The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-07
TEACHERS SCHOOL RIDE FOR CHARITY
VALUABLE HINTS GIVEN ON
METHODS IN VARIOUS DE-
FART MENT OF SCHOOLS.
tic, Reading, Grammar Etc
Story Telling In Primary
Department.

The proceedings at the AlcXanlel
County Teachers Institute were high
|ly interesting to teachers and visitors
|alike. Valuable hints were given BY
the several instructors. The attend
ance was larger tnan the day before
including almost all tie teachers In
the city and county. Among the Wis
itors were Mrs. l., l.. Powell, Mrs
Fannie Hacker Mrs. SadieGray Far
rim and Stewart Lewis. The talks By
profs. Booth, Van Cleve and C,enden.
en- and Miss Mead.
Prof. Booth speaking on arithmetis
said In part teachers claim that put
pills are poor in their studies because
the former teacher was poor when a
few minutes spent each day in review
and drill work would overcome TIE
weakness in the pupils. Time spent
in worrying over what other teach:
ers have failed to 40 is time wasted.
Use your time in teaching, not critl-
cizing other teachers work.
The important thing for the teacn-
ers to DO In the 4tA and 9TH is TO get
the bay and girl to add, subtract, null
tirly and divide. It Is not necessary
that the child should be able to ex
plain everything he does, every step
taken in the process but il is very
important that the fundamental pro-
cess should be well drilled into the
child mind.
In grading arithmetic papers Prof
Booth says that teachers are too
lenient and encourage 1naccuraey by
giving pupils a grade for examples
half worked give work beyond the
child's ability but always insist on ac-
curacy Hold every child up to 100
per cent accuracy.
Speaking on edasogy Prof Boo: b
said teachers should make thorough
preparation for the first day of school
Experienced teachers, SHOULD be Just
as careful in their preparation as the
new teacher.
Pupils must learn to keep quiet, 70
know their place and keep it, to
speak in their order and not out Of
order. to avoid whispering, chewing
gum or anything useless that is an
moving in the school room
Miss Mead spoke on Primary work.
saying Of the first and most import
ant things in the trainig for primary
work is to learn the art OF telling stor-
les. The teacher must &c able to
tell stories SO that it may give the
children pleasure and so that they
may learn to love the school. She
offered q list of stories to tell and OF
books to read which in her opinion
would arouse and 1old the interest OF
children.
Prof. Ven Cleve had Reading and
Literature for subject. He said a
great many teachers carry the drama
tizing of reading lessons too far and
make 1t OF more Importance than the
readig lesson itself The reading les
son sould be the most important thing
and the dramatizing should he used
only as it as aid in interpreting the
reading lesson.
Mr.. Van Cleve read Bryant's poem
Lincoln" and explained how a read
ing lesson should be taught. First
get the interest of the class through
stories, whether they are very full Of
historical facts or not does not mat
ter. tEe sure TO awaken the interest
then follow up with work so arranged
as to keep up the interest,
Technical English grammar should
not be introduced until the seventh
grade. The great fault of our gram
mar course in the past was the lacb
Of language work in the intermediate
grades. Technical grammar introluc
ed too early in the course.
Supt Clendenen's talk was OF
Faith. He said that teachers ought Il
have some faith in themselves. il
their ability and in their ultimate
success.
teacher without faith lacks il
tact, does net have the confidence
of the scaool The teacher pulls on'
way ANA school pulls another. Al
because the teacher had little fait0