Show THE bivouacking BIVOUAC KING TEACHERS proceedings of the ulab lutah county birce Wielders 1 HEAD WATERS OP OF THE DIAMOND june 17 1887 j editor deseret news f two sessions are held here every working day of one hour and a half each ue the remainder of the time is spent in preparations for the morrow playing croquet climbing the hills fishing and other games and amusements A regular order is established in camp with reference to camp prayers times to assem assemble blet herding etc in our educational deliberations a systematic democratic method is carried out while the i characteristic DIGNITY of the association is maintained inviolable streets lanes and alleys are now laid out cleared and named wednesday was occupied in discussing af the t he essentials of penmanship in the fo f 0 flowing 10 w ing order 1 I 1 position of the head body feet arms hands bands book pen and 2 principles under shape size space slant shade smoothness and symmetry symme tryl 1 an interchange of views on methods cannot fail to produce good results in the art of writing we were to have ach school ga games besand and a lecture on vocal culture ua ture in the evening but the murky clouds sent a false warning of a corning comins storm and so each retired to his tent ladies too thursday morning dawned most beautifully the serene sky above limi limited by the heights of our narrow gorge wore a clear blue of exceeding intensity the feathered songsters song hidden aloag the dense foliage overhead warbled an anthem of greeting to the rising sun while the inhabitants of the albrook and gambolled gam shyly among the mirrored branches reflected shadowlike shadow like upon its rippling rufface surface the morning zephyr richly flower laden breathed an influence 0 lot o adoration to the great creator and in concert with it the i sublimity of the scene was sanctified with the accustomed morning prisons orisons ori orl sons sops at half past ten the organ peals SUMMONED THE TEACHERS to attendance the subject of reading was the theme of the day and the mi cutest detail was not overlooked at no time has the superintendent loeen been more vivid in his explanations and illustrations or as positive in his demands for good teaching as in this branch much stress was laid by him ida bathe the absolute necessity of training tae me children in the use of ot the sounds of letters and perfect articulation of words to the end that the speaking of the english language be uniform throughput the land As an example of the want of system in this reference was made to the confuting mass of english dia dialects leets a as a found in the british isles and the numerous dialects of the american tribes As helps to correct articulation the following was commended ic arouse curiosity stimulate the attention cultivate the hearing bearing develop flexibility of the organs picture the sounds pupil reproduce associate sounds by means of appropriate 1 ate illustration drill in accent emphasis emp 1 asis and inflection teach syllabication pronounce act a perfect imitation mi tation study webster and drill drill in the evening superintendent brimhall delivered an instructive lecture on vocal culture followed by prof giles gile on t the he same subject v all is well JOSEPH A REEs BEES |