The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-11
HELPFUL ADDRESSES.
Miss Withers and Mrs. Browne Give
Excellent Talks to Teachers.

last issue, there were several other
features of the meeting which are
worthy of particular mention. Miss
Sarah Withers OF the Winthrop
Training School faculty, on Thurs
day afternoon gave n practical talk
on problems in the teaching of Eng
lish. She based her remarks or
this quotation: "The first thing to
do is to loose the bounden tongue
and train 1t Alright" The children
must be *rained to talk for there is
no better way to teach English than
Sy conversation Encourage chill
dren to talk of everyday happenings,
tell Jokes and ask riddles. The
teachers also should make a list of
their own most common mistakes
and try to correct them. They
should also insist upon good English
and correct pronunciation in every
lesson and in every phase of school
life. The suggestions made by Miss
Withers led to very profitable dis
cussion.
Mrs. Hetty Browne was the
speaker at the Friday night session.
Mrs. Browne spoke Interestingly of
her work in the experimental rural
school at Winthrop College. a
school designed to so train the chill
dren of the rural districts that they
VIII become useful citizens who nnH
true happiness in farm life. An oil
frame house OF three rooms on tho
campus is used for this rural school.
fhere is the teachers room CON
talning shelf full of growing plants
and long table, q carpenters shop
simplest kinds, and the third room
is the kitchen with a range and
other inexpensive equipment. The
spacious porch is used as the dining
room and near the pump are the
Individual drinking cups. A farm
garden is one of the most important
features of the school. A plot of Q
by 40 feet is divided according TO
the number of children in school
and marked with the name of tn.
owner. When the seed had been
planted and tended and the yege-
table begin to grow, garden hooks
were started and record of tho
work kept therein. The foes with
which all gardeners have to contend
were studfed and some animals and
Bugs thought to be foes are found
to be friends. Number work, read
ing, drawing and all branches com.
monty taught in G. country school
are taught In this school and in ad-
oltion' sewing, cooking, carpenter
ing, gardening, etc. At table lunch
prepared by the children is eaten nj
lunch time. and o. social boIf bour
Is enjoyed. during which lessons ir
table manners rs well as other i'm
portant matters are impressed on
the children. Tho various house
mold duties are taught as we'll az
marketing and how to make money
from garden. Trees are studied
from nature all about them and
the children are encouraged to en-
tertaln their mothers and friends n.
small. simple parties.
MRS. Browne made a strong an
peal for the training of children to
recognize the dignity of farm life
and the happiness TO be found i'm a
well managed home in the country.
At TINS meeting, music by Prof. and
MRS. j. A. Klein and their music
class, Prof. w. l.. Feaster and Mr..
*. M. McDermid added much to the
pleasure or the audience with good
musical selections
AT the Saturday morning meeting.
another talk by Miss Withers was an
interesting feature She spoke on
storytelling in the school and first
took up the told story and how to
prepare 1T, by means of a good be-
ginning, succession of events or
derly and complete. proper climax
and an ending that leaves the mind
at rest. The teller must feel the
~ - ~ ." Nc - story apS
be able to visualize events. By
means OF repetition which every
child loves. his mind Is kept on the
alert for the recurrence Of the ia
miliar jingle. I ntelling story
the teacher must forget self and
other considerations.
Story telling is often done by
means of play. for which no stage
appurtenances are necessary Let
the children plan end give it accord-
ing TO their own ideas. In reproduc-
ton OF stories. both by retelling and
by dramatiZation, the story must be
or more interest to the teller than
TO the audience and there must b.
motive to the story Dramatization
makes the story real and gives
pleasure to the child.
For the benefit of those teacher
who care to read the books TO
which Miss Withers referred in her
address. we obtained from her the
names as well as the publishers end
they are as follows: For the Chill
dren's Hour" bv Bailey and Lewis
published by the Houghton- MifIin
Company OF Atlanta: "How to Tell
Stories" and Stories TO Tell to
Children" by Sarah Cone Bryant
published by the Houghton-Niflin
Company.
Miss Withers closed her remarks
by telling exceedingly well n beau