Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-13
KENNEBEC TEACHERS
Finish Their Successful Convention
at Gardner on Saturday
With an Interesting Meeting and an Excel.
lent Banquet.

sessions o. the kcDDeDec County leaeher
Association continued Saturday morning
with the same large attendance and intense
ceedings Most of the teachers had re-
nlained in the city over night and of those
who went home nearly all returned.
The convention was called to order in
the high school building at 0 A. NJ. and
Charles +. King, principal of the Dearborn
Grammar School. Boston, was the first
speaker. his subject being, Methods in
Geography. Mr.. King is well known as
a writer and teacher on geographical sub
iects, and is commonly spoken of among
educators as .'the geography king" For
over an hour and half he held the closest
attention of his audience as he detailed his
method of teaching geography to beginners.
lie would do away with definitions entirely
and use the object method He would
teach through the eye rather than through
the ear. Many maps charts, books, etc.
were shown to illustrate his methods and
every teacher of geography present received
inspiration and help from his talk.
Prof. A. l.. Lane of Coburn Classical
Institute was the next speaker and read an
instructive and comprehensive paper on
Methods in the Physical Sciences" He
showed the difference between the physical
and the natural sciences, one being the
study of force and the other the study of
life. Chemistry and philosophy were the
subjects chiefly handled in his paper and the
value of experiments over the text books
was ably discussed.
Prof. Powers of Gardiner did not speak
in reply to the paper as the programme had
announced, but an animated discussion was
carried to some length upon subjects sag
gested by the paper. IN winch mr. wash
purh OF Augusta atr. bra'nafu ol iIai-
lowell, Mr. owen OF aterVilie ahd MI
Hoyt OF augusta participated.
1bc following list OF o'hcers iof the en-
SUNG year was repor'e'i ny 'ne nominating
committee ana elected ny acciamahon
PRESIDENT, Lincoln '"ep' Wasrsihe; VICE
president, a. H. bra1haro' iiaiio~elii see
retary, MISS Aiice ,. heynotns, nugusta'
executive committee iresihent H.. .M-ohil'h,
kent I'M, MISS bur,e'sh, nardiher' ana
d. W C"a'wic"' "aioiNe'-
ShortiS aitcr tipo" 'i'e to'i'eh.toii "i-
Jonfded TO the Evans ~here social hour
was spent III tiie pafiors' ne eAn'pit ""ich
the "ardloer iilsh hehooi schoiars nave
prepared Tor tte Noioilh'ah Ekposi'ioh was
examined and won many compliments; AT
l.3o L. NJ the teachers entered the dinihs
ROOM which had h"h speeiaiiy prepared.
am discussed one OF t'ie pes' "inhers una,
Landlord i'ohRiass ever se,'e.,t anu OF All
the interesting ana ehJosaoie DISCUSSIONS Oh
the convention TINS was one Oh 'he most I'M
portaht-
after thinner ioas.Ihaseer C"eh OF
WaterNiiie introduced MI Ming oi bostot'
VINO spoke upon fhohies' MT Mug
d"elt at length upon methois OF 'caehins
the BEGINNER TO reai' ana SAN Tue scoools
OF 'heisea' Mass were ms i'eai scnoois Ill
ths respect. luesiioh po3 was H1e iea,
ture OF the atter-dinner exercises ana
among those vino answered various 4ues-
tons relative to teacher WORK were MI
Robertson, state snp'- Luce "u1ge LARA
nee frof. fowers' iToi. Lane Mr. hlhg'
VINO made strong plea Ior uhe aoohshihg
OF the recess, anu MISS Eva "iinaen OF au-
gasta' the only LADY speaker OF 'le cohVen-
hon, VINO described 'he teaehing OF music
IN tlie snb-primary grades'
The exercises were ended IN time Tor
ont of-town teachers TO take the 3.2e trains
ana tne second ahhiai co"'ehioh Oh 'he
hehneoec 'eachers was over =.
All were ioud IN 'heie praise Oh uaruiner
hospitahts' whieh maze ihe'r FisN 10 tie
city so pleasant IL was most sheeessihi
convention' ana win representatives Oh tne
'hree colleges ana Oh .re iea'i''s h''i'e
schools OF the STATE on .i'e programme .he
aoie papers ana discussions couiu ho' pn'
be OF great oeneht 10 aii VINO at'ehied
me un'e ana Piaee OF tue mex iiee',ne
were ieft TO the executive committee pha IL
wlil probably De hem al Augusta next
March.
Among those present ~ uhe Gunner am
symposium al the Evans ''a'ufhaH aiterhooh
the '"' kNAh repee,en'ai',s ', ''p''ee'i Tue Ioi-
lowing III ans, MRS H. hanson iro''
A. h. Lane r. ~ RUNNER MISS 'iesar'y,
u. ahee tsootb' bahHe F. SoWeh'
Florence L. pruth'noha' A. a. LOWE, mar
f'ts n I'VE. naaie biske' 'ef'oie iasi"r'
tlafa u hsr,'' ,,ta neie hosetr' ',n''fhs y,
Love, seo- home' 'a,rm v Merria'
aae'siae oou'e, heha a. - ,"h"eii' nut"
Dane stevens irpt- y; l.. nasse.'' " y.
sawyer, ffoi' A. >. hopef's, h,hoa LEWIS
i,eoia 'hism' Lucy Sf"snf' Lincoln ',Wen'
Winnie h. ohh'n, 'oea n hi'iceih' LIZZIE
A. Nancy tVa u t""h ana l,enoea f.
baien'ioe, All "i "a'ef'hie' tmn'' r.
Jones fiotehse r.; Ie"iaf", alhif W
bean, WIN. "- shi'" ',,,e s"pt' Luce
f'nia T. Hefson'' - a. ,,hou'n, En'ia
l.: move 5ehi'ie VI, not'ie ',aaNe r. nee''
Mahei l.. hassei'. Eneh a, n'e. Laisian
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