The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-09-02

| He knows each chord Its various tone,
Each string 1t various bias,
So at the balance let's be mute,
We never can adjust 1t,
What's done we partly may compute,
But no not what's registered"
FRIDAY MORNING..
! After the opening exercises o1
music and scripture reading, Prof
Biery took up the subject of the
"Central Idea," illustrating by
example from poems. The topic
sentence is the most important In
the paragraph and should be
emphaaized.
Prof. Richardson discussed the
subject "History in its relation to
Geography" Prof. Richardson
thoroughly understands how to
present the subject of Geography
and History. He told a story of
an old negro who was being ex,
amined to qualify for carrying the
mail" One question asked him
was, "How far is it to the moon?"
This was stumper for the old
darkey, but after scratching his
head moment, replied, "Boss
Use not guine to carry the mail on
that route"
Prof. Biery then gave a short
talk on Scientific Temperance, :"
: which proved to be a very able
one. Mr.. Biery said that the
strongest motive is not one of
duty. The law of self-preserva-
tion was the motive which had
prompted the present temperance
movements. He declared that
science had proven conclusively
that alcohol does not aid the brain.
A drink will not make man
brighter or clearer-minded, not
withstanding the popular fallacy
in this matter. Adjourned until
noon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Prof Richardson lectured on
"Attention and how to obtain It,"
The Prof. certainly knows the
secret of receiving attention. The
subject matter must be made
interesting and within the grasp
of the class. If the teacher can
not command the attention of the
class he will be unable to teach
them. Attention is one of the
important things in teaching and,
after all, depends upon the indi-
vidual teacher.
Prof. Richardson does not be.
lieve in games, ETC.. designed to
fool the child into an education,
still education should be made at.
tlactive. Prof. Richardson also
gave an instructive lecture on
"School Law"
A short talk by Prof. Biery was
the last of the lectures. Then
followed the election of officers.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
At the close of the Institute the
following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President, j. F. Rider, Rock
bridge.
Secretary, f. C. Wharton, Mon
day.
Executive Committee, O. A.
Butcher, Murray City, l year;
N. T. Polling, Logan, years;
d. f. Harsh resigned from the
committee.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Institute:
Logan, o., Aug 27, 1909
We, the committee beg to sub
NIT the following resolutions:
REsoLvED:-That the present
session of the Hooking County
Teachers Institute has been a
success in every way, and that we
herein express our gratitude to the
instructors and to the manage
ment making it possible.
That there is now more cooper
alton between the School Boards
and the teachers than ever before,
and that We encourage all teachers
to make a firm stand for the mini
mum salary, at least, and we ask
the County Examiners to join with
us in discouraging all illegal con-
tracing in this matter.
That We approve the self,report-
ing system of attendance as adopt
ed by the present committee, and
heartily praise the teachers for
their faithfulness in complying.
That the careful aim of the
teachers of the county should be
toward fewer recitations, as sug-
gested by Mr.. Richardson.
That the trend of teaching, In
general, should be strongly toward