Show COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE of the first session por this deac the first spring session for the year of the county teachers Association was held at provo saturday last the anat vice prisident brimhall called the meeting to order at 1030 and congratulated the tea chora ou the good attendance he mentioned that the school law remained tho bame as before the sitting of the legislature in answer to tho question whether the certificate of promotion introduced in the schools last fall had proved beneficial several teachers reported that chev had found them proper incentives and generally of great benefit vice president brimhall read a very lucid and highly interesting essay on the will A brief discussion on the bame topic followed the following plan for the next five sessions cessions ces was presented by committee and with a few alterations was adopted I 1 educational papers a the intellect and sensibilities b incentives their tasea and abuses c the training of the senses d the socratic method e the kindergarten system II 11 subjects for discussion a our greatest educational wants and how to supply them b how to increase moral influence and most effectual means of securing improvement in manners c school government general class discipline special d our summer institute e the cultivation Culta of a proper literary taste III class work a descriptions of objects and actions b correspondence domestic and business c argument d minute making e deports of schools for the year IV lectures a education in the orient by prof J M tanner b the colloquial art by prof maeser c the philosophy of reading by dr john K park d mental physiology and hygiene by bupt supt hardy e becent inventions and scientific discoveries by prof talmage in the afternoon the subject of extremes their causes nd effects was discussed at some length and finally the following resolution was adopted ae extremes are generally more than beneficial A gramme pro for the next session consisting of the first topic under each heading nf the above plan was arranged and the association adjourned for two weeks E A acor sec |