The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-22
DUN|WAY DISCUSSES
"C|V|CS"
URGES TEACHERS TO TRAIN Pu.
Pills WELIeIN MATTERS OF
GOVERNMENT.

/ Il. myself, will state that / hope
to see women vote and that | know
of no better way of your getting the.
right than to train the pupils under
your care into such a thorough knowl-s
edge of politics that gradually your
understanding of the subject will he
appreciated and you will be given the
ballot =a*#
With these words. President Dunt
way of the state university expressed
his views on the question in a speech
yesterday before the teachers Ii.st-
! tute. DIR. Duniways talk was on
"civics," and his arguments tor a
more thorough course and a better
method of teaching this subject We're
the strongest which the institute has
heard
In your control over the children.
you teachers possess Il mighty power
and 1t behooves you to use 1t rightly.
Educate the child into the working of
the government and train him So faith
fully in the selection of candidates that
when he comes to vote he NAY be
free from the evils Of the party ma
chine. In you the country has n Won
derful chance, and il your powers are
used rightly good results cannot fail
but come"
The Second Day.
Bigger crowds. better spirit and more
enthusiasm offset the more disagree
able weather which threatened the sec
ond day of the teachers institute, and
the second session was In every way
as good. If not better, than the first.
The success of Mondays exercises was
shown by the size of the crowd which
thronged the hall Mt the opening of
the morning meeting. and which lis
tened to the long list of speakers
throughout the day
The morning session was started
with a piano solo by Miss Helen Or
Wis. w. 4. Sparks. Missoula county
teacher. gave an excellent reading from
shakespeare. Rev. J. n Maclean pro-
nounced the Invocation and Miss Nora
Smithey, county superintendent of the
Ravalii county schools. who was acting
as chairman for the day, introduced
DR. G. +, Reynolds. the new instructor
in English at the university, who talked
on the public school teaching of his
favorite subject. He devoted most of
his time to the discussion of what he
termed the three 'imps" which ar.
encountered in teaching English These
are: Nulgarisms. misaplcations of
English and dislike of the subject.
On these three points and on the meth
DDS of eliminating them. DIR. Reynolds
sy;x
lot of good advice and bringing out a
lot of new points in regard to the
study of the subject.
DIR. Sarah f. Sprague gave another
of her helpful talks. the subject this
time being Discipline Hen talk was
brimming with helpful hints to the
teachers on school management, every
one of the little, unpleasant things
which bring a teacher discomfort
being taken up and discussed and the
method of prevention being given.
The announcement that DIR. Bell
would speak again drew many people
to the hall and they were not dis
appointed in what they heard DIR. Bell
merely continued along the line of ar
gument which he followed Monday.
Having shown that 1t is the duty of
all 10 grow" and that continual in
tercourse with the master minds of
the ages Is the best way to grow. he
dealt yesterday morning with the sub
ject of literature. There are five
books he said. which stand out
ahead of all others. and which should
be known intimately by all. They are
the five Bibles of the creed that /
have been preaching to you. The Bi-
Bile. of course. comes first: In inns
book is found the ideal poetry, the
Ideal idsll. the ideal story, every form
of literature which ranks highest.
Then comes the Iiiad' and the Odyssey
OF Homer. Then the Divine Comedy
of Dante. then Goethes Faust and
then the 81 plays of Shakespeare.
These books" argued the speaker.
should be known by every one. When
these have become familiar the ether
great masters of the world should he
taken up. They are few, but they are
important"
The necessity of the ASSN ilation of
these works was the main thread of
DIR. Bells discourse and on il was
based the whole Of his argument.
Following DIR. Bell. President runi-
way spoke on the subject of "Cfyfcs."
bringing in some useful hints as tn the
proper teaching of the subject during
| his talk and urging the teachers To
train their pupils to vote freely and
with judgment
The afternoon session was merely n