Word: teaches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...choir sang; Teach Me. O Lord, Moir; Lead Kindly Light, Sullivan; O Savior of the World, Goss...
...zealous we must sacrifice ourselves, we must learn what Christ would have us do and we must then subdue our bodies to His spirit. This season of Lent is a special time for self sacrifice and so it is a good thing to give up some self-indulgence to teach our bodies that the spirit is master, and to see that we can control ourselves...
AFTERNOON SESSION.The afternoon session was opened by Superintendent Gilbert of St. Paul with a paper on the "Reconstruction of the Grammar School House." He said that it had now become a well established principle that we must teach the pupil not facts but the meaning of facts; teach him not what to do in given circumstances, but how to adapt himself to any circumstances that may arise. With any such principle, our present system is incompatible. History and geography are presented to the pupil, without ever allowing him a glimpse of their significance for his own life. He is loaded...
EVENING SESSION.The first speaker of the evening was Dr. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education at Washington. He took for his subject "What do school statistics teach in respect to moral influence of education." Dr. Harris gave many interesting statistics concerning convicts, in the prisons of the United States, in regard to their moral and intellectual education and showed that learning did not tend to increase crime...
...What do School Statistics teach in respect to the Moral Influence of Education? William T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education, Washington...