great deal to do with securing accu-
rate work. No grade should be placed
on paper. 1t is either 'perfect' or
worthless, and an inaccurate account
ant can not hold a good position. FIRE.
quent drills should be given on the
primary facts IF arithmetic in order to
secure accurate and rapid ejaculation.
Discussion followed, Mrs. Young
heartily acquiescing in everything
Prof. Beeman said, mentioning that
the Germans acquire as much if not
more knowledge OF arithmetic in four
years than Americans in eight. 1t is
claimed that if too much number worl,
is introduced into the lower grades the
children's minds are stunted. Men
tai pictures should be introduced.
The association then visited the pri
mary room where Miss Heath conducted
a class IN number work There were
twelve children present Each had q
piece of paper four inches square which
they measured with their rulers ant
could tell the length and breadth
They then folded the paper and re
folded it until the faces of 10 squares
were visible. They built up squares
oblongs, etc. hen they put the squares
aside and mental pictures were giver
them. They next made a bed from
paper which they measured before the,
began to use the scissors. Paper told
ing and cutting was shown to be
great benefit in the lower grades.
At 1l:15 Mrs. Young continued he
discussion of the subject, ''Reading.
1t was directed mainly to "phrasin
and the forming OF mental pictures.
She explained how a curtain could b
used advantageously in the lowe
grades. The curtain should be d
least yard and quarter wide an
of sufficient length to cover the boart
1t should be fastened on rollers so
could be raised or lowered at will.
The teacher should pay particula
attention to ''pnrasing, for childre
can be taught to grasp several word
at aglance. Children should be taugt
how to study. The last three or fou
minutes of each recitation should /
given to the preparation of the chi
dren's minds for their next lesson.
the recitation on hand is arithmet
and the next recitation reading, IL
last three or four minutes of the aritl
metic period should be spent in pr
pairing the children's minds for Il
reading lesson and having them forg
the arithmetic. Discussion followe
AFTERNOON SESSION.
This session was marked with