Evening journal., 1916-11-23
Teachers Institute
CONES TO Close
Final Thought is Of Better
School Law for the
State
Or. COUNTS GIVES
TEACHERS ADVICE

nuPont, at which DR.. George S.
Counts, head of the department OF
education and psychology at Della
ware College. and Miss Mary Rich.
member Of the faculty Of the Women's
college Of Delaware, spoke. Both adj
presses were of a highly instructive
nature
Miss Rich who was the first
speaker, said to the teachers that they
would go back to their teaching to-
pay and teach the same way they
were teaching before the institute, but
that the ideals they had listened to
Turing the institute would eventually
take a forefront position in their
minds and they would find themselves
reaching a new way in a month or so
In spite OF themselves.
She mentioned four things neces-
eary in every school not only for
health, but for the betterment OF the
mental condition Of the pupils. First
OF these tabulated was ventilation
Most fatigue is due to air conditions,
humidity and heat, she said. 1t has
been found that the best work is done
IN a temperature OF 65 to 6S degrees
Fahrenheit she declared. while the
Two best working periods OF the year
pre- spring and fall. This, she said.
applied TO school children as well as
10 adults She urged the teachers to
watch the ventilation in their class
rooms.
Miss Rich also warned her hearers
10 be careful that their pupils do not
have to sit in a room facing the light.
rs that is bad for the ewes. She said
that desks and seats OF size not
Iitted to the pupils would serve TO
nnnoy them and interfere with their
best work. Next she spoke OF the
necessity Of cleanliness.
A pleasing announcement made
was that the circulating picture IL
brary is now ready to travel. There
pre $500 pictures catalOgued, she
said and a note addressed to Miss
Mary Moss. Women's College. would
bring a package OF pictures to any
school in the State. As indicative Of
their timeliness, Miss Rich mentioned
The fact that there are over ESQ pic
lures depicting scenes in Mexico. over
800 on South America and over 200
on Japan. In urging the importance
of pictures as aids in education. Miss
Rich said that they give facts. not
Sancies. and give them in organized
form. stimulating children's minds TO
ask questions, and also aiding mem
Dry.
Miss Rich said that reading was a
Fundamental subject TO teach in
.FAools. She contrasted the old text
: ks and methods. OF teaching pri-
mary department pupils with present
nay books and methods. She declared
that persons reading fast retained
more OF what they read than those
reading slowly. and used that as an
argument for less oral reading in the
schools. because she said, oral read
Ing was not fast reading. The rapid
reader is one getting most out
III his book. she said. Miss Rich
nlosed her address by giving the
Teachers a list OF books and stories
suitable for the minds OF small chill
DIR. Counts spoke on Recent Ten
dencies in American Education The
kchool is getting to be looked upon as
pne OF the greatest soc al institutions
he said. being reckoned almost on a
level with the church and the family
THE cost of school education in this
country thirty years ago was about
s7s 600 600. he said. and while today
$500 100000 is spent on public educa-
ron alone in this country. il is not
enough. The cost OF crime (reform'
ation) he estimated at one billion
while the sum OF two billion dollars
Is spent annually in this country for
alcoholic DIR nix. he said.
He spoke Of FIVE things teachers
Should bear in mind in teaching-the
health of the child, his vocation. his
IN and
that he should be equipped for life's
pleasures or leisure occupat ons. On
the subject of vocation. DR.. Counts
said that people OF the future will all
have vocations.
DR.. Counts said that old.fashione'
people sent their children TO school t.
have them reformed, not formed; tina
first we had the common school and tn
college or university in this country
and that the American high school CAM
in later as n connecting link between
the two. The high school is typicalll
American. he said for its counterpart
can not he found anywhere else in tn
world We have more secondary pupil
or high school ptpils in this country thai
the entire rest of the world put together
he said. He put in strong word 10
school consolidation, and said that !
must get started in Delaware. He dc
clared. in closing, that the tendencies o
American education are for "A free an
continuous education from the kinder
parten through the university.
The Rev. Mabel Irwin, lecturer 70
the Delaware Society of Social Hygiene
made strong plea to the teachers TO
their aid in teaching the pupils tn
things that were necessary for their fu
ture health and happiness. She aske
the teachers TO make their children re
alize the blessing and the Joy of parent
hood and also the sacredness of tina
state The speaker advocates the teach
ing of the children the fundamentals o
social hygiene so that they would b
better prepared TO face the world whe
ready to leave school.
The Rev. Irene Earll. executive secre
tary of the society, spoke briefly, urgit
the teachers to make use of the society
office and information bureau.
Superintendent Elmer L. Cross. q
New Castle county, closed the institut
bv advocating strongly that better edu
cational legislation be passed at the mex
session Of the Legislature lie asked III
teachers that if they knew any senator
or representatives to use their iniluenC
ia make them aware of the necessity Z
improving conditions in the schools nc
only for the pupils. hut also for I'll
teachers. Following this. Or. eros
closed the meeting with prayer
EPWORTH LEAGUE RAKE.