Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-29
State Teachers. Association.
Opening of the Thirty-hfth Annual Con-
 ventfOn.

Opening of the Thirty-fifth Annual Com
 ventfOm.
 The attendance at the High school hall, Hartford, Friday evening, on the occasion of the opening session of the thirty-ffth annual convention of the State Teachers association. was very large. The meeting was presided over by MT. N. L. Bishop, of Norwich, pres ident of the association. The programme opened with the singing of ''The Lord is My Shepherd" by the High school choir, Pro- lessor Irving Emerson conductor. Then followed the address Education and Schools" by Rev. Dr. l.. T. Chamberlain, of Norwich. In it ha discussed in thorough and impar- tial manner many of the points of vital l interest to all persons interested in educa- tion and referred particularly to the inn | portance of moral training in the schools. | The necessity of proper intellectual training l and the methods by which it can be attained were explained fully, as also were the re- quirements of proper physical training, proper care of school buildings and the sanl- | tary laws which apply to the latter. Afte. l the address the choir sang another selection 1.-The Chafer and Flower''-with fine eff. | feet, and Miss Ludella l.. Peck, of New Britain, recited some pleasing selections, in eluding The Legend of the Organ Builder and '"The Boys Journal"
 l 1n0 1OllOW1QR COmm1GG60S were auuOuuC0C | by President Bishop:
 | On Nominations-F. E. Bangs, l. N. Carleton, H M. Adams, J. s. Lathrop and H. i. Matthewson.
 Fowler, J. welch and Mr. Y hite of Litohield. On Necrology-J. A. Hurlburt and M A. Warren. | On New England Journa1-D. Rolbrook, H. Wal On Teachers and Teachers Piaces-H M. Harring ton and Giles F, tier.
 On Enrollmspt-C. L. Ames Joseph R. French. H | N. Stevens, J. c. stockwell and M. c. Stone.
 Yesterday MT. J. B. Welch's paper or 1O1alr Barnard and Childs. The question for dis cussion was then taken up: Are the courses l of study in the High School calculated to pre- pare the pupils for the business of life Thil was discussed by Mir. Loomis of Middletown l T. w. T. Curtis of this city, MT. Emmet l MT. Warren and Prof. Camp.
 The grammar. school section met in thu hall of the Brown school at o'clock. M $ Crosby, formerly of the Hartford Femal' Seminary, now of Waterbury, presided. Af | ter the devotional exercises, Miss Ellen J Whiton, of Waterbury, gave an object lessor on United States History, which she illustrat ed by an ingenious map so arranged as t. 1 show the States and topography of the coun try.
 MT. E. l.. Mead, of Winsted, spoke o 1.-The School and the Community"
 MT. $. T. Dutton, of New Haven, spoke o | s'The Teachers Part' He advocated tn necessity of obtaining the good will of tn pupils, and of having some regard to thei modes of life and personal surroundings There were no two alike and therefore tn teachers should be watchful.
 Three systems of musical notation was tn subject of lengthy address by MT. c. W
 Wolcott, of Waterbury. His subjects wer Staff Notation, Galen's Figure Notation ant Tonic Sol Fla Notation. His address wa very interesting and was illustrated by dia grams on the blackboard and by his owl voice.
 The morning closed by an address ol
 Reading in Grammar Schools" by Prof B. Huxley, of the Adelphi Academy, Brook lyn, ". Y.