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Show seem 8ver at a loss for a niusemcnt, na. .never to tired for a little more ua the occasion in question, your correspondent, cor-respondent, had retired; but is free to cciifets that the impulse to emerge Irom retirement and take a hand in the merriment became well nigh irresistable 6 j ended the first day, not quite lrt-3 from suspicion of encroaching sliirbd v on the second day. ' Tuesday, July Hth., 1890. Continuation of music lesson by Prof Gl ,s,-,L!recIure b? Prof- lsreen on Natural Nat-ural Philosophy. Very Hue. Methods of leaching, by Prof. Maeser. Since rroi. Maeser was ab iced tn 1 fA lt at nilgai unrestraint, the unbending "of the bow, the delightful abandonment, of those glorious evenings. Unlimited fun without with-out the least taint of impropriety, perfect per-fect freedom without license, perfect sociability and good humor made the shyest member at ease, and happy. Continuation of programme on Friday with unllagging interest. A Mr. King, whose identity I did not fix, delivered an interesting lecture on Literary Studies which seemed to open long vistas of human history, progress and achievement, achieve-ment, and could not fail to expand the minds and souls of the absorbed listen- pre . Teacher's Institnte. Teachers of Utah, San Pete and Emery Counties At the Conjoint Summer Institute In-stitute at Sylvan Hrights.near Schofield Emery connty. Dear Register: It is not the purpose of your correspondent to give a complete com-plete and official report of the proceedings proceed-ings at Sylvan Heights, but simply to i tiote a few points in a sociable, informal way. ; .,i.;.. The party of which your correspondent correspond-ent made one, arrived at the grounds late in the day on Sunday, the 6th of July, fatigued, and, II the whole truth must be told, inclined to be cross. It was neatly ' maeser was omigea to leave at once on the conclusion of this lectu e, a committee com-mittee of two gentlemen and three ladies vyas appointed to escort him to the S'a-tion.as S'a-tion.as a mark of honor and esteem He was not aware of this movement until just as he was starting, they took their places about him. He said, No, no thev must not play truant on his account! He would accept the will for the deed- During these last two days the Course of Studies for Fourth and Fifth Readers was revised, and a vote taken to have the revised plans printed in ! pamphlet torm and placed in the hands of all teachers in the three counties here represented. Votes of thanks were ten-ered ten-ered to the various committees, and such a vote proposed to the donor ol the an unanimous vote over the supper, that two days in this gloomy inconvenient place would fulfill the law, and Wednes-i Wednes-i day morning would be a suitable time to start homeward. The two ladies of the party made themselves as comfortable as cirenmstances would permit inside of the wagon, and the two gentlemen made a shake-down on the carpet, '. e. the ground. Oh, such a daybreak! The east was .. one broad smile without a cloud, . The cool, delicious atmosphere was surely saturated with hope and cheer- I fulness, and the landscape was a veritable verita-ble ideal of beauty. Sylvan Heights was seated, like Rome, on seven hills, mere knolls or swell; nar-h before-mentioned ice, lemons and other refreshments; but a chief member of the committee on refreshments stated that the person referred to had laid absolute injunctions on him not to mention his name, nor receive any kind of return; and he was of opinion that each mem berof the party was at liberty to be grateful only in a private and undemonstrative undemon-strative way. The critic was a very kb!erand Intel-ligent Intel-ligent lady from Salt Lake; who stated that the sphere of critism was to praise and encourage, not to censure or blame; that the feelings ol grown people were as tender as those of children, and as deserving of careful treatment. . . Silll tiru!c4 fraal.i .1.- .-.t ? . ana mey must go right back to lesson; and peremptorily, but laughingly he sent them back to their places, while he and another gentleman, with bows and smiles trudged oil together. ' Revision of Plan of studies for Second Reader Grade, presented by Miss. Coombs. Time one and a half years. Very careful work, both by the young lady entrusted with the preparation of the subject, and by the members of the convention in-revising. School Tactic's, a lecture by Supt. E A, Wilson. Language & Composition. Brilliant Essay by J. A. Rees. Critic's report, again uniform praise. KBall in the town, for the eveiimg.which your correspondent did not attend. The knolls or swella, each crowned with a grove of aspen trees, the lower levels being open. In one of these groves Utah County had litetally "pitched its tents;" in another was San Pete County, nd two others were occupied. The dewy leaves danced and sparkled in the morning light, the canyon breeze fanned away our weariness and disgust, and by the time breakfast was ready, we were all ready to admit that perhaps Wednesday would not be a