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Show THETEACHERS' ASSOCIATION in Interesting and ProBtable Session Broojht to i Close. nEroius or coMMiTrns i:rc. Trof. MonlKomrrj llrail an AM' ' ir on llemenlnrj 'xlfine In tbe Public Vfiogli. Tha session ol the UUli Teaollet'a Association w. bfoujht lo clow jw Itrdaj afternoon, on of U chief Tea. lure, of " dr '" 1'tol.lUoty MoDtKomf'iP " ' "'".,? "l.l.msutary BelHico In ttw l'ulll HcUooln." From It w Uko tlw folio" luKuilraotsi , . Th flrt-t thluc to I M,1r1 '' tho teachlui. of science, I" tlw ""K".0' l,il.Tlonirlltortlia faculties ll tbo rbllil. IM Hit. I flrsl dhuino-wl, nJ then let no mistak lin mle In pre-scrlblnK pre-scrlblnK tlm kin I "' material sulle-d to lit rendition, J lh character of the methods of lusltuctloil to lie tnilo)eil In tile I artkular catr. Tntlie'iueslloo, "mioilMsclellc. Iw lauilit In the pulillu or lommon acloVl.l" nuaw.rln the .tlltmal y. Willi of lliosclincest Hrinulillli. rhrmiitrr or thiiln, or .oology, or mli i "tew. or liotau), or i.li)-.loloity, of k"io? I nw.r, nil of tu.ni . "oW.ct, the Hud of nature. Oul In the maturity of manhood anu W0lullllWl I" It P",bI.".tt."' .CUIr' It I. not liosalble. In childhood, riie j outhfut nilnd I net capable, uf special. lUtlon. All ) sterna of cIaslfliallon, rrn to the division of the sclcnti,r artificial. The.o silence corue iiature ally tonrllier, and then fore aro molt readily understood and innrtnbcrni liy tbecblldwheil Itullrd In thla ). J,ettbi chll I si-eitlioll.il iwlm In tin. water, the MM llythruuith the nlr, the riser crudo In banks, an I the warn I rat and grind the U Ira Dkallutone another oil the ln-acli. I.at hllll U led to U hi some 111 olxrrvlll ;th toll, sand, jjravel, trees, Insect, iroi, birds, now, ralu, sloues, rock and tosslls, Just m they occur In nature. In oTery i -r, men tu adult rrx.na, the a id-allonlaioof id-allonlaioof Tltal sIKiilllcaiicu. Many a time It hat pens that a mineral, a lilt ofruckornfwll, hy llwlf lol lltlln u.o In hilling ii to unders'aud sonlo iimllim of moment Aitalu, anes. tract fiom a Look may I e uututi 'llijll la or aiilhlKUou.. Hut, III tho one In.lalilo liernittiiatoeeetheaHociutrd iillinral and associated r cka In trillion, and, lullm otter, tor. ad thu context, and what a Hood of lliflit ! let In upon us! The relations that ol J.l tsof Hie three kingdoms of nature ix-ir toward one another are of tbe utmost linpjrtni co. Jlul, liiaMlllouio the Importance of the aoclatlon an I relation, the cis with, wlilih children are nbleil lo rointreliend the charricleil'llo slruc. lure, hat It and ux of Mirthlin n hen studied a It occur III naMri, la aomu 11 thln tbeteacuer an I upnt ciin ol allord to litnore. It I. uolini lesthri, then, of illeldlnconl ilaulfylux tin. a lance, nud thoo.lnjr,oiior more ta he lice. on the (iinloilluui iflhx rommon trhoolj. It I not a upeilill.t luan parlictilir Lrnnch ihoUnedel to let. tl children. Tea hrra ahullld Ixt choteiielth reference to their tlttie for ttachlne children at it cetlaln tmo of mental ileveloi inulit. riil. I the natural atanlard. It I. ntiolutely luiik.ary that the tiacher ho ee..ed if Rood i oniinoll-eli.e, he uhlu lout cleury thothlniaaroiiiij bin, lo at-curatea at-curatea farm lit work ixteoJ., aril Lo full of loe for that uolk. TheleachllltfoaLlence to chlllren Implleapiarlhe In thawing, Hrltlnir, oiiiuttloiiand arlthmellc. Anufler. i oonV, or Utter atlll, a forenoon' riimhle oeer the felde, upacaniiiu, ujnlllaldiiofainiUiitaln, or alun? tliu.hr ni if alakoorluuk of a rivir. or a vl.ll to a roiii niuaeum, will ordinarily alIorlalnimlan(.eofnialerlit anil op ortunlty for iimauhls Ivtter wrttlu,(, drnwlmc, mraauieincut, cl t ulatlou aud oral and wrltteu Ulnuio JeMOIiM. Aa tu metli'Ml uf In.truillon In ile-mtntary ile-mtntary m toiiee, the Judlilou ue of Un,k, llrlure, I halt, maU mid lilo.lell f pruer. Hut, the li .tlinlloli r-hould uu largely ly orenalresciir. atoaa of two or lline hour each, nnd tslieii tHlcuor thrke a HLk. In the pchool room the