The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-24
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
A Large Attendance at Opening Ses-
sion.

The Thirty-third annual Marshall
County Teachers Institute began its
opening session promptly at 9:3O
o'clock Monday morning with large
attendance, 176 teachers from the jif
ferent townships OF the county reg
istering with the secretary Count,
Superintendent Marks is chairman of
the Institute and Miss Maude Mon
roe secretary The Invocation was
given by Rev. ~ s. Sheppard of the
Christian church. Mayor H. A. Lo-
gan in 1--WE minutes address heartily
welcomed the teachers to Plymouth,
giving them for the week, the use and
freedom of the city The response
to the address of welcome, on the
part of Charles w. Helm, was a
prophecy that the teachers would do
as the Mayor directed and an ex-
preston of their thanks for the
courtesy shown them by the city OF
Plymouth.
Miss Ida NJ Haines, primary teach
er in the Webster school, Prof. En-
wood w. Kemp of the State Normal
School and Pres w. H. Banta Of
Rochester college, before the noon
intermission, gave an outline of their
respective lectures. Miss Haines has
charge of the primary work and by
the able and original methods which
she utilizes she makes the subject of
primary teaching not only interesting
to those who are directly engaged
in primary teaching but to all the
teachers. This afternoon she gave
her talk Presentation of Language
to show its Universally"
Prof. Ellwood Kemp who is noted
as an efficient history instructor, gave
his first talk that afternoon, the SUBJ
ject being "The Nature of History
and the Institutions through which
History grows"
Prof. Banta also gave his first lee
ture that afternoon his subject being
Educational Theories"
The work of Tuesday began at
$50 O'Clock, Prof. Banta giving the
first lecture. A social reception was
given the teachers of Marshall
County by Miss Ida NJ. Haines, at
Webster School Building at 8 o'clock
thar evening. The Plymouth orches-
ira furnishing the music.
The second days work of the Mar
shall county teachers institute, prov
ed to be of great interest and help to
the teachers. The instructors gave
six lectures all of which were full of
deep thought and practical methods
of teaching. The morning session
was opened by music by Miss Ferrel
Schafer. Miss Ida NJ Haines gave
practical demonstration of "The Use
of the Hand to the Mind in Lam
guage" by having twenty children, of
the age of seven, give some of their
play games before the institute. In
the afternoon she gave her talk "Sys-
tematic Development as Shown by
the Gifts"
Prof. Banta gave a most practical
talk on the Ends of Education" He
quoted three definitions of education
From the Committee of fifteen Man
is educated when he is fitted to meet
the conditions of civilization" From
Harris, Man is educated when he
enjoys complete living" From Dew
ey Education means perfect moral
character" Prof. Banta does not be-
1ieve the first one because a Malay
could meet the conditions of his civ
ilization and yet not be educated.
Neither does he believe the second
because the standard of complete liv-
ing could easily fuctuate. Nor the
third because there is no absolute
standard of morality. The theorizing
activity is te greatest thing in civili-
zation and the theorizing activity in
plain words means thought. The ap-
probation of the beautiful in life is
one of the ends of educatoin- Also
are high moral character, friendship
and domestic affection ard sympathy
ends of educatoin. Prof. Baanta's
talk on Elementary Educatoin' was
also good"
Prof Kemp gave two lectures, "The
Geographical Factory III History and
''The Work of the First and Second
Grades in History" He defined His
tory as continual growth toward a
richer and fuller life. The contribu-
s;on that each and all make for the
next generation in the way of ad-
vancement goes to make history. The
progress of the human race has gone
forward only when man has stored up
thought Man is always seeking to
bring himself in sympathetic relation
with the Great Being
Death of William HUFF.