Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11
ondo,nb Normal School Commencement.


Normal SCHULZ Oohi"ie"oc"e"''
Sunday evening, Jan. |, the baccalaure.
ate sermon was preached nv Rev. l.. y
Of White River Junction. His
Iisrourse was based on the parable Of the
son. Luke 49, The sermon twas
brilliant and scholarly, and the eager at
lention of all present showed that the
nrnarber WAS handling an old AMI well
worn snhirc, with such skill as to intensel,
,ntarpsi his audience. One or two points
IN The sermon may prove Of interest 10 the
reader FIr,t-M N is kin TO God and
: ahmed with his divine image. so stamped
hat he might help 10 execute the plan OF
he wor' sa,cbi,ect. and if be fail in car.
rvino OIL, this plan, he is prodigal S C.
nnd.7.In reference to the degrees of shining.
The suul sins most, not when it loses the
reins to passion and lust, but prior to
that when il d, sirps to get away from the
F,,h.r Third IIuman governments are
na,ed on Justice. Gods on love. So ms
soon ma the II, odioa had turned TO 90 to
his fathers house, the father ran to meet
MIN. Tell ON his neck and kissed him. He
G osed by saving that he trusted all before
him would not resi- content with anything
short of an absolute allegiance 10 the
r OH and 40 become "A power tor good in
the world.
Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday, and
rhur,d,y were drvocd 10 examination
exercises The exam nations OF the grad
u,iino classes tins wear show, even more
markedly than those of last year, the
benefits of the real nGrn,nt work intro
,ucrd here by Mr.. E lson, and prove that
4 he time h., has given to The study of nor
NAL Irnini O has not been spent in VAIN
rnose sent ,ut from thus institution can
cannot he mrie teaching machines bat
real live teachers.
Ga Wedn, s,lny evening the large audi
ence in the congregational church was
much interested ms well rs instructed, by
Governor F,rnham praclcal way OF
telling GLOW TO keep up IN interest in ouI
studies after we leave school" lie said
he mind is so constituted that it is apt to
rnse its elasticity by being continually bent
in one direction. Ole way of preventing
This is 10 pursue It, finite course OF read
mo on some practi al subj Ct He then
rave Il list Of subjects: ArcIn, exporaion,
astronomy, botany. geology and mineral
oyv, CHI miS,ry, languages, natural history
mi general history. Ii, advocated taking
ne of The above subjects and reading i
up thor oughly so as 10 ne well posted on
It, keeping Il scrap book in which any item
neannL on the subject may he preserv,
md 20 add to the general stock. In read
mo history, he advised taking up one
person, us Cromwell, or one family, as
lie Siuirt family OF England, IN become
thoroughly acquainted with the suhjr,
md we may be sure we shall want to cX-
{, nd our studies further in the same
directions.
Thursday evening the audience at the
town hall was d, lighted with the finished
and graceful manner in which the com
p-li,ive speakers rendered their pieces
The selections were varied and very inter
sting. The speakers showed that they
had had good training. The task of the
committee of decision. Rev. H. +. Forrest
of RIM O ph. Principal f G.. Vine Il e. O
Sprm gtied and Principal A. l.. Ha, dy Of
West Randolph, was not an EASY one.
rhpy announced next morning. at the
.,,prnIno xercises of school, their decision
IS follows: FIRST in merit, FIda H. Smith
Of sutton; Second, Fanny A. Brown o.
Williams,own; Third, Frank h. Louget
of W,lliamstown; Fourth, May C Rice Of
Brook6eld: Fiut, Mary A. Adams oil
of Randolph.
We trust that the forty dollars taken rs
entrance fees. and TO be expended on
olks for the school library, NAV rep AZ
those who mbst have worked 80 hard, b,
.,tvlno to them and others much pleasure
and Instruction. AT an early hour Frida,
.tIrrno m the Town hail was we'll filled
Miss Paige gave in "A concise manner q
history If orammer, beginning as far b ,cb
Is the second century b. c., when gram
mar was taught rather AS the nature u
tbouoht than the form of language, ais,
some very practical rules for teaching
grammar to Younger classes.
Mir Durkre defined civil service re-
form told some of the evils which coulc
ba remedial h, il and how TO hriny ahouI
4 chance. First. nv HAVING committee.
aup1inlrd in each state 10 examine nj
candidates. for uublic Office. S,cond. by
having promotion based on merit.
Miss MuuI,on would have those who
teach reading 10 older pupils see chat they
make the SUBJ .ct matter tnelrsowr; tLt
teacher should praise good reading rattle,
than censure had. should have ynrv,nu
methois of conducting classes. so AZ /,
Keen nm Interest She illustrated her idea,
nv mo her fpllow vrodunies as "a cl,,s
OF puliIS.
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was not P'"0',c"' 'nouS"' Wv 'li''ny ihc''
''e'in't'o'lSi ono "'voen'e" niaNlhS '"'
p'"cee s.u,''1, "ooua ie"' " wv pup''s "
Interesting "eSo' p''ons anu 'ho'u1n.s col l
nee ca "''h 'ne'i, "se vi n l!9 o") ,c'I