Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-10-05

indolent repletion, and still hospltaoie
homes held forth entresting hands and cried,
more teachers"
At2P. NJ smiling band Of so satisfied
souls assembled and listened to paper on
School Government BY Mr.. Frank L.
Hodgkins. of Lamoine, followed by Mr.. I.
f. Perkins, same place and same subject.
An interesting discussion followed but II IL
not to be supposed that teachers will pub
lish the peculiar secrets of their craft in the
papers.
A paper on Written Work was then read
By Miss Helen J. Webster. Of Castine, after
which committee consisting OF Mr. Rleh-
ard Perkins, OF Lamoine, Mr.. Edgar
Young, Of Hancock and Miss Carrie Joy, Of
Ellsworth. we're appointed by the char TO
report list Of officers for the ensuing year.
After recess they reported as follows Pres
ident-F. W. Foster. Castine Vice Presi-
dent-Miss VI. A. Carroll 5. W. Harbor;
Secretary Miss Helen J. Webster. Casune;
Executive Committee-C. T.. Perkins, La
molne Miss T.. True. Ellsworth; Mrs Belle
b. Chase. Orland. On declension of Mrs.
Chase, DIR. ID. o. ). Lowell, Of Ellsworth,
wa substituted. The above board of OFF,
GERS was elected by the Association.
An excellent paper on Primary Reading.
illustrated by charts, was then given BY Miss
Lucia Haskell Of the Model School, Gas
tine, after which ali again joined IN singing
America aud the meeting adjourned till eve
ming. The sarcastic man, who couldn't sing,
inquired With an air Of apparent interest
why teachers associations al~ays sung
America" Did he ever notice that two
persons newly introduced are prone to fall
into an animated consideration Of the wealth
err
At 7.i5 p. N. about $50 people assembled
in the church where Mr.. X. Woodbury., of
Ca,une. delivered a lecture ON why the
teaching IN our common schools Is Of so
poor a quality" Tie disclosed some start
ling statistics. one item Of which Is that 10
per cent OF our common school teachers be
gan their occupation al II years Of age.
lie held ne Close attention q 'n' Aui''''e
FOR J-4 Of an hour, and vas succeeded BY
~ u. .. ,. Lowell Of Ellsworth WIG
read paper on '"e veg y '''Is"!
some remarks followed by DIR. G. \. Phil
llp,. Of Ellsworth, aud Mr + ". Foster, Of
Castine' and the convention adjourned III
next morning
Saturday morning over II" teachers ana
Others "ere present ana the Query box as
+ opened and furnished no little entertainments
and discussion, 'h'ef among me q"e'I'''
were Hos shall ~e teach reading 10"
sha.. We deal With dI'"oed'en' scholars
I Hos many day should there be " a 'ohoo'
~rck hoS often should teachers %
changed How shall ~r suppress chronsc
/ s,gg!lng2 How shall We d'Al ~1ih Whisper
\ iag How 'hAlI We remember aatf'' re"
should topics y emp'oled T ~ order II "a
. c'.taic the engagement 81 teachers ;" i""-
7 cock County. out OF employment " "A'
+ voted TO establish a" Educational bureau 10
whom school agents may app'l tor 'ra'h'T''
and teachers for '"i'TmA'''" concerning
schools. Al! Information to be gwen s'aAI,
! and gra.u.,ous.S when the apptca"" '"F-
MES ,;amp, for return postage. he com
mI'tce chosen consisted Of VIZ, X WOOD
+ bury, Cas,inc. Mr. G. + Perkins. Ihm''nr !
Mics Il True, Ell'"oFtn ~. y y. :.
Lowell. Ellsworth. As they we're y eaoose
ta-r o~n chairman. hey hHrd upon NJ. \.
Woodbury., bat communications can r al
Y dressed g any mr'n"rr OF 'hr '"l'i'''''e
Srhaoi HycHf' ptc'Isc Ho'Ice.