The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-15
THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
PROCEEDINGS REPORTED SPECI-
ALLY FOR THE REPUBLICAN
BYO. F. MORTON.
Many Questions of Importance Apper-
tanning to Educational Matters In
telligently Discussed-The Sessions
are Largely Attended.

The Teachers Institute of Garrett
county was opened on time Monday
morning by County Examiner E. A.
Browning. After the singing of
MARYLAND, My Maryland" and a
prayer by Rev H. Scott, an address
of welcome was given by DR.. Bart
lett, of this town. The doctor is pop
ular with our teachers and they al
ways call on i'm, knowing they will
hear something good. The response
on the part of the teachers was by
Prof D. H. Bender, principal of the
Grantsyille schools, and it was an
excellent talk.
Music by the Oakland choir was
followed by an address by DR.. N. B..
Stephens, the State superintendent,
the speech being of an Introductory
nature. The morning session closed
with announcements by Comfy Ex-
aminer Browning on ordering books.
The afternoon session consisted of
a Round Table discussion on "The
Basis of the Art of Teaching" 1t
was led by Examiner w. S. Grouse
and further participated in by A. W.
Dewitt, A. l.. Lee, Ira Culp, Prof.
Loraditch, VIM. Bishoff and Orley
Durham.
After recess there was another adj
dress by DR.. Stephens, this time on
ordering books and on the State
Board of Education.
Tuesday morning, after the Gus
tomary music by the choir, prayer
was offered by Rev. w. H. Miller, and
Examiner Browning made distribu-
ton of checks and made several an
nouncements The State Superin-
tendent then introduced Prof. Muir
daugh. who opened a Round Table
on knowledge and the Process of
Teaching It." He stated that knowl-
edge is masculine in its essence, while
culture is feminine. He also made
the point that knowledge can be i'm
parted only by exciting the activities
of the learners mind. He was ably
followed by D. H. Bender, Prof. Cook,
Rose Janoske and H. A. Loraditch
The paper by Miss Janoske was care
fully prepared and among the excel
lent points made were the following {:
That knowledge without reli zion may
make men devils and that the pupils
in primary and high schools differ in
ability and the knowled sc taught
them should differ accord ugly. Prof.
Murdaugh also expressed his prefer
ence fer using the term teaching in
place of instruction. The latter term
carries with it the idea of pouring
knowledge into the pupil.
After recess Father O'Donoghue
favored the. institute with a talk in
lieu of the address of welcome he was
to have given the day before. 1t was
a stirring, earnest, eloquent talk, full
ofFgood thoughts, and on motion of
Mr.. Culp the speaker was given a
vote of thanks. He expressed the
most liberal spirit toward the public
schools and told the teachers that
they could lead their pupils to be true
men and women only by being such
themselves.
The State perintendent then
spoke on language teaching in the
first and second year grades, and
offered some suggestions on remedy
ing.the criticism that teachers them
selves often Ia pse into the use of
ungrammatical expressions.
The institute was opened in the
afternoon with the singing of ''Amer-
ica" Superintendent Stephens spoke
of the importance to the teachers of
reading circles. The names of Virgil