Show NEARING THE CLOSE Proceedings of the Utah Summer School Yesterday The Usual Number of Interesting Lectures lec-tures Delivered lestorday Reception 1 Recep-tion on the Tapis Jf The Utah summer school for teachers is increasing in interest as it nears the cjose After the usual opening exercises Prof Andrews resumed his discussion of the special powers attaching to the certain offices under our government The I presidents chief duty is the execution of tho laws The president is exofficio colt manderinchief of the army and navy of the United States Rotation in office its merits and demerits de-merits wag discussed by the teachers There was also considerable discussion regarding judiciary powers Dr White considered home study of primary geography during the period devoted de-voted to Methods of Teaching The elements of geographical knowledge should first be gained These include ideas of position direction distance time and map representation Position should be taught objectively by actual observation Directions should be pointed by pupils in the school room North and south should be taught first then east and west Pupils should determine alII i directions from observations in or near the school room Correct ideas of measurement can only be taught by actual measurement Every pupil should be lead to measure distances for himself 2bach time to young pupils by using a timepiece i Map representation should develop the idea of actual as well as representative position and direction The first representation repre-sentation should be of the table then the school room then the school yard Illustrate kinde of surface objectively from known and seen things and proceed to unknown and unseen things Develop ideas of land surface from nature or if that plan bs impracticable use photographs photo-graphs and drawings The molding board may also be profitably used to show slope and relative height Ideas of streams and I bodies of water may be gained from a study of nature I Professor Normans class in zoology is one of unusual interest The greater part of the period was given to the study of the order insecta I Professor Eddingfield gave his class some thorough instruction in square rootDr Dr Whites third lecture in the series on School Supervision was a very practical one on The Recitation Tests are amongthe most essential parts of a recitation Questioning is one of the most valuable modes of testing Test questions should be clear concise and pointed They should always be given without the use of the test book as the I teachers should have made a careful preparation prep-aration of the lesson before i meeting his class Questions ahould be definite and in logical order Leading questions or questions that contain a hint as to the answer should never be asked Questions should be such as to require complete and carefully expressed answers The second method of testing is by topics and is valuable in that it develops systematic and logicalhabits of thinking Only a thorough teacher can secure the best results from the topical method of recitation and the teacher must use his judgment in making the distinction The union of the topical and catechetic methods secure the best results There are three methods of calling upon pupils to test their knowledge viz Consecutive Con-secutive promiscuous and simultaneous Each has its strong points and its weaknesses weak-nesses The advantages of the consecutive consecu-tive method are ease for the teacher and rapid work Its disadvantage is that it fails to secure attention In a test exercise exer-cise all minds should be active all pupils expecting to be called upon at any time In the promiscuous method the pupil who isapt to fail should be called upon In this method always state the question before be-fore you name the pupil who is to answer it Strive to reach every pupil during the test exercise The work of a recitation should be distributed as evenly as possible possi-ble among the pupils Miss Winston answered some questions in regard to methods and gave the class a careful drill Professor Auersburg continued his talk I on color teaching Colored paper can be used to great advantage in the schoolroom school-room Pupils should be furnished with paints and allowed to color objects Colored Col-ored pencils can be used to advantage He showed specimens of work in that line by pupils of the Salt Lake city schools The grammar class which has been doing do-ing excellent work under Professor Andrews An-drews discussed infinitive phrases Miss Kenyons class in physical culture continued its work in developing exer c cises The school will close on Friday Asocial A-social is on the tapis for Friday afternoon after-noon I Professor Kingabury of the university was among the visitors yesterday |