Show THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY junz JUNE 28 professor evan stephens continued his talks on the subject of vocal music anusic and showed how it is possible for a teacher that cant sing to teach to his pupils pupil he considered that should be taught in the primary departments depart metts meLtS of our schools rhe fhe children should not be allowed to sing tein gina in a key too high for them and they should understand that shouting is not blu bluming ging the oi ai cushion on how may pupils ie e made self reliant was opened b mr ar louis howell followed oy by WE vav J B ft wart arithmetic was continued by mr C C crapo the gentleman in a clear and lucid manner explained h s methods of teaching notation numeration the uses of the Agns compound numbers and fractions some very good hints were thrown out which if observed by teachers would would enable them to teach arithmetic better prof C F wilcox concluded his remarks on grammar and letter writ in ins he said that we should not only hive give a child achild ideas but that he should receive a training that will enable him to express those ideas he gave his hia pupils drill in writing newspaper paragraphs carrying on a business correspondence pon dence reproducing stories etc he required the pupils to 0 write down the important parts to be remembered which served as an orthography and ana punctuation exercise in the afternoon the institute had bad the pleasure 0 of f listening to a lecture on school governments government by prof T B lewis tile the gentleman said that he did not propose to offer anything new on the subject that he had consulted reliable authors on this subject and all expressed his views that the school should have as little government t as possible I 1 ie e the tee least number of prescribed rules A person must be able to govern himself and be subject to government before he can expect to govern others when children first enter eater school they are not prepared to govern themselves so the teacher must govern at the same time he be should prepare pre the children for the period of belf govern ment the teacher stands wit not as a stuffer not to campal his bis p pupils api upi Is to erow crow but to remove the obstacles from that they may become fully g deve developed ped human beings as god designed they should be the professor showed the evil effects of bome of the incentives to study used by teachers and said the teacher should bring his bis school up to that level where it could be governed by love the highest ill best and noblest incentive mr ard S R allen alien on an the continuance of the subject of geography showed the importance of a proper course of on all the natural objects around him commencing almost as soon as the child enters school and conti continuing nain until he be has formed sufficient knowledge and ac acquired d strength nath of mind sufficient to enable e him to lo te go 0 abroad to learn of objects that be cannot see As the child proceeds the new knowledge he acquires must be built ailt upon whit what he already knows an and compared with his bid previous knowledge know ledee specimens of alie products an and minerals and pictures of the animals of the countries studied should be collected colle cled and brought before the chil children drea so sa to in make a ke the instruction as real as possible the pupils should first mould the continent in sand or clay then draw a map from the molded form and tell what faey know about it the teacher should see that the childs mind does not stick on the surface of tile the map or in the forms of the continents the surface of the abe earth should be fixed in the abe mind of the child so that he be can mentally travel over any part of it then he has bas a fixed basis upon which to place the tha ever changing vegetable and animal kingdoms the village blacksmith was sung sune ah with eno good ad effect by prof evan stephens ste rh school 00 appliances appliances 11 1 1 supt bupt win M stewart while aile vi biting the schools of the county the gentleman was impressed with the necessity of something being said on this subject he said the school buildings and school grounds were often much neglected they do not look much like places of education and culture the school room should be supplied with furniture suitable for the children there should be library and cloak rooms for their use mr stewart then showed the use and importance of the school library and cabinet the teacher should be supplied with books on profession his the school journal should be taken by b every teacher other works of importance importance were named the gentleman took up each branch taught in the district schools naming the appliances and books that might be used by the teachers to advantage in III each particular bianch he spoke of the object and character of the examination I 1 ot of teachers A hearty and unanimous vote of thanks was given to all those who had bad taken part in the exercises thus helping to make the institute it a success the salt lake county teachers Suri summer imer institute adjourned until june 20 1887 unless otherwise ordered by the county 8 superintendent u pert the teachers with their relatives and friends will leave the ward A assembly 8 rooms at 8 next sat saturn ur day morning to spend the day at calders caldera val farm somebody 8 there is jl a at tile the general tithing office with the address on it maria pack logan utah it can be obtained by tile the owner on application |