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Show , TIIIN(iS FROM TdOKLK. I'he Teaclo'l's' Institute a Rnuslnjr Sjurnesa Pehiitlni; t luh- Items. The rcuulnr monthly session of tho Tooele 1 oiiuty Teachers' Institute eouiened at Tooele ( ity on Saturday niorninir, December , "i, Is'.M. And nolw ithsliindiui; tin' in-clemency in-clemency of I he weather, the Old Hull was 'completely filled with teachers and other I friends nf education. A few minutes after M o'clock the presj. I dent Mr. P. P. Christenacn called the insti- j j title to order, and after the necessary mis-. mis-. sccllancoiis business, the following iro- i grniuiue was enbslnntially carried out. The subject for the day's diseussiuu was I Ceiieraphy, w liich was iutroduccd by Miss' Matilda Monteith, one of the primary j i at lirantsvilie, who icadthe lullowing paper: ' ( "Prepariilory eeoraphy. jiriniary gc. ; omapln, as it is ti.nlit bj the old methods, . is a dry, discoiincetcd ina-- ol fact-. Nearly ; all of lis can recall the dltiicully we had in ' gettiu;; an iiisieht into tics seeminirlr hard . study. 1'here were no liviue; pictures be- ' I hind the ci'.iip!i":.ied tiia;" a. id tiie me- I eha.iici.l deseriptuins. How can we change lh" hard, ilr.v. thw;.y p..:I. ivn w . rc cm- pejle I to ti-. a'', into a livin-'. br- "thimr pi". tuie .d nature and h. r in i -V' 1 i w.e-l-'j i We must i an y the child ., niiiu! from the i j maps and descriptions to Hie beauties ami ) wonders of nature which In- behind litem;, that is, carry the mind from the dim, t shadowy imitation lo the glorious reality. ' This must be done by that great iiieutnl 1 power we call iuiayinaliou. ( an we have u I dear picture of the unseen, if that w hich we j can see, is hut faintly impressed on our I minds'' All we imagine is composed entirely , Of U liat WC Cllll .see. j "Then. Hie work of the primary t in hcr 1 lun-l he to h ad children to see distinctly I and vividly everything around thcni. Their scii-es. their powers of observation must lie sharpened and strengthened. Lend them to ! see the hand ul nature and the skill of man j in the familiar objects , around liiein. Let them sec the beauties ; and wonders or common things. Kui h rock will tell a wonderful story, each leaf, eitclt ihocct will have a curious history, and the face of nature will be to ; them a mine of wonder and delight. Have thcni ri produce, what tney ..ft' The tirst and best way is lo have itiein mnk" it or niouM it hi sand. If a child can nuikc a thing, he must have a clour mental picture ot it. The sc ond great means of thought I expression is drawing. The last i. wvit'cu i or oral description. j Then' means of expressing thought .should ' be used continually in teaching prepar'ttory I geography. Cultivate the imagination, dear I teachcis. and Hie school room will no lenger I he "a dreary prison house, " hut a cheerful seen of cagci toil. Life is a reality. The bct preparation for it is active, earnest, j whole-souled work in the school. room." j After the above paper had been thoroughly I discussed, the audience listened with great iplcnriiic Iti a song rendered hy a class of j primary pupils. ; Miss llilla Kowheny net presented the : practical part of geography by having a ' chis-of primal y children recite a Icon in ; preparatory geography with tin- n-n of the "sand moulding hoard." The c'a.-sHn- ably j i ondiictcd, and Mis- liow berry show ed skiil ! in the application of her method-, especially j in the use of the moulding board. I An approptiate recitation was then "ceiled ' by three hcaulifiii little girls, iiftcr with h the i institute took a recess until '.' p.m. T he numbers were a Ji.tle slow on h-ns i semhiitig, hut the sc-sion finally proved to be one of the most insti in live ever he'd in . the county. ! The session viiis oplieii hy a vc,i rcu.Iered ; s,,ng from the Mis.es lecgreen, after which : Mr. (L K. Ilh hiirils deiiven d in an aids man ner a crinipreheii.ive leclurc ou geography ' l,rop' r. I Ihis was followed by an a'dy retnlered re. citation, "The n.K'helor's Sale," by Mi-s i Clara Han kins. The Kcv. I). T. Hedge, then closed Ihe . siihicct of geogrn.h' by deliiering a ucll tirctnired discourse ou the history oi geng- raphy. ' ver beautiful selection was then ten. tiered by eight male voices, sfler whii h the , in-titutc adtoiirncd to meet at drantsvilie. .lanunry :.'. s'.i-J. ' A literary and d'hating club was o-gan-i.ed in lirant-ville last eicnitig. Although thi- was their tirst meeting, in the neighbor, hood of '.'iki persons w ere present. Tin.' or. giiuiulioii wa. affected according to parlia-tn"iit:irv parlia-tn"iit:irv law : the otticers are of that chnrac. ter that will insure the ciuh a glorious sue. ee-s. The constitution and In-law. were 'well drafted, ami were signed by twenty-eight twenty-eight person.. Among those who aro visiting our fair city might he nieutioued .Andrew Jtiglcr, of Meudon, (ache eoimty. I tah : and Charles M n of the same place Both are horsemen, horse-men, 'he foimer being the owner of Nig. ger Hoy. who won his laurels at Ogden. The total enrollment of pupils in the pub. lie schools of Crantsville at the beginning' of the i'Miml term was '.'I'i, all of whom are receiving the best of instruction under au active corp. of teachers. The academy building- nt Crautsville is ; fast approaching completion. Mr. A.. I. Strukey. prmiipal uf schools at ' Tooele City., delivered a very able lecture! before a large audience al lirantsvilie on : Sunday eiening. Subject: "Morality." |