The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-24

Sntute WAS ldTBtly dtttnutus "a bit"'
many town people, other than the
teachers. are daily availlng themsel-
yes of this splendid opportunity for
heaving some of the best lecturers
on the educational platform of today,
and are crowding the main room OF
the high school building at each
meeting of the institute
tFollowing tne customary musical
exercises conducted BY Prof. Belling-
ham. Prof. Murry continued his talk
OF the morning on the subject of the
Virginia, plantations. He told of the
discontent which was prevalent
among the inhabitants of Virginia
and many other states In the early
days of settlement. on account OF the
oppression of England and the strict
ness of ner laws. The plantation be-
came the center of the business and
social life of the south and literally
dominated ali interest the New Eng
land states also came In for a share
In the building up of the country.
1t was the custom, In settling those
states, that a company of people,
large or small, generally the latter
should apply for a tract of land, und-
er the leadership of their pastor who
was nominally the head, and should
build little town on their plot of
land. Each town was then required
to send a representative to legis-
lature of the whole colony. There was
a great difference between these
states and Virginia. Massachusetts
had towns, Virginia had none. There
were public schools in Massachusetts
but none in Virginia. Slavery also.
did not reach such an extent there as
II did in Virginia. Industries were
developed in the New England states
while in the south no manufacturing
was done. In this manner there were
formed two completely different fac
tions in this country wnlch were ex-
actly opposii, to each other. and
which In the end caused the war.
Following the recess, Prof. Belbng-
ham sang a solo and was insistenlty
encored.
superintendent /. c. Guinther, of
Gallon, representing the school i'm
provement fedora ton, gave ten
minute talk which was very inter-
csting. Prof. Pearson was tnen in
troduced to speak on the subject "rhe
re citation period The speaker saidi
'Tn the reading lesson, with a large
audience. the most important thing Is
Gttention. The child must he made
to feel that every one in the room
is depending upon him for the story
of the lesson. Most cnidren simply
humble their words and the reason
is because they do not feel that any
one is interested in what they are
reading. II once this Is overcome,
the child will read well, without the
need of correction. In reading, the
essential thing is to give tae sense,
and not to pay too much attention to
Just the pronunciation of each word,
end the punctuation, although these
things are very necessary to good
reading Every thing We learn, Is
Nv imitation, so II Is good plan
for the teacher to read a part Of
each lesson, in order that the chill.
oren may copy the expression and
infection OF the readers voice. Ex-
pressive reading should begin at the
inst grade prof, Pearson closed his
remarks by repeating extracts from
Tennyson's Princess"
thursday Morning.
Rev. j. w. Miles conducted the
morning devotional exercises at the
high school today where the teachers
of Marion county are holding their,
annual institute. Following the,
scripture lesson and a brief talk by
Rev. j. w. Miles. Prof. Belingham
Interested the teachers with music
lesson and musical stories which
would be of interest to tbs children
of tne primary grades during the mt
sic lesson hour.
Prof Pearson continued his study
OF poetry during the first lecture
hour and he revealed to his hearers
the real purpose OF poetry and the
poet He spoke in the beginning OF
the autobiography Of Charles Darwin,
one of our greatest scientists, who
mas gained his distinction through
his unerring observations and accur-
acy.
In writing OF his life Darwin said'
"If could live my life over, l should
never permit week to pass In which
had not read SOME good poetry and
listened to some good music These
words" said the speaker, came from
that unerring and accurate scientist,
for he knew that music and poetry
keeps awake the tast and apprecia-
tlon for the beautiful and furnish
fruition for the aesthetics. These two
things appeal mosl to our emotional
which is after ali the best
Every man knows that we have
to live for besides our ply
steal bodies. The greatest concepi
tion many people have OF live and liv-
ing is merely 10 make enough to live
on. We are living our immortal lives
on this earth, It is true we shall pass
into another room into the beyond,
but we shall just go on living. There
are some who will have to begin liv-
ing over again for their lives on this
world will not he currency In the
next. Some are living for greater
things than TO make al living some
are developing character"
'In America we administer TO our
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