The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-04-14
INTERESTING
AND INSTRUCTIVE
Were the Talks Listened 10 BY
County Teachers at Fourth
BI-MOnthIy Meeting.
IBy Matilda Desch, secretary.

! Llt NlNlNNI NhhhAN hNhAA'AN WI" AhAN
April sth, at the High School audito-
rum, VIM. Wiley acting as chairman.
| After repeating the Lords prayer the
! COldwater orchestra furnished some
excellent music. z. Il. Frick, superin-
! tendent Hopewell township schools,
kthen addressed the teachers. His sub
| iect, "A Model, +" orthe supervision and
graduation of the country schools. FIRE.
quent changes of teachers occur mostly
where there is no supervision. About
one fourth of the teachers leave the
profession every year and a new one
| fourth of teachers enter. Much Ofvalue
has been lost by this frequent change.
| Why not have fixed plan by which
the new teacher can take up the work
as 1t has been left by tho old teacher.
This can only be done with proper SUI
pervision. lie then spoke of the gra-
dation and supervision of the Union,
Center, Washington and Hopewell
township schools and much has been
done to beautify the schools, TO ac-
complish this the hearty good will of
| all the teachers must be had.
Music by the orchestra.
Supt. Z. c. Zemer, Napoleon, o.,
| then gave an interesting and instruc-
| tive address on geography. Can It be
made easy or interesting. Education
is the one advancement to a higher
plane. What a'pleasure to give, to
teach, to broaden the idea or vision of
life. Earth gets its price for what 1t
gives us so also give TO the child, in
mental life or spiritual life so that we
may also grow. Such is the life about
| laRanIg ho aI IVVp tinT Vyn
have received. The field from which
to select is a very broad one. We know
not where to begin. What shall we
take to develop the certain individual?
The teacher must select, and our selec-
ton depends on our own education and
advancement. Study life from the low
est form to the highest types. The
teacher must have life to give inspira-
ton to those around us. Commence
with the simple details and work up to
the higher forms. History is no more
than the record OF human conduct. No
historical fact is valuable until you
know the environment that produced
that fact. Geography gives us the
structural and climatic conditions that
make historical facts valuable to us.
1t develops patriotism. 1t will give to
all the love of the beautiful things in
nature. Beauty is swelled in the heart
and becomes majestic. 1t will do far
more if we ourselves become filed with
inspiration.
The work in geography must begin
with the child, with plants and flowers
and the clouds about us. The knOwl-
edge CLEANED will grow larger and larg-
er and become valuable. Take the
children out to nature rather than bring
it in. Do not get single thought from
the printed page until he has taken
sometime to that book. He must feel
the subject all the way through the
grades. Use map drawing only as
means to convey thought, of location,
of cities, rivers, etc. There is a tenden-
cy of too much book and not enough
real knowledge. Be live teacher and
give inspiration to the pupils, and your
class will not be dead one.
Music by the orchestra.
The afternoon session opened with
music after which the teachers were
instructed in "The Study of Poetry"
by S. Cotterman, Rockford. To study
poem many points must be taken in
to consideration IN order to get the
thoughts the author wished to convey.
|. Purpose. Intellectual; 2. emo
tional; 3. volitiOnal.
II. Theme. individuals; 2. uni
versal.
III. Embodiment.
~. Language. Meter; 2, rhyme;
3. sentence; 4. diction; 5. figures; 8.
style.
Mr.. Cotterman then recited and anal
lied according to the outline:
Whittier's I'm School Days"
Holmes "Old Ironsides."
Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar"
The purpose of any poem determines
whether it can be classed with good
literature. After another selection of
music Supt. Zemer gave an address on
'School the Center of Community Life"
The responsibility of the teacher is
great. The citizen is the product of
home, school, church and the civic
world. He must take the raw material
and work it to make a good American
citizen. In the pioneer days civic life
was very meagerly taught, but learned
in the practical school of life. The
home once the center of life, has ceased
to be. Children do not know parental
care as in former years. The home is
sadly losing its influence. Children
do not receive the same home training,
but are sent to schools and colleges to
finish their education. The business
world does not train now but depends
on the school and by the education of
the applicant makes the selection. 1t
is all shifted on the school, which is
becoming more and more the center.
Arc we measuring up to this great re-
sponsibility? Are we meeting the con-
ditions? Waken up, get into the real
spirit Of teaching, get inspiration from
all sources. If you are a dead teacher
how soon all interest and inspiration of
the pupil is gone. IF you haven't the
sufficient training, get it. The public
is willing to pay the price for the good
returns it receives for the betterment of
the children. The sum and total of
life is observing, asSimilating and OK
pressing. Prof s. Cottorman announc-
cd hat the Boxwel- Patterson exami-
nation will be hold next Saturday. E.
Il. Leidy, the O. I. Il. G.. secretary had
some announcements to makein regard
to the work done by the members of
the circle. No further business the
meeting adjourned to meet at the call
of the executive committee.
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