Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1912 — Oeunty Institute in Session. [ARTICLE]

Oeunty Institute in Session.

The' County Institute opened on 7, at the Methodist church with a fair-sized crowd in attendance. The meeting was opened with “America,” led by Miss Lyravine Votaw of Chicago, accompanied on the piano by Miss Tinkhara. Following this devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Parrett of the Presbyterian church. Then followed “Auld Lang Syne” and “Star Spangled Banner,” and a talk to the teachers by Superintendent Lamßon. There was then an intermission of fifteen minutes during which the teachers renewed old acquainances and became acquainted with newcomers. Professor L. A. Pittinger of the University Training School of Bloomington, Indiana, then spoke to the Institute, using as his eu'bject, “The Purpose of Teaching English Literature,” He says the purpose of teaching literature is to cause people to appreciate the good things of life and to appreciate beauty. The* love of the almighty dollar is eo strong that people have no time to appreciate literature. A teacher in the grades or in the high school should strive to get the pupil into a condition to appreciate such writers as Shakespeare, and the writers of the Bible. After a short intermission Professor George Herbert Betts of Cornell College, Mount Vernon, lowa, gave a very interesting talk on the “Question of Attitude Toward Teaching.” He sayb that the. value of a teacher lies not so much in the learning' that he or she has, but in I the attitude they take toward the pupils. Anything that we wish to I impress upon the minds of children or other people we muts first make concrete In out own lives. The : life of a child is not so much formed by theories as by the Lives ol people. * i j The institute adjourned at 3:'sG until yesterday morning. i ■ Read The Democrat for news.