Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21
CsiTrl!N DEN COUNTY.


OF SAFE Superintendent Dart. Inc excl
cisGs were opened Thursday morning, b.
Rev. j. II. Woodward, who conducted tn
devotional eXeic!g 2, which were followe
by singing, conducted by tue town supcrir
ttndcut. a bIici opening address wa
delivered by j. L. Wneelock. Rev. T. A
Hopkins then gave a talk on Reading i
Common Schools After recess ProiessU
CHARLES NOIlhcnd, of Connecticut took VI
the subject of Spelling and Composition, au'
for an hour held the close and undivided at
tention OF the audience by his concise ant
forcibe illustrations of the better method
Of teaching spelling in our common
schools, and giving pleasant and graphic
suggestions rs to the different meth
DDS Of taking the "bear and scare out Of
the task OF composition writing. All were
much Interested and evidently not only
received new ideas, but new Inspirations In
the matter OF Writing compositions, Oh
rather of teaching the art OF it. The after
noon was used up by Prof. Northend in dis
Cussing tie different methods Of bearing
rectations. Many of his suggestions were
novel and original, and he left pleasant
Impressions upon the minds of oil, and
setter than all the rest, he was not tiresome,
aud did not have the great "I' as n promi-
II nj figure in every thug that he said.
In The evening an audience OF more than
two hundred assembled and an hour
and half WAS very profitably spent The
topic discipline and School management
ass N for Friday morning, was taken Up
| uy Prof Nurthend and discussed. A firm,
but mild discipline was advocated, and
q ilerunt ways OF s. cuing, first, the rlspec,
and then the obedience Of students, were
suggested.
Atcr recess and singing by the choir, the
same gentleman deli 'ered II well. written aud
inter sting address, his subject beng, IA
review OF the past" The schools as they
,oeSe, and were taught fifty years ago; aud
the Old 'r, d law" that then formed the
Jass ui school government. together with
tue progress made, aud the present method
y: teachi"g aud governing Schools, were
reviewed and thoroughly and luciIly pre-
3chtcd To the auiience. Prof. N,rthrnd
stuuIy denied the oit-rcprnted impulation
asa Uur Common schools are On tue uecline
aud TIA II stead Of r,trOgrade movement
continuous advance prUgiess had been
MA 10 though all these years tut urging the
NJ cessiiy uf employing competent and
eititent acne;s. He admitted that teach
ets might sometimes be under the necessity
Ol STUDY NJ, III oidoE To Dc FULLY prepared IL
ellie cn,ly aud successfully teach The std
e .dy 10 admit ~hat tnc principals Of
era l,d schools should take keys into their
scnool-r ons, as a 'patent panaca" for all
| ,ne lies Their brains were heir TO.
Tine morning OF the second day found a
good audience IN attendance. The dovo-
tipnal exercises we're conducted by Rev. X.
Nhiistan. Alter singing by the choir,
IAN ineiiC III the common schools" was
discussed " longlh by }. +. Whecluck, fol-
iuNtu b. inc PRACTICAL Suggestions 10y Rev.
/. n. Hopkins, and some earnest
remarks by Mr.. Dartt, whose remarks are
dNAJ 10 the point and timely.
H. the Afternoon, alter singing, the practi
"a work, wasu class exercise i'll arlthuiclic,
by Miss Cara j. Brown, of district No IL.
Ii was we'll conducted aud did credit both Il
teacher and pupils. This was followed by
lie question box, quite an important tie
mtnL in meeting OF this kind Sevefa
i.nportant anu Practical questions were
superintendent Of Westiord, Miss Wilson
OF Essex, aid others, 4 modest share Deins
res rNei 10 himself.
Although not on the programme, by the
request of the town supurulcndcnt, Mis-
LATHE " isou Of District No. ID read Il
scholarly essay on The aims of teachers. "
IL was 81 wei Written aud 50 well read that
IL ctltd fnrtn The special commentator uf
NJ. trtt. AID WA. heartily unnInud.d ly
tur nuut,uc. H. was .,n,i,lv "a yeu nj iis
kind.
Friday evening found the house well filled
there being over three hundred present. The
services were openen,b, a auaItrt,c consist.
ma, at Mise. I,t,. Tairch,iI Iip,i.. IVnnt
j. l.. NhccIock and Henry hammond
The gem OF The evening, and in iact OF til,
py Nh. Dautt. H. had tor hls snhi' rt "Wha
Edu,atiuuy ~ rnr central ,,,c, s.,m.,
10 br. what kind Of oduc,,ion il hpst n,
ucc.lei. for tlr birh.si .nd mos, cumni.t,
ldryrl,.r,pnt of IHr rr,at maze az III,
Dcupley He tlulnrd I'M, Ills edI,cation ia,
| tpc ul;l..c, wa,,,,r,linI If We Nnuld hsv,
our r,,p,,tr,, nIt,,,n iis ,oi'l.s, and ,.in,,i,
MS sun,ru,scv ,,n,on', the nsii, n. and cn
IFS ut,n,tnity lie ur',,n man nil IN,
1nporlnuc, az c,rrf,,l hn,nn tra;riny
c!iming that there The foundation Of NJ
| c,iu,n,iUn was nnI E.oc,,,IIv uns /
| NECESSARY that ic,rn,,s shn,Id M. ,ba mar
niiit aiiun of moral and ;n,cl,.c,uaI wnrt,
and II iify. lie d,rrccI,rd ,n,. slug,i.hn, 6,
III the ui,.sps m All ,duc.,i,n,J matters
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at oll"l"'se speLd!u!y successful msttinl
iI"''ed anu we general Sood effect In
JudeH'
Inc mcctins III Milton was more thai
S .,p' o'v, "a. ,"'h session sneie wa
"''n,,, W. o'r. WY nu''..eu py a'.uu
s,d,, =, tI.,ar',.i. a. I '.u "nu nsny r.,
The epl, rIain,irni Our L.aIiug riI,zen
were pres nj and new iut,r.s, seems In h
wnkcned Mrs. Charles Savnn contri,m "a
lwo magnificent bouquets, receiving th
Ethauks II Nil ami SPECIAL mention by MI
Dart
ms exercises were varied somewhat b