The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-08-22
Teachers Institute

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Wednesday morning the devotional |
exercises were c0hducted by Rev. II. |
II. Hurley, of the Baptist church.
DR.. Colgrove was the first speaker,
his subject being, Reading and |
Teaching to Read" He said that the |
teaching of reading isfundamental and
is one in whicn all teachers SHOULD
be interested. He said that the meth
cd of teaching reading can be resolv-
ed into few simple elements. It is
the teachers business to give the
child the stimuli that will bring forth
certain motor responses from him.
If these desired motor responses are
secured then the teaching has been
good, otherwise bad. Some of the
mistakes that have been commonly
made in teaching reading are, that
the subject matter has not been of the
best and is not suited to the child,
that too little supplementary reading
has been done; and that too much
emphasis has been placed on oral
reading while silent reading is of
more Importance.
At a short business session Chas.
Mckee, of Harrison township was
elected reading circle secretary for
the year 1894.
"The World Movements of History"
was the subject of Prof. Martzolff's
address. He said that all great move
ments in the worlds history have had,
their beginning in an unrest that is
either industrial, social, practical re-
ligious or educational. 1t is the spir-
it of the times, the zeitgest, as the
Germans call it. The worlds progress
has been made by revolutions. There
have been five greNt revolutions in
modern times. The first was an in
tellectual movement, being the period
of the Renaissance in the Old World
and that of discovery in the New; the
next was a religious movement, the
! time of the Reformation in Europe and
of settlement in this country; the
third was political movement being
characterized by revolution in Europe
and by the forming of the Constitu-
tion in America; the fourth period
of social interest, being a period of
reconstruction in Europe of nullifica-
tion in this country; the last move
ment is an Industrial one through
which we are passing at the present
time, period Of readjustment in the
worlds history.
At the opening of the Institute We'd
nesday afternoon Miss Young of Gam.
bier, played a piano solo and respond
ed to an encore.
The subject of DR.. Colgroves ad-
dress was Pedagogical Defects of
Vision" BY way of comparison he
mentioned the different physical de-
fects of vision which distort our view
of the things about us. He told of
the ways by which these defects can
be remedied so that we see things as
they are. Then he said that teachers
often have pedagogical defects of
vision as a result of which they do
not view their work in the right way.
One of there defects is ignorance, or
lack of scholarship; another one is
selfishness. If a teacher considers
her school work as unimportant, or as
unrelated to the world about, or as
drudgery then she has pedagogical
defect of vision. The cures for these
defects are scholarship, experience
and sometimes nothing but a vision
will cure the defect.
Prof, Martzolff's subject was, "The
Battle of the Lakes" This was a
, description OF Perrys victory over the
British in Lake Erie one hundred
J years ago. This was given in very
interesting way, being thoroughly en-
} joyed by all.
) The devotional exercises Thursday
morning were conducted by Rev. j
: A. Long.
= MISS Umaski, OF Japan, favored the
: association by singing two selections
: She was dressed in her native cos
2 tune.
: Mr.. j. r. Clarke of Columbus, ther
9 addressed the teachers. He has beer
y reappointed by State Superintendent
S f. w. Miller as supervisor of agri
: cultural education for the southeast
: ern district of Ohio. His duties arr
:. to assist boards of education an,
e schools, to address farmers institutes
y picnics, commencements, ETC., and t,
), help the farmer and gardener. Hi
h talk was along the line of his work
n After the intermission Miss Show
ers, of Fredericktown, sang solo,
e Prevention of Educational Waste,
d was the subject of DR.. Colgrove's ad
n dress. He discussed the causes O