Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-26
AFTERNOON,

AFTERNOON. g.
At the opening OF tie alIeenooh %
sion, Mr.. G. W. Merrill, hon tho CON
mittee on nominations, presented the fol
lowing list of officers, who were elected
President y. s. Spaulding, LII. d
Barre.
Vice President-Edward Ocuaat Ran
dolph.
Recording Secretary Il Y. Fsrri,
Windsor.
Corresponding Secretary Henry CLARK
Rutland.
/ Treasurer-O. 81. Kile, vergennes.
/ Executive Committee-D. D. Gorham
Montpelier N. II. Buckham, Burling
ton; r. G. Williams, Castleton.
| The place of the next meeting wa,
fixed at Springfield, in January next; the
time to be fixed by the executive com.
mittee.
After other routine of business the dis.
cussion on grammar was resumed. Rev
Lewis A. Austin, Principal of Burr &
Burton Seminary at Manchester, gave his
views of the proper methods of teaching,
believing that too little time was general.
ly devoted to grammar by the teacher.
He would teach it as the Latin and Greek
were taught-by seeking derivation, etc.
mology and the real meaning of words
and their relation to each other. An hour
at least should be faithfully devoted to
the class, and the Same thoroughness and
method pursued as in the study of the
foreign languages.
Mr.. Goodrich of Burlington, followed
with some very important ard practical
suggestions relative to the study and
method of teaching grammar
AT three o'clock, Mr.. o. II. Kile, Prin-
cipal of the Vergennes Graded School,
was introduced, and proceeded to deliver
an earnest. practical lecture on teaching
and educational matters in general He
happily illustrated. in commencing, the
want OF qualifications Of many teachers
in our schools, giving his views of the
course to be pursued, to obtain competent
and qualified teachers through the medi-
um of onr Normal Schools The speaker
naeanaess of the Legislature of Vermont,
in reference to it's appropriation for edu-
cational purposes. His criticisms might
be applied, perhaps, with force to larger
States. but his strong language did injus-
tice to our Legislators. That they done
all they should do, is admitted, but that
they are open to such Incorporate denun-
citation as the speaker gave is questiona-
Bile. The people at home are more at fault
than the lawmakers. Educate public senti-
ment at home, and then your Legislature
will do what the people demand Every step
of progress that has yet been made upon
the subject of appropriations for school
purposes, in our Legislature, has received
in majority of the towns, severe denun-
citation, and several within our know
ledge have lost a reelection because thay
voted money from the public Treasury
for Normal Schools and other educational
projects.
In 1869, it was only by the earnest eff
forts of the friends of education and by a
small majority, that the Office of Score
Try of the Board of Education and the
Board itself was not abolished, and this
opposition was made under the leader
hip of the present Lieutenant Governor
II Vermont. While Mr.. Kile's state
nents were. in the main, just, still the
ault should not be all laid at the door of
he Legislature; but that the people are
ably deficient in their appreciation
4 the wants of our public schools. Our
legislators have done little enough for the
ause of education in Vermont, but the
eope behind them are in measure re-
ponsible, for they are constantly demand ,
lg that the Legislature should do leAs
ather than more. We agree with the
oeaker in reference to the parsimony of
the State in educational affairs, yet JUS :
ce should be done to the law makers and !:
portion of the responsibility placed !,
here it belongs. Let the public senti-
ent of all our people in both our large
I'D small communities, be directed in !,
lat direction, and the difficulty will !.
} avoided and liberal appropriations
i'll come to all our educational institu-
ons from the State. We do not make r
lese remarks for the purpose of criticising
r. kile's lecture, but that the seeming
lrsimony of the State may be fully un- )
'rstood by him and others :.
The lecture of Mr.. kile was cordially re- ::
lived by his audience, and was well writ
n and delivered and left impressions for
'od, and we wish we had a thousand more
earnest and effective workers in the cause =
education as our friend shows himself 20
be. An abstract of the address would u
il to do it justice, but it was SO full of ~
luable hints and practical application :"
at anything short of the whole would =
t satisfy the reader. :"
At the conclusion of the address, gen. ~
Il remarks on the subject Of teaching o.
d education was made by Rev Mr.. u
ilder, of Charlotte, and G. w. Merrill, al
Montpelier. III
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