The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06
New Jersey state Teachers AssoeIa-
lion.


New Jersey state Teachers Assoeia-
lion.
The 30th ANIMAL meeting of the Teachers
Association of the state of New Jersey con
yened in Trenton on Wednesday, Deeem-
Der %, and continued in session three days
The meeting opened, at II. 90 \. NJ. Wed
ncsday, with singing by the convention,
led by Principal l.. e. Wooley, of Trenton
After the singing, Dr. Samuel Strddiford
of Trenton, read the 13i Psalm aud offered
prayer. On account of the slight sickness
of Gov. Green, Supt. i. II. Brace, of Cam
den, made the address of welcome, in a
few well chosen remarks, which Were ably
responded TO by Principal VIM. NJ. Gifiin,
of Newark. He greatly exalted the work
and high calling of the teacher. He said,
THAT we were sorry in not having the
Governor present with us, but that we felt
highly honored in having his name, even
on the programmes, and hoped that the
meeting would be Of such character that
the Governor would feel honorcd i'm having
his name on the programme Of the meet
ing After the appointment OF the usual
committee the meeting adjourned for the
morning.
In the afternoon, after the opening exer-
cises, Austin c. Apgar, President of the
Association, delivered an excellent address
on ''llabt in Education. 1t was full Of
good thoughts, practical and to the point.
Then followed the annual address of Hon.
+. o. Chapman, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction. He said: "ile who
climbs safely must keep his face up
ward. We should seek to he better to-day
than we werc yesterday. We must do bet
ter than our fathers or We are not doing rs
l.
selves. The greatest Improvement in the
public schools is in the zeal, earnestness
and enthusiasm of the teacher" lie also
gave some good points by means of which
the schools may be still further advanced.
He advised the teacher to connect as much
as possible the life i'm the school room with
the lie outside. He also said that the
Russian boy born of a farmer, remains a
farmer. but the American boy, born on a
farm in South Jersey, became lawyer
in California. 1t is not possible to develop
the child in the school room when the child
hates the school, 1t should be made at
tractiye. There is no nation in Europe
that has made as much advancement in
century as have the colorcd race in the
United States in the last twenty-five years.
And all this the school has made possible"
Next on the programme was the report by
James Green, of Long Branch, chairman
of the legislative committee. The report
was full and recommended some important
changes IN the school law. The commit
tee favored n change in the manner of
examining and licensing teachers, also sug
gested that county superintendent should
be men of not less than three years active
experience as teachers. The evening
meeting was addressed by Rev. \. ID.
Mayo, of Boston, subject, "'American
Brains in American Hands" The speaker
strongly favored Industrial Education
The hand should be educated along with
the head. The various tradesmen should
be more highly educated in this line, and,
by this means, they would be enabled to
do better work as mechanics, and have a
more clevating influence on the commu-
nifty.
thursday, 0 A. M.-After the prelimi-
nary exercises such as singing, scripture
reading and prayer, Hiss Sarah i. Faw-
cett, OF Newark, was introduced and read
a splendid paper on Drawing and Hand
Training" After the paper there was a
discussion of the same, opened by Miss
NJ. c. Field of Long Branch. The con-
vention was then treated to good recita-
ton by Miss Carrie Mcclure. Then came
eation.n by Jerome Allen. Pm. ID Prof.
of Pedagogy, University OF New York. 1t
was a good talk on phrenology. The Pro
fessor thought that the shape of the nose
has 4 great deal to do with the tempera-
ment of person. He gave an object les
son on noses, represented by eight differ
ent shaped pictures and described the
different kinds of temper that a person
having any particular shaped nose would
be most likely to have.
2P. M.-Paper, sllustrative Number
Work for Primary Grades" by Miss Il.
NJ. Reed, Principal Training School,
Reading, Pa. Then followed a general
discussion on the following subject: PRO
motion of Pupils in Schools Each
speaker was tied to five minutes. The
discussion was opened by Chas. NJ. Davis,
of Bloomfield, who spoke just exactly five
minutes, for which he was loudly applaud
cd Among others who spoke were Snpts.
Poland. Jersey City; 5. II. Morse, Atlantic
City, and James Green, Long Branch.
Charles IIoyt, Jersey City, and VIM. NJ.
Giflin, Newark. The question brought
forth many good points, the only regret
being that the time was SO limited.
The New Jersey Teachers Reading Cir
Gle then had the next meeting. The scs
sion was opened at 40, l.. NJ, by an adj
dress by the President, Hon. +. O. Chap
man. lie spoke OF the practical use of Tho
Reading Circle to teachers themselves. liz
said the teachers must do better work thar
their predecessors or they are not doing AZ
we'll, considering the superior advantages
of the present time. The art of teaching
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