The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-19
OXFORD COUNTY TEACHERS.
Annual Meeting of West oxford ASCOT.
at on at Kezar Falls.

Kezar Falls, November lz.-The West
Oxford Teachers association opened
Thursday afternoon in the Z. of P. hall
with very large attendance.
MIR. S. A. Mcdaniel welcomed the visit
ing teachers. The response was by State
Superintendent Stetson.
How shall the teacher in the rural
schools keep in tonch with changing edu-
cational methods?
1. Importance of right methods and
principles, MIR. Ernest r. Woodbury.,
Fryeburg
2.-Means of keeping in touch with
them, Rev. Ernest Hamlin Abbott, Frye
burg.
s.--As applied to Geography, Harriet
Abbott, Fryeburg.
The above papers occupied about one
hour and.held the closest attention. /.
What to do with oivics-how to make
good citizens. by E. A. Fox, Esq, was
presented in a very able and effective
manner. The second division of the SUBJ
| jeot was handled in manner that struck
home and brought out IN glaring and
remarkable form some. of the evils not
seen upon the surface or generally APP
parent that are poisoning the morals and
manhood of the rising generation.
The teacher in society by Miss Eunice
W. Fobes, Cornish. Miss Fobes took. the
view that many of our educators are tax
| ing of the life of teacher outside of our
country schools while mingling with the
parents.
| Duty of parents to scholars; and schol-
ars to parents, by Miss Blanche Spring,
Hiram. Miss Spring pleaded for little
more heaven in some of our homes as
little more of fellowship"
The questions put in the box were very
interesting both to parents and teachers.
In the evening there was an address by
on "The Old State of Maine" and he
was listened to by very large audience.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Arithmetios in our schools, by Mr.. E.
N. Stone, BrownfeId. Mr.. Stone is
against the teaching of higher mathe-
matics in our common schools under any
circumstances, but had very interest.
Ing paper and able in all it's features.
Oral arithmetic. by Mr.. I. M. Drown,
Porter. Mr.. browns work was black
board. work land was adapted to small
scholars.
The teacher by Miss Flora Lord,
Kezar Falls. She simply gave the idess
as she is carrying them out in her school
work.
"Outside of Text Books, was dwelt
on by Miss Jessie Kimban OF Hiram In
an interesting manner and many novel
ideas advanced.
AFTERNOON.
Address-"The School, Its RESPONSE
bility for Moral Training
Rev. James Nixon, Kezar Falls
stWhat Is Eudcation?"
Mr.. S. A. Mcdaniel, Kezar Falls
"DifdcuIties in English Grammar
Mr.. Isaiah TrufaEt, Parsonsfield
The afternoon was used by three old
teachers in very interesting manner,
each reading paper that made an i'm
uressIon on every one In the large audi
ence that care, time and study had been
used in the preparation of the papers and
that no line Of thought had been left to
itself, but each had been candidly studied
in hope that some one might improve our
scholars next year above the scholars of
today or yesterday.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
were as follows:
President Rev. e. H. Abbott, Frye.
burg: vice president, DR.. G. b. Wilson,
Hiram; secretary, Miss Flora Lord; exc.
cutive committee. e. Il. Gentleman, Por
ter; e. r. Woodbury., Fryeburg; Jessie
Kimball, Hiram; Mabel E. Stone,
Brownf1eld; Mrs. N. O.McIntire, Sweden;
Charles E. Hobbs, Lowell; Eunice W.
Fobes, Cornish; Blanche Henderson,
Parsonsfeld.