Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1901 — Page 8

Teachers Institute. Teacher's institute convened Monday me W’g at 10 a. in. Music under the direction of Prof. Brown, of English, Ind. Devotion conducted by ! H. \ r - Welcome address by Supt. Brandyberry. Mr. Brandyberry gave one of those inspiring speeches which the teachers are always glad to hear. He always has something new to tell us. Mrs. Boucher, of Marion, then took up the subject of English. She has been here before and says that she is very glad to meet us again. Orthography is at the bottom of Literature. She says that Orthography is very important. she misspelling of a simple word may bring upon us ridicule of a life time. It is not always the ignor ant who misuse words, it is often the educated people. She gave the origin of the English language, then went on to tell of the new words that were introduced from time to time. Forinstancejweget from the fighting Romans words that pertain to war. From the Greeks we get words pertaining to Cience etc: etc; New discoveries are constantly bringing in new words, so that the language is constantly growing. Dialects should lie avoided. We should speak pure English. A large vocabulary to a great extent indicates a great deal of knowledge. Orthography she says is what fails nineteen out of twenty in Civil Service examinations in England and America are not much better. She gave an interesting class exercise in dramatical marks. Music by Prof. Brown. Which is better to generalize or to specialize? Some teachers say that they do not have time to teach music, but he thinks that if they have a talent for music it should be trained. Music should be taught so that there is a feeling or it is of no avail. Get the children to make music a part of the soul. He thinks that time is impartant. because that gets the soul into it. There is rhythm not only in the words of the song, but also in the music. Intermission. Prof. Carr, of Anderson, then took up the subject of "The Nature and Training of Children.” He began his subject by reciting a piece of poetry. The child is the most helpless of all of God's creatures. Little by little the child begins to creep, then walk. Children find a great change when they enter the school, because they have been petted at home. They have things their own way at home, but when they go to school they must learn to sit still. We ought to be particular how we receive the child into the school. Adjourned for dinner till 1:30 p. m. Afternoon session began promptly at 1:30 by music. Roll call showing an enrollment of 172 for the first half day. First subject of the afternoon. "English” by Mrs. Boucher. She gave a chalk talk on marking letters and their sounds. A class exercise is

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always interesting in institute, and the teachers took an active part, especially the gentlemen. She gave thWustitute some words topronounce. They were not all pronounced correctly, so she told them to look up the words for the next lesson. G. H. Laughrey: What is the use of a bar below x? Mrs. Boucher gave a satisfactory answer. Intermission. Second subject of the afternoon, "Drawing" by Prof. Brown. The bringing in things and putting them in space in proper proportion, that is drawing. Drawing is not in the pen, it is not the hand. The one who makes an attempt at drawing and fails, fails I ecau -e he does not observe. He then gave a lesson on observation. Here are some of the questions: How far is it from the Court house to the G. R. &I. depot? What is the average weight of a sheep ? Does a deer shed its horns once a vear? Are a cow's horns before or behind its ears? Has a cow upper front teeth? Who is lieutenant governor of Indiana? After these questions he gave a blackboard lesson on drawing. Talk by Prof. Carr on "The Nature and Training of Children.” He said in part, that the child is an imitator. In the primary school the law of the school is the law of love. In school there is a great difference in the sex. The boys want to play by themselves, games peculiar to themselves. He talked about the bully which is in every school. He said that the only way to conquer the bully is with a club. Fighting is a great problem in school. The boy must go through his fighting period. Prof. Carr evidently does not like a bully, but he likes to see a boy take his own part. After talking about the bully he talked on. this is what