TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3828, 26 July 1927, Page 52

TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE.

A general meeting of the Dunedin subbranch of the Otago Educational Institute was held on Friday last. Air A. Thomson presided over a very large attendance of members, and in his opening remarks extended a welcome to Alcssrs G. AV. C. AlacDonald and G. Turner, and to fi lends of teachers who were present. Reference was made to the loss which the educational world had suffered by the passing away of the late Air 1\ Goyen, who had helped to mould education in Otago and elsewhere. Th.? chairman moved a motion of condolence with the relatives of Air Goyen, the meeting standing in silence. The correspondence included a circular letter from the sectc-> tary of the New Zealand Educational Institute dealing with married women teachers, dangers of sectional votin<» an 1 the Education Department’s pioposed scheme of non-payment of bursaries to new entrants to training colleges. lhe chief attraction of the meeting was an address on “Eurythmics” by Aliss Hur /t, a visiting English teacher. Aliss Hurst handled her subject in a most capable style, and. with the aid of suitable pianoforte music, showed how musical appreciation can begin with vounchildren, “ time ” and “ notation of music being introduced to make a groundwork for the more advanced work of the upper standards. Miss Hurst briefly sketched the history of the subject, and although a full teaching course in eurythmics took about three years to P, la^ ter ' 111 than an hour Aliss Hurst SKiHully outlined the basic principles of this delightful modern phase of musicl education. Aliss Hurst was accorded a very hear tv v <rte of thanks for her interesting anil able demonstration. The next meeting of the sub-branch will be held on Inday. August 16. when Afr ” ’ '’ ’lson, of Maori Hill School, will lead a discussion on “Teaching of History in Primary Schools.”