The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-10-26

Miss Carolyn Harris next read hei
paper on Oral lessons with Objects. >
She advised the use of such work as
would bring into play all of the success
the natural methods In class room
study can be made of spiders, ants anc
flies from collections made by pupils anC
Kept under glass, letting children write
and tell what they observe.
Miss Florence Harris discussed Ian.
guage lessons" The subject she said
must be familiar to child. Study first
the sentence as whole, then in its
parts. Use much copying and repro.
duction. Miss Wilson believed such
work invaluable in the cultivation OF
the memory and attention.
Question by instructor, What are
the objects in teaching languageY'
Discussion by teachers bringing out the
following points; To broaden and en-
large the vocabulary. Weed out bad
language. Training TO observe, think
and express. Natural expression of
thought Prof. Kee defined language
as an art and grammer as science
Question by instructor, what stud
les can be connected with language?'
institute answer, history, geography
and nature work. Language is the
foundation ofgrammer and composition.
We need more written language work.
The instruction gave a talk on Sense
Perception in which he showed the val
Ne Of work which trained the child to
observe.
Adjourned for recess.
After singing The Star Spangled
Banner" the institute listened to a dis
cussion Of Grammer by Miss Margaret
Moore. Miss Moore had present num-
Der OF children who had never before
studied grammer and gave tn m a
lesson before the institute. Using the
sentence as her foundation unit, she
took one thing at a time being careful
TO do thorough work. She said that
there was no better mental discipline
than grammer rightly studied.
In infection, Miss Ada Hill said il is
lest to get pupil to understand all
changes and their meaning. Mr.. j. b.
McNeely said that the teacher sought
TO save time by staying close to text
book and pupil suffered by an abuse Of
parsing. Mr.. Tribe Terry showed the
valuable uses Of diagrams and work in
analysis. Mr.. ]. p. Samuel and Mr..
Sisco discussed Ends 10 be Sought, -
after which Rev. Price'asked questions
ard discussed more thoroughly the sub
ject, with the institute He said that
teachers should use better methods Of
securing interest in grammer classes.
and prevent il from being dry unin-
teresting study TO the child.
Adjournment by the president.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Institute called TO order at 80. AZ
ter opening exercises and roll call,
Prof. " G. Kee gave lengthy talk
on Composition. He said we absorb
ed composition from tina, which we
read and that no one could be n good
author without being good man. In
writing don't think Of rules. Language
study. he said was fundamental prin-
ciple Of composition, but a study Of tech
nical grammer was necessary. Pupils
gather help from books and converse.
ton and are more exact in written
work than oral composition. Notice
descriptive words. figures Of speech,
paragraph unity, point in view, con-
ception and central thought in group
ing
Miss Lizzie Morse discussed the i'm.
portance Of teaching how TO write a
letter suited to any ocassion. Miss
Elva Hill and Miss Eliza Morse CAV,
short talks on methods Of criticism.
The Institute discussed composition
with Instructor who placed stress on
the cultivation Of sense Of right and
wrong in witten and oral work.
Miss Ethel Hard thought Missed
laneous Hour" absolutely necessary in