confronts us in school. Another peculiarity is laziness. Another thing that suits the boy is out of door sports, such as marbles, kites, swimming and ball games, and winter games of all kinds. At all times of the year there are out of door sports. The boy takes all sorts of risks. This is the period of life that boys are learning traits of character which will make men of them. Teachers be patient with them. The boy in the intermediate grade is not so pleasant to the teacher as in some other grades. Song and adjournment till Tuesday morning at 9 a. tn. TUESDAY MORNING. Devotional conducted by C. E. Hocker, after which Prof. Brown favored us with a solo. Mrs. Boucher then continued her subject of "English." She said that we should be careful about the way the children use the dictionary. There are two ways of teaching spelling, oral and written. To combine the two is the best method. She told us how she teaches a spelling class, and surely it is a good wav. If we have a word that the children do not know the

meaning, they should learn the meaning as well as how to spell the word. C. E. Hocker: What of spelling for head marks? Mrs. Boucher: It is a very good way. Prof. Brown began his" subject of "Music” by talking of pitch. We must get the difference between accent and pitch. He says that it is hard for children to change from one key to the other. He gave an exercise in voice culture, which was as good as an intermission for the attentive listeners. Intermission. After intermission Prof. Carr took the subject of "The Child in the Upper Grades.” When a boy gets fifteen years old he is in the period of supreme awkwardness. He has great imaginations. He thinks of becoming rich, of running for office, and even becoming president. We fail to take in the situation, and do not know how to deal with the boy. When a boy gets in this stage he is much different than he was in his primary stage. He becomes more stylish in his dress. This is the age when the most people are converted. Nine-tenths of the conversions are before the people are twenty-one years of age. This is the grand age. This is the age that boys go to war. He speaks of the boys at this age so that we may know how to deal with the boys. If we go to the penitentiary we will find that it is filled with young men, for there are many pitfalls for the young man. Here are some of the pitfalls, gambling is the one that leads most boys to ruin, drinking is another. Mr. Carr explained why it is that most great men come from the farm. It is because he is taught to work, and at night to take his sleep. The town boy gets up town to loaf, and thev hear the scandals of the world. The tobacco store is a place on which the Devil cannot improve much.’for this is where the boys go to loaf, and hear these bad stories. Mr. Carr gave a talk from which everyone in the audience could surely profit. Noon. Afternoon session liegan by a recitation by Prof. Brown. Mrs. Boucher then took up her subject. "English." She said the following books should be purchased: "The Crisis" and "To Have and to Hold.” She gave a drill on synonvms. then gave a lesson on the poem: "Charge of the Light Brigade." Prof. Carr then asked to exort on the subject from which Mrs. Boucher just talked. Rest. Mrs. Boucher gaie a special number after this rest. Mr. Brown followed with his subject on "Drawing." This time he gave an actual lesson in drawing. Prof. Carr, began his talk by toasting Mr. Brandyberry. for bis excellent introduction. His subject was "The School and the Community.” He said that the teacher gets the best pay of any servant in the community. He gave the light and dark side of the school question. He then discussed the unity of school and community. The reason we some-

times fail is becouse we are not pre I pared. If such is the case we should | profit by this speech. It is sometimes in the fault of the community that them is not union. Some community wants a certain teacher because he be longs to a certain political party, a lodge or is related to some one m the community. He thinks that teachers should lx* employed only on their merits. This was an excellent speech for school boards. Roll call showed enrollment of 182. Mr. Brown then favored us with a solo. WEDNESDAY MORNING. Devotional was conducted by G. H. Laughrey, then Prof. Carr rehearsed some of bis yesterday s talk, after which he talked on, “Some Things That We Should Do.” We should Ire able to