Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-02-26
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
WINDHAM COUNTY
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Carefully Condensed Summary

IL, IL ana W. lNb1s
The session of the Teachers Institute
for Windham county opened in the High
school room on Wednesday morning, Feb
II, at 1890, with scripture reading and
prayer by Rev. F. J. Parry. State exam
liner II. ID. Ryder of Bellows Falls intro
duced Hon. f. F.Palmer, state superintend-
ent of education, who delivered the opening
address. Mr.. Palmer said that in the
midst of so many opposing views and the
cries about methods of teaching some
standard must be adopted, and each teach
er must first decide what education is-or
i'm other words, what he or she is here for.
Education is the harmonious development
of the mental and physical powers No in
telligent American of today will deny that
this is the correct definition. Real educa-
ton must result in mental and moral pow
er. Teachers must test their pupils in
knowledge, power and skill. 1t is one
thing to test knowledge, another to test
power. Power is what the children need.
Ability to know what to do, and moral
power to do, is education. A short discus
sion closed the morning session.
Principal Horne on school Management.
The afternoon session opened with an
able paper upon "SchoOl management" by
Principal j. ,. Horne of BrattlebOro, who
said in substance:
The expression. a hard school" or an easy
school" may refer to the intellectual labor rCqulr-
ed of the teacher in charge but more frequently
az, t%t t1a,.Snr NM vnuId make the worst posi-
bic work where another would experience no uit-
6,,,,ltr ma .nN If The tporhpr may make "A diff
f.rln1.. The vouut, collegiate with high intellect
a nng Eou,s , Til Where "I3an fra in
body but with a brain full of tact and common
wor,d smrrepd Pugiistic Qualities are nov. in
NaW. Ent,innd at Least at a discount The sneak.
Ups nv.n pxnpr,,n,r did not lead him to believe
~ a; r,,, ~ GOV ia no a Ia rye factor i'm dis
.i,iinnr,, ,,snIts If il rather i'm The mental fem
tiLi,,,i ti9. and tbe methods en,nIovsd II
an ns trnv Gs sni1 of the teacher as OF The. poet
bs is horn moi made There. must be a loving
svnnnthv and nnfirnrp which oftentimes is the
o,I wnt,.r that can arouse the best efforts of the
mind As the mere hearing of lessons does not
iiai,, tho t,ai,bsr so fine mrr, prescribing and en-
T,rin,r If r1i,s does not make the disciplinaran
m I'm, tno.har adnuts thp mpthod sanctioned
hmG true teuGTI , i,tn them his
di,iInnt,, thns ovni,lina, any slayish cnpvinr of
a,.,, tI, 49, ,,..tb,Js ~ others No nT1fpssinn
CoiIs fnr s1 much indyidunIity
Erst 49,. viii .mrsi,irr The mental teuIer of the
taa,,b,r and s,.rnnd the methods empl6yed No
,n NJ, Las a ,vnrr,-inp, fr,ttrI disuostiGn is sIlt
able for a teachers position. His peevishncSs
lii ~, ,,t,,tj Ia. his nuns and uglin,ss of tenn
her even the unwholes6me spirit OF hate will re-
iinlt no smiling face. and kindly Suokpn word
.ii,,,, tou tn .lis,it gratifying rsilouse Ii is
,',,,i t,,',r t,,,, in thn school. room that love
io,,its low. and that a Kindly shirt beg,.tS good
Iii WbiI..t ~ essential that IA teacher should
,,iti,, "a, ar, Yen ,lnnsaut tnnar il * even more
inrnarativs thot he shouId not hose his temper 1t
i ID H. siI .Tsune, lost ali LOST If
- ,,,,,ii n, ,r,i,,s, vnu trrrify them and they
~ o'I r love Won az hefnrr They can never
wholly forget if more advanced in years you
have IN thair INDICTMENT sacrificed your dignity and
If r,,s,,.t ,ind made voursf the object of their
ridin,Isf 80
Hunthar qualification of the successful teacher
-A'iu.ivi , @ f ~ ,,,,,roI nature of children in
t,anarai and Of ,4arh individual of his charge in
Sarti,Ilar II il mis- qualification which will ena
Hr,nn,, othar nuaIi6rafions arr. II keen sense of
L,nn,1r and tba itirt.s Of sl.muathv and PATIENCE
i ~ i,i;t,C to MIMI. n'ith The iuuis ON terms
81 no tn,nsf eoriahiiitv without falling into that
Familiarity which breeds contempt The speaker
str1n K th,, prpa ration of lessons es-
IN S,;.,,.I nutils ms "A means of com
ivvtnS WIZ 49, ',ii,rir minis may hn drceiy
ii''',i,',ilH ~ me- Toni, in hand lint
older ones never and 10 lose the confidence Of the
,,,,nil ,, ,a,,itnhv r,snlt i'm ANNOYANCE and DOS
sbiy disturbance
In considering methods OF olSfipiinT tI lIHI
fhSr m h r.soraJ TO- For his own Dart he an
swered Yes" though seldom resortmg to it.
What are the objects OF usGlpllet INA a'my
straint of certain mruly pupils. whose moral ma
lures are such that all reasonable appeals to them
fan In every case OF nlSGohuuct tiiS by to
momentary iuducement, bit the moral impulse
This the speaker illustrated by incidents in his
own experience and then Te1 on 10 Tii1iS l,rls
iyin ~ iStTaions TO @Hplain his meaning lie
would caution the young teacher against too many
rules too much business TOO NIUE cT S',,,.
onpht n r to he inuged I'M better not PUNISH at
ali. Better not to take notice Of light offences
than to be always mtc'inE ign' ,,i o,,s
eitbar nv IN his own mill or The punishment i'm
posed Comparing the relative merits of deport-
ment marks and staying after st no a,t s tb
edge of that efdctcious instrument be dullrd OF
the second method he would see to it that the
chids time was always SUITABLY elhPloS t maSe
Get fha p',nils 70 helm in the management by in
culcating high sense of honor Make them feel
that you need their co9pefaon, IL you i',, ,, Gu
Iv I as was the act of Injustice itself and in the
fullest and sncerest manner possible. Have at
tentve ear for the trials ana troubles oi your P
manly IN. womaniy' in YOUR treatment of them
and show them that you expect the same.
A class exercise in fractions followed,
bv II pupils in the Brattleboro fourth grade,
conducted by their teacher, Miss Della
Sherman. They showed thorough UNI
derstanding of the subject, manifesting
much eagerness, as well as agility, in
their work, which was illustrated by Sec
lions of discs in the hands of the pupils.
After singing by the same pupils under the
direction of Miss Wyman, the music teach
er in the village schools in BrattlebOrO, a
paper was read by Miss DeWolfe. This
was a substitute for "Englsh in the COM
mon schools" by Princical Williams of
Saxtons River, who was prevented from at
tending. Miss DeWolfe's paper was enti-
tied "A plea for the mis-fit child and was
a protest against the cast-irOn requirements