Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-01
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
Vermont state Teachers AssOcia=
o. tions

VERMONT state Teachers AssOcia-
O ton.
The twenty second annual meeting o;
the Vermont State Teachers Association
assembled atthe High School Hall, al
laiddlebury, on Thursday morning, al
% o'clock. Iii the absence Of the Presi-
dont, Rev. Or, Geo. n Weber, OF
NSddlehpry, first vice-president, occu-
pied the chair; Judah Dana, secretary.
Prager was offered by Rev. r. G.
Williams, principal of the State Normal
CJsckpol at Castleton-
Rev DR.. Weber welcomed the Asso-
citation to Middlebury and the hospitali-
cites Of i8 c1tizera.
o AT $50, a discussion took place on
proper Mental and Physical Devel-
opn0nt, which was opened by Prof. A..
~. Sanborn, principal of Middlebury
Graded School. The further discussion
Of the sebject was continued by Judah
DaGa principal of Rutland High School,
ReGqAewis 4. Austin, of Burr and Bur-
ton Seminary at Manchester, Mr.. John
san of Wallingford Graded School, Rev
&. G. Williams, II. II. Shaw of Spring
= field High School, and Rev. H. D. Kitch-
ell, d. D., President of Middlebury Col
lege, and Prof Parker of the college.
The presiding officer announced the
Following committees;
On BuSiness-H. II. Shaw, j. s. Spaul-
ding, A J. Sanborn.
On Nominations-J. S. Cilley, L. A.
Austin, Austin Johnson.
At this point, Rev. j. E. Goodrich,
principal of Kimball Union Academy at
.Meriden, N. H., the President, formerly
of Burlington, entered the room and was
received with manifestations of applause.
ON taking the chair, he briefly addressed
The Association.
O At 1920, discussion on "The Town
sSrsas the District System" ensued,
which was opened by Jacob s Spaulding,
LII. D., principal of Barre Academy. He
was followed by DR.. c. L. Case of Bran
don, Prof. Webber, Edward Conant of
Randolph.
A forcible and we'll written essay, pre-
senting some well considered thoughts,
by Miss Ellen c. Hunt of MidAlebury,
Closed the literary exercises of the morn
ing session.
'She business committee reported
resolution recommending that the Legis- |
lature change theaoffice of Town Super
intendent to that ST County Superinten-
dent.
Pew. r. G.. Williams advocated the .
adoption of the resolution, and A. f.
Leavenworth, of New Haven, opposed |
1t. The resolution was then laid on the
table for further consideration.
AFTERNOON.
At the opening of the afternoon SEES
sion, discussion on practical Arith-
metic, written and mental" ensned, and
was opened by Mr. Dana.
AZ 2.10. an address entitled "A Plea
for culture, was delivered by j. E. Ran
kin, of st. Johnsbury, late secretary of
the Board of Education. We are com
PEELED to defer a report at this writing,
abut desire to say that it was one of the
most finished, able and cultured papers
it has ever been our fortune to listen to
from any platform in Vermont eyincing
u rich, ripe, scholarly culture and taste
on the part Of its author, which fully en-
titles him to plead for culture. Would
that we had more cultured men like Mr..
Rankin in the State, and we are gratifisd
that he will plead for culture among our
people, himself an eminent example
The address was followed by discus
sion on ''Reading How it can best be
taught, which was opened by ]. S. Gil
ley Of Brandon, with very thoughtful OBJ
servations on the Importance Of the art
of reading well, and gave soMc very eN-
Cellent Illustrations Of method in read
ing, embracing several fine poctical and
prose reCitations, such as we have very
rarely heard eXcellcd. He was followed J
by Gen John w. Phelps of Brattleboro,
Mr.. Dana and Mr.. Williams. /
A well prepared and practical address
was delivered in the evening on The /
Normal Schools of Vermont" by Ed
ward Conant. principal of the Normal
School at Randolph
FRIDAY.
Ihe session was resumed on Friday,
at 8 o'clock. Prayer was offered by
Rev. c. Wilder, Principal of the Yer
mont Conference Seminary. at Mont
peliey.
The annual reports OF the Treasurer
and Executive Committee were present
ed ind adopted
A discussion on The Philosophy Of
the Modes and lenses" took place, which
was opened BY Prof. Geo. n. Weber,
of Middlebury College. After briefly
abiding to the great change in text
books and methods of instruction since
he WIS a scholar, he proceeded to give
his views upon the subject. 1t il almost
impossible to teach common use of
language in a school where the children
are accustomed to violate their instruc-
tions in their daily practice at home and
on the play ground, He believed that
the rules of grammar should be taught
to pupils in our district schools waiting
till ripper years for a correct understand
ing of the reasons therefor. One great
difficulty is that teachers do not under
stand the philosophy Of language.
A. f. Leayenworth. Principal of Bee
man Academy at New Haven, followed
> illustrating the formation Of the modes
and lenses of the English verb by means
of chart showing its simplicity and
the ease with which it may be acquired
by young pupils. A series of questions