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

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The first speaker of the afternoon
was DR.. G. p. Colgrove of Cedar Falls,
Iowa. This was DR.. Colgrove's first
appearance before the Knox county
teachers. His subject was, "The Ed
ucational Equation" He said that
the four factors in the first part OF
the equation which are to be attained
in the education of the child are
health, knowledge, power and skill.
"The four words which spell SKILL
he said, "are accuracy, rapidity, IA
cility, and felicity" After the child
leaves school, the experiences of life
either add to his education or take
away from it, it depending entirely
upon how he meets these experiences.
They are his work, his home, his
pleasures and temptations.
After a short intermission, Mr.. r.
A. Chubb sang abide With Me-"
Prof Martzolff then gave an inter-
pretation of Silas Mariner, study of
human affections. He said that he
considered George Eliot the greatest
novelist of the last century, as she
portrayed characters that are real
men and women. He told how Silas
Mariner losing confidence in his fel-
low-men and in God, left home and
how love of gold became the ruling
passion in his life and how eventu-
ally this ruling passion was changed
to love for humanity. Thus he re-
gained his confidence in men and in
God. He said that the life of Silas
Mariner represents the two classes of
people in the world, those whose rul-
ing passion is a love for gold and
those who believe in humanity and
have love for it.
Tuesday mornings session opened
by singing in. charge of Miss Stella
Fish. The devotional exercises were
conducted by DR.. Colgroye.
Professor Martzolff then continued
his address on "Ohio Land Giants,
which had been left unfinished on
Monday morning. He told of the set
tlement of Gallipolis by French set
tiers and of the refugee lands given to
the French Acadians who had been
driven from their homes in Canada
and were scattered over the various
states. The state of Connecticut had
reserved strip of land in northeast
ern Ohio, known as the Western Re-
serve. This part of Ohio was settled
by people from Connecticut, the city
of Cleveland being founded by them
A certain part of this reserve was
used by the state to reimburse those
who had lost property by fire during
the Revolution and was called the
"Fire Lands"
Supt. A. G. Yawberg, of Berea, who
represented the Ohio school improve
ment federation, gave a short talk
telling of the work of the federation
and asking for the cooperation Of all
| leaCueTS Ill llllS WOIh.
Pres. Pierce of Kenyon College
then addressed the association in q
very interesting way,
Mr.. w. A. McCurdy, who came
as a representative of the state sup
erintendent of public instruction, ther
gave a short talk.
At noon on Tuesday the enrolment
had reached 229.
At the opening OF Tuesday after
Moons session Mrs. Mabel French, O
Mt Vernon sang a solo responding t.
an encore.
DR.. Colgrove's subject was, "Open
ing the Windows of the Mind" III;
said that it is the business OF teach
ers to open the windows of the child'i
mind to the world about him. In al
other walks of life the work is dont
much more scientifically than it wa
generation ago and teachers mus
also learn to do their work in a NOR
scientific way. He said that If noi
NAL pupils were taught as scientii
ically as detectives are in many in
stitutions, better citizens would b
turned out of the schools The faC
tors to be considered in teaching ar
the stimuli arousing the sensor
nerves and thus making impression
upon the brain cells These impre'
sions are accompanied by mental az
tivities, called precepts, which sul
gest motor responses, Thus, tn
proper motor response must follo'
the stimuli given through the senses
These are the things to be dealt wit
In all teaching from the kindergarte
; through the higher branches
Prof. Martzolff then spoke on 9Th
Drama of the Ash Heap" He sal
that by this he means the poem
Memorlam written by Alfred Tenn
: son in memory of his friend, Arthr
IIallam. 1t took Tennyson II yeai
to write this poem, which is a reli