Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-08
STATE HOUSE.
Fur|oughs Being Obtained For
the Sick Batterymen.
Prof. ". W. stetson Tells Of His Re-
cent Tour in Pennsylvania.
STATE Museum Out srowins II. case--secre.
tay mcN zen Issuing November Bulletin.

MY trip through Pennsylvania was
particularly helpful to me-. saia s,,nor;,,
teHueht otetson, Monday morning to q
1ourifH reporter, sas it showed me wb,
another state is doing in the education,
nhe' ana their system is SO distinctly dif-
fcrent from ours that | had a preat ea,a
for study" ei
Prof Ste'fson passed last waeL n
pennsylvania giving three or fonr "a
dresses, one of which was at n teachors.
'hs'eu'e at Norristown. This institute
Mouiu pe called section meeting In
Maihe' as It included a section of the
o'ate. ihear methods are vastly different
from those of Maine, in as much that If
is compulsory for the teachers to attend
and there is fee charged. Their inst,-
tu5es are held for five days. and are
vastly more formal than the Maine insri-
stutes, with the speeches less spontaneous
Here ln Maine there is nothing comnu1-
sory about attending and they are nor
held for so long a time.
IN the keystone state the speakers are
asmost wholly from outside the State
win only a few local speakers. They
nave large sum of money for this pur
pose, ana have good speakers But for
an That, superintendent Stetson likes the
Maine method by far better. Here IT Is
the custom to have one or two outs;da
speakers, and the rest beside the State
are local speakers This
latter part of the programme Mr. Stet-
son thinks is of great help to the attend
ing teachers. He says there are peculiar
~ helpful results, from these talks by
local teachers.
There were about 500 teachers in atten-
dance at the meetings, and many of them
II was found, were from the State of
Maine and from New Hampshire. Anv
reference to Blaine or Reed or the State
or Maine, was a signal for an outburst
of applause. They were very hospitaDle
class and made the stay of Prof. Stetson
happy one, as we'll as Instructive AS
Mr.. Stetson says, I'VE have much TO
learn from their grand system and they
have equally as much to learn from US"
Prof. Stetson went wholly to study the
local conditions and system, otherwise
the busy man could not have spared the
time. He says fle finds time spend in this
way is of particular value to him, as It
keeps him supplied with new ideas and he
~N>AA e~NeoEs
systems as they appear to him.
One of tine particular features of the
Pennsylvania system, is the introduction
of men teachers into the schools in place
OF the women, so that the number of the
latter is fast decreasing.
Each evening of the five days, is de-
voted TO some lecture on any line that
may be chosen. On one evening they had
a musical, and another there was a
lecture by Sam Jones. For two the opera
house that holds 1900 people and which
was packed to the doors, was the scene
of as interested crowd as could be
imagined. The noted evangelist threw
hot shot in all quarters, beginning with
the church and working down until he
got at the boys and girls of the country.
One thing that pleased the Pennsylva-
mans was Prof Stetsons pronunciation
which to them seemed very queer, for
while he was THE Yankee of the crowd
they had the fiat Yankee, way of pro-
nouncing the vowels, more than he.