Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-06-23

of Rutland, was held at Poultney on
Friday and Saturday of last week. The
exercises were opened with prayer by B.
+. Winslow of Pittsford. Mr. j. s. Adams,
Secretary of the Vermont Board of Edu-
cation, under whose superintendent the
Institutes are held, then announced the
plan he proposed to follow, and the sub
jects to be discussed during the session,
which were as follows; The best method
OF teaching grammar, arithmetic and
geography, the use of the dictionary to
the scholar, together with various other
topics connected with the school. The
discussions were conducted principally
by Mr.. Adams, with more than usual in
terest to those present. On Thursday
evening Mr.. Adams delivered an able
and interesting address on the union of
the Vermont Colleges, and on Friday
evening considered the more general in
terests of the schools. On Saturday
forenoon Mr.. Winslow (who had been in
the employ of the Paymaster General at
Washington during the past year, ad-
dressed the Institute relating his expe-
rience in visiting the Vermont soldiers
in the hospitals at Washington. Though
the scenes which he described were pain
full indeed, yet they did not fail to awak-
en- in the hearts of those present a great
er zeal in the training Of. those who are
to receive and defend the Institutions for
which such unparalleled sacrifices are
now being made The number present was
from $50 to 200. for which entertainment
was freely given by the citizens of Poult-
ney. We may here say that the lnstl-
tute owes much OF its success to the un-
firing efforts of Henry Clark, superin-
tendent of schools, of Rev. j. Newman,
president of the Ripley Female College,
and Joseph Joslin, to provide places of
entertainment for the members from
abroad. At the close, resolutions ex-
pressive of the feelings of the Institute
were offered by committee appointed
for that purpose, upon which remarks
were made by several members of the
Institute, and replied to by Messrs. Clark
and Joslin After the adoption of the
resolutions and few parting words
from Mr.. Adams, the Institute adjourned.
The following are the resolutions
adopted:
Resolved, 1st, That the thanks of the
| Institute be rendered to the citizens of
| poultney for their cordial and hospitable
| entertainment furnished us on this oc-
| casion, and the assurance that we shall
| ever hold them in pleasing remembrance.
| Second, That we herewith express our
thanks to our Secretary Mr.. Adams, for
his continued and untiring efforts to ad-
vance the cause of education in our
midst and throughout the state, and we
assure him that we shall not fail to ap-
| preciate his instructions and endeavor
to profit by them.
Third, That we also tender thanks to
the officers of the Rutland and Burling-
lington railroad for the reduction of fare
on said road in order to favor those at
tending the Institute.
Fourth, That our thanks be also given
/
with music on this occasion.
| Fifth, That we, the teachers of Rutland
county, do hereby tender our sincere
thanks to the brave soldiers of Vermont
who have gone forth to battle and lay
down their lives in defense of our ecu
cational institutions and common coun-
try, and with more than Spartan valoI
have met and dispersed the mercenary
hordes of the so called Southern Confed-
eracy, and endured suffering with that
bravery which only patriots in the de-
tense of q nations liberty will encounter
When danger gathered like storm cloud
on the land of our nativity, you, clad in
the accoutrements of war, sprang to hel
defense When the rights of enslaved
humanity were assailed and the emblem
of our national character insulted, yoJ
with ready hands and willing hearts
were among the first to encounter anC
the most heroic to endure. And may
He who presides over the destiny of ma
tions carry you triumphantly through
to enjoy the liberty of the institutions
J you are transmitting to posterity by
: your unparalleled valor. G.R.H.
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