inittrlal collet ted ly the tearher aud pupil In their rain tie may be examined and tudle 1. J u comparing the a) r-Ura of tendilng ly flel I excurlon with In.trucllou c ttlven w holly In the acboolroom, l'ro 1 fee.or Montgomery ald: "Umlertl e.e cilrnuiul4m.e what aru the ttathi l to do? Mll)pl U el 111 up III the aihool huu.e durliiu; the fined ml her, and loubili,etl four toalx hour a day, to tench nil eet they in, (erhai. without with-out mai a, kIoIm , m alela or otticr I ro jter oiPIlaucia Ihlawouli laome ' what Iwarabte, aye, otch irofltatle, were the in II 1(1 lo ) I lire M. Hut It I atorrlble Ihliu for chll Iren, and a terrible thUr' for their Iraiber, lo lx) expecttdlo endure. If uch there are InUlahthry have my rymulhy. I alucerely II) them, rnlnknf trlrn(to hold In quletm. and atlenllon In a aihool romi, for hour at n time, forty or llfly Lhlltireu, wlnte tender groH log hodleaaiid mlnda call loudly fur nlr, foruiihlnc, for eiorcUeand free, lorn! hat U the Uhe of talklnK nliut t, aching Kle ii e r Ioiik n In our Tery atterai IB lo tl arli It we continue to act In oti alll in lo the lau a of nature?" The epeaker n commended that icr manenl collection or nalurnl and manufactured object be made hy each rthool, and tilntrd nut the way In whltli tbe Uneret Unlverilly uiu.uiim roul I bumaile liefiiltolhnpulliitid ttarbera of tl e ubllo achouliof Utlll. Alteriinpbnlilii)itlniicilty fir a tiacher nt rcleniebtlnit blmelf an in. tbu.laatlcaludent of luture, he called attention to Ibo fact that, pnrllally or altrititber, threeaateui of critaii of thehuruaii bmly are, for rHAon of I'ellcAcy, omltle I from the tour.e of li.ttiirtloii In alltbetrbnol. He l liered tlmtaomethlnif touldaml noiild l ! met i provldu ronr luatructluu ' ijhiii tlietu mrtlona of h).loloy uut li)Klme. t l'rofmMr Montitomery conclu led hi per III tblle word.! "I klliw thu I in ila rchooli of thl country liao done nnd are doling a u.efiil und a tiuble work. The nation cunuot do without them, nop an It alfrrd to jr. mil their uaetulnt.a to be Impifro I throusli lack of aupirtninl pympAthy, (live them the Uurt mid ayuipalliy tiny iieil aril deeervu, ami they will te lini roved, ami the country irollUil tber.ly. Iloneit and lull lu-ll llltmt li.lin.l In the school ehould leid to tmproviment In their con litlon. If cbauii In the aye-tern aye-tern aceni dt.lrablc, let them bo ruadt . Let nellhor prejudice nor Individual telflbUuua iluud lu Ibo nay, It lim more than once txen Mated by Amen caneluc-itoraof cxtiorienie ami hint ktandltiK that aclenco teaching wa ilinieiitl, and that few teacher are i iibIeofeiicglni?lnlt. I fiar thirel much truth In Dili statement. Hclence, like any other ailblect of ilucatloll, mint be taught by aconilent iroii It la lolly lo eipeit roper rculta from lemon who have not both the natural and tho aciiulted iiuallflratloiiaof the true tmchtr, and It li much Rrrntir folly to expect them from thoro wh have neither of time ijuallllratljii. readier iHed of both aro IiiJimI rare, and how can wo exiect thtm to Uillrtitlluls) lonaalhe tru.te, ami board of c lucatiou, an i I he w lo lie-bind lie-bind the Iruiteea a-d biorJa, remain ll.le.l with a 1 1 rf a tau lar l?When II m p ibl a come to reallx that a higher ttalilrdiifiUtllfloUlm, Rlentl and moral, on Hie art of the teacher l alnoluttly ueiery for the welfare of our country, when they loate t thaw a Heartier aitteiUtlou of hlnh rl.MaUihnn.iil., they llll wlllliu lomakeaJeiiutecoinienatljii forthe teacher' latr and Inllueiici, they will reek leirhertor longer and better trilnlngaudex inrlence, teacher win carry with Ibeui an atimepbtreot a hUbernud more lulrlni thuaibr. I bave hom that thl time will come. IM us do wlulwecan to I rlm( alwiit theen condition. For tho snko of the jouthof our land, lor the aaku nf the material, lliehylcal, the moral and Inlejlrclual advanremetit of our country, coun-try, for therakeof everything that can contribute towarda the romotloii of Iheclvllltilloriof thl criat nitloo, let ua ray that the dawn of that