The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-19
STATE TEACHERS MEETING
',5OO TEACHERS FROM VARIOUS
 PARTS OF THE STATE ATTEND.


 Divided Into Sections Covering the Differ
 ent Branches of work-Papers on Many
 Interesting Toplcs-ExhibitIon of Manual
 school Work at Boardman High sohool-- \ Well Known Teachers spole-ohicers 2 Elected of a Guild. VI The forty-ninth annual convention of the State Teachers association, held in khls city yesterday, was largely attend ed by teachers from all over the state, about 2,5OO being present, representing zabout every city and town in Connec- ticut. They began arriving early In the morning and at 9:45 United church was filled even to every available space of standing room, when w. F..Twitchell of Hartford, president of the associa f'tion, called the meeting to order. The Exercises were opened with a few se- ! Elections by an octette of the Yale Glee slclub, led by President Lackland. Prayer Twas offered by Henry Barnard of Hartford. Short addresses were made Fiby MT. Barnard and by Dr. Charles E!De Garmo, president of Swarthmore sicollege, who delivered the principal gen. Neral address. His topic was "The Ethi- { scal Bearings of Public School Educa- E,tion." He spoke of the necessity of elmoral training for the young and told 3how this might be best brought about. Dr. De Garmo was followed by Sher- man Williams, superintendent of schools in Glens Falls, N. Y, who spoke on the topic, Supplementary Reading" \ He spoke of the great Influence of col lateral reading on the life and charac- sster of the pupil of the public schools. afThis paper was followed by general \ discussion, in which many principals and superintendents of schools took X part At noon a meeting of the teach M CTS interested in the formation of teachers guild for the aid of those teachers who have become infirm, but \ have been unable to save money enough to support themselves. N. l.. Bishop called the meeting to order and George Hurd was appointed chairman. The details of a similar organization in
 
 Eg told of similar organizations in Mas x sachusetts. Only about one hundred 8 teachers attended this meeting and on q account of the small attendance 1t was 1 decided to leave the matter in the hands Y of a committee of twelve.
 4 The convention was divided into five
 special sections, only one of which met K in the forenoon. This was the kinder 4 garten section and it met at Il o'clock N at Boardman school. Miss Beardsley N presided and Miss Lottie Hall, who has s charge of the kindergarten department Y in Dwight school, spoke on "The Value 8s and Dangers of the Program" She z told of the necessity of taking care not N to tire young children by following too @ closely program of school work. # Miss Blanche Boardman of Williman- H tic next spoke on Quiet in the Class X Rooms" Miss Boardman said that 1t K was a good idea to allow young pupils N to speak at class work, as 1t would bring out their ideas.
 N At the Boardman school an interest A ing exhibition of the work done by the pupils of the chools of the state at < tracted a large amount of attention.
 
 N schools, Norwich Free Academy, Bris- { tol schools, South Manchester, Nauga- \ tuck and Hartford schools displayed their grammar school work in drawing, woodwork, moulding, sewing and a number of other things.
 Perhaps the New Haven charts of \ ornamnetal drawing attracted as much attention as the other things displayed. This department was prepared under the direction of Miss Skinner, the draw ing teacher, and many compliments \ were passed in regard to the exhibit. The Boardman school of this city had complete exhibit of all the work done at the school by the scholars. A small
 electric car, an exact model of the real ones, was among the things that were from the Norwich Free Academy.
 The object of the exhibit was to com- pare the different grades in the differ ent schools and show what progress the pupils make in the various branches of instruction.
 The afternoon work was in the fol-
 lowing sections: Primary, kindergar- ten, grammar school manual training
 and art, and high school.
 Iue IOllOWluS pdpeIS were pr6SellIeu
 at the afternoon session in Boardman:
 'fThe Relation of Art Education to
 Manual Training" Walter J. Hervey,
 president Teachers college, New York;
 'Clay Modelling in Schools" Miss Amy
 Reddall, Brooklyn; and "What Does
 Art Do for Education" Solon P. Davis,
 supervisor of drawing, Hartford
 THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
 The afternoon session at Boardman
 Manual Training school at o'clock
 opened with an address by Walter J.
 Hervey of New York. Mir Hervey had
 for his subject, "The Relation of Art
 Education to Manual Training He in-
 troduced his talk by speaking of the de-
 pendency of one subject upon another,
 one teachers work upon that of anoth-
 er Manual training suggests at once
 four points: Certain practical ideas; a
 gruop of material, blocks of wood, brass
 nails, etc., and tools by which things
 may be modelled, and furnished produc-
 tions; coordinate with the work is ma-
 thematics languages and other branch
 es of education. The missions of art
 education means that children are spir- itual beings. The spirit of beauty