Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-07-13
TIE SUMMER SCHOOL.
Auspicious Opening at the Howard Opera
House NOnday Morning.

Auspicious Opening at the Howard Opera
House monday Morning.
An audience of about 400 assembled in
the Howard Opera house Monday morn
ing IN attendance upon the opening session
OF the Sauveur summer school of languag
es, which promises to experience a sue
ce's'ul season, On opening the session
DIR. SGuveur introduced Rev DR.. Atwood
president of the St. Lawrence university.
who offered prayer. Mayor Henry then
made "A brief address of welcome in the
course OF which he expressed his pleasure
at being able to welcome the school back
to Burlington, and said that he thought
the school had come among friends He
upheld the claims of Burlington as Il liter
airy city, and closed by thanking DR.. Sau-
veur for bringing SO tine a number of peu-
pie here and babe all hearty welcome to
Burlington
Dr. Sauveur responded in behalf of the
school, stating that they were glad to get
back to this city. He thought it was a
great mistake to leave Burlington, but it
might have more successful career here
now that an understanding has been ar
rived at. He then briefly traced tie pro
gress OF the school during its existence at
OSWego and COntIasted the accommodations
there with those afforded by Burlington
me scenery was not to be COMPARED with
that Of the Lake Champaign valley and he
iorclbly expressed the difference in the
two locations 10y saying that there they
went down to tier school building while
here they 20 up
DR.. ~auveur then expressed the hope
that our citizens would help the faculty to
keep the summer school here and he hon
ed mat Its 2jlh anniversary might be cele-
brdted in Burlington. He then spoke Of
the system OF teaching in vogue IN the
summer school as the natural system,
mentioning Its characteristics and its adj
Yantages over old methods The most i'm
pOrtant difference Is that pupils are taught
10 speak the language, beginning at once
so that the ear is trained together with
the memory, enabling students to learn
much more rapidly than by the old gram
mar system. He oaid that his school was
the first established in the United States
III had many lmltAtOrS but none could re-
produce all its methods or advantages.
He would say however, that if any ex-
pected to thoroughly master any of the
languages In six weeks, disappointment
would follow, because that feat was i'm
possible, but during that time more can
be done IN this school with given lam
guage than in any other. DR.. Sauveur
then made the interesting announcement
ludC NOldplk would he taught IN the
school, The course would be opened by
Prot. Bacon and the class would later be
under the instruction of Gov Sprague
who is expected here the middle of the
coming week. The speaker closed his re-
marks with announcements of the classes,
hours of recltations and regulations which
would be observed.
DR.. SauN eur next introduced Prof Ba-
con who gave an Illustration of his method
OF teaching German to beginners by an OBJ
Jecllve conversation. For this purpose he
called upon the stage some OF the children
with whom he had been holding German
parlor conversations the previous week.
Inc illustration WAS an interesting one
ana showed that wOnderfui progress mad
been made during he week. The pro-
lessor bean by holding mp il finger to be
named IL German, then the pupils count
ed his fingers, gave the German names for
ms hat, table, hammer, saw and other ob-
Jects which were brought upon the stage.
The professor skillfully weaves thread
of conversation about each object, thus as
sociating it more wildly with its German
name in the mind of the pulpit.
The spectators were favorably impress
ed with the exhibition and the ,hildren's
classes will undoubtedly be largely pa
tronized by the people OF this city as they
certainly deserve to be.