The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-14
STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
Annual Convention to be Held Here
 To-day.


 Annual Convention to be Held Here
 To~day.
 The fifty-second annual convention of the Connecticut State Teachers asso- citation will convene in this city to-day and it is expected that about eight hum dred teachers will be present. In the various cities and towns of the state the schools will be closed for the day to enable the teachers to attend. The sessions will also continue tomorrow As the papers to be read and the dis cussions to be held will cover a large amount of school work it has been de- cided to hold meetings for the various sections of school work to be discussed
 The high school section will meet at Warner hall and the presiding officer will be Edward G. Coy of the Hotch- kiss school. The addresses to be deliv- cred there are by Chauncey w. Wells, instructor in English at Yale, and by Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury. The afternoon session will be held at Board man school. The women of the First Methodist church will serve lunch in the basement of the church at noon to- day for the teachers.
 c. N. Kendall, superintendent of the New Haven city schools, will be the presiding officer for the grammar school section, which will meet at 10 o'clock at the United church on the green. Addresses will be made by Su- perintendent Horace S. Tarbell of Prov idence on 'The Place of Commentator in Teaching" and by Rev. Watson l.. Phillips, D. D., on Bleaching Tempera- ment." All discussions in this section, with the exception of United States his tory, will be at the high school building John c. Anthony of New Britain will lead the discussion in history at United church at o'clock.
 The intermediate section will have headquarters at the First Methodist church, Elm and College streets. J. B. Stanton, superintendent of schools in the West Chelsea district Norwich, will preside. Principal c. B. Hurd of the Winchester district, Professor D. w. Scripture of Yale, Professor Ladd, Dr. w. H. Burnham of Clark univer- sity, Worcester, Mass, and Professor w. $. Monroe of Westfield, Mass will take part in the discussion. In the af- ternoon this section will meet in the high school building, where there will be discussion on geography, language and recitation.
 The primary section will meet in Uni
 
 and will be conducted by Edwin c. An drews of the Model school, Willimantic. The morning speakers will be N. L.. Bishop, superintendent of schools in Norwich, and Marcus White, principal of the normal school, New Britain. In the afternoon there will be a discussion as to the best course of study for pri- mary grades from the standpoint of the child's interest, with C.. F. Phenix of the Willimantic normal school as leader. A discussion on primary read ing will be led by Maud l.. Gridle of South Manchester
 The Kindergarten section will meet at Harmonic hall at 10 o'clock. J. A. Graves, principal of the South street school of Hartford, will preside. The -Seosloii VIII opeH WlLh ueFollOndl eXer- cises and followed by paper on Kin dergarten Problems" to be read by Miss Rachel King of this city. The Teach ! CTS Annuity guild will transact some business at this meeting, and a paper on "Pedagogics of the Kindergarten" will be read by Miss Lucy Wheelock l of Boston. In the afternoon other pa- pers on kindergarten work will be read by Miss Jessie I. Scranton of this city, Anna Burr Wilson of Hartford and by 1 Emile Poulson of Boston.