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Show N urinal luatltutu. AruiibT l-l. A vi ry interesting feature of the iiiituu. i- 'l.e answering at roll call Wy builiinent. On theory and practice of teaching, Professor L. F. Monch still continued his lectures, dwelling on the subjects ol cleanliness and ttie general health of students and teacher. In every respect tho teaohor himself should net the example, and hence whenever he requirta anything of a pupil alum 111 Iwk into himself and :tm;er iuin whether lie is deficient in that rt-spect himself or not. In lowor classes tho dressing of the hair, arrangement ar-rangement ol the dress, and cleanliness cleanli-ness in general should bo noticed, and mil; kit's lieu a made judiciously; in the coure of a short time great improvement im-provement .rill be observed, and soon but little lault can be found. 'I he teacher should always be master ol himself, never allow his temper to get the better ot him, otherwise he will he unable to govern others. He should also be familiar with parsing events, and tins can be donoonly by taking tho newspapers, and thus ho ( avoids that stigma which attacnes to , some, wao, though they are well ( educated, aro consider. d ignorant from their inability lo converse in- , teliigenlly ua tha most common a flairs. To secure a regular and punctual attendance, the teacher should never be banind time himself, and thus he will have comparatively little occasion to complain of hia students. Protestor M. H. Hardy on reading lectured on tho instructions which he would give, more especially to a class in tho fourth reader. Speaking generally, gen-erally, little more is done in ibe best education than laying a foundation, as the course of. study really should continue through life. In giving instruction in-struction in pronunciation, the sense ot the selection chosen should not be so much considered at firm, tint .special attention paid to the enunciation. enuncia-tion. It is not more difficult to pronounce pro-nounce correctly than the contrary; it is only the habit into which one falls that might as well be correct as otherwise. Elementary principles should not retard the progress of the pupil, but he should be allowed to gn on and make himself acquainted with thorn gradually. The individuality indi-viduality of a person is lost as soon as he begins to imitate another; the pupil, therefore should always be taught to be himself, and not imitate too much, thereby making ot himself aspecieB of machine. Heading should always be done in the natural key of the voice; and by all meann should tho practice of requiring young pupils to read in a high and unnatural key be avoided, as injury to ibe voice in liable lo follow. The loud applause which followed the recitation ot "Little Jim" by Miss Ada Dwyer, testified the truthfulness truth-fulness to nature with which the selection was rendored. Professor W. H. Rager was introduced intro-duced to the audience as tho lecturer on grammar. He would make use of no book, but would teach the subject sub-ject to introductory classes orally. If taught properly, instead of being very dry, as is often the case, language lesson?, from the great variety that may be introduced, may bo made one of the most interesting studies. In language there is no absolutely fixed staudard;we must follow the example of the best authors and speakers. A class was called up, and the manner of teaching the subject was illustrated practically. Toe class was kept bu.y and interested during the whole hour by the lively manner in which the lecturer treated of nouns and verbs. Mr. James Dwyer very kindly tendered an invitation to all the memhers of the institute to attend a party in the 17th ward scboolhouse on Wednesday evening. The invitation invita-tion was gladly accepted. Profetsor F. M. BUhop delivered his first lecturti on penmanship. In order to become good peu-men, peu-men, prictice ' must not be neglecttd. The principles should be practiced upon at first, when the pupils are able to make these with facility and with correctness, they are then combined, and with comparatively compara-tively little difficulty a good style of writiDg ia acquired. In the model method, the copy is made perfect; in what might be called the exaggerated method, perfections and imperfec tions are, as the name implies, exae gerated, lo impress more forcibly on the mind that to which the attention should be called. A combination of the two was favored by tho lecturer, and was that which he employed iu his own classes with the most encouraging encour-aging rvBults. The correct position might be taught at once, as it ia far less tiresjme than any other when once acquired. The song, "My heart ia sad with its dreaming," by Miss Emma WellB, was nicely rendered and merited the applause it received. On spelling. Professor M. H. Hanly spoke of the dryness of the subject as ( frequently taught in schools; still there . can be some interest attached to it. 1 In many text books is to be found a : great number of words that , ure either obsolete or obsolescent, , the Btudy cf which is useless. Many ot the laws by whfch orthography ortho-graphy is governed should be given 1 in as Bmple a manner as possible; the pupils, though young, may derive , a great deal of benefit from this, if they are not over crowded. Words of some particular kind, such as geographical geo-graphical names, though frequently brought together in one group in our spelling books, are not to be given all at oucv, but interspersed among the lessons few at a time. Well-deserved applause was elicited and the enthusiasm of tho audience aroused, on the singing of tho "Marseillaise "Mar-seillaise Hymn" by Messrs. O. P. Whitney aud B. B. Young. Profeeior Geo. Carless, not professing profess-ing to be a public lecturer, formed o( j the institute a class, and gave them instructions as he would beginners, believing that the instructions are thus moru easilv comprehended than by a vast amount of theorizing. Even though a teacher understands nothing noth-ing of music, and is unable losing, still he should have music in his school by all means. He may call up one of bis pupils who can siug, and thus the students by hearing a tune repeatedly, wiil soon be able to loarn it. ADDITIONAL NAMES. Davis county Jos. E. Robinson. Suit Lake county Lijtza SI. Kings bury, Ella E. Despain, J. Dwyer, S. M. Kimball. Lincoln county, Nevada A. SI. Find ley. PROGRAMME FOR AUG l" ST 15. 9 to 10 a.m. Theory and Prac tico of Teaching, Professor L. F. Slouch. 10 to 11 Heading by Proiessor M. II. Hardy. 11 to 12 English Grammer Professor Pro-fessor W. H. Rager. 1 to 2 p.m. Penmanship by Professor Pro-fessor F. M. Bishop. 2 to 3 Spelling by Professor SI. H. Hardy. 3 to -4 Music by Professor George Careless. |