Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-28

! home. ! hope that from this convention
| you will return to your work inspired,
I prompted with the desire to make the lives
of your pupils bright and happy.
! hope you will look back upon this con-
vention As bright spot in your lives which
hope in the future will he full of pleasure
and happiness"
Miss Brassia, supervisor of elementary
science at Quincy, Mass, was next intro
dueed, and for haif-hour, in pleasing
and instructive address, showed the adyan-
tages of the study OF elementary science in
the lower grades. Miss Brassill was gem
erousiy applauded. Discussion on the
same subject was opened and closed
by President Purington of the State Nor
mai of Pennington.
Miss Pearl Curtis of the junior year of
the Sk0whegan High School delighted the
convention with an excellent piano solo.
Prof. Hall knew of no more
pleasant duty to him in this
convention than the introduction of
the president of his college home
President B. l.. Whitman of Colby Uni
yersity. President Whitman took for
subject. The Teachers Function in the
Preparation of Life.
Mr.. Whitman spoke rapidly and eloquent,
ly for about 20 minutes. He dwelt upon
the teachers relation 10 the pupil
the essential things in the make
up of good teacher and
how necessary it is for the pupil to be made
to understand himself the technical moral
and intellectual training of the pupil to de-
velop the man in all departments of life
the equipment of the teacher in matter,
method and spirit Of our pupils will be in
most Instances like our own. The teacher
should be religious man; he should have
conception of who and what God is.
Teachers should work for spiritual
ends. because the work is spiritual SO is il
lasting.
4 recess was taken at the close of Presi-
dent Whitmans remarks, until 2 o'clock i.
VI. Well did the committee of 10 from
Prof. Halls school attend to the decorating
of the scho0lroOm: The sweet scent of
the many flowers with which the air was
laden told of the good taste that had been
exercised in the selection of the plants.
Among the teachers present we noticed |
Miss Lizzie w. Healey, Miss Bessie VI.
Fletcher Miss Myrtle NJ Harris, Miss
blanche Tan,ish, Miss Minnie Fish. Miss
Violet v Durgin, Miss Asl,iie NJ. Swain.
Miss Belle G.. Hutchinson, Miss Cora !.
Buker, Miss Ada NJ, Acklev, Miss Minnie |
V. Clarke Miss Maria 4. Davis, Miss May
H. Ward Miss Fannie +. lIoyt Miss Addie
V. Iioyt, Miss Sadie NJ. Ward. /
Miss Mary Coolidge Pollard of Skowhegan
Miss Abbie Blackwell, Miss Addie r Smith,
Miss Hattie Hartwell, Miss Grace NJ. Wy |
man and Mr.. C. H. Sturtevant of Madison
Miss Mabel c. Maxwell, Miss George l.. |
Greene, Cornyillc; Miss Emma Goodwin, |
Canaan: Miss Stella \. Holmes, Smith |
field +. l.. Stevens, Temple; George {.
Purington, Farmington; Rebekah Clarke
Lindsey and Mary Louise Anderson of Nor |
ridgwock; Miss Minnie Drury, East Madi- |
son; Miss Hannah Corson, Miss Lena Cor /
son. West Athens; Edith Hun, Moscow
Miss Nellie Baker Bingham; Miss Carrie
NJ. Huff, Bingham; Miss Lavina lussey, |
Miss Evelyn Kicker, Canaan; Miss Olive /
A. Harris, Miss Aida G., French, Miss Liz
sic B. Higgins of Skowhegan; Miss Edda /
C. Locke, Cornville: Miss Grace l.. Hard /
ing. Miss Emma J. Dutton, Madison; Miss
Narp--A 4. -Halnsesp-- Miss Leila
b. Morse. South Norridgewock; Miss Han
nah f.. Wentworth, North Fairfield.