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Show Teachers' Institute. An interesting session of tho teachers' teach-ers' instituto for Iron county was hold at Purowau last Saturday commencing com-mencing nt 11:15 a. m., and continuing continu-ing until 2 p .in. Tho nttoudauco included from twonty-flvo to thirty of tho teachers of tho county. Tho program pro-gram carried out was as follows: A trio was sung by Win, T. Morris, Win. T. Morris, Jr., and Jamos Council. Cou-ncil. Tho quostlon, "To what extont may familiarity botweon toachor and pupil bo carriod -without domorallz-. lug tho school?" was disoussod by Miss Bess Angoll, toachor of tho Enoch sohool. Tho dpoakcr rotated instaucos from personal experience Illustrating tho influoiico which tho toaohors may oxort ovor pupils in . tholr association, apart from tho . ordinary sohool work. It wus shown I that tho tachor is oftou tho ideal of tho pupil, and that an occasional word dropped ut tho homo ill on-oouragomont on-oouragomont of filial duty find good conduct, oftou aohiovos bonofloial rosults. Tho toachor should placo himsolf at tho lovol of tho child, and should sook to undorstand.hls motlvoa and impulses. Tho dignity of tho toachor should, however, bo maintained, main-tained, and just how far a spirit of sociability should bo carriod is a quostloa which can best bo determined de-termined by tho toaohor as tho conditions con-ditions hud ciroumslanoes arlso. A mixed chorus lod by Win. T. Morris was tho next foaturo of tho progrum. Georgo Holt of tho Parowan schools disoussod ably tho suftjeot of "How to Intorost Children Nu 7tb Ornd Historyi Tho quot)ttgifrflot,(t was thoppiriJiolA'yTcmmondod, ' QihoPJbfriptta roVij tbo uoplo method, meth-od, tho dobulo and tho dramatization. Each cf thoso tho spoukor had tried and had .found thorn to glvo varioty and to stimulate intorost. Tho problom, "How may tho weak and strong of tho various grados bo handled togothor in class without injustice in-justice to olthor?" was disoussod by Miss LaVorua Isom and Miss Allco Redd of tho Codar schools. Tho results of separating tho brlghtor students from tho duller ones of tho samo grado woro pointed out, and also tho bouoflts which rosult from holding recitations jointly. This had boon u dltlloult problom to Bolvo, aud no spoolflo dovioos could bo citod by tho toaohors to promoto tho latlor method. "How best to toaoh that substruat-lug substruat-lug a minus is equivalent to adding a plus," wus illustrated by Jumos Ollortou, Jr. Tho nowly-oleotod oounty suporin-tondout, suporin-tondout, James Robb, wus informally Introduaod by acting superintendent Dookor. Mr. Robb oxprosscd himsolf him-solf in relation to assuming direction of tho body of toaohors assomblod, iu cpnuootlou with their co-workers in tho country, and also spoko In regard to tho tourso ho Intoudod to follow In tho porformuueo of his duty. Supt. Goo. W. Dookor, responding to tho request of the teaolurs, spoko of his, feelings upon retiring from tho position whioh ho hud occupied for sovoral yours us Buporlntoiidont of schools. Though ho regretted to break his connection with tho body of. toaohors, yot ho bol loved that this would not bo tho last timo ho would moot witli thorn. Supt. Dqkor spoko at length on tho duties aud ro-spousibilitty ro-spousibilitty of tho tonchors. |