favorable fa-vorable time to start for home. At nine o'clock, all, freshened wiih clean collars, notebooks and pencils in hand, ready for the business of the day, were assembled m the rude bowery which was to do duty as assembly hall Temporary organization effected and committee on permanent organization I She praised freely the proceedings of the day, and made a sort of appendix, of the few mistakes pointed out, on put-pose, put-pose, as she explained, to conceal their identity by seperating them from their location. Thus nobody's feelings, were hurt, and perhaps no one identified his own error,' ; . Your correspondent came near being left, by indulging in a little argument with this lady, and by a little conversation conversa-tion with Mr. King, the lecturer on Literature; Liter-ature; but a miss in this case was good as a mile (in the rear,) and with fond good byes we turned our backs on Sylvan Syl-van Heights, without waiting tor the grand ball at Schofield, which was to close the poogramme, O.N'K OF 'KM. uui coiresponuent aia not attend. The young ladv of our crowd had beaux enough to be the theme of much raillery at breakfast next morning. . It is a pleasurable task to mention the fact that notwithstanding our choice of location where we "could neither disturb civilization nor be disturbed by it," a huge block of ice aU'ays occupied the foreground, and every body was at liberty lib-erty to help self; also, bottles of ginger and soda, and boxes of lemons, which nobody had "ordered," continually continual-ly thrust their welcome piesence upon us; and if anybody ventured to ask: "Where did they come from?" only vague and mysterious replies could be had. Your correspondent succeeded in Itiaciug the delightful luxures to their source; but, Unfortunately, under promise prom-ise of ailemrp.. Abo Al.ul i Wednesday, July 9th, 189a. Continuation o,f 1'rof. Isgreen's lecture on Draw nig; Comic Illustrations. Lecture on Civics bv tue Hon. J. E. Booth. Valuable information on the Rights ol Citizens.' Dillerence between legal and moriil riht.. Advice to Teach-ert:- - 3 .,.-. "H!d your pre swi up by refus;rJ to accept W4eoii aieyel with' unskilled' manual labor. Go and do-the unskilled nirfiiiial labor alher -than su'degiade Uiis. you'r high profession, ,' Teiching rt-qtures rt-qtures a lvgjer grade-of abilities, and - r During their absence Mr.J. F, Allred f of Spring City, was called upon to der scribe the two day's journey by prairie schooner to Sylvan Heights. He protested pro-tested that the deep dust, the sleep grades and other disagreeables simply beggared description,, and he Would beg - leave to decline (he attempt and call upon up-on Mr. Brimhall of Utah Cu nty, member mem-ber of the committee oil location, to t give teasons for locating the Institolfr just in this spot. . , ... Mr. Brimhall said the- onc(u'sion in the minds of the committee was-that a - ' radical change ui the mode'of life of the teachers wai dsiirable, and they wcib. -'"'jtletefore rcUi tl 1 J Ctwse "J"Jitace 'o far away Irom civilization that the teachers might turn themselves loose to be boys and girls again, and neither annoy an-noy civiliz ition nor be annoyed by it. This was not the first place chosen; that had a beautiful, clear spring flowing, flow-ing, and was quite equal to this in other respects; but on coming again the committee com-mittee had found the spring dried up; so they hastily substituted this place be cause it was nearer to Schofield and Winter Quarteis, and supplies could be more easily obtained. He concluded by stating that this was the best compromise com-promise the committee could make between be-tween their unlimited desires and their !vngar aiidiio expensive prepanuiort J than my f es-Hrmji whieii- easily c wn- I And when y? ata paid out of thf pn'i" lie fund, it goes right back to the people in the superior work done for their children, chil-dren, by teachers who have no need to supplement this business with something some-thing eie by which to eke out a maintenance." main-tenance." Vote of Thanks, presented bv the gentleman himself, on niotion.and rushed through to "Carried." as if he really re-ally leared there might be opposition. Roars of laughter. Revision of Studies for Third Reader Grade, presented by J, H. Brimhall. Time two years. A.'ade satisfactory to all. Colonel Parker's principle of teaching. Calisthienirs- Pr.iptir.il lccnc k i u ijiiiicu means. Committee on organization reported list of officers, all gentlemen but one. Objection was raised to this, strongly supported by the one lady; but they were overruled and the straight ticket was carried. The President or Chairman was E. A. Wilson, Supt. of schools in Utah County; and your correspondent wishes to bear record to the able, impartial, and graceful grace-ful wav in which he discharged the duties du-ties of his office during the entire week. LIST OF OFFICERS, Supt. E. A. Wilson, Utah Co , President. " L. M. Olsen, Emery Co. 1 Vice Pres. "P. Grtaves,San PeteCo.,2 Vice Pres. G, H. Brimhall, Utah Co., Secretary. - L. L. Dalton, San Pete Co,, Asst. Sec. Piof. H. E. Giles, Utah Co. Chorister. A Committee on Provisions was also chosen, whose duty it was to see that the Walton and Wm. Rawlings. . Pestalozzi & Froebell, Paper by Miss. Freil, - Pestalozzi's nine laws of Education. 