Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-07-01
CRAFI'SBURY.

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CRAFTSBURY.
The meeting of the County S. S. Con-
vention here last Tuesday and Wednes-
day, was we'll attented, from the first
half day to the close-W Wednesday, the
church being packed. 1t was admitted
to be the best Convention meeting yet
held in the county. The programme
was followed almost literally, with the
exception of one or two of the leading
speakers who were unavoidable absent.
After the devotional exercises, con-
Quoted by Rev. j. Mcdonald, E. P. Wild
gave the opening or welcome address.
Those who were fortunate enough to hear
it, pronounced it capital. This morn
ing's exercises were made exceedingly
interesting by allusion being made to
the fact that at Greensboro, the oldest
Sunday School in the county and in the
northern section of the State, was Or
ganized by Col. Washburn and others,
in l717 Four persons who were men,
bers of this school at its foundation,
were present at the Convention, and adj
ded no little to the interest. A COM
mittee on resolutions was appointed at
this opening meeting, consisting of 0.
FL. Austin, S. K B. Perkins, [. c. New
hall; also the business committee were
instructed t. nominate delegates to the
State S. S. Convention in October next.
In the afternoon, Tuesday, the three
discussions were fully opened. By /. D
R. Collins-What is the duty of parents
to the S. S.. By L. H. Thompson
What should be the relation of the
church to the s. S., morally, religiously
and financially. By J. M. Dutton in
place of Moses Root-What is the best
method of securing an efficient corps of
S. S. teachers. The exercises closed at
5 o'clock, every one feeling it had been
profitable afternoon. In the evening
the confession of failures eff S. S. work.
ers and the question drawer filled in the
time after the prayer meeting. Wednes-
day morning the meeting was full to be-
gin with and steadily increased through
out the day. The children's meeting in
the afternoon was perhaps the most prof
liable session of the convention. The
infant class teaching, by Mrs. Tuttle Of
North Danville, was, to our mind, the
best thing of the whole two days. We
almost wished we were woman.
No meeting has been held when all
parts of the county were Sc well repre-
sented. There were men, and women
too, from Charleston, Derby, Newport
Morgan, Wcstfeld, Lowell, Albany, Iras
burgh, Bloomington, Barton, Glover
Greensboro and Craftsbury, - earnest
workers, all of them. Next best to Mrs
Tuttle's class was the Question Drawer
answered by Mr.. Charles Carpenter O.
Charleston. In all our S. S. experienc,
we have never seen anything like it 81
well done. Every one expressed salts
faction. We give the answer to tw,
questions think they may be of practi
cal use to the S. S. in our county. |
What is the best way to keep library
by what is known as the library orde
system, or check system? 1t provides
printed numerical catalogue of all tn
books, with the number of pages. Eacl
scholar is supplied with one of these
Then library card, 2 l-2 inches by
inches, is provided for each. On thi
card is printed and written, Librar,
Card, Class No. g. Mrs. -, Teacher
- Each one takes his car,
and catalogue home, and there by him
self, or with aid from parents or friends
he selects or books, either of which
he will be satisfied with the next SAB
bath. The library card is then place
in the book and kept there as marker
, and is returned to the librarian on tn
| next Sabbath with the book. The teach
er, as his class assemblies, collects tn
books and lays them at the end of tn
| pew, and after the school opens the |
brarians carry them to the library cas-
and asserts them, as he ascertains frol
r each book mark to whom. and to VIII;
class the books belonged.
2 The book is then credited as returne
< and the new one charged. In this wa
the Librarian keeps the account of a
l library books and charges them all
4 each name and class according to Il
/ book-mark and credits them when +
, turned and the teacher has no care
t it. This plan satisfies the scholar
has his own choice and never Interrupt
5 the teacher or the school.
) The other question-How to secure
t. efficient corps of teachers for every Sa
2 bath. In one school in the county tn