teach, and to govern. He says that every school has a leader, and if we can capture him we have accomplished much, or if we can capture the followers there will be no one to follow the leader. We should have faith in the people. Have faith that shows itself in our work. A teacher ought also to be courteous to her pupils. The school room is a place where the child should be eared for. He told us how to deal with the patron who comes to us with a grievance, and what we should do if we have a visitor. He thinks that the preacher and the editor could do much to help the teacher. The gist of the talk was how to get along with the pupils and patrons. After a short rest Prof. Brown took up his subject of "Music." He savs that we should make the sounds naturallv. It should beeon. 4 a part of us, it'should be natural. He gave another drill in music, by singing some songs out of "Uncle Sams School Singers." Mrs. Boucher began her talk bv telling how we should j keep our school rooms neat. She says j we should scrub the house, decorate' it. keep a towel, soap, wash basin, and I have them used. She says this is | English, because if we keep the school' room shabby we do not need to expect to have good compositions written. Beautiful surroundings will cause better compositions. Have the pupils to write short sentences to begin with, such as a "thank" an "apology" etc. And ask questions, and have them answered in full. In the answers to these questions be carefnl about the use of "gone and went.' "see and saw. "to ana too. Ihe use of slang is not good. Have the same language for the play ground as for the school room. Mr'. Brown then gave a special number after which we were adjourned till 1:30. Afternoon. This afternoon Prof. Carr began on a new subject, "Educational Landmarks." He liegan with the "Dark Ages" when they had no books as we have now. What schools there were then were in the churches and monistaries. Few poo pie were then able to read. Thecause of the renascence were the driving of the Turks to the west, the discovery of America and the printing press. At one time it was thought that the press was one of the instruments of the Devil. The effect of the renascence was the love for literature and the establishment of a large number of schools. There were no learned women in those days. It has only been within the last century that the women have been taught. This was one of the faults of the dark period. Another fault was that they would not look to anything but Greek and Latin. The course of study at this timeconsisted of Latin, Greek. Mathematics and Philosophy. {There was no school system. Education was only for a few. not for all. This talk explained the educational system of the Dark Ages of History. Rest. Prof. Brown continued his lesson on "Drawing.” His subject was on color. He said that they use color to good effect in Indianapolis. Color begins to attract children at a very early age. In this lesson be showed a series of pictures of his own drawing. He then showed how painting was done. Mrs. Boucher then went on with the subject “English.” She dwelt some on the thought of selec tions. They do not get the thought because they do put the emphasis in the right place. It is important to train the child very young No person should pose as a teacher unless he can stand on his feet and talk intelligently at least one minute. We should teach by simile mataphor and allegory. She said that if we should develope our own ideas instead of reading it from a journal we would be doing ourselves more good. We should teach language the first two years in the reading lessons, then take it up as a special study. Roll call, song and adjournment. INSTITUTE NOTES. Enrollment to-day 173. Instructors well liked by teachers. Paper and book agents are numerous. Supt. Brandyberry has made a good selection. David Smith attended part of the session to-day. Rev. Hudson called in a few minutes this forenoon. Henry Michand.of the Berne board was with us to-day. Trustee Soidner of Monroe town ship was here to-day. Harry Hooker, a student of Taylor University visited today. J. C. Moran and D. B. Ervin visited the institute this afternoon. Gus Rosenthal is the only business man that has become a member of the institute. Labor Day Excursion. The Clover Leaf Route will sell excursion tickets account Lalxir Day at one fare for the round trip. For tickets and further information, call on kcal agent Clover Leaf Route.

