The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-03
CIRCUS TRAINER IS
.GOOD MODEL FOR
SCHOOL TEACHERS
So Declares Instructor in
Lecture Before County
Institute.
SPELLING BOOK AGAIN
Teachers Are Urged to
Prepare in Advance
For Work.
SPELLING BOOK AGAIN

Sometimes a song puts everybody
in a good humor and the following,
sung TO an exquisite melody brought
the sleepliness out of many eyes at
Teachers Institute this morning:
The Cricket band has come to town
When the days of early fall have
When the green of summer turns to
to brown
There's the finest music ever heard
For the cricket band has come to
Oh, % hear them, oh, hear them,
When che summer'E green is brown,
Such music such music.
For the cricket band has come to
town.
There was a low, minor cadence 10
the peculiar rhythm which caught
the fancies OF 252 teachers and under
the direction of Prof. Taylor from
Lancaster, something especially good
rang out.
Devotional exercises were conduct
ed by a fellow teacher and immediate
ly following both music and prayer,
Prof. Edward Hayward took the plat
form after Tipping coins with Prof
SprowIs as to who should be the first
speaker. Prof. Hayward and Prof.
Sprowls this week have maintained
equal honors in speeches. On Mon
day, Prof. Sprowls called Prof. Hay
wards home state a disease, but the
offended professor forgave him later.
The two have been entertained roy
ally while in the city according to
Prof. Hayward, who says he has been
mine inspecting and chicken dissect-
ing and auto riding or partaking OF
other refreshment both in the line
OF good dinners and otherwise after
Institute hours since his arrival.
Prof. Hayward leaves for Grafton
this noon.
In his talk this morning he said
he believed the teaching II today had
improved over that Of his younger
days. There was time when people
did not believe In the kindergarten,
some still not believing in it-say-
ing 1t spoiled a child for more serious
work. Prof. Hayward believed the
kindergarten a necessity in that It
utilized child energy. Physical
training took It's place in benefits for
the older folks and was compulsory
in many schools. There is mind
hack of physical exercises too as one
may readily comprehend while watch
ing some of the complicated drills.
They used to say farmers, carpen-
tiers and bricklayers and all hand
workers needed no education. But
now we know that the mind must
be educated to enable 1t to direct
these labors in the best possible way.
Even the making of good bread re-
Quires mind; in mathematical pre-
cision Of working.
Prof. Hayward believed the teach
ers should master her lessons each
day before coming to her class and
not use books to teach from, except
the arithmetic book. The teacher
commands special respect who can
stand at the rear Of the classroom
and teach without book.
Prof. Hayward said when he was
young the different members Of the
community sent in catch problems for
him to do to prove whether he was
capable of holding his Job or not, At
first he worried over them at night
but after awhile he wrote these par
ents notes and requested that they
do the problems themselves and sub.
NIT them to him for supervision.
/, There used to be time also when
spelling books were called the relics
Of barbarism. That isn't so anymore,
Appropriate lists of words arranged
! for different grades has been found
very beneficial. Prof. Hayward says
his "long suit" though was teaching
Latin. He apologized for bringing the
expression to Fairmont. Didn't seem
to realize "long suit" here was we'll
known. He impressed upon his audi
ence the necessity for preparing les
sons each day,eVe though the sub
Iect matter were fairly well known.
One Of the finest classical scholars
in the community visited Prof. Hay
wards room once while his Latin
was in progress.
Prof. Hayward had nessected to look
over the lesson the night before. The
result vas not at all as Prof. Hay
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