Show Teachers Association The regular meeting of the Teach Association was held today at lOW a m in the Thirteenth District Dis-trict schoolhouse resident Wm 31 Stewart in the chair Prayer by Wm Bradford Aflersomc miscellaneous business the regular programme xvaspursued The lInt exercise was a question Do you compel pupil to study all the branches proscribed for district schools answered by Wm Bradford Brad-ford The gentleman said he required re-quired all the pui ils to take all the studies of their respective grade unless for special and suflicicnt Ins certain one are excused He left no branches optional with the pupil because If they were optional and a few large and influential influ-ential pupils should object tn to a certain cer-tain branch that branch would b come unnoiiular and It might b dinicult to sustain a cia s General discussion of the question followed I How to teach fractiously t means of oljeck was treated hy 3Ir Stewart He commenced by stating rke true order nc obtaining knowledge is to go from the known to the unkuown from the concrete t the abstract Ho applied Ill principle to fractions by means of I number of Illustrations with object with performing practical examples wit toothpicks bits of paper etc The last feature of the programme was the regular drawing lessons by r Adelaide Stebblns who in avery a-very interesting and instructive manner introduced object drawing and showed how the subject could be presented to the different grades In our schools This is a very Important Im-portant featurcof the Institute metIng met-Ing and Eit is desired hint all teachers in the public school avail themselves of ibis p 1i of learning this useful branch and hoW to teach It 1 ItH H CWIXIIMS Secretary |