Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-01-07
TEACHERS INSTITUTE NOTES.
A Condensed Report Of The
Sullivan County
Institute.


The 1clt%.lifth annual session NJ
; che Teachers Institute Of sullivan
ro.Hity was called to nr'ler in klihe'-
, Opera House. Du.her-, I'll i;3D =. n.
Monday, Dec, y, 1903, by Prof. NJ.
r. Black. Ntarlv one hundred Of
the teachers Of the t..,,r'y had en-
.,"iss4l, Attorney j II ihnyer de-
nvertd the address q; weicome. li,
spoke very highly Of the work beng
IDne by the teachers and sup~rin-
tendent kiilsore. Prof. Black re-
srontlcd to the address. thanking
MIR. Thayer aud the people OF Du
shore for their kind we1~ome.
f:Av. II. II. Wilkes iea the music
;iier which Sup't. Coughiin of
Wilkes Barre, addressed Ia. In.ti-
tutc oD "'fhe Revival of the Art of
Teaching. He left this question
with the teachers: What would you
expect to find in :, great school: and
What constitutes a great school: a
great sciiml must have dicip!ine,
tuuss be tiPrt, Thorough. develop
love of home and country, self de-
pendence, and power of independent
action, strengthen belief il, God. in
ones self and belief in fellow man 4.
pr. Pattcnsill' lecture ''Made in
a tnerica'' was instructive, enter
taiiing and full of hun,ur and mnt-
tHcu sense.
TUESDAY MORNING.
Singing led by Rev. Wilkes.
Relation of Language to Ari,h-
metic," WAS the topic discussed by
Sapt. Coughlin. One of the difficult
tie- Of arithmetic is that the pupils
do not understand the language OF
the rroblcns; language is the real
difficulty of ulathmatics. Problems
without figures will help pupils to
10 gSi lhc WORK =. =.
Supt Lose of the Willramsport
schools talked on sThe Professional
Teacher The Professional teacher
has a knowledge Of mere branches
than she has to teach She is an
expert in teaching and managing,
knsws the individual pupil, is fond
of children and knows the law Of the
profession which is the use Of expert
knowledge to save a life or u soul.
The gist Of Dr. psttengiil's lecture
On "i'rihlary Reading" is that hu-.
piis should be taught to reati skill-
fully. .inyfully, readily and enterpret.
Teachers should not conine them
selves 10 the word mcthoh, the b e
nethcd or the svnthesis utethod hut
should use the clsetic method. A
child should De led to imagine situ.
atiuns when reading stories. Dr..
Pettingils is not alone in thinking
that Pennsylvania should have a
course Of stsdy for primary schools
~ well us for thn high sci,oois.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
How to SSt;;dy" was the topE dis,
ru-sed by Supt. toughiin. The
ieschcr should help the pupil to ar-
rive at knowledge Of taAk with the
'esat amount Of time and energy.
knowledge of what wor,Is mean j.
the basis nf almost every thing
!supt. lose cordially invited tho
toacters m sullivan county to enroll
IN the State Teach-f3' AsSnc;a,ian df
Which he is president.
pr. i'a''engfll gave a very helpful
taik on Morning Exerrisrs,n He
suggests that the teachers have a
exercise; that the tea~h-
ers read from 4 good book from five
Dr ten minute. before uine.
WEpNEsnAy noEHINH.
Staging led by Rev. Wilkes.
Dr. FattingilI talked on 'Mastpr-
piece Study,
After iuternIis.ion and 4iiain..
oupt. tDughIin addressed the insti-
tate on oncretu Work in Arithmc-
tic Chil,rs mind should be kep,
Oh the active side. There are two
kiuds uf tudy~--inaalory study and
thought study.
AFTERNOON.
DR.. Pattengili introduced new
feature at tue close Of the singing of
Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean.