Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-31

regarded attention to manners as one
of the most direct methods by which
to turn away this danger. He advo
Gated the reading the New Testament
in all our schools, not as religious
but as reading exercise, as ftted.to
lay the foundations of good behavior.
and he would also have in the schools
for constant use a suitable text book
of good manners, not as manual of
etiquette which varies with times
and places, but as a guide to the
principles upon which good MANNERS
everywhere and always rest.sinooA
Following him Prof. Buckham, of
Burlington, delivered a lecture upon
"What is Practical Education 2" This
was the production of a master, and
its impression will not soon be effaced
from the minds of those who heard it.
He laid down the proposition at the
start that none were in favor of an
impractical education. but said that
his theme discovered the differ ence of
opinion that really existed. He then
proceeded to show the fallacy of that
view of what is practical education
which contemplates the training the
mind for one avocation alone, making
all education but professional or bust
ness education. He then unfolded
and ably sustained his own view of
practical education which contemplat
ed the broadcast and most harmoni
Gus culture possible, preparing the
man to acquire and use professional
or other skill most readily and sue
cessfully, and enabling him to be tn,
most of man in all the higher a
we'll as lower relations of his man
hood. To hear such a lecture at an,
time is a treat; to hear and heed il
in season would cause many a one
who is now drifting away from hi
proper destiny, to turn to a tru'
deal and realize what it is to live.
Prof. Kellogg occupied Frida,
evening with lecture upon "Th
Diseases and Misuse of the Mind.
II his own racy and popular style h
treated his subject. Speaking MI
moriter with no impeachment Of MANI
! script or notes, he held the audienc,
in rapt attention from first to last
To attempt an analysis of such LEI
ture would be to do it injustice. 1t
excellence lay more in the method o
unfolding the points upon which
touched, than in the novelty of Ii
points themselves. The general r
marks of those who heard it ma
serve our purpose better than an
formal expression of ours could. O
every hand we heard it said: 9Th
alone is worth all the effort or e:
pense | have been at to enjoy tt
meetings of the association"
I Thus from first to last the sessiC
of the association was of constal
and increasing interest. Blemisht
there were to the occasion as the
are almost always. Some men mao
themselves too prominent, and othe
were too retiring for the satisfactiC
Of the auditors. Some imposed up(
the hospitality of our citizens, wi
, not only were not interested at {
: in the association, save as it ga
5 them an opportunity for good tin
: but to all appearance had never be
p interested enough in schools or a
/ other source Of instruction to lea
l. how to behave in public, or in priva
o But upon the whole the meeting W
It a success, and those who enjoyed
IS feel that it well repaid them for til
ii and trouble. From the first foreno
1t the sessions were crowded often
d discomfort. Over two hundred p,
= pie were entertained by the citizt
IL of Barton, and still there was ro
IN for more. The next annual sessi
II is to be held at Castleton at ST
time as the Executive Committee sh
le designate.