Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-09
Vermont State Teachers Association.

| Vermont State Teachers Association.
| The twcnty-sixth annual meeting of the
state teachers association was opened at
Burlin gton on the Sd inst. President Co.
nant of Randolph in the chair.
! Among the leading educators present
were J. S. Cilley. of Brandon; J. S. Spauld-
inc, of Barre; Rev. H. L. Fuller, of St.
Johnsbury; Rev. c. c. Terrey, of Char
lotte: J. f. Miller. of Montpelier; II.
Priest. of Barre; w. F.. Crippen, of John
son; G. A. Barrett, of Castleton; President
Buckham, Professor Goodrich. Perkins.
and others of the University; Rev. J. K
Converse. Rev. T. A. Hopkins, Prof. Pol
lens, of Burlington; City Superintendent
Algcr, l.. l.. Lawrence Of the Burlington
school board, and others. These. with a
number of the teachers Of the city schools
and spectators, comfortably filled the
hall.
The subjects discussed during the day
and evening were School Disiplne,h
How to Teach Englsh,' and - How
Shall History be Taught in Our Common
Schools?n The address Of President HUI
bert, of Middlebury college, in the evening
was an able defence of the use of the Bible
in our schools.
The second day. Friday, commence
cd with discussion of the need
of classical fitting school for Western
Vermont. by Rev. c. C. Torrey, Prof
Goodrich and President Hubert. A pa
per. by J. S. Cilley. on The Relation of
the School and the State" then followed.
The subject was afterward discussed by J.
f. Miller of Montpelier, and DR.. Spaul
ding of Barre.
The first exercise Of the afternoon SEES
sion was series of specimen lessons, in
primary and intermediate school work,
conducted by teachers Of the Burlington
public schools, under the general supervis
ion of Superintendent c. j. Alger. The
children acquitted themselves with credit
to themselves and their teachers, and APP
peared to give the teachers present from
abroad a good opinion Of the work accom-
plshed in the Burlington city schools. A
discussion on the proper order and proper
ton of studies in Intermediate and Gram
mar Schools, was opened by Mr.. J. W.
Durham, Principal of the Graded School
of Bennington, with carefully prepared
paper, and was continued by Mr. Algcr
\ discussion Of - Books and Methods -
followed. and was participated in by
Messrs. Pcllcns Fuller, Spaulding, Bunker
and others.
First on the programme at the evening
session, came a paper by the Rev. J. II
Worcester of Burlington, on THE Rela-
ton of Education to Pauperism and
Crime This was followed by an inter
csting address by Edwin ID. Sanborn, L.
d., Professor of English Literature in
Dartmouth College, his theme being The
Origin and characteristics of the Enrlish
Language.'
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Saturday morning, was the selection of Il
place for holding the next meeting, and
the election of officers. The report of the
committee, proposing that the next annual
meeting be held at Bennington, was adopt
ed. Officers of the Association were elect
ed rs follows:
FtsIdfH' 4 + Il iisy Zen
county + + Benton; Franklin county. $ l-anon: Ia
IeaycnW,orth orlean; r7rnfy, NJ i. camp: Rutland
"lndlaln county. b. + Bin, Cham; Windsor county NJ
i rcca4r Th q rc MaFtn n. IF h rnatFl
Neaa Of N S,4H'; %z Of lTa .nn
STATE "a tor OF tht New ENGLAND journal OF Educa
ADVISORY Counselor. Edward Couant of Randolph.
Papers were read by Mrs O. II. Kile of
Essex, upon Self-cultule." Rev l.. &.
Ware. on = Gcntccl English" and bv Ed
ward Conant. state superintendent Of e,lu-
cation. Mr.. COnant suggested rs studies
that would probably be added to the com
mon school course lin the not distant fu-
ture the history and fundamental laws of
the country; some branches of chemistry. !
mincralogv. geology. botany, anatomy and
physiology. He hoped to see soonlin all /.
the towns of the state schools correspond /.
INC To 4 great extent to the common dis
trict schools, but of l much higher charac-
Ter, These must necessarily be primary
e>h""le mainly r"nl-ri"1 necessary IL.
establishment eff free high schools. And
no great time will clapsc before every
town in the state having population of
eight hundred or over will maintain such
Il school.
Resolution, were passed commenting
the national bureau of education to the
fostering care of Congress; urging Con
@rc>> TO devote the entire proceeds of the
sale of public lands to the promotion of
cdncation; urging upon the citizens of
Vermont the Importance of sending to the
legislature men who are competent to leg
l>latc wisely matters of education; and
advising the enactment of a law similar to
that formerly IN force, concerning uni
tornltv in the Introduction and use of
Textbooks for oar public schools
MUEnEEEE ACpUITTEp.-La Lands. the
founder of Nineland, has been within =
week acquitted bya New Jersey jury of
the murder of C:,rruth, the abusive editor.
on the ground Of insanity. Carruth was
shot about year ago. and lived till with
IN Il few weeks. 1t came out on trial that
Lanli> and his wife were eccentric. The
dead editor had abused them for wears and
Lands finally a>sa>Sinatcd him. The in