The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-13
THE WAYNE COUNTY TEACHERS
INSTITUTE IN SESSION
Meetings Began Monday in High
school Auditorium-245 Wayne
County Teachers Attend-Inter-
aStinp Sessions

Institute opened at 2 ocolck with
an enrolment of PAS teachers.
The genial face of Prof. John 7.
Watkins was greeted with enthusi-
asm as he was presented to the audi
ence by County Superintendent J. j.
Koehler.
Singing followed, Miss Blanche
Pearce presiding at the piano.
Devotional exercises were led by
Rev. George S. Wendell Of the Bap-
tist church.
Supt. Koehler then spoke saw
words of welcome. He said that in
previous years the people of Homes
dale had accused the teachers of
bringing with them stormy, disagree
able weather. This year they have
brought beautiful weather. The
dandelion and strawberry blossoms
are with US and we lack only the
rosebuds and tree foliage to make
bright May day. The teachers have
brought fine weather and it is up to
| the people of our town to keep it for
them all this week.
At this time an election of three
| vice-presidents and two auditors was
held. The following were elected:
Vice-presidents, Prof. R. T. Davies,
Prof. Kennedy and Miss Leola
| Smith; auditors, Miss Florence
| Brown, Burton Sluman.
Singing.
The first speaker of the afternoon
was Prof. o. l.. Warren, of Elmira,
| N. Y. His subject was Him That
Has Gits." In his opening remarks
Prof. Warren said: - am glad you
have superintendent who asks you
to take off your hats. l don't care
! to look down upon hats. / like to
see your faces and look into your
eyes" An institute ought to be good
every minute from start to finish. In
introducing his subject the speaker
said: MY subject is a quotation, so
please do not lay the language up
against me. / couldn't find SEN
tence of four words in the English
language with such pedagogical sig
niticance as these four words"
Prof. Warren then told the follow
ing story, illustrating his subject:
When he was a boy farmer invited
him, among other boys, to come to
his home and gather butternuts from
under his butternut tree. They
went. The boy Warren saw the but
ternuts lying plentifully on the
ground, but alas,h had forgotten to
his home was a mile and a half
away. Twas then that the farmer
spoke to him the consoling words
Them That Has GIFTS" However
the man soon felt sorry for the dis
appointed boy and supplied him with
a bag from his own barn. This little
story applies to your school work
All the classes held are excursions
for intellectual butternuts. We
ought to see that the pupils are pro
. vided with bags to gather their but
ternlts in. Il always like to visit &
school when l can for / learn a gooC
2 deal" In visiting one school
found teachers ready for new idea!
/. and | found teachers ready to ex
plain why they employ this methoC
or that. In visiting another schoo
] the speaker saw some things he diC
I not like. He heard a Caesar clas
in recitation and the pupils didn'
know what the book was about.
had no significance to them. Whel
told that the book was written b,
= the Caesar who was assassinatet
= one bright girl was overhead to re
mark that she wished he had beel
: assassinated before he wrote it, Tn
I teacher out OF patience with thei
Z failures at recitation, asked Mr.. War
S rem to speak word of cheer to tn
pupils. He replied thus: my dea
! sir, something Is wrong. They ar
: not getting any power out OF this
a They are getting habits of min
e wandering that Is ALL" The pupil
d were there for Latin butternuts an
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