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Excerpt from Proceedings of the California State Teachers' Institute, and Educational Convention: In Session in the City of Sacramento, From Tuesday, September 23, to Friday, September 26, 1862 The President said, that as securing the attention of pupils during recitations was one of the most important duties of the Teacher, a narration of the various methods employed by mem bers to attain this desideratum might not be uninteresting. Iie desired the members of the Institute to consider themselves assembled in class-meeting, and to speak their views freely. To break the ice, he would call on S. A. Smith, of Sacramento, to give his experience. Mr. Smith said his plan of securing attention was to direct his class to remain perfectly silent and regard him. He would then direct his glance toward the pupil whom he desired to an. Swer the question. John Graham said he secured attention in Spelling recitations by sending a number of pupils to the black-board. Having them to write the same words or sentences on it. And then change positions and mark corrections in each other's work. A. L. Fuller. Of Tuolumne, said he arose to inquire the views of members as to the expediency of employing. In large Um graded Schools, some of the larger pupils to teach the less advanced ones. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.