The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-24
TEACHERS ARE
BENEF|T|NG
Annual County Institute is
Proving a Mine of In
formation
ratUo An rsaarsu -nn,on
TALKS ON TIMELY TOPICS
Able Educators From Vari-
Gus Institutes of Higher
Learning on Program.
Wide Range of Subjects and Branch
es of Study COveroi-PracticaI
Every Teacher I'm the County Pres
ent for Pleasure and Profit.
Tuesday Morning.


The second session of the Marion
county teachers institute opened Tues
day morning promptly at $40 o'clock.
Rev. Mr.. Wisely, OF Green Camp, con-
Quoted devotionals, after which Prof.
Bellingham directed a brief musical
prelude.
Prof. William Black, of the Indiana
university, took up the third lecture
In his series, on the subject of Eng
lish and it's problems. He took as
his subjects Method I'm Reading
Primary Phase" and dealt in an in
structivc and comprehensive manner
with the methods for the grade work
In this branch
Prof. Black first revealed to the
teachers the condition of the child
mind In the elementary stage of its
education. He stated that I'm order
to inspire the active interest of child
In the study of reading, the emotional
nature must be touched and com
pletely lay hold of II until the inner
impulse compels the child to grasp
the study. The first essential Is
to create a sincerity of purpose.
THE child in the early life" said
Prof Black, "is at period of immi-
tation. 1t Is at a stage when II learns
largely from imitation. under the
instruction of the teacher. Words are
arbitrary and we get them all through
life, by imitation. so Is II true with
the child in all the manners in which
II endeavors to converse. II Is not
until child has reached an ad-
vanced stage of Imitation when he
begins to grasp the principles of lam
Euage and gains a fair knowledge of
II, that he Is ready to turn on II and
begin to consciously improve his lam
guage. When he has reached this
stage he must learn first to be ac-
curatc, accurate in thinking and then
in choosing the words with which to
express himself He begins to reach
a freedom of expression that allows
him to use strange word or term
without apparent confusion"
Prof. Black favored the method OF
oral recitation, stating that in an oral
recitation the pupil feels greater sin
cerity In the expression of his
thoughts and that when one child re-
cites the others are mentally reciting
with him.
The speaker introduced another eX-
cellent point at this time, In the mat
ter of teaching reading In the first
grade. He stated that many of the
first lessons given to the child to read
are meaningless to him. He comes
to the class with the expectation of the
meaningless inanity of the lessons.
He recommended to the teachers,
discourse in which the author Is sin
cere; If only sentence. one that is
"A picture sentence, full of picture
words, something that will stimulate
the imagination and bring to the child
IA true lesson or vivid picture.
Following DR.. Blacks excellent lee
ture on reading work, Prof Belling-
ham conducted a brief object lesson
In the method of teaching music for
the benefit of the teachers. His meth
DDS are unusually good and his brief
preludes and lessons have
greatly benefited
Dr. c. C. Ellis gave one of the most
lectures of his series Tues
day morning, when he gave bios
sketch of the greatest of
teachers, Socrates. He said:
IF we are to truly understand the
principles of teaching, we should
listen to the teachings OF teachers and
study their works" He spoke of
Socrates as being one of the first and |
greatest teachers. the method of whom |
we strive to copy to the present day |
He alluded to his homely' body, but |
stated that II held the spirit and soul |
Of Lincoln. "He was born in hum
BILE circumstances" said the speaker, |
but pushed himself from nonenity to |
one of the central figures on the
worlds stage"
DR.. Ellis then described fully the |
5ocratic method of teaching and ad-
yised the forms of 1t to be used by |
the teachers In the schools.
Tuesday Afternoon.
DR.. Jacobs, president of Ashland |
,ollege, gave the first lecture Tuesday |
afternoon. He spoke on the subject |
Of Scientific Temperance" and the |
mode Of teaching II in the schools. He |
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