1. Activity is the law of childhood. Accustom Ac-custom tne child to do-educate the band. 2. Cultivate the faculties in their natural nat-ural order. First torm the mind, then furnish it. 3. Begin with the senses, and never tell a chil.i what it ought to find out for itself. 4. Reduce the subject to its elements. One difficulty at a time is enough for a child. 5. Proceed step by step.' Be thorjngh 6. Let every lesson have a point. 7. Develope the idea, then give the term. 8. Proceed Irom the known to the unknown, un-known, , . 9. Synthesis, then analysis Not iht nttUr -jyinucaia, men analysis rot tne order of the subject, but the order of nature. The critic for Wednesday was a San-peter, San-peter, and he slashed arouud among the mispronunciations and te.jhical errors at an alarming rate. However, he suppressed sup-pressed names, and thought he had done his wnole duty bv the proprieties. S ime faint fluttering? among the killed kill-ed and wounded, and some diversion by the confessions of different parties to this or that error, who had not been detected de-tected by the critic. , C'.-m, any departed at ssven for a visit to the Pleasant. Valley coal mine and returned in time for a magic lantern spectacle in the evening. I see my paper is growing too long, and 1 must make my narrative more brief or be sent to the waste basket. The proceedings on Thursday were quite as interesting as those which pre-ceeded pre-ceeded them. On this day two sergunts-at-arms were appointed, one a gentleman gentle-man and one a ladv, to biing in deserters, de-serters, and give permissions to such as had proper reasons for brief withdrawals. withdraw-als. . various camps were supplied with water, and that any orders for goods were promptly forwarded to the town. After all such perliminaries were settled, set-tled, the business of the convention was begun by singing, prayer, and a valuable valua-ble lecture on teaching music to young students; this last by professor Giles. Next e.iTii Prof. R G. Mieser's lec ture on "The Teacher" which was listened list-ened to with rapt attention, and enthusiastically enthu-siastically applauded; and for which was returned a hearty vote of thanks. Your correspondent has a good summary ol this lecture, and the Registfr may have it upon request. Then came revision of Plan of Studies for Primary grade, presented by Miss FrielofUtah. Time allowed for completing com-pleting chart study, three terms, Fiist-Reader Fiist-Reader three terms. Prof. Isgreen's lecture on Drawing and Mr. G. H. Brimhall's presentation of Methods of teaching Geography in the different grades completed the exercises for Monday. Miscellaneous questions brought out some cAceiieiu points.among wtncli was a statement from Mr. Brimhall that "We do not try to keep our children from whispering, we cannot refrain from that ourselves. If they are prepared, neat.prompt.and cheerful, thev are in order." or-der." . The critic's report was all flowery praise.unmarred by the mention of a sin le error. In the evening, an invitation to hold a concert at Winter Quarters was accepted, accept-ed, and the concert, impromptu though it was, pronounced a brilliant succesf. Your correspondent was prevented pre-vented by indisposition from witnessing this performance, but knows that the party retnmed to Sylvan Heights wound . up to concei t pitch, and continued the tun until after midnight. Prof. H. E. Giles is a veritable . Prince of Goodfellows.to lead games as well as songs, and keep the fun roaring- He had, however, more than one strong rival ri-val in the same line. It is my opinion that the Utah Co. teachers stand unrivaled unri-valed in the happy faculty of making a litttle fun go a long way, and never growing tired of a good juke. They 'Ihe critic was a lady, a.id she threw oft all disguise or forbearance; saying John Doe mispronounced this word, and Richard Roe made that grammatical error. er-ror. I understand that she gained no favor by it; but that she was ready to defend de-fend her right to take the course she did, as well as her opinion that such is the only correct theory of criticism for grown up people, though she admitted it would not be right thus to criticize children. - . . Debate on the Question Resolved: "That the interests of our country are better served by the Republican party than by the Democratic." Champions, Geo. Scott, affirmative, and J. A. Rees, negative. Both sides were ably supported, but the judges, comprising the whole convention, con-vention, rendered decision by an overwhelming over-whelming majority, lor theYiegative. 1 Open air concert and grand war dance in. the evening, which made the hills and woods resound with choruses and catches, and pealing rounds of applause and laughter. Your correspondent is of opnion that not the least benefit of this Institute to the persons present was the |