The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-08-13
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Teachers Institute.

ii should be reading. 1t leads into
the study of literature, hence, good
reading, not silly repetitions should be
taught. In the first three or four
years of school life the child is learn
ing to read after that it should be
reading to learn.
Believes a good teacher will be able
10 teach we'll under any one of the
many "Best (9) Menhod S" offered.
Warns against allowing stumbling"
reading as it is the result of lack of
study. See thai the pupil knows his
lesson do not simply correct his mis-
takes-help, but do not carry him.
Urge that children be given history,
geography and literary readers so that
tney may graduate from the public
schools into the public library with
healthy minds and tastes.
All he said was true and helpful
and appreciated by the teachers.
DR.. Green's "a Century Run in
Literature" referred to the eighteenth
century in particular.
He classed the literary age as l, Age
of Myth; 2, Homeric Age; 3, Age of
Perictes; 4, Augustan Age; 3, Age of
Christ 6, Age of Dante and Chaucer !;
7, Shakesperian Age 5, Age of Goethe,
9, The Present Age.
In his run" he gave the character
istics of the century: l, Intellectual
not emotional; 2, Utilitarian not i'm
aginative; 3, Artificial not sponta-
neous.
From these he showed the natural
class Of literature products to be ex'
pected and coupled with the general
changes going on and resulting in, l,
Origin of reading public because
persons of means found time to read.
2, Increasing Importance Of the COM
mon classes, gave as Natural Prod
ucts" two clasic l, General-being
chiefly prose, and when poetry it was
rhetorical. In the 2, Specialize
Novel, long, full of ''throb, thump,
beat, pulsate' as Sam'l Richardson's
heroine, Clarissa Harlowe, did through
out eight volumes
The Periodical Essay-Addison and
Steele best type. Political Economy,
Adam Smith. Methodical Historical
prose as given by Gibbon and Hume.
In closing he told how he used syn.
onyms to fasten leading Characters
tics of an author. Scott means health,
Carlyle power, Webster energy, and so
on through the list
Supt. Warren came with Round
Table" talk. Some of the topics ably
and sensibly presented by him were
Need for Visiting Schools-Patrons
should visit their schools and teachers
should visit other schools, also the
homes Of their patrons.
How to Keep Children in School.
Make it so live and helpful that the
child will not wish to be absent. Find
the line of individual thought and de-
sire and help the development.
He believes in "School Gardens" and
the plan Of Mr. Muhlbach in our coun-
try unsurpassed, He had seen the
exhibits at the Fair and highly COM
mended the promoter and the children
School libraries were recommended
and plans for securing suggested.
Thursday night lecture, "Life's
Musical Scale, was given by DR..
Francis Green. Not large but select
audience listened with great enjoy
ment TO this unique study and beauti.
ful rendition of his we'll conceived plan
for keeping the human family sin
tune" with the best in life and death.
Music, wine of the soul, beautiful
mystery continuous in all the realms
Of nature, made splendid foundation
for his Life's scale.
Simply using the musical alphabet
and no other mind could have thought
1t out as he did-he gave, G cleanli-
ness, Ddigestion, E education, F force,
q giadness, A aspiration, B benevo.
lence, Q christian character.
Celebrating upon each letter he
gave the different Keys to make each
days living musical and complete. The
one discordant note, sin, can be con.
trolled If the right key be found and
kept.
The usual fund of applicable stories
for 'clinching his subject" was freely
drawn upon and appreciated by his
audience.
How his mind works In preparation
of the mastery and effective set Of
lectures he is giving must ever remain
a mystery to most of his hearers.
All periods were brief on Friday.
Supt. Warren gave the opening lect-
Hre, 1.-THE Recitation. AS usual ne
Rad strong and helpful definitions
ready. "a recitation is a profitable
and interesting conversation carried on