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Show TEAl'HKRy 3IKETIXG. A l'lcajut and Prolllalilr Time peut in Plfaaut Vallrj. Tlie live daj meeting of the Summer In'tHute of Tvaihets vtts be!d near Winteruartir. Pleasant Valley, away up in the mountains at an elevation of about b.OOU feitabove -ea level. lire all the teachers of Ctah, auiitteaud Kuiery -ountii. I pitched Uieir teuU in a ;rove of tali quaki ngaspcu, on a SKinll divide between be-tween two gulihe?. At 3 o'clock on July 7th iVe j familiar school 111 summoned the 1 member togetlicr. Chief amins; tho business done was a revision of the '-cour-e of study" a lopted by the L'tau County teachers Jw oj cars ago, and which, in its revised form.'nou Iiccomesthe I Jan-for the &cIiooL of the coiintie" represented. The work of reiion was deK-galed to teackirs of long standing and w ell known abilil in their special calling, and then, after critical examination of the plan and a companion of the same with tho work done according to its revisions, re-visions, reported to the Institute. Again its matter, nuthoJ and sug-gestiuns sug-gestiuns recti eil a searching examination. exam-ination. ! The principle and method- of leaching provetl a pleasing ft-.iture ol tliu proceetling. Follow iugi-, a list of the sutjccU pre-enlcd: Klementary drawing. Etnil I-srt-eu; natural philosophy, tmil I-sreen; geogripliy, George II. lirimhall; mu-ic, Prof. JI. 1 Oile-; -. IL tactics K A. Wilson: liookket.iug, li. A. Wilson; grammar gram-mar and compo-itien. J. A. ltee: jienmaiishjp, luftitutc; calislhtiiic", Wm. ISaw lings: arithmetic (primary) (prim-ary) Janet I-iudlay, (mterrit-liite) Plieua ilriniball, (grammar) Jic. A. Ree;-; discipline, Prof. I'. K. Merill; busy work, Maria Lap-on; reading, (primari. Mattie "elon, (intermediate, J. Ji. Walton, (gram mari J. L. Uruw 11. Tue next important feature was the lectures, as follows: '-The Teacher," by Dr. K. U. Matter, 'C:vics,-' by lion. J. K. ISootli.atTu 'Literature" Ly Wm. King, Esij. Another erj interesting pirt of the programme was a debate in which the affirmative ide, championed cham-pioned by r-cott, Ilrimhill and Christianson. resolved: "That tue interests of the American reople were- betur guarded by the Republican Repub-lican jartylhan by the Demociat-ic Demociat-ic " llees, Allied and Wil-iu i-wsed i-wsed the resolution and thu merit of the debate was to be KttJetl I13 the multitude. The determinations of (he con-ention con-ention may be briefly summed up as follow: 1. Kducatiou deals with head, heart and hand. Itsniethods.tliould be orderly, irgular and systematic, aiming at definite ends and con-troleel con-troleel hy fixed priueii Ies. The leu her should ltave a thorn jgh know lIge of the beiticlu") Uught and with m'nd dlielujv-nient, dlielujv-nient, Stan eomprelieU'i e inuul-ede inuul-ede of tlie general oljects f edu-eution, edu-eution, and a familiar a-iiuajutauce whit literature, a&-iug evtnts of daily importance, method in planning plan-ning courses of study, extrutive ability in school management and class drill and particular jwwer and wisdom in dealing with individual I-upiK. 1 S. The development of jmicr should be in the liueof least resistance resist-ance consistent with the bws of being. -I. riiat activity is a law- of child-Iiood, child-Iiood, and exerci-e the law of pro-gr&stand, pro-gr&stand, therefore, under proper stimulus and with jiroper direction, what a child does for himse If benefit! bene-fit! him most. 5. That the times demand ca-able, ca-able, energetic teachers, w hh salaries sal-aries sullicicutly high to enable them to devote their within time and attention to the cause of educa-thni. educa-thni. . Tliat associations of tt-achers such as local faculty meetings, county associations and summer Institutes In-stitutes are mdiIensable fat tors uf Mtal iminrtance in education. 7. That the late Institute has been productive of grand results, and that each of the live lays in U-elf Mas .1 success. s. Thtt we oiiea debt of gratitude to the lecturers, thanks to the kind visitors, and a feeling of Idgh respect re-spect to the good tieoplc of Pleasant Valley. b J. A. R. Spmsh Fobk, July 13th, 1S0J. |