Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-16

ago there were no paid officials. The school visitors did the work, and he spoke of the difficulty met with, when he was himself 8 member of the Legislature, in getting the laws fixed so that competent men should su- pervise the school work and be responsible for good, thorough, systematic work. He paid a tribute to the Congregational clergy, to whom New England was greatly indebted for her schools and colleges.
 MT Barnard also spoke specially of MT. |. Woodbridge, Yale graduate, who became interested in having music taught in the schools, and who with Lowell Mason was in strumental in having music taught in the schools of Boston, which good example had been followed so extensively.
 Prof. Sumner, of Yale, and others made admirable addresses.
 In the evening another large audience was gathered Two addresses were delivered by M H. Buckham, IL. D., president of the University of Vermont, and Rev. Storrs O. Seymour of Litchfeld, of the State Board of Education, respectively, both on the subject of 'sThe Relations of Morals to Education, ;" and both valuable, well-studied tributes to the occasion Mr. Buckham elaborated at considerable length the propriety of appeal ing to the spirit of emulation in study and the influence of flial feeling desire to please He appealed to pastors that they did not half appreciate the privilege they had of speaking to and thereby influencing children, and spoke of one effective thanksgiving sermon he heard when child, which impressed him much. Intellectual culture he held was not so high, so fine, so elevated where religion is discarded.
 MT. Seymour guardedly pitched into Rich ard Grant Whites recent letters in the New York TImeS criticising the common school system. He attacked weak points in the ar gument of MT. White and vigorously uphold ing the common school system. It had de- fects, but where could they be remedied, and wealth. One weak point in the system was lack of thoroughness, a fault easily remedied by engaging sufficient teaching help.
 On the platform were President Porter of Yale, Hon. Henry Barnard of Hartford, the members of the New Haven Board of Edu- cation and other prominent gentlemen.
 Mr. Barnard supplemented MT. Seymour's remarks briefly, vigorously defending the common school system.
 President Porter was called out and de clined a speech He testified his interest in the common schools and in the State Teach ers association, and was warmly applauded
 Miss Walter, of New Britain, read several selections, acquitting herself most creditably- The audience was much pleased.
 special interesting feature of the exer- cises was the singing by Prof. Jepson's se- lected choir of 60 voices. They sang very finely by request ''I Waited for the Lord," from Mendelssohn; "Awake, the Night is Beaming," Donizetti, and Departed Days" i" Miss Whittemore, daughter of Dr. Whittemore, charmingly singing the solo.
 The association concludes it's convention this morning The programme is as follows: ::
 SATURDAY. OCTOBER 16TH.
 915 a. m.-Devotional Exercises.
 93O a. m-The place of authority in system of education. Mortimer A. Warren, Greenwich. Dis cussion of the subject.
 10:15a. m-sunshine in the school room. R. c. Hitchcock, Thompsonville. Discussion of the snb- ject
 Il a. m. Reports of committees. Election of off,