The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-26

/ interesting Calk at un6 opening SEES
sion of the Shiawassee County
Teachers Institute Saturday morn
| ing on What Can be Done With
Drawing Schoolroom Decorations?"
She told in simple language of her
experiences in the rural districts and
showed pictures of her pupils draw
| ing: She emphasized the fact that
drawing should be placed upon the
| same basis as reading and arith-
| metic. Drawings should be taken
from nature appropriate to the sea-
son Of the year and particularly on
| things that interest the children.
Miss Linabury in a brief discus
sion, brought out the Importance of
drawing in disciplining a school.
She was OF the firm belief that the
| children and parents of the rural
| districts appreciated drawing more
than their city neighbors, as they
| did not have so many other things
to attract their attention. Mrs. Kim
| ball emphatically stated that no
teacher should take a position where
drawing was expected unless they
| were capable of teaching it. All
seemed to think that decorations
should. be in harmony and were a
| necessary adjunct of the school
room.
DR.. Hoyt, the principal speaker of
the morning, drew some lessons
from the great educators. DIR. Hoyt
said There Is nothing new in edu-
cation, educational methods are not
the product of one man or one
group of men, but an evolution.
This is a period of evolution" he
said that If there was one thing he
would impress upon the teachers,
that would be that they are in a no.
BILE profession. eff you are work
ing merely for money you will new
err lay UP much. Perhaps enough to
have a vacation every summer and
take short trip. If you can take
human beings and start them on the
right road you are we'll paid
He quoted Horace Mann: "Be
ashamed to die until you tfpave
achieved some great work for hui
manity." He drew pictures from
great educators such as Rousseau,
Herbardt and others.
DR.. Hoyt's lecture at the high
school auditorium on "The Ameri-
can Idea" Friday night, was eX-
ceptionally strong and was appre-
ciated fully by the good-sized audi
ence.
Miss Hazel Goodwin opened the
afternoon session of the Shiawas-
see County Teachers Institute Sat-
urday in a short address on how to
learn to read and what can be ac-
complished by reading. She empha-
sized the necessity of learning to
read She thought reading should
be q part of ones life. By reading
we become acquainted with the out
side world and are able to conceive
more intelligently how ones char
acter is nodded after the kind of
material one reads. Children should
learn to read groups of words and
not single words. She believed
more interest would be taken if the
reader would face the class.
Mr.. Green in taking up the ques-
ton in discussion, seemed to think
that many failures in school were
caused by the pupil not being able to
read. Mr.. Hanson said give the
child plenty of material to read; as
soon as you have finished this ma
terial you have taken away his de-
sire to read the yellow stuff found
in some places" MIR. Hoyt thought
the child should form his own pic
ture, build his own world and by
so doing one builds his own charac-
ter
Miss Anna Streng read paper On
what Is to be done with the abnc:-
| NAL Child. She was of the opinion
that any child with headache, bad
temperament, etc, needed special
attention from the teacher.
Next the teachers we're ushered
to the gymnasium, where Mr.. Spit
ger was conducting a class of girls
| in physical culture. The young
bodies made a glowing appearance
as they executed the formations.
DR.. Hoyt closed the session in a
lecture on Kindergarten" He
| emphasized the great need of the
kindergartens. The kindergarten is
not school or nome but a midway
station which prepares the pupil for
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