The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-12-13
|FINEPROGRAkl
Carried Out at the
Teachers Meeting.
Detailed Account of Interest
ing Meeting Held in Ed
ucatiOnal Hall.


Bi-monthly opened Saturday in Edu-
cational Hall with devotional exercises
led by Rev. Davies of the Presbyterian
church. After singing LEAD Kindly
Light the Round Table was con-
Quoted by Prof Smith.
The subject of Reviews was first dis
cussed- Reviews are important in
the way they are conducted. Written
tests at the close of the subject make
systematic review. In these written
tests there should be high standard
of neatness, correct spelling and use of
language. Reviews are seldom over
done. They make better students. Civ
ing them more permanent knowledge.
The second topic, Rest Periods, was
given lengthy discussion. Recesses
should be conducted so as to be bene-
fetal to both teacher and pupil The
management of tine intermissiuns has
much to do with the discipline of the
school During school hours children
tire sitting, making q change of posi-
tion necessary.
PROF. SMITH SPOKE.
Prof Smith then spoke of the Edu-
cation OF the Emotions. The powers
of the soul are, the intellect, sensibiI-
ity or heart feeling, and the will. In
developing the intellect we should not
fail to develop the heart powers Of
feeling which lead to the power Of
choice, for the will never acts without
Its preceded heart feeling. And if we
fail to arouse the power of choice in a
child while we are developing the in
tellect, we have failed of everything.
The teacher must be the center of all
his work. We can draw out the emo
tional feelings by cultivating kindness,
respect, self control. obedience and
love of order. The ethical feelings are
developed by the personality Of the
teacher and the devotional or reveren-
tial feelings through Nature study and
the study of the Bible.
Mrs. Ella d. Trick gave beautiful
piano solo, ''Nocturne" by Leschetiz-
ky.
At the opening of the afternoon ses.
sion the Eighth Grade pupils of the
Bellefonraine schools sang two selec-
tions. the first, Anchored" being
especially well rendered.
The paper prepsred..by Mr.. Guy De-
trick of DeGraff, on 1.-The District
SCHOOL, was very commendable. By 8
request of some of the teachers we
publish part of it.
"With the belief that our rura
schools have improved in the past bu
are not what they should be and mus
be. we take the opportunity to sum NJ
in brief what we consider some of tn,
drawbacks which stand in the way o.
acquiring a good common school edu
cation from the rural school. The cry
ing necessity of our country school W,
would call the lack of system W.
have heard some say that to grade tn,
rural school by a systematic course o.
study Is impossible. This must com'
alone from those who have yet TO tr,
the experiment. 1t may be impossibl,
to make the country school fit into
course designed for a union school. bu
it is not impossible to form a practica
course that will st tine country school
SIT has been proven within the lin
it's of Logan county that with prope
lcooperation of teachers and boards o
Education it is possible to grade
Country school, making an eight yea
course, and that so complete that
lpupil completing it can enter any higI
school in the county without a condi
tion.
"The revised school law provide
that each township shall provide
course of study which must be approx
ed by the state school commissioner
So far to our knowledge this matte
has been neglected.by some and dis
dained by others. We believe it is tn
Iduty of every teacher who is employee
in the county to do his or her part Ii
procuring obedience to this section G
the law. IL is surprising how quickl
lone falls into the habit of referring Il
and depending upon the schoC
manual.
Some Of us may be recalling th
graded course we tried to follow one
or rather that we did not try to fol
low.
We recall In our own experience
time when a number of townships /
the county embraced the idea of sys
ttematic rural school grading.
Their first requirement was grade
course of study. In most cases the
found the task a little beyond thei
conception and the first solution the
could reaen for the problem was {
lemploy some Hi gh School superintend
ent to frame manual by which tbei
Dschool should be governed and see this