day may be ha-lemil, and that the Irto ui Ho achool ayetrm, which forma a lit Uolk throughout tho luv.tli antbreidlb of thla Union, may, mom truly an I lully than ever In the pad, ylell thu.e radical and beneficent refult, anllcl-jatedby anllcl-jatedby lufouulerr, bOd fir by Ita friend, an I renJiril nemiiry by the foundation rlmlle ol the govern-mentif govern-mentif alteeole. riwillciialon wai opened by "real, dent Hinboni, who dwell nu the mo-liMiiri mo-liMiiri of trulnlng the minmry ly iMmlllnn Ihe chill Ij mler wlut la of liltloor no no to It In after life. I'rof. Montgomery agreed villi, the president; at tho alale lllllo be n ilhed a tandnuty at the ruseut to run to the ntherixtrime, and not lulllvole memory mem-ory ufllctetitly. Huiarvl'or AughurgM lu'iretlnif, and liMtmcll vs le turo on "1 raining hi llelllloll t t) hef ekll.l Work" wa another mil li up( retlateil contribution. contribu-tion. A dl.cu.slon followed. Alter a muled urforniancu by I'rjf. II. II. Ollci,of Vrovo, nu excel-I excel-I n pir wu.reaJ bytiiperlnleiident J.H. l'eiri, who look fjr bit theme "(Jiah I n i afatlou for theeducatlonal cxliilloll6Jl." Ill the dl.cus-lon which followed, a ccmuiliteo of three, Mers Wor.lell, Hellene anl J note, u arpjlnled to tiomlualearotuoiltleeof lilnoto taku charge of tbo rerrltorlal educational eihli.lt at Iho Worl l' Fair. lnUr In the dav thu commttlee of Ihreo re-lwtte-1 that it hid aiolntn the fit-loxlugto fit-loxlugto act lu thai caully: Dr. MIlNnaugh, chalrnian; Mexrs 1'eery, l-iiole.riinbim, M .ntgmiat), Moucli, Ilayie, Hhi.rt and .Ml" V.u li. A mil Initio K.fiinunco by the school thll 'reu to the nil ruber of about thlnvfrim I'rovo, un In thedinctlou or Mr. J II. Waltou, win ni nt lca-I lca-I uc Hi lu. .Siit lame the "tullon box" In which were fouul a dozail iue.lloiia liile:etlni;lotlioiaenfigel In school woik and which irro auiwered by V irlulla membera retent. A ruu.lral erf irmanceby the l'rovo chll Iren waithe unit Ihluii on thu pro-Rraiuuie, pro-Rraiuuie, I'rof. (lilt accompanying on liie orwan. A short paper oil the subject of "school llbrarle" wai reaj by frlucl-j frlucl-j I). T. Miller, ol ltlchlleld. iirroiiTii or (Uiunrrt is. The lommlttcoon constitution hand-el hand-el In ll.itijtl,l lit a further tin was iwiislurred necessary to reconsider some Imj-ortant H,lntt the oommltlce was Instructed to hold over auJ report more fully at a lull r date. Iteportof committee ou apiroprU-lions apiroprU-lions wa rrcilvcd aud rewrved for future cun.ldi ration. rho committee on riadlug circle re-lrted, re-lrted, and It wa resolved to establish, under thu coutrolof the bourdof directors, direc-tors, rcadlog circle on the same prln clplisaalhoso uhlchexMlli Mlisourl, Iowa und other Hlutcs. Mr. Avey was aiulutul secretary of Ihe Hadlog room. The iuntlou uf rlntlug the ro-ceidlnsaof ro-ceidlnsaof tho re .ent union cf tho at iclallotl lu pamiblet form waidls-ruswil waidls-ruswil at length, ami It wa reaolTul to recummetid to the dlretlura toap-I toap-I roprlate the atim or $73 for tbe ur poi of tinting 4 id cophs of the I ro-ciedlnge, ro-ciedlnge, to Inclu le a vtrl atlm riiort of nlltbe anra naJ during tho session, ses-sion, a topy of the nam hlet to be sent to each member of tho aiMoclallou. MIBCtll,iNIlM The Worl I' Fair committee was ennioMcrt t to elect a manager to o oiieratu with thu Territorial Worl I'. l'alrioiumllonrr. The president wa i mviowereil lo atolnt a lommltteiof iivu ti revise school by.Jiwsnul make a uniform course of study fir all tho school lu the Territory. Terri-tory. It was alsinsilved that the Legislature be etltloiitd loaipolut a central aihool boird to control the nf-fairs nf-fairs of education lu the Territory. A vote of llianka wa pamd to the chll I-ren I-ren who had come from L'roo to alng an I to give their tallstheulo rfornt-anew; rfornt-anew; also to the faculty of the Dsserut rulrrrslty for the usaof Ihu rooms In which the association hashild Ita meetings. meet-ings. The slogli g of "America" by tbo member closed the proceedlnk. |