St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-29
Vermont State Teachers Association.

Vermont State Teachers Association
The twenty-tifth annual meeting al
the Vermont State Teachers ASSocia-
ton was held in the Academy Hall. st
JOhnshury, Thursday and Friday. Jan.
nary u and - The session begal
Thursday evening. President Conant in
the chair, and was opened by PRAYER by
Rev. +. L. Fairbanks. In the absence
of the Secretary. Mr.. J. +. Miller OF
/ the Montpelier High school was chosen
Secretary pro tenn. After the appoint
mcnt of the usual committees on bust
ness, resolutions, and nominations. an
address of welcome in behalf of the
citizens of St. Johnshury was made by
Hon. franklin Fairbanks.
The association WAS then addressed
/ by Edward Conant. President of the
dissertation and superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction on our present system of
public schools in Vermont. The system
is characterized 10y four essential fca-
lures: first. by the law that the towns
shall establish and support schools :
secondly. that the schools shall in large
part he maintained by tax on he grand
list: thirdly. that the stronger portions
of the towns shall assist the weaker ::
and. t0urthly. that children shall be re-
quilcd to attend the schools provided.
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tectS. There is especial need of equal
Ization of taxation. come districts pay
seven times as much Us others in pro-
portion to their ability to defray the
ordinary current expenses of schools.
We need again more and better schools
of high grade and larger app OPERATIONS
tnl the Normal >chunl>.
> The next exercise WAS Il lecture hN
Prof. ii. NJ. ScclNc OF Niddirburv COL
lcge. Subject; Sermons in Stones.
The text WAS pile of h"uldcr,.
Whence came they! How were they
transported How wcic they scared
and turrow"d a> We find them The
drift Is found a. !ar south a> about forty
degrees north latitude. There. are S,.v-
"ral theories a> tn then Transportation.
the chief of which are the irchclg and
glacial theories. Each are in pant the
carIs"> nt the phenomenal in question.
Prot. Seelye illustrated his lecture 10y
reference t" charts and illuninrd it by
occasional flashes of humol.
FRIDAY.
TIL" morning session was opened
with prayer 10y Rev. u. +. Miller Then
were presented the reports of the EN-
ccUtive Committee and Treasurer The
latter reported uoihiug i'm the treasury
aud no outstanding obligations except
expense t"r present meeting. Both re-
ports were accepted and the Treasurer
WAS instructed Ia .l>>,.~> and collect an
annual tax of y ~ from each NAL,
member of The :t>>uciatinu. the tax after
this year t" Ice paid ia ndv,ucr of the
annual meeting.
After Il d">ult"Iy discussion concern
in" new trNt-ho"k>. Prof. ". &. Sim
mons of the University of Vermont
read a paper upon ch.a",.> il Latin
Grammar. and Nr. Judah Dana of Rut-
land made pertinent and excellent re
marks concerning the Importance. ut
school iu>trHrtioir in Physiology. The
latter hrlirNc~ III study iug languages
early. mathematics later. and untGIHl
science ;i> early - the child can gia>a
the >uhi"rt. one "t his boys who
proved "n expert mathematician. never
fourteen years at age. Prof Simmons
criticised Hardness Latin Grammar
with almost unmra>uci severity. and
Thought Allen and Grccmou.l,'> tram
mar to" hard t"r Young pupils.
Tia" last exercise of the morning. WIS
i dl~ru~~lnl. al the merits al II, oic'~
Fourteen Weeks Ncii,.> of text books.
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speaker AID r"utntd himself mEIiml, Ia
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