The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-21
Minute. Of ndueatlonal Meeting.


The educational meeting held In the
auditorium OF the Reynoldsvillc school
building was one OF the most successful
ones ever held. Several OF the teach
ers from Punxsutawney and nearly all
the teachers OF Winslow township, Falls
Creek, West Reynoldsville and Reyn-
oldsville were present.
The meeting was opened by singing,
after which Rev. Mckay led the de.
votional exercises. Co. Supt. II. b.
Teitrick, In his address to the teachers,
commended them on their punctuality
and the effort many had made to be
present. He expressed his desire to
have better morning exercises. "The
morning exercises, said he, is the time
to set your school right" BE master
Of them and you will be master OF the
day. This can be obtained only by
tieing the morning exercises TO script
ural truths and prayer. He also wished
the teachers to teach some OF the old
hymns, such as "Rock of Ages" and
Nearer My God To Thee"
Miss Edith Mansfield, Of Indiana
Normal, took up the subject OF Lam
guage." Language, she said, Is a poor
ly taught subject. To teach language
you have to take hold OF IL. IL Is a live
thing. We all have one common effort,
that OF expressing thought, therefore
we should put forth great effort to help
the child express his.
In teaching language there are two
distinct points to keep In view, that OF
giving the child something TO think
about and then TO help him to try TO
skillfully express his thoughts. This
means much practice for the child and
great deal OF correcting for the teach
er. AS lar as possible you should allow
pupils TO correct their own work and
errors. The thought material should be
divided into three classes, narration,
description and invention. Arouse
interest in the child, make him hear
and see and feel the story and he will
soon take great delight in expressing
IL orally and on paper. One half the
recitation period should be given to
written work, the other half to the
oral. Miss Mansfield's talk was fol-
lowed by short general discussion on
the same subject
Prof. Hildebrand, OF Indiana Normal,
was next introduced and took for his
subject, "Tests OF Proficient Teaching" b"
He began by saying that unless you love
boys and girls you ought not TO teach
and that the end of education is that
we may know when we find proficient
teaching.
Some of his notices were ITO do
an entirely new thing, do 1t we'll and do
it only once" "To do the right thing
at the right time" "Know what you
know and know it we'll"
A few tests OF proficient teaching,
M ns.N In NlA tsft1
and bigness in the heart, and to be
reasonable. The supreme test Is, what
have you taught to-day? He closed his
remarks by saying that 1t Is not so
much the arithmetic or grammar that
ed for life. Teach them to do right
from habit.
Prof. ]. George Becht, principal OF
Clarion Normal, gave very interesting
talk on Education" He began by
giving the definition DIR. James gives,
education is behavior. Other delini-
tions we're, education is what to do
under certain circumstances. Educa-
tion is to react under certain en-
vironments. Education is not con-
fined to books nor is it to splendid
physique. The two must 90 hand in
hand. The physical side needs great
attention. We cannot emphasize it
too strongly. In fact we should try TO
be a perfect animal. We should be
careful to help the slow boy as we'll as
the bright boy and not neglect the
bright boy for the slow one.
The following suggestions were given
to the teachers by Co. Supt. II. b.
Teitrick. Keep in mind the value OF
Hhraru "A
books. An organ or piano is of great
assistance, try and put one in your
room. Subscribe for two good educa-
tional papers. Be careful OF text books
and supplies. Make your school room a
Hold to the principle of doing right
and success will follow.
JANET l.. SNEDDEN, Sec.