St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-25
nington. Their report was adopt


regard its abolition, as threatened. Il
calamity to the cause of education.
Hcsoircd. That in view of the contin-
ned and Increasing danger that the pub
lie domain of the United States NAV he
Squandclcd upon objects which are not
conducive to the general good of the
nation. we emphatically reatlirm our
action of urging Congress to devote the
entire proceeds of the sale of public
lands to the promotion of education.
RcS0ircd, That We mgc upon the cit
izens of Vermont the Importance of
sending To the Stale Legislature. men
who are competent To le@islate wisely
on matters of education.
ReSOIrcd, That Il committee of three
he appointed to memorialize our next
Legislature in favor of enacting il law,
similar to that formerly III force, con
cerning uniformity in the introduction
and Use of text books for our public
schools
EVENING SESSION.
Friday evenings session WAS held at the
College street Congregational Church.
Il large audience being in attendance.
First on the programme came IL paper
city. on The Relation of Education to
PaupcriSm and Crime"
Edwin ID. Sanboru. Ii. D.. Professor
of English Literature in Dartmouth
College. was the next speaker. his theme
being ''Ihc Origin and Characteristics
of the English Language.
SATURDAY MORNING.
After PRAYER by DIR. j. :. Spauding the
Association elected the following officers
for the ensuing wear:
OFFICERS.
President VI. II. Buckham. Burling
ton.
Vice Presidents. Addison Co.. +. II.
Iiiglcy.
Bennington II. II. Shaw. MancheS-
ter.
Caledonia G. 4. Bunker. Peacham
Chittcndcn-J. ID. BARLEY.
Essex C.. f.. Benton. Gulldhall.
franklin =. Landun. St. AlhanS.
Lam"illc y. j. Blanchard Morris
Vile.
Change A. f.. Leavcnwortl. Ran
dolph
Orleans ID. VI. Camp. Newport.
Rutland j. :. CillcN. brandon.
Washington j. f.. Miller. Montpelier.
Windlam .B. r. bingham. BrIttlc-
horo.
Windsor VI. q. Perkins. Windsor.
Secretary Thomas Martin. MrIndoc'>
Falls.
Treasurer II. :. Prrigo. New Haven.
Ertc"tirc CommjHcc j. :. CillcN.
Brandon; G. u. Mead. MIddlchury
J. W. Dunhnm. Bennington.
St"tc Edji"r. Ncw Engiand .JoUyHm Of
Ed"uton Louis P"llcuS. Burlington.
The resolutions reported the proceed
ing evening were then taken up. The
first three were adopted. the fourth re
iectcd.
Edward C"mant. State Superintendent
uf EducatInn. then addlc>>cd the AS~o-
citation.
The Vermont school system has had
Il vigorous growth and development.
The original prov i>iou> we've. that teach
cr> should instruct in reading. writing
and arithmetic: these were the iounda-
tiun> "t all knowledge. Instead of
three. ten studies are NOW required /"
h' taught. The origin ut graded >chool>
WIS in l. II a: NOW We have thirty five.
Mr.. tnnant suggested a. studies that
would prohahly hr added To the common
>ch"ol course before many Years. Some
branches of chemistry. minrr"l"gN. gr-
nl"g}-. botany and physiology. The
speaker gave some very valuable rc-
mark~ on ON school N>tcm and lis his
tory. and predicted Il bright future.
Mrs. +. Kyle of E>ScN. then read Il
lively and interesting paper on self cul-
turc. lt> opening WAS Il quiet satire on
lack of culture anon" teachers. The
world is full "t helps to culture. one
W ho desires to improve can find means.
In towns where rich dress goods are
sold. books are sold also. The Young
WOMAN vino can afford Il cashmere dress
of Il hundred yards more "r less and
can have her photograph taken once Il
quarter at least, with rcrlumery. hair
oils etc. in abundance, can buy some
good books. if she will 90 without trim
miugs Tcachim" i> not Il trick to he
learned i'll Il few hours ut an education
al convention. or II trade lo he gained
in three months at Il Normal school. Ii
is the work of Il hlctimc-a profession.
Newspapers are good i'll their place. but
their constant company Is dcm"iiiIIIm%.
To secure means al >cltcIIitulc requires
money, and teachers are to blame that
they do not have more of il. They
should make their services worth better
prices. Mrs. Kylc's paper closed ah
ruptly with an apology tor not having
it completed. owing to want of time.
yet il wis an excellent paper and WAS
followed 10y hearty applause. Lastly
Rev. l.. G.. Ware of Burlington. read an
interesting paper on Gcnteel English.
The phrase itself is an instance of poor
kind of speaking and writing, and should
he left tu the "gcntccr people who new
er live anywhere but are 'located
somewhere: who never go to bed but
retire. 1t comes from gentle. which
with Spencer and Shakespeare was no
blc. hiyhbIcd changed to gentecl. il
becomes low-bred and vulgar. 1t is
pulling to describe Just in what gen
teel English consists. but we recognize
it 10y examples. Few marks are more
detcstablc than party" used for person.
He alluded to Il pompouS person in
charge of Il funeral who said Ian oppor-
tunity WAS offered to perIIsc the corpse.
| la England il an educated lady has oc-
casion t" speak of her leg, she calls it
! leg, not limb, then we know she does
not fmcan her arm. II an English lady
means petticoat she says petticoat. with
out mIncIng or twisting. We com
mcnce everything instead of begin.
! How would commencement sound sub
>tituted foi beginning in the first verse
of st. Johns Gospel. or the first verse
of Genesis. The evidence of genteel
| English Is not IL matter of taste about
which there is no distinguishing. but Il
matter of good taste.
Mr.. Wares paper. fresh, original and
full of power, was received with hearty
applause.