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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1883)
8 jective and an adverb, and probably . ^Educational department. •—-------- '"’"W V ———------- - with the same breath mispronounce, KK .FW O B, W, B, Mr many "words, amf nscTrpiural rel a- All matter intendad for • thia department tive after a singular antecedent, or should be handed or sent to Prof. W. E. Yates, a singular subject with a plural Monmouth, Oregon. verb. If his attention is called to The readers of the C hristian the inaccuracy, he readily admits H erald are solicited to give an ex the mistake, and spealcs as if that is pression to any thoughts upon edu of small importance, forgetting that cational topics which they may wish the imitative mind is influenced to discuss in these columns. more by the use made by the lan- — noble one. One which is becoming more and more scientific. Andit is growing to be a necessary auxili ary to education that teachers and and parents make themselves ac- ‘qu'à'Tnted with the advanced meth- nds.,of.,inatruciinuQLtlm. may be a good way for people to discuss through a family journal the subjects in whlcTi they are interest- L ed»......... . ...—..... ‘ - -------------------------------------------------------------- Teaching English Grammar. 1 I Í I -T ... ✓ ’ * * i *4 The subject of the study of Eng lish giammar is to gain a knowl- edge of the correct use of the Eng- -------- lish language: The student desires to learn to speak and write the ' " “ language correctly.' ITTi~e~bad never heard any but good English he would now know how to speak it rightly, and his work would be to learn the written form of it only. . How much better it would be if the child had learned by imitation to , use correctly the language from his parents arid teachers, and would not now liave "to spend so much tuEe ih trying to unlearn that which has become so firmly implanted in his mind. He would have to use the language as he learned it. But as it is he is put to studying his lan guage, when he enters school, by learning the nouns, pronouns, sub jects, absolutes, diagrams, transi tives, masculines, independents, possessives, cases, unipersonal, etc. All being done to give him rules by which he can detect poor English when he hears it. He learns the __ rules in the grammar, and is_ sur prised that he can not speak by rule. H® gets discouraged and thinks the study dry and valueless. It is probably useless to regret the frequent use of poor English, and the great labor consequently bestowed in trying to correct faulty speech learned. Yet it does seem that parents and especially teachers should be more accurate, and not make such glaring blunders in the use of the language they try to teach the students to use correctly. The teacher will often dwell long upon the discrimination between an ad- ... — The child is very apt to take the teacher as a model. He is sure to learn customs rather than rules. ’ It may be the parents are excus- al^T' ’TLey’arKTTthey useTlie very 4>est. language iiwdl-plaeeay--aad~AL all times they are able. But the teacher is in no wise justifiable in any inaccuracy of speeeh. If he does not have good use of the language, the science and art of which he proposes to teach, he should either acquire such use, or abandon the profession. Since there is so much poor Eng lish-used in -the presence of the children, it might be a good plan for parents to bring good literature among them, and encourage them in reading it. A father or mother by reading and hearing the children read story papers or any select liter ature adapted to them, can teach- * them a better use of the English language in evenings of one winter, than a teacher can in many years oftrairrm^’m -------------—».. .. 1" ..... ' ~ .. ............ .............. • School Notes from Monmouth. School progressing. Students arriving daily. Teachers good natured. Eld. D. M. Doty lectured in the chapel on last Wednesday, on the School System of Kansas. If is lec ture was very entertaining. __ Citizens of Monffiouth have shown th® interest they manifest in the school work ; almost every day last week we were greeted by visitors ; and nothing speaks better than this. President Stanley has been absent from some of his classes, during the past week, on account of the illness of his little son, Claude. On last Friday the Vespertine Society met for the purpose of re organization. ■ Miss A. Butler acted as president pro tem. After due' organization, the society elected the following officers for the ensuing term : President, Miss A. Butler; Vioafjas., Mias. Jennie Bu.shnfill; Secretary, Miss Millie Doughty; Cor. Sec., Miss Alice Bowman; Critic, Miss Esther Goodman; Mar shal, Miss Lena Dicus; Reporter, Miss Peek. On the eve. of the same day, the Hesperian Society elected the fol lowing officers: President, Jay Secretary, P. Powell; Treasure, A. and they have about 20 members. It is hoped that nearly all the students will join either one of these socijEfres as tlrry gì vr a“disc’pîmù which is necessary for every student. at 6:30 A. M., and will adjourn at TT5r—If "well attended;" othefiT wilL be held at such points as will be easy of access to a fair number of teachers. F rank R igler , County Sup’t. The Southern Exposition. The Southern Exposition at Louisville was opened August 1st., by President Arthur, and will con- ■fhnm’ fw one hundred days. It was organized entirely by Louisville people, who subscribed nearly $300,000 to put the enter prise on its feet. This was done in the fall of 1882. jf was at first proposed Tô make O r , "Oct. 4, 1883. To the Teachers of Polk county: The fall terms having commenced in most of the districts of the county, it is thought desirable to do some thing in the’ way of comparing methods and experiences, at the outset. For this purpose, I have ton exhibition, but this idea was abandoned, and the Exposition was planned to make it embrace all that pertained to the development of the- South. From the first the idea that the Exposition was a local enter-_ prise was eliminated and it was given a truly national character.___ The Exposition is larger than any other ever hdd in America, except th® Centennial, and in some respects is more perfect than that was, as for Ihatancv. in the Machinery-Depart ment. Thd main building is 900 by 500 feet, arid covers thirteen acres of ground. The annexes are num erous and large. The saw mill an nex is 400 by 75 feet, and the annex for the display of. wagomL aud car riages is 250 by 100. The Art Gal- ers, working in the south end of the county, at the school house in South Independence on Saturday, Oct. 13. All who can possibly do so, are cor dially invited to attend. The busi ness of the meeting will be to dis cuss informally the best methods of teaching Reading, Arithmetic and English Composition. No leaders have been appointed, and all will have an opportunity to state any difficulties they have met with or any discoveries they have made. Such meetings are believedto be a necessary supplement to the work of the regular institute. They are not intended to map out work for the ideal school, but to do what can be done in meeting the difficulties of the actual schools in this county. Many excellent methods presented in books and ventilated at institutes require, for their successful use, ap paratus not found in most of our school houses. We will discuss more of these; but consider rather how we can best work with such tools as the people have given us. The meeting will begin promptly markable of the annexes. The exhibition of machinery has never been equaled, the display of agricultural machinery being par ticularly perfect. In every branch of mechanics the latest inventions are exhibited. One half of one of the main aisles, that is nearly a sixth of the ground floor of the main building, is devoted to textile work ing machinery, and there every process of working cotton and wool may be seen. __ The display of electric lights is the largest ever made ifi the world. ' In the main building alone there are 4,G00 Edison incandescent lights of sixteen candle power each. Forty miles of copper wire weighing 40,- 000 pounds, are required for the Edison lights. In addition, there are incandescent lights of the United States and others companies in the main building. The carriage annex is lighted with United States arc lights, and the park and courts with the Jenny arc lights, each of 2,000 candle power. Over Fourth and Sixth streets, at the Exposition en- Last Sunday afternoon quite a students tookad vantage of the pleasant weather by visiting the famous “ Cupids*Knoll.” They were all pleased with the trip, and have come to the conclusion that no one ought to judge of the scenery of Monmouth, unless they have visited the “ Knoll.” S tudent . Institute I ND EPENDENCE, » u. I.