Steele. Ike King is still very low with typhoid fever. G. C. McAlhaney made a business trip to Decatur Saturday. C. A. Krugh attended the K. of P. banquet at Decatur Thursday night. Quite afnumber from this place attended the quarterly meeting at Bobo last Sunday. Miss Velma Porter who has been working in Decatur, is visiting her parents at this place, Frank Porter moved to Decatur last Wednesday, where he expects to make his future home. Messrs. Merriman and Wolfe with their ladies attended Buffalo Bill's show at Portland last Thursday. Vess Campbell Jr. is the proud father of a new baby girl that arrived at his home Thursday evening. Mothand babe are doing well. Linn Grove. Isaac Falb is building an addition to the south side of his residence. Lewis Neaderhouser was visiting “old acquaintances” at Ft. Recoeery, Ohio, last week. F. A. W. Lindsey and wife and Mrs. Ellen Voris spent Sunday with Charley Fouts and wife at Bluffton. Frank Hortly, J. S. Willson. L. M. Coon and Wm. Sullivan have been added to the roster of the I. O. 0. F. lodge since our last report. Byran Dunbar of Richmond, Wisconsin. who was called here by reason of the illness and death of his father, is visiting among his kindred. Lewis Neaderhouser. Bert Heller, Albert Studler, Albert Kronin, Everet Painter, Lillie and Amelia Meschlierger, Samuel Nusbaum, Charles Reynolds and Clayton Hunt and their wives attended the Buffalo Bill show at Portland Thursdav. Two more quarries have been added at this place of late, making seven within less than one and one-half miles from town. The late parties are Lindsey <& Haecker, firm consisting of Albert Lindsey and Emanuel Haecker. while the other is owned by John Augsberger. Maglev. Our machines are busy hulling clover. George Steele is seen in town quite often. Wheat sowing and corn cutting will soon be here. The picnic at Preble Sunday was well attended. John Fulk of Decatur, was among us the first of the week. Miss Minnie Brow of near Peterson, is calling on friends here. Sam Steele has sold his farm to Mr. Taylor for the sum of §6,300, Rev. Abbott of Craigvilie. preached at the Little Vine church last Sunday night. Some of our people attended the love feast at the Dunkard church last Sunday night. John Smith and John Scherry go west quite often. They must have some attraction. Misses Minnie and Emma Ruggy of Fort Wayne, returned to their homes last Thursday. Mrs. John Bauers died after a fewdays illness, and was buried at the Shady cemetery last Friday. West Root. J. C. Eyans and 1 wife spent Friday at Decatur. Earl Butler took in the excursion to Chicago Sunday. W arren Reed was the guest of relatives at Poe. Sunday. Elmer Grimsley of Hoagland. Sundayed with Wm. P. Ruckman. John Buhler and wife of Decatur, Sundayed with Thomas E. Fisher. Wm. Hockemeyer and family Sundayed with relatives near Fort Wayne Several from this place attended the Luthrean picnic near Preble last Sudnay. J. A. Jackson and family of Ossian, Sundayed with J. A. Fuhrman and family. Chas. Fuhrman and Harry Garboden Sundayed at New Haven and Fort Wayne. James Fisher and family of Bluffton. spent Sunday with" Thos. E. Fisher and family.’ Several of our young people contemplate attending Wallace's circus at Decatur next Monday. John Mann accompanied by Dr. J. C. Grandstaff of Preble, attended the Red Men’s banquet at Monroeville last Thursday. Miss Hattie Mallouee, after a two week’s visit with Wm. P. Mallonee and family, returned to her home at ' an Wert last Monday. Pleasant Mills. Joel Roe i s again a full-fledged Pleasant Milhte. Ernest Effland Sundayed at Delphos, with his family. Mrs. I rick of Monroe, Sundayed with James Ellington and family. Rev. Cremein preached his farewell sermon at the U. B. church Sunday evening. J Milton Hower and family of Decatur, called on Honry Steele and family last Sunday. Harvey Roop returned home last week from Illinois, after an absence of several weeks. Mrs. Henry Stetler returned home from a visit at Columbus and other points in Ohio. Rev. Sherick preached a verv inter eating sermon at the Baptist 'church last bunday morning. Miss Maude Fuller of this place,

