The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-07

The business. industrial and the
governmental sides must also receive
his attention. That by bearing an
active part of each we are equally
benefited in 7 turn.
That throug6>the law of Callar ty
the subjective man or world is
brought into contact with the OBJ
iective world and the harmonious
blending makes the complete educa-
ton or life of the individual.
His remarks were eagerly listen
ed to by the teachers and commend
Ell BY many.
Prof. Black S lecture last night
was said by those who heard it ia
be the best school lecture ever Civ
en- ii the city. In his discourse he
said that our education should teach
the students an economic education,
as well as giving other schooling.
The present system he thought
should be charged in some places.
though the results depended more on
the teacher than on the system. If
the teacher gave the right direction
to the pupil he would come out all
right. We are. declared the professor
only in the A. b. c. of our educa-
ton
The mixed quartet sang and were
repeatedly encored The quartet is
composed of the Misses Boss. ii. M.
Tebay and Glen Cole.
The Saturday morning program
opened by singing. and devotional
exercises by Rev. Baker.
Professor Black gave the prin-
cipal talk, his subject being "The
Creative Impulse in Education
He said that man, the highest of
Gods creation, was in turn made a
creator to carry on Gods plans. He
made a strong plea for manual train
ing as the best means of giving ex-
preston TO the creative impulse of |
the child. He divided the growth |
of knowledge into four parts: 1st, |
Imitation. End, Imitation with |
change, in which the child wishes to |
do things just little different from
what he has been doing. 3rd, In
depreciation or recreation, as the
efforts of the Wright Brothers in the |
studying of the balloon, the box
kite, and other air craft in their
endeavcr to create more perfect |
form, and of Luther Burbanks'
work in the vegetable world, and
18th, Creation proper. He gave good
examples of applying this creative
power in the study of any subject,
particularly in grammar, and arith-
metic, in which the principle or def
milton could be created from a study
of the subject.
His work was highly appreciated
by the entire association of teachers.
After short rest, he was followed
by talks ON School room incentives
by M. E. Kerr and Nilas Wolf, and
Assignment and recitation by Supt.
'Frook and J. Fl. Behmer. Miss Hona
Garrison of Bourbon High school
gave an instrumental solo.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. George
kleinschmidt, with one of the best
papers Of the meeting, opened the
work for the afternoon. Her sub
ject, English work in the grades,
was talk more on the practical |
side than on the technical side of
Grammar. On what could and should
be the minimum standard of. Eng
Iish for admission to tn e High
school. She gave list of the most
common mistakes in the oral work
Of the pupil, and laid the most
blame for it not on the child nor on
the text book, but on the indiffer-
ence of the teacher, who often used
poor English and feared rebuke him
self if he should call attention to
the mistake Of others. II
Erwin Fites of Tippecanoe town.
ship followed with an able discus
sion of the subject, and in conclu-
sion Supt. Steinebach in a few well
chosen words Mead for mora offo~& |