The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12

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has not been crowned with particularly
gratifying success. 1t was the meeting
of the Cumberland County Educational
society which hroughu the teachers as
pupils to the Gorham Normal school.
There were hundreds of them, mostly
women, mostly young, and, of course,
mostly good looking. They began ar
irving on the early morning trains and
they came on all the later trains until
there were enough of them to crowd the
large hall of the school building. They
listened to addresses by DIR. Addison
Thayer of Portland, who some years ago
was pedagogue himself and successful
one, by State Superintendent Stetson,
who talked entertainingly and gave at
the same time many valuable ideas. and
bv President Nathaniel Butler of Colby
University, one of the leading platform
speakers of The state. Then there were
exc rcises in teaching illustrated by prim.
ary school scholars and by the grown up
shcolars of the Normal schools, who
took the part of little folks Tor the time
being. There. were musical numbers by
talented pupils of Principal Corthell' s
school thrown in with all this pedagogy.
and finally after the labors of the day the
teachers were entertained in the evening
by a reception which was very ENJOYABLE
In the mids' of the lessons and the fes-
tivities the hers found time to tram
saot little business They selected Var
mouth as the place of their next meeting
and elected the following officers:
President-B. NJ. Moore, Yarmouth.
Vice President-Fred Fl. Freeman,
Westbrook.
Secretary and Treasurer = Auguste
Schumacher, Portland.
Executive Committee-E. e. Parmen-
ter, Portland; Charles Fish, Brunswick;
Della b. Weston, Harrison.
The report OF the committee on resolu-
tions presented by Superintendent Rob-
bins of Deerine paid high tribute to
the character and valuable services Of the
late Principal Edgar H. Crosby of the
Deering high school.
The exercises began early in the fore
noon when MIR. W. e. Russell of Gorham,
president of the association, called the
meeti ng to order and introduced Rev. MIR.
Flora SkiIlings OF Portland was elected
secretary pro tempore and the society
took up the first matter on the plo-
gramme, the teaching of physiology in
the public schools
Mr.. Corthell, who always has something
worth hearing to say, extended cordial
greetings on behalf of the faculty of the
school and the teachers of the town of
Gorham. He welcomed the visitors as
bringing the results of their experiences
which might prove to be an inspiration
TO the teachers of the town. He welcomed
them in behalf of the town of Gorham
which in 1907 had shown its interest in
the cause of education by founding the
academy which has since become part
of the normal school, town which later
gave to the State the building in which
the association met and which was for
years the best building in Maine, and
one euualled by few In New England,
devoted to the education of young ladies.
Finally, Mr.. Corthell welcomed the teach
ers as fellow laborers in the most respon-
sibles position in modern society. the
building of character which shall last
when the earth has passed away. Mr..
Corthell was loudly applauded.
DR.. THAYER'S REMARKS.
1t was then that DR.. Addison Thayer
was introduced as former teacher Of
physiology in the Portland High school,
when he aroused SO much interest among
his pupils that people were forced to lock
up their cats for fear that otherwise their
pets would be taken by High school boys
IOr purposes OF OlsSect1On.
DR.. Thayer spoke particularly of the
Importance and results of the teaching of
physiology in the schools as it appears
to the medical practitioner. As Fpracti-
cal illustration, he told of numb Der of
grammar school boys who had brought to
his Office one of their comrades who had
been accidentally shot during some excit
ing amateur theaticals. The radiaI artery
had been cut and the other boys had APP
piled compress. The injured hoy
might have bled to death had his play
mates not known how to stop the flow of
blood but the incident served to show
how boys soon grasped knowledge of
In the same way they could
learn enough of the circulation of the
b GOD to enable them to avoid taking cold
As means OF teaching physiology to
grammar school pupils DR.. Thayer told
how the circulation of the blood might be
Illustrated by the appearance of the play
ar's face at the end of the game. Johnny
when. asked what the color of the player
face was, very likely would reply mud.