The Republican journal., 1898-11-17
Meeting Of Waldo County Teachers.

One of the pleasantest meetings in the
history of the Waldo County Teachers Asso-
citation occurred at Freedom Nov. 11th and
18th The attendance was small, owing to
| the unfavorable weather, but all who at
tended felt well repaid, The meeting was
opened by Pres. II. E. Ellis of Belfast and
prayer offered by Rev. S. Goodwin of Free
dom. The pupils of Freedom Academy
sang selection, after which Mr.. Goodwin
in behalf of the people of Freedom, cordially
welcomed the visiting teachers. Mr.. H. D.
Mcclellan of Belfast responded happily.
Miss n, r. Carroll of Liberty then read an
excellent paper on "Outside the Text Book -
This paper was followed by a general dis
3ussion of the subject. All agreed that
clnging too closely to the text book is in
furious and that much outside work is nee
essary Original problems in arithmetic
were particularly mentioned and the use of
pictures in teaching geography and Ian
guage.
The Friday afternoon session was partic-
uJarly interesting. The pupils of the Acade-
my sang, after which Prof II. NJ Estabrook
of the University of Maine read d paper on
Poetry, Its Nature and Study" The pa
per was exceptionally fine and of much
practical value, particularly to teachers in
the higher grades. Prof. A. j. Roberts of
Colby University read an excellent paper on
Teaching School" He believes that relig
ious teaching and gentlemanly conduct
should be part of school discipline. This
a
OF childhood, when the mind is prepared to
receive and profit by it. He believes that
too much demand is made upon the teach
ers and pupils of to-day and that too much
time is spent, particularly in arithmetic,
upon subjects Of no practical value. Pupils
should be able to use good English both
spoken and written, before entering upon
the study of Latin and Greek.
Prof. A. F. Richardson of Castne Normal
school then read very interesting paper on
'School Discipline" He spoke of the
schools of thirty years ago and concrasted
the discipline of that period with that Of to-
day.
The evening session was held in the
church. The choir sang two selections and
Miss Margaret Williams of Waterville sang
solo, "Cieansing Fires" Prof. A. j.
Roberts of Colby University was then intro
duced. His subject The School and the
Community,' was ably handled and it was
one of the finest lectures ever given before
the association.
A brief session was held Saturday morn
ing. Prof. W. W. Rich, Principal of Free
dom Academy, conducted lesson in Com
mercial Law, which was very interesting,
his pupils showing good understanding Of
the subject. Supl. F. S. Brick Of Belfast
gave an interesting address ON Reading in
the Rural Schools A short business meet
ing was next in order. The Committee on
| Resolutions submitted the following report,
which was unanimously adopted
Whereas, The present meeting of the
/ Waldo County Teachers Association has
proved interesting, Instructive and eminent
iy successful, the following resolutions are
| offered in recognition of the aid and help
! towards the success of the meeting.
Resolved, That our thanks be extended to
| the people of Freedom for their kind recep-
| tion and particularly to Prof Rich for his
| untiring efforts in behalf Of the convention,
| Resolved, That our thanks are specially
! due the three speakers from outside the
county, Prof A. F. Richardson OF Castiue
| Normal School, Prof, II. NJ. Estabrook, of
| the University of Maine and Prof A j.
Roberts of Colby University.
| Resolved, That our thanks are due those
| who so kindly furnished music
| Resolved, That our thanks are due Pres.
| ii. E. Ellis, for the energy he has put forth
| towards making the meeting success.
| Resolved, That copies of these resoluti ons
| be printed in the county papers and spread
| upon our records
| ETHEL THOMAS, Committee
| GRACE e. WALTON, on
Francis S. BRICK Resolutions.
| The next meeting will be at Wnterport,
the third Friday in May, 1899.
The following were present from Belfast:
Supt. F. S. Brick, H. E. Ellis, H. D McLel-
Ian, Miss j. A. Wiggin, Miss Grace A. Lord,
| Miss Ida B. Carter, Mrs. Samuel Adams,
Miss Ethel Thomas, Miss Edith Thomas,
Miss NJ II. Mason, Miss Grace E. Walton,
Miss Edith Ladd Miss Mabel Brown.