The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-31
CONDUCTED
JUST LIKE A
Big SCHOOL

I
county convened this morning In the
Normal Auditorium promptly Mt nine
o'clock. After being called TO order
hy County Supt Faust the devotional
cxerciscs were conducted After sing
Ing from the institute manual, led by
Miss Mills, teacher of mtrsic for tho
iManrington public schools. Rev. ). C.
Br0umfleld. pastor OF the Temple. was
presented and continued the devotional
services with n Scripture reading and
prayer.
During the first few moments OF the
institute session some time was COR
laumcd In preliminary work IN dividing
the institute general into separate di-
visInns-Eraded. elementary. and pri-
mary. The graded teachers. for the
separate meetings. will convene In
room IL, elementary teachers In The
auditorium. and primary teachers In
room No. 1G. During the week differ
out instructors will hive charge OF the
different departments.
Berprc the regular work of the In
stftnie was hlken hip for consideration
the teachers were pleasantly anu
ln-recably surprised when Surt. Faust
announced that Miss Dobson would
sing n solo. The solo 'Tne Lord Is
My Light" by Marsh. was rendered by
Miss Dnhson In her most pleasing way
and wns thoroughly enjoyed by the
teachers. Miss Nellie Donlcy. teacher
of music at the Fnirmont Normal ac-
lconlpanied Miss Dobson.
The first lecure of the morning was
delivered by Supt. Roster. who dis
cusspd i'm m instructive and entertain
ing way the subject, "Thc Growth OF
the Teacher" During mis- remarks.
Prof. Roster pointed out that the
tcaci1cr whom the future Will want is
the growing teacher. the teacher WHO
| Is broatl-minheit. rrogFessive-lihnral-
He defined, the growing teacher IS
person who is "bIs hearted" "rhe
teacher must not do all of his growing
I'm one year." said Prof. Roster. "hut
must continue to grow IL usefulness Is
to continue
At the close Of Prof. Rosters nd-
dress. Prof. L. S. Fleming related TO
the institute some of his experiences
rs n member OF the State Board OF
Examiners which bore out thoroughly
Prof Rosters Idea tnat the coming
teacher IL the growing teacher.
After singing by the Institute PFot-
II II
Iaidlcy was introduced and discussed
the ionic, Honesty in the Tcacher.
Prof. I.nidley was allotted but lew
minutes for the discussion OF his SUBJ
iect and consequently boiled his lee
turc down into n few short state
ments. backed up by practical illustra-
tlons taken from real iife- Honest as
teacher. honest in business. honest
In civic circles. honest In social lille
and daily routine. honest as Il man or
woman.
In the sectional meetings Prof. Ro-
sler conducted the institute for teach-
crs I'm the graded schools. nnd dis
cnsseI the topic "The Art of Teach
ing" Prof. Roster in beginning stat
cd that the basis for teaching or the
imethnd was changed from That used In
former times and TINT now the teach
or should consider first the chill and
then the Things to teach him and not
use the reverse oriler as wns fnrmerl?
used In the organized schools through
ont the country. The educated man
Is differentiated from the uneducated
In that the educated man th!hksI
knows how to think. Taking this for
being true, then the best thlns to
teach the child Is to think. The lat
Ter rart of the session was taken up
In questions and Round Table dis
cussions.
In the elementary department Prof.
Nolan talked upon "The Industrial and
Social Condition of Rural Commun!-
ties" He dwelt Mt length upon molern
methods OF crop cultivation. and urged
that tho rural teachers press that
point home to the patrons of their DIFF
fercnt schools.
Deep nloughIng and shallow cultlra-
tlnn OF the crops are the necessary
things to revolutlonize farming In
West Virginia Following Prof. No
lane discussion came round table
discussion. Mrs. Chase conducted the
session OF primary teachers and used
/, as her subject. .''rhe Primary Teach
i VS. Problems.p having reference par