West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-15

i hNeehN Aot hihnf WhlAc ilNlnks THESE
were followed by ex-Sunt. Elssy, ex.
Supt. Candy and Miss Irene Harsh.
barger, who remembered him as
familiar face at our institutes.
Prof Dean, next took up the sub
ject OF establishing the Principles
of Character I'm the Minds of the
Children. We need to teach our
be Us and girls TO be as true as nature
IL the first impulse is to be honest,
he is safe, but IL the first impulse Is
to take advantage of any mistakes
that may occur, he is not honest
The person who is doing nothing is
in the way. Whatever the hand
find 10 do, do It with thy might. "
Work with thy hands. Some people
want TO work with their heads when
they have no head to work with.
The work that we do ia the stepping
stone to the work that we want TO do.
We should have the habit of think
ing so firmly established that a
great majority Of the problems that
present themselves should be decided
Immediately without thinking about
them. We should live life above
the law. have no desire to steal,
therefore. i am above that law for
stealing. / am free from that re-
straint because IL has no application
to me-
Tuesday Afternoon.
After devotional exercises, DR..
Boone, took up the subject of the
Reading Circle, which he handled
well, saying that no one Is we'll fitted
to be teacher who does not spend at
least thirty minutes each day in
reading For twenty five years he
had spent on an average two hours
each day In reading. He stated that
the average person wasted n great
deal of time. That the great natl IN
nj sin is idleness. We are iusting
away Never do today what you can
do tomorrow, seem to be tie prevail
ing proverb among so many persons.
He argued that there was no ex-
cuse for the teacher not reading the
books prescribed by the reading circle
Stanley Hall stated that nine tenths
Of the time was wasted by the wool
gathering habit of reading. We
should. put our whole mind on the
subject in reading.
1t never pays to read cheap book,
an easy book, or h trashy book Get
hook that is a master piece A
knowledge Of fifty masterpieces makes
a man scholar. II you are not
growing better you are probably
growing worse Your reading circle
reading Is going to be- valuable TO
You just in proportion to the way it
leads out in other studies of mental
activity. This reading may not be
in line with your teaching, yet the
immediate result will be that you
will do your teaching better.
DIR Boone at this juncture was
compelled to leave in order to take
the train for Fairmont, where he
takes up institute work. His talks
were very much enjoyed by our
teachers because they were Of the
highest order. He Is clear cut easy
talker who strikes at the mark and
reaches it
Prof. Mcdonald now took up the
subject Of Arithmetic and by way OF
practical illustration suggested that
those in the back part Of the room be
subtraoted, and those i'm the front Of
the room be multiplied This sug-
gestion was agreed to, and the net
result was that quite number
moved to the front part of the room.
He stated that arithmetic WAS
delight fer some, while it was a
bug bear for others. The average
mind should Lot attempt too much.
The work should be made as practical
as possible. The yard stick should
be- used IN measuring the dimensions
Of the school rooms. and those
Dimensions used IN calculating the
number OF feet In the floor. etc.
Many people fail in arithmetic
simply because they do not under
stand toe English Language.
DR.. Deans subject, How TO Teach
a Reading Class To this talk DIR.
Dean showed that he was master Of
his subject. aud made 1t so prcatical
that the teachers could get hold Of
the work in way that should result
/ IN much benefit TO them. He argued
that boys and girls at twelve years
OF age that do not read well have little
| hope Of succeeding well In their other
branches That the recitation Is for
the purpose OF teaching the pupils
how to read; the practice should be
largely done outside OF the school
room. Pupils should be taught 10
read IN q conversational tone. Ner-
vousness causes too high a pictb.
he then spoke Of the necessity Of
having distinct articulation, saying
that people generally have more
trouble with the long us than any
other sound He then told q story
Of gentleman who asked party .f
be did not think his daughters voice
should not be brought out The
party replied that he thought it
ought TO be pushed back
He next took mp the matter of the
holding Of the book, and correct
standing in the class
Intermission.
At the close of the ten minutes
intermIssion. County Supt Carried
had roll call. followed by "a Illus.
trated talk by Dr. Dsane 90 the sub