Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-01-23

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The Thirteenth Annual Meeting -, held il
Rutland on the 18th and was a very success
ful and interesting one. About 100 teacher
were rre-ent from all parts of the State
more than twice ~ many as at the la,t meet
ms We eoudense the following from tho
official report in the Rutland Herald
The Association met on Wednesday cyer-
ing when an address WAS delivered by Rev.
Norman Seaver of Rutland to which responses
were made ty tiessrs Winslow;o Pittsford,
and Yates, Of Bennington. The meeting
was then resolved by the President into Il
committee Of the whole, for the discussion of
various topics, and the remainder Of the
evening vas spent IN social conference.
On Thursday Rev Pliny White, Presiden,
pro TEN, announced the appointment of Com
mittees as follows
OS BusISEss.-B. F. Winslor, of Pittsford,
J. D. wiekbam. Of Manchester. J. s. sPaulding,
of Barre
To NOMINATE OTEIcERs,-D. " Camp, "a. Of
Derby. G. W. Yates. Of Bennington, B. 7. Bing-
ham, West Rutland
On The PLACE OF TIE SExi MEErHG.--F, W.
0lmstead, of Bridport, l. y. Camp, Of Burning
ton, A. T. Howard, Of Brattleboro.
To PROCURE YEw MENBERs-Albert E. La
aelle, Of Pittsfeldi J. T. White, Of Wallingford,
Miss Harriet G. Thomas, Of C1ttingsvillc.
Mr. Chas. Parmenter, Of Mount Holly. 80
appointed Assistant Secretary.
Rev R. S Howard Of Rutland delivered an
address on the two ways Of teaching, pour
ing in and " drawing cut" "The proper
method of teaching English Grammar" was
discussed for the remainder Of the morning
session.
In the afternoon the Associ IN listened
to an address hy Prof. VI. II. Buckham,
Of the Universits Of Vermont. on the
subject" The Supplementary Work Of the
Schools" The speaker urged that education
is not the teaching and learning a few things
out Of text books, but the preparation Of the
BODY and the soul II be, to do, and to enjoy
the utmost God has placed within our reach. -
The agencies appointed to do this work we're /
various Tho Most prominent are the Family, |
the State, and the Church, each having speci- |
&c duties to perform Tor every man but all .
performing them imperfectly, through the
fault partly Of the teacher, partly of the
learner. The school must aim at giving an
education oomplete rs far as i goe', physical,
moral. religious, to every pupil.
To this it must supplement the imperfect
work devolvine originally upon the Family,
the State. the Church. The speaker called
attention to several particulars requiring this
work, physical education, the
culture Of the senses, the training Of the or
sans Of speech, the working up Of deficiencies
in previous mental discipline. manner, mo.
rails, especially the paramount virtue OF ODE
ience and religion.
\ paper was read by Hon. Chas. Northeid,
q Connecticut. ON the " History Of the pro-
,rcss of education in America ''
Tnc business committee introduced the
subject Of What methods Of instruction
will most successfully lead pupils to original
investigation for discussion, and called
upon Mr. Secretary Adams who spoke till
he end OF the session.
In the evening Mr. : Il. Colby OF Mont
-,ller delivered a most excellent address on
. The True Culture for Americans" inter-
perscd with appropriate selections from
Burns and other authors.
Thursday morning. an address was dcliv-
red by Hiram orcutt, Esq.. of Brattleboro,
N School Discipline, urging i-s importance, ,
lot only AZ a necessity Of the school, hut to
nculcste the idea, important through life, of
-sneral o5cdic1ce 10 i1lr. The address vas
ollJved by discussion Of the subject \ :
Was passed recommending the
Vermont Scbool Journal to the teachers Of the
tate as worthy Of support.
In the afternoon the nominating commit.
ee reported the following list of officers, who !
Sere elected. 4
FOR President-Rev Pliny II. White Of Coventry.
FOR Tice PresdeGf-B T winslow Of Pittsford
FOR Recording SseretGry--D. G. Moore Of Rut-
land.
For Treasurer-A T. Howard of Brattleboro'
FOR -iuditor-M Burbank of Ludlow.
Tor Ereeafire Comnittes-J. s Spaulding Of
Barre; Eli Ballou of Montpelier; C. c. Parker /
of Waterbury.
Corresponding SeeTefaries- i