St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-19

, paper on the "ajointed and disjOintet
? education of our Schools" advOcatin.
the co-education of the sexes. j. w
: Cuthell of Maine, read an essay on tn,
) necessity for the examination of teacher
) for the reason that the character of tn,
teacher so largely influences the school
d. B. Hayes read Il paper on the i'm
portance of proper examinations, hold
ing that the examiners should be skilled
educators, that the law should require
every city and school district to elect {
superintendent, and that the superin,
tendents in each county should form {
board and give certificates, good il
their county, as is now done in New
York. Prof. Butterfield of Massachu.
discussing the relation of phonetic sym
bOls to the vocal organs, and showing
that knowledge of the system would be
economy as better enabling children tC
acquire language.
THE THIRD DAY..
The session was opened with paper
on popular Education in the Schools,
by w. A. Mowry of Providence. He
advocated the necessity of teaching the
principles of free government, which
would not seem to be much out of place
in this country at present. Prot. Marsh
of Pennsylvania, discussed the spelling
reform and Others followed with adj.
dresses on the subject. G. T. Fletcher
of Maine, said that educators had come
to realize that methods of instruction
have more influence in determining re-
suits than has the kind of knowledge
obtained by the learner, and Larkin
DuntOn of Boston, read a paper on
professional Schools for Teachers
DR.. G. b. Loring, Nj. c., of Massachu-
sets, gave an address in the evening on
'MethOds and Objects of American Ed
ucation." He urged the introduction
of academical culture into the high
school system, dwelt upon the impOr-
lance of mixed teaching, as against
graded schools, and plead for the sup
port of special and advanced education
by the state as the best remedy for the
evils which attend our free government.
Prof. Niles of the Boston Institute of
Technology, gave lecture and stere-
Optican exhibition in the evening, on
mountain scenery. 1t was a history of
the sculpture of the present forms of
mountains from original plateaus by
erasive agencies. Prof. C. E. Fay of
Tufts college, spoke of the topography
of the White mountain region, treating
it especially from its relations to the
smaller river valleys. The previous
night was passed on the top of Mt.
Washington, and this was the day of
most interest in the exercises of the In
stitute.
FOURTH DAY.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected, President, Isaac N. Carleton
of Connecticut, with several Vice Pres
idents, among whom are secretaries OF
state boards of education, presidents OF
colleges, and city superintendent OF
schools, and councillors of city govern
ments, with H. E. Sawyer of New
Britain, Conn.,, for Secretary, and G. A
Walton of Westfield, Mass, for Treas.
urer. After resolving that it was the
largest and best educational meeting
ever held in the country, (and hence o
necessity the grandest thing of the kline
that the ages have Witnessed and pass
ing resolutions in favor of the metri,
system, and recommending action by
the various states to encourage it,
teaching in the schools, reaffirming con
fidence in the policy of the regulation
of education by the state and calm,
upon Congress to assist the bureau O
education in its work, asking it to us,
for this purpose the proceeds of til,
public lands and funds received from
railroads aided by land grants, and ais,
the avails from the patent office accum
ulated in the U. S. Treasury !; and re
solving that the American Institute o
: Instruction unite with the American
Pathological Association and others, il
its memorial to Congress asking that ;
, commission of inquiry be appointed t,
+ examine how far a reform in Englisl
spelling is desirable and what change
in photography, if any, may wisely b,
introduced into public documents, til,
Institute adjourned. The session wa
very largely attended, was crowded
with work, but also with rest and re
freshing in the change of scene ant
> the enjoyment of the grand mountain
: scenery.
NEW BOOKS.
Among the new books of the season
5 which it is no waste of money to pur
chase, nor of time (which is more pre-
5 cious) to read, is ''Drift from Tw,
, Shores" by Bret Harte; "In the Will
derness," by Charles Dudley Warner
; and DIVISIONS; A Study of False Light,
: by Edward III. Clarke, NJ. D., with al