Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-01
THE VERMONT TEACHERS,
ANNUAL MEETING OF THEIR ASSOClA-
TON IN THIS CITY IN JANUARY.
Governor Pingrcc and Chancellor &. n.
Sims of syracuse University to Deliver
Addresses other Prominent Men
to he Present-Ihe Programme.

The annual meeting of the State Teach
er's association Will be held in Burling-
ton, beginning January % and continuing
three days, and it is expected to be one of the
most successful sessions yet held. The in
dicatons are that there will be an unusu-
ally large attendance of teachers from all
parts of the state, and their number will
undoubtedly be greatly increased by the
announcement that Gov. Samuel r.. Pin
gree and Chancellor G.. N. Sims of
Syracuse University are to be present and
deliver addresses. State Superintendent
Dart and other prominent educators and
friends Of education in this State are also
expected to be present and participate in
the proceedings. 1t is the idea of the
members of the association to make the
sessions of increasing practical benefit to
teachers and to this end nearly all of the
topics to be discussed will be OF practical
application and use. The hope is express
ed therefore that all the teachers in the
State who possibly can will make it Il
point TO attend.
The programme is nearly complete and
presents an interesting list of exercises.
The first session of the association Will
be held on Thursday morning January IS,
and will open with an address of
welcome to the members of the as
ISOLATION by Mayor y. Woodbury. and
the first vice president will respond.
This will be followed by an
address on school Supervision" by
Superintendent j. j. IL. Randall of Rut-
land. At the afternoon session Il paper ON
the "Schuol House VIII be read 10y Prin-
cipal O. p. Conant Of st. Adams, which
will be followed by Il general discussion of
"A recent examination and some lessons
from it, to be opened by Principal Ed
ward COnant of Randolph. This discus
l,.. Last
animation for admission To the normal
school. On Thursday evening Gov.
Samuel f.. Pingree will he present and adj
dress the association upon Il subject yet to
be announced.
The session of Friday morning will be
opened with Il paper on Little Things in
the School Room" by Principal A W.
Dana of Barre This will be followed by
discussions on the subjects the school
and its Relations to the Home and Fam
ily,' by Rev. Geo. y. Chase, superintend-
ent at Derby - "The School and its Re
laton to the Community" by Mr.. a. y.
Adams Of FairhaVen, and The School
and It's Relation to the State" by State
Superintendent .Justus Dartt. On Friday
afternoon what will be called the high
school section will he opened with Il
paper to be presented 10y superintendent
Fox Holden of Plattsburgh, on "rhe AT
ter Life of High School Graduates This
viii be followed by an address by Presi-
dent Buckham on what the College Has
to Say to the Fitting Schools" after
which IL paper will be presented and read
by Principal H. n Willard of SAX
Secondary School to the College
The common school section" will be
opened with an essay on "The Proper Or
der Of Studies for the Primary School and
the Time that Should he Given to Each, :"
by Mrs j. II Baird of burlington. This will
f,.11 L,.,,
pills under the direction of Mr.. y. II.
Thompson, teacher OF music in the public
schools of Burlington, and by class eNer-
cises under the charge of various teachers
On Friday evening The association will be
favored with an address by Rev. Charles
n. Sims, LII. d., chancellor of Syracuse
University.
The opening session of Saturday fore
noon will be devoted to the annual bust
ness meeting, at the conclusion of which
Prof :. W. Bracket of st. Johnsbury
will deliver an address on Natural
Science III the Common schools" to be ac-
companed by illustrative work. Prof. &.
II. Dunton OF Poultney will then read a
paper ON 1.-The Memory in School," which
will close the session.
During part of the session the work
of the association will be divided into sec
tons to facilitate matters, and for the
especial benefit of teachers in acquiring
new methods OF teaching there will be
class work in reading, arithmetic and
geography The railroads will give free
return checks to all members of the asso-
citation, and the hotels will reduce their
rates to Sl.50 IL day, 50 that there will be
every inducement for teachers to attend,
Officers of the Vermont State Teachers
association were elected at the last annual
meeting as follows: President, Is. +.
Brigham of BrattlebOro; secretary, j. NJ.
Hit of Northtield treasurer, John Pick
ard OF Ludlow ;. ". Landon of Burling-
ton, G. &. Cove of New Haven and +. a.
Bishop of Montpelier, executive commit
tee.