Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-24
TEACHERS MEETING
 HELD LAST NIGHT
MANY GATHER TO HEAR INTER ESTiNG PAPERS READ BY BISeEE'S CORPS OF
 INSTRUCTORS.

HC pio6ldH dii duSeQ lOT tue tedCn CTS meeting, held last night at the Central School. proved most inter esting and instructive About sixty were present, including teachers, pu- pills and visitors, among whom was School Trustee H. NJ. Woods. The papers read by the teachers were most interesting, dealing wi.A school work. The paper read by Mss Cox was particularly good. Her crit icism of The Evolution of Dodd," a novel. by William Hawley Smith. is deserving of congratulation. In her paper Miss Cox tells in brief the story of the novel, how an unruly boy, sur rounded only by people and circum stances and things which served to combat his own shortcomings and faults in a manner that seemed to have no better effect than to accentu. ate them, was brought to a realization of the good that was in him and to keep it to the fore, in short, how tc amount to something. Said Miss Cox. in closing:
 The book is well worth reading--it is conscience stirring-and it teaches well the lesson the author meant il should, that discipline, teaching, at tendance and uniformity in work is not all; nothing is important when a human soul is hanging in the balance, and the true end to be attained in teaching is the development of charac ter. The human soul, that deathless thing, oh, let us tremble and beware lest we lay rude hands upon Gods thin image"
 Arithmetic in the primary grades, by Miss Hatley, proved to be mas terly plea for practical teaching and the exempfification of the subject in a manner that will never permit it to be lacking in interest to :he sensitive mind of the young pupil After a lengthy and comprehensive statement of existing conditions that peTvade the gathered to absorb the teacnings o! arithmetic in it's elementary principles showing that the author spoke with tha, knowledge that only comes with actual and varIed experience, Miss Hatley said, in part:
 The lesson should never lag, an ] enthusiasm should be kept up, the teachers aim always being to obtain accuracy, neatness and expertness on the part of each pupil.
 Ar-is iv, Ur2dRe should never lack in interest. and, as rule. in number work children are at their best"
 A paper on Fractions in the gram mar grades" by Misses Reilly ana White, was also read. It was, ir part, as follows:
 | Fractions, both common and deci nal. in the grammar grades should pt merely a repetition of the work take! up in primary grades, but bringing il
 more strongly and clearly toe ele | ments used in practical life, and pidc ing more forcibly before the chil' mind the fundamental principles O mathematical computations and anal ysis. calling to mind the fundamente principles of mathematical compula
 tions and analysis, calling to min' from day to day some principle O principles that the child may becoIn'
 familiar with it and recognize 1t Il
 erery phase of its existence.
 "The criticism has been made tha
 teachers are prone to let money serv
 too much in their illustrations, thu
 serving to bring the chiid's mind to much to this subject. Perhaps this i
 true in many instances, but as tn American people are famous for thei
 commercial spirit and financial pro gross. most teachers. being Amer
 cans. are not responsible for their in
 herited tendencies"
 l What can we do for the mora
 training teaching of children?" D,
 Miss Hosmer, was well and thorough lily answered in that teachers con
 plete and masteriy way of handa'-
 the subject.
 School decoration" was the them upon which Miss Hammersley base
 her paper, and the many interestini details in harmony and artistic rhythm to be considered in the decoration Q Ia school room were pointed out: a.
 wen as the effect os incongrrity 9, btbe young mind