and Charles Peterson of Dee n,., united in marriage Monday eve’J® 16 Quite a number of teachers those interested in educations! auil are attending the institute at I)J? rk this week. ‘ratur Rev. Scheric of Willshire, f) b io and George Davis and family „ ’ entertained at the home of Vb n 8 McLeod last Sunday. “' D - The funeral of Wm. Comer waa Ui 4 from the M. E. church WedneK afternoon, conducted by Rev ' Interment in Pleasant Mills cemetery’. Monroe. Clarence Smith was at Decatur W Sunday. ‘ C. W. Hocker and family Sundaved at Berne. • John Badders made a business trip to Decatur Monday. 1 H. H. Hocker is here on a visit Re is attending school at Upland, sud. Making jelly and canning fruit are the occupation of most women at present. 1 A. B. Bailey and Richard Haggard accompanied by their wives, were Chicago Sunday. John Christ, Eli Hendricks and Bert Keller attended the baptising at Pleasant Mills last Saturday. Rev. Beabers of the U. B. church, preached his farewell sermon last Sunday evening at Smith’s Chapel. R. M. Scherer. Sylvester Johnson Edna Kaschbaum, C. E. Hocker and John Nelson are the Monroeites attending the institute at Decatur this week. C. W. Hocker sent word to a liveryman in Monroe to call for him at Decatur at 7 p. m. The liveryman thinking C. W. meant post master went to the postoffice and awaited his arrival through the mail. Mr. Hocker arrived at Decatur on time and duly proceeded to hire another rig to take him to Monroe, much to the disgust of all concerned. E. B. Smith, of Purdue University, arrived home last Saturday night. He holds a position at that place as professor in the mechanical department. Ed is a Monroe township bov and well may we feel proud of him as he gives universal satisfaction in the work he is engaged in. He will remain about two weeks visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Smith, and other relatives and frends. Berne. Mrs. Chris Stengle is reported doing fine. Work on the new depot is progressing nicely. Shelby Rav of Monroe, was a caller in town Sunday. Mr. Davis of Portland, was a caller in Berne Monday. Mrs. Della Sheils called on Geneva friends Sunday. E. D. Engler and Oscar Augsperger Sundayed at Bluffton. Miss Daisy Hunsicker assisted clerking at rhe Fair Saturday. Henry Stuckey and family of Decatur, visited Berne last week. J. F. Lacbot. Brook Oil Co. salesman. Sundayed with his family. Jim Sullivan returned Friday from from a business trip at Toledo. John C. Moran of Decatur, was a business caller in town Tuesday. Miss Nina Schigley of near Domestic, is visiting relatives in this city. Rufus Stuckey and Lena Adler were callers at Linn Grove Sunday. The new buggy and express wagon owned by Chas. Braun is a beauty. C. G. Egley, Daniel, Jeff ami Albert Sprunger spent Sunday at Winona Lake. D. L. Shaller entertained Mr. Frazier and family of Bluffton. Sunday. The German Reformed church of Berne will have a Mission Feast on Sept. 8. Rev. Voruholt returned home Friday from the convention held at Winona Lake. Lew Ellingham of the Decatur Democrat, made this town a pleasant call Thursday. The contract for the sewer was let on Fridav to Thompson & Case f Peoria, ill. at §7,9,30. Mr. Kelley and Miss Harriet Wertzberger of Decatur, took dinner at the Cottage Hotel Sunday. Fred Eichenberger and family returned home Wednesday from a two week’s vacation at Oden. Mr. McCreary and family of Lexington. 111., are are visiting with J. F. Lachot and family this week. The pictures taken of some of the homes in our town by Mr. Philley of Knoxville, Tenn., are very good. M. S. Michaud and wife Sundayed with P. Moser in Monroe township* An enjoyable time is reported. The Evangelical Sunday school will have a celebration two miles southeast of Berne on Thursday. The Misses Mason and Ness and Messrs Young and France of Bluffton, took supper at the Cottage Hotel Sunday. Miss Bede Liffingwell of Kinsman, Ohio, a teacher of the public schools at Berne, is attending institute at Decatur this week, David Metier of near Geneva, and Fred Lindsey of Linn Grove, have renewed their subscription to the Democrat for another year. Dr. Harry Emiek went to Linn Grove Saturday morning and returned with a swell new rig made by L; L. Dunbar. Harry says it’s a “peach. The families of Joe Stuckey, Emi Erhart, John Horsh, Wm. Metter. E. Betzner and Philip Sanders spew Wednesday along the Wabash. • nice time is reported.