Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-11-12
COUNTY TEACHERS
In INSTITUTE
Elect Officers and Hear Ad-
dresses at the Morning
Session In Y. M. C. A.

There was large attendance of the
county teachers at the first local in
stitute Of the New Castle County
Teachers Association, held this morn
ing in the Y M. c. A. building.
The annual election. of association
officers was held this morning, instead
of during the annual institute held
Thanksgiving week. This year, for the
first time, Kent and New Castle
counties will hold joint annual in
stitute, at Dover, and this made it
more convenient to have the New Cas-
tie County Association officers elected
this morning.
AS three of last years officers are
no longer members of the New Cas-
tie County Association, the necessity
OF having officers to formulate plans
far next year was another reason for
an immediate election.
H. w. Holloway, president last year
or the association, has left he state. and
Miss Dorothy Vandegrif, the secre-
tary-treasurer, is no longer teaching.
William Ellis, a member of the
executive committee, is now teaching
in Sussex county
The election resulted as follows
President, William K. Yerger. of the
DUPONT School; vice-president NJ. NJ.
Pryor, principal of the New Castle
schools; ecretary-treasurer Miss Ag-
mes Medill of White Clay hundred.
On the executive committee. beside
these three officers, who are ex-oficio
members, were elected Miss Rebecca
Churchman, Miss Meta McSorley and
Miss Anna Newmon The executive
committee met at the noon intermis-
sion.
Superintendent A. r. Spaid intro
duced Secretary Philip NJ. Colbert. of
the Y. M. G. A., who welcomed the
association, saying they both had to
deal with the boy priblem and could
cooperate.
superintendent Spaid announced
that as the railroad tickets for Dover
had to be written out, the agent az the
pennsylvania office, on Market street,
above Fifth, would make out tickets
next Saturday for the teachers leaving
from Wilmington. He cautioned
teachers from other places to buy
tickets early enough to give plenty
or time for writing them. The
teachers will go on the train leaving
the pennsylvania station, Wilmington.
at SlS o'clock. Those having tickets
emitting them to admittance at the
evening entertainments in Dover, we're
requested to notify Mr. Spaid to-day.
so reserved seats could be made out
for them. Those not expecting to
attend were also asked to make it
known
Superintendent Spaid announced
that special rates were to be given of
Sl.25 to $1.5O at the Capitol Hotel
and Hotel Richardson.
He also said that as the manuals
are late In printing this year, some
teachers may not receive them be-
lore the annual institute, but they
would ind programs in Dover. He
/ spoke OF visits the teachers will make
/ 70 the caesar Rodney monument and
to John NJ. Clayton's grave.
The question was discussed of
whether a teacher had the privilege
OF withdrawal from the association.
/ Professor Spaid said that such an
application would be handed to the
executive committee, but he did not
think a teacher who was in harmony
with the work of the county teachers
would desire to be out of their as
ISOLATION.
Miss Evangeline di Pierra. of the
Wharton School, Philadelphia. was
morning speaker.
! She said that the problem of three
RS has given place to the problem of
the three HIS, the head, the hand and
the heart, said the speaker.
One OF the most potent factors in
/ the training of the school children
I'm morals, is the personality of the
teacher, said Miss di Pierra. She con-
sidered that the chief aim of the teach
er for the first few weeks should be
to understand her children. to find the
cause underlying the badness in the
naughty youngsters"
J Anecdotes, and especially memory
I germs were recommended by the
speaker. Miss di Pierra qdoted Miss
emily Poulson's saying that grown
] Jeople having mOrose or melancholy
dispositions may have acquired them
through hearing of sad things in child
rood. She agreed with Miss Poulson
and recommended teaching the chill
iren to sympathize with gladness.
Miss di Pierra said most teachers
are too serious. that laugh is often
good for discipline She told of the
two colored boys who started to fight
In Philadelphia school. The teach
er smiled and remarked, wait a
minute, until / send for Jack John
son." The school laughed, and the
boys sat down sheepishly. Miss di
I Piera concluded with the advice to
make the work interesting, If the child
was to find live interest in his work
as a man.
Miss di Pierra gave a brief talk on
methods of teaching hymns to chill
dren and spoke of teaching moral
Lessons through pictures, a plan In
which DR.. Brumbaugh, superintendent
Of the Philadelphia schools is inter-
ested
The famous "Goops" was recon-
mended by Miss diPierra.
The intitute will be concluded this
afternoon.