Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-03

will be emptied of the black race in five years,
New England in ten, and thus the north will
be rid of the negroes.
6. Lovers of liberty throughout the world
will rejoice.
And finally, the four million slaves will
have reason TO bless the policy. Sweet is lib"
erty to all-black as well as white. In the
name OF God, since the duty of saving the ma
ton forces this policy upon us, let us rejoice
that this JOY Of liberty is given to this despised
and down-trodden race. Heaven will rejoice,
all true men will rejoice. Rebellion now in
vites the Sow, and shall we hesitate to strike?
Right, justice, liberty, all say no.
The discourse occupied one hour and TWEEN
yone minutes in its delivery and was listened
to attentivey by very large audience. Our
space will not allow longer sketch.
WORCESTER COUNTY TEACHERS AssoCIA-
TIoN.-At the meeting of the association Fri
day evening, Mr.. Lombard explained more
fully the advantages of the apparatus for
teaching geography, presented by Mr.. Prem
| tice, and then proceeded to the discussion of
the next topic upon the programme" Object
! Teaching" This topic was Familiarity and
clearly presented by Mr.. Lombard. Rev. B.
G. Northrup followed, sustaining the views of
Mr.. Lombard, and impressing the Importance
of object teaching, referring to some of its re-
suits as witnessed by him at Toronto and Os-
wego. He said he had CALLED the attention of
the teachers of an institute to the question of
the height of the building in which they had
met, and some Of them thought it was ten feet
high, others estimated it at fifty, seventy-five,
one hundred, and one went as high as three
hundred and fifty. Rev. Mr.. Jones, superin-
tendent of the schools of Worcester also
spoke of the importance of object teaching;
but he thought there was a difficulty in find
ing objects. Teachers should not attempt,
however, to teach too much at one time. The
great thing to be aimed at, is to interest pu-
pils-in acquiring knowledge, SO that they will
go on and educate themselves. Prof. W. A.
Greene was then invited to occupy short
time IN reading, and delighted the audience
| by reading g We are Seren," ''The Burial of
SIR John Moore" and ''The PassionS.'
DIR. George B. Emerson was then intro
duced, who expressed his sympathy with the
work of the association, and particularly with
! young teachers. He spoke of the great i'm
portance of the work of teaching, as q work
in which every one who is fitted for it, should
feel it the greatest possible privilege to en-
gage.
Saturday morning the association met at
nine o'clock, and the report of the committee
on nomination of officers reported the follow
ing list, which was adopted President, j. X.
Lombard of Worcester; vice presidents, c.
G. G. Paine of Worcester, C. w. Carter of
Fitchburg NJ c. Stebbins of Clinton; secre-
tary and treasurer H. E. Rockwell of Mill
bury; executive committee, J. II. Newton of
Worcester, Nathaniel Eddy Of Oxford, and
II. L. Reed of Grafton.
The subject Of phonetic analysis as pre-
scented by IL. L. Rockwell Of Millbury, which
was followed by an excellent lecture on ''7he
Characteristics Of the Lire Teacher" by Mr..
G. G. G. Paine of Worcester.
The subject of etymology was next on the
programme, and was assigned to H. r. Greene
of Worcester but the time was SO far ex-
hausted that he was obliged to omit much of
the interesting matter he had prepared.
Mr.. Northrop expressed his pleasure at the
presentation of the topics discussed by
Messrs. Rockwell and Greene and hoped
they would be taken up again at future
meeting.
The following resolutions were adopted =
Resolved, that the thanks of this association are
rendered to the officers of the Fitchburg and WOr-
cester and Worcester and Norwich railroads. for
the usual reduction OF fare upon these roads, for
those in attendance upon this meeting; to the peo-
pie of Oxford for their liberal hospitayi to the
gentlemen from abroad who have favored us with
their presence aud with the benefits of their exper
fence, viz; DIR. Emerson OF the board of education,
Rev. Mr. Northrop the agent OF the board, Mr.
Bigelow OF Birmingham, l'roi. Greene of w orces-
ter, Mr.. Prentiss of W Orcester and Others and to
the members OF the association who have favored
us with essays and remarks contributing to the in
terest and to the profit of the meeting.
ResolV ed, that We indebted to Mr. Hunt the
cnlerprsiug principal of the Sycamore street gram
mar school in Worcester, and to the members OF his
school, who gave an interesting exhibition of gym
naslic anu caishenic exercises before the assoca-
| ton.
| Resolved, that the general good humor and fa-
miliar manner of our late presiding Othcer, IL. X.
| Greene Esq, have contributed much to the ease
| and attractiYeness of our meetings and that We
heartily recognize the able manner in which lie has
| discharged tile duties OF the office.
Resolved, that in the Globe Substitute, exhibited
and explained by Mr. Prentiss of Worcester, We
recognize valuable acquisition to our facilities for
teaching geography furnishing for less than title
| of the cost nearly every advantage of a globe, of
| the same diameter; that its beauty, its simplicity,
its distinctness and its strength combined with its
portable character and its cheapness, recommend it
to every teacher in every grade of school, and make
| it worthy of universal Introduction.
Resolved, that the usefulness of this association
| would be greatly enhanced by larger attendance
particularly of the male teachers OF this county,
and by more active participation III its exercises
| by the ladies.
Resolved, that we will individually, employ all
the means i'll our power to effect an improvement in
these particulars,
II. r. Greene, Esq, of Worcester, was ap-
pointed to give lecture at the next meeting
of the association.
On motion of Mr.. Paine of Worcester, it
was agreed to appoint six ladies to write es-
says to be read at the next meeting, and Miss
es A. Ayres, S. Lamb, and E. Palmer of Wor-
cester, Miss l.. w. Kent of Leicester, Miss
Eliza Trask of Fitchburg, and Miss A. L..
Maynard of Millbury were appointed.
Mr. George N. Bigelow, principal of the
birmingham Normal School, was chosen as
the reader of the essays.
Hon. Nathaniel Eddy made some appro-
pirate closing remarks in behalf of the citi-
zens of Oxford, and then the association
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