Show A sn liy professor T B uw the teachers tea chera and many of the patrona 0 the city eil icola liste oel to the of the association held in ilia central october professor T B lewis caled alie nc etin to order and afier the opening exercises the following reports were gh en by the teachers E A A F A T B lewalt 70 M ta bammar M barton e B 95 A N M ta ia S N t ta M 14 7 arond 1 Iluf third B lra lia w johnh C f att afi 0 falb I 1 vi M fia 1 t kotola lan leagons had been given in each department by prof L D edwards miss corrine ad given efto brawne in each of the central school A glee entitled sailing was given by the teachers choir prof T B lewis entered on alie as announced application of the mew education ho as hia reason tor hav clireen this subject eliat borne evenings previous superintendent perin U II 11 andersen had lectured on and tho principles which he others ai advanced the trustees wished to know how these be applied to our present condition and in answer to the question he would explain not only how thia could but bow it should be done the term new education la really a misnomer we call it new but it i not the methods may be new to moet educators 0 the day but the principles on which they are based are noc principles are as old ai education itself and have been applied in miny io the history 0 the world our kuust bo babol on cor corbeit reit principles it la our endeavors to do this which anay ba the new education our free public schools are hie schools of the nation they are national and must ever be BO they are the schools where every child should be fitted and qualified for lie responsibilities of citizenship amny mistaken ideas exist in regard to education beroe beem to think it is tor the sole purpose of becoming competent to gain a in by means than hy labor thin is not eo education ennobles and fits all alases cl ases and makes of the child a competent and intelligent intelli Rent citizen it will lie easier to educate in the nest century because will be more intelligent and will afford opportunities for results edu aaion is the development of power not its creation the germ is in the child that w aich is not innate in the child cannot be laced there by edura ion fior is the ramming ramm ng of knowledge education there must bo a drawing out a development of course there roust be a ot development and knowledge is the medium of growth grow tj the food of alie mind teachers you can not educate pupils it is not within your power bat is wholly within himself you can no more educate a child than you can make a gran of corn etro all you can do is to alae around him tAvo rabla conditions for grow ali aid remove obstacles we talk of self educated men nothing else is a possibility lity all educated pardons are self educated As to methods the best is the common sense method teachers should understand the physical and mental organization of the child BO that the assignment of les bons eons etc may be done in childhood is the time to form pe cents for future ue the child gath ers the material to be worked upon afterwards in llie spring we pant for the harvest of the eummer now litre is where the principles of the new education take hold ef the child beginning with alie chart alms objects are taught number snot figures the concrete la presented never the attract ab tract the exhibition given the other evening of the chart als showed eliat they understood trac eions taught by objective methode me thoda the child saw he did nit need to reason pupils alio are trained bv this method do not need rules taught them they under baand the principles and make rules themselves pupils who hae not had his previous need to commit roles to memory conta n ing these principles to nuke up tor this lark ano speaker then read I 1 hs selection dom alie school journal to explain more fully his position the nopil ot an important school said the oilier day in a private conversation that he did botoe aliee in alie sew education as lie understood it and a little conversation wilh him proved that lie did not it we ara asked almost emry week to sute exactly what the new education is and we have long ao de cinel to questions in a dogmatic manner all we can say is that it Is education underlying principles school conduct ard old anil tin re hane always been bome who have tried to apply alem it adim ad im had known the arst way to ed acae cain aa evidently he did not and applied his knowledge to practical uses he would hae been a new education teacher wb now macli w ads before letters not ori account of anything especially new lu the plan but because be caise nature so tea hes us to alk iri we begin with the known and po to the unknown through creully cr eully chosen items because nature BO teaches child we busy conr pupils in series 0 exert bas on objects and eo the concept not numbers bare the formal eludy of is begun bec iusi tins is natures way of teaching we bever cever a role antl its meaning has been thought out by the hupila then wo only help him to express his own ave min the hand eye ear aoe and mouth tor we have no way of reaching the mind except through bliefe renee we advocate or pense mining because this has been natures way of elevating the rae all along the aisea we do nothing for a cupit that ha can do for himself became healthy growth is promoted by self activity since we cannot eat diget dige t and sleep for a child we do not give him lessons in such a manner as to relieve him of mental work if there Is anything outside of or contrary to nature it belongs t alia we rail the old but if there is exactly in with natures workings it belongs to what we call the new the lecturer commented on the above article and explained how ahee principles were applied to anali ciuc grammar reading etc the 1 object of reading he said was to gain thought then neer civile the as thereby ou davidi the thought also in spelling childen reproduce not spell in first and second icador grades aire phil ford accompanied the organ by prof L D edward eave a violin nolo entitled selections from welch airs alie rendition was w ell received and a vote of thanks was tendered sirs ford closing exercises oct opening exercises music addris mental development george music whit I 1 saw on my trip to europe mis ellen pingree order in primary grades mrs belle lanning Lan music closing N ahai itson |