Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-08-24
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.


The work of the past week has been
chiefly in Civil Government and Psy-
chology.
Miss Putnam gave her last exercise
in English on Monday, and in Methods
Tuesday p. m. She has given exer-
cises on the Gruly method of teaching
numbers, outlines for language les
sons, simple exercises for training the
senses, and many helpful suggestions.
In closing, she said: The work of the
teacher is to direct, to guide. IF we
go by easy steps from the known to
| the unknown, | believe we can get
along without all these tiresome eX-
plantations on the part of the teacher.
God himself has laid down education
al principles. How does nature teach?
She imparts knowledge by object les
sons, she trains the powers by making
them act There are some faults in
natures teaching which we must
avoid. She is desultory in her teach
ing. We see this in the savage. The
object of natures teaching is to de-
velop the faculties, but not to give
training in definite subjects. The for
NAL teacher must do both of these.
Nature is relentless in her discipline.
The formal teacher must give chance
for repentance. Some see that it is
sometimes true that cart improves
upon nature"
Mr.. Stones exercises on Civil Gov.
were very helpful. Many points were
brought up and discussed, that are not
treated of in the regular text books.
The talks on Psychology by DR.. Camp
bell were all interesting. Much more
time might have been proftably spent
on this subject.
The citizens and teachers were invit-
ed to a social in schOOlhOuse hall
Monday evening. A quartet consist
ing of Mr.. Grimes, Mr.. Day, Mr.. Ha-
zen, and Mr.. Wiley, furnished excel
lent music, after which Judge Austin
called the meeting to order for the
purpose of discussing the subject of
making this Summer School a perma-
nent organization. All seemed in fa
vor of the plan. Several spoke of the
pleasure and profit they had derived
from this session of the school. 1t was
decided by an unanimous vote that
this school should be a permanent
organization, and a committee was
appointed to prepare a constitution
to be submitted to the school the fol-
lowing day. Another Com. was ap-
pointed to confer with the first and be
ready to nominate the officers, which
the constitution should make neces-
sary. DR.. Campbell suggested the
plan of uniting with other counties,
Essex and Caledonia, prehaps, in or
der to give them the benefit of the
school and at the same time obtain
more help from the state.
Mr.. Stone was called for and said
although he was not a citizen of Yer
mont, he was still interested in Or
leans Co. and that he believed there
was no better way of benefiting com
mon school teachers than by continu-
ing to hold these summer schools.
Mr.. Day wished to get an EXPIRES
sion of opinion from the teachers
present in regard to the location of
the school. He said there were many
good places in Orleans Co. and that
this year the question of location was
a very difficult one to decide. Slips
of paper were passed on which the
TO ocIyoH To To I,o
of the place in which they preferred
to have the next school held. 1t was
found that of the SO teachers present,
81 were in favor of Barton Landing.
Judge Austin spoke in behalf of the
people of that place, saying that he
knew the teachers would be welcom
ed should they decide to come again.
A business meeting was appointed at
two o'clock the following afternoon,
at which time, the Pres. being absent,
G. III. Wiley was elected as chairman.
The secretary, Miss Jennie Locke, re-
reported that 95 teachers had attend
ed the full term of school,; the aver
age attendance had been 115 $40, ,fand
the whole number of names register
ed 141. Miss Kate Owen, treasurer,
reported that she received $40, ,69 from
the former treasurer; the total amt
received this year 1922, amt paid
out $31O,10; balance in treasury 1922
4s.
Mr.. Day, chairman of the Com. on
the constitution, submitted his report,
which was accepted and the constitu-
ton adopted. The chairman of the
committee on nomination was Mr.. Ha-
zen, who submitted the following re-
port: Pres. o. III. Austin; Vice Pres.
Mr.. G. III. Wiley; Sec. Miss Jennie
Locke; Treas. Miss Kate Owen; chair
man of executive committee, the
county examiner, who is at present
B. G. Day, other members of this Com.
Miss Emma Fairchild and Miss Edna
Fayer. The Advisory Board, Hon. L.
Fl. Thompson of Irasburgh, D. M.
Camp of Newport, Rev. B. @. Moody
of Craftsbury, G. HI. Putney of North
Troy, Rev. Fuller of Barton Landing,
Rev. Wilder of Derby Center, and
y oW0n Ol NJ1ON0I. 1IO ISpOIU
was accepted and these officers elect
ed.
A vote of thanks was rendered by
the teachers to the people of Barton
for their hospitality, and to
Mr. Day for his efficient management,
to which the school, this year, owes
much of its success.
The last exercise in psychology fol-
lowing the business meeting closed
the second session of the school. Those
who had attended the full term were
given certificates of attendance.
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that connot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
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