The Newtown bee., 1894-09-21
Affairs About Town.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
THE INSTITUTION AT GLEN FALLS AS
 SEEN BY WATERBURY TEACHER.

W The summer school has grown to be | ecognized as one of the best educational | institutions of the country. It has the | pecial merit of putting fruitful profes- ional training within reach of teachers Vho are actually engaged in teaching. No progressive teacher can afford to pass his or her 10 or 12 weeks vacation l spending one-third of it, at least, n self improvement, and in preparation 'or the coming year. The vacation has been failure unless some new ideas and ambitions have been awakened. The lp-to-date teacher takes advantage of every opportunity to improve, and there Is no place where advancement is so well facilitated as at summer school. Sit ting at the feet of masters of the art, listening to words of wisdom and exper- fence from educators of national reputa- tion, and association with superior in- cannot fail of great benefit to the teacher and consequently to the pupils under his or her charge. The time IS surely coming in Waterbury and in Connecticut when a diploma from some reputable summer school will be essential to the teachers promotion. School officers will judge of a teachers earnestness in the work by the amount of enthusiasm displayed in self improve ment; and three or four weeks in good summer school to teacher of two or more years experience is more produc- tive of good than as many months in a normal school to student who has never taught.
 The writer's felicitous experiences in attendance at the recent session of Ma tional summer school at Glen Falls, N. Y., has kindled his admiration for sum. mer schools in general and that school in particular. It was presided over by a score of the best educators of the coun- try-every one with national reputa. tion, among whom were such intruc- tors as pr White of Columbus. Ohio author of sElements of Pedagogy" anC "School Management" two very popular works; Supervisor Metcalf of Boston author of Metcalt's grammar; Charle: F. King, master of Dearborn school Boston, author of Kings Geographica reader; Professor Apgar of Trenton, N J.; Miss Arnold of Minneapolis, on "Pri mary Methods" and Miss Hinzt of Al bany, the "queen of the blackboard, conceded to be the best free hand artis in the U nited States. Each of the other was an expert in his line.
 Every teacher should read Dr White "Elements of Pedagogy and "Schoo Management" and then listen to his lee lures on those subjects. He would be stupid mortal indeed who would not b | vastly the better for it. A very inter estipg feature of the school was tn receptions, sociables and round tables at which teachers from all parts of tn union became acquainted, much to thei mutual benefit.
 | Inasmuch as those who attend a sun mer school are taking a vacation at tn same time no place in the United State could have been more happily selecte for the purpose. Glen Falls contain about 12,000 inhabitants and combine to considerable degree the advantage of city and summer resort. It has very complete sewerage system, exec lent mountain water, electric light electric cars, beautiful shaded street and many fine residences. It is min miles from Lake George-the most beaut full sheet of water in America-at the fo' hills of the Adirondacks on bend of tt Hudson, and near Saratoga, Luzern al Mount Gregor. It is on the line of tra el between New York and Montreal, VI the Hudson and those beautiful histoI cal lakes, George and Champlai Teachers and students are especially i !. terested in the many historical points
 interest in the vicinity-Saratoga battl
 field, Fort Edward, Fort William Henr. Ticonderoga, Whitehall, Bloody Pon
 etc. In addition to it's exceedingly teresting historical surroundings the
 dustries of the town are varied and 8
 ford much pleasure to Investigating vi
 itors. It boasts of the largest pap
 mill in the world, where three of u
 great New York dailies are suppli
 with paper. It is very interesting to S ' logs of spruce ground into pulp Q means of large stones, and to follo
 their course through till they emerge
 half ton rolls of finished paper, reat for shipment. Of t'ese the Wor
 takes 60 rolls daily, t Herald 50 TO- , and the Press somewhat less. Countil
 the wall paper, which it also manufs
 lures, this immense concern turns c
 165 tons of finished paper every ds
 Truly stupendous achievement
 other interesting point is the great sa
 mills, in some of which may be cean s,
 eral gangs of 36 saws each, all worki
 at the same time and devouring hl
 dreds of logs every hour of the day a
 night. The product of these saw-mi
 may be seen piled for miles along
 banks of the canal, ready for shipmt
 via of the canal to Albany and thence the Hudson to New York City and otl
 points. During the winter and spri
 hundreds of men are employed for mi
 on the Hudson harvesting logs to f,
 the abysmal maw of those mills dur
 the year.
 The lime tunnels are by no means ,, secondary importance. These da
 gloomy caverns, from some of which
 itors are excluded on account of foul 7 remind one of the pictures of the fam
 salt mines of Austria. These have b,
 operated for years and extended into
 bowels of the mountain. With the tt