Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-02-04

Strawberry Point was elected Secretary.
The first on the program was paper
on the subject of "Reading in the
Grades" by Miss Clara Dunlap of Straw
berry Point. Miss Dunlap dwelt chiefly
upon the work that she had done with
her pupils this year and in doing so
brought out many good suggestions
that others might try with profit. Mr..
Schwietert opened the discussion with
an excellent paper on the subject, first
bringing out some of the strong points
in the talk preceding. Both speakers
urged the practice of reading poetry to
the pupils in order to cultivate in them
a taste for reading poetry and to get
them into the habit of reading the best
kind.
Mr.. Hammond, principal of the Gree
ley schools read very good paper on
the subject of "Order and Discipline"
He said that he was not able to present
any tried rules as cure for certain dis
orders because each one had to consider
all misconducts and judge them as af-
fected by the surroundings in which
they happened. One rule, infallible,
however, could be given each teacher
and that was that the teacher must be
an example of order and discipline him
self in order to have the children So,
because they are imitators either of
good or bad. Many good points were
brought out in the general discussion
along the same line.
After the assignment of teachers to
places of entertainment, the meeting
adjourned to meet at one-thirty in the
afternoon.
The afternoon session opened with q
duet sung by Miss Bergen and Mr.
Joseph. This was followed by paper
on Language Work" given by Miss
Kurrlmeyer of Greeley. In the discus
sion there seemed to be difference OF
opinion whether every mistake in the
language work of the pupil should be
corrected or not. Some held the opinion
that every little mistake should not be
corrected lest We discourage the pupil
The mojority, however, held that every
/. little mistake you found your pupil'
making whether in talking or writing
should be carefully corrected, the samt
as you would correct mistake in an
: other branch of work. The work tina
8 different teachers had been doing il
language was given by those presen
Il and many helpful suggestions wer
y brought out.
D. Mr.. Trotter, principal of the Straw
berry Point schools then took up tn
subject of "That Boy" He said "Ths
Boy" could be found in every commu1
le ity without doubt, and it was ver
1t serious matter to deal with. The be
q, has to be dealt with, however, and a
i ways must be tried. He said to try di
is ferent kinds of persuasion, to appe
e to his manhood, and if all these fail, {
70 they certainly do IN some cases, for tt
q sake of all the rest that he is harmin
" by his influence, as a last resort use CO
y poral punishment of the necessary qua
II ity and quantity. Hold him up as a
> example of what surely must follow
10 laws are disobeyed. AS one of tn
20 speakers remarked afterwards some
" times ssThat Girl" is also met with.
Miss Berger the primary teacher
Edgewood read very good paper {
"Reading in the Primary Grades" Sc
Oh eral good ways of presenting the su
an ject were brought out.
a. The address of the afternoon W,
IN given by Prof. Grossman of Lenox &c
Of lege and was listened to with close q
IS tention from all present, each one d.
a string to lead q nobler life after lister
ne ing to his inspiring words. He picture
st very strongly what constitutes mob
as manhood and womanhood, and he
ed each one of us helps or binders all wi
us whom we come in contact. ~,