Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-31
SUMMER SCHOOL.

The Ninth Annual Session Of the
Orleans County Summer School
opened in Seaver's opera hall last
Monday afternoon. An address of
welcome was delivered by Hon. F.:W
Baldwin who reviewed the history Of
the school, bringing out the fact that
Barton was the birthplace of summer
schools in Vermont, and referred to a
few incidents that have occurred in
former years. The speaker also COM
pared the advantages Of the young
today to those of forty years ago. In
closing he "Gave the freedom of the
city" to the teachers.
This address was responded to by
Prof. Andrews on behalf of the school.
The chairman then introduced Judge
L. II. Thompson, the president of the
Institute. Judge Thompson's address
was calculated to inspire in the teach
ers a greater regard for their profess
sion and to give them better idea of
the great responsibility resting upon
them as instructors of the young. To
the teacher who has charge of them
the pupils look for their ideal, and the
example the teacher sets will, to a
great extent, mould their characters
and determine the kind of citizens
they will be. Judge Thompson is one
of the ablest speakers that the teach
ers of Orleans county have had the
privilege Of listening to for a long
time.
Owing to the summer schools to be
held in Hardwick and Bradford, there
were not as many teachers present at
the beginning of this as at some for
mer sessions, but with the instructors
provided it is hoped this will be very
successful term. The instructors pres
we're: Principal A. B. Crawford Of the
Bellows Falls high school; Supt. of
Schools w. F. Rocheleau of StreatOr,
H., and Miss Ella K. Herrick, teacher
of drawing, of Burlington.
After the exercises in the hall were
concluded, the school adjourned to
meet at the Academy little later.
Prof. Rocheleau gave short talk on
Training of the Senses" and Miss
Herrick on exercise in color work.
Prof. Crawford's lectures have been
on ''School Management and Techni-
cal Grammar" Prof. Rochleau has
given two lectures on the more diff
cult parts Of arithmetic and has or
ganized class to help those who find
number work difficult to teach in the
geography have been especially help
full, particularly the one on ''Local
Geography and How to Use It."
Prof. Rochleau's talk on Pedagogy
we're very good and many fine ideas
we're advanced.
One of the principal objects of this
years session is to train teachers in
drawing and color work. Miss Her.
rick is an excellent teacher and prob
ably it will be long time before such
an opportunity is again offered to
teachers to prepare for this much
dreaded subject. 1t may be we'll to
say to prospective as well as present
teachers, that after this chance to get
the principles Of this subject, they can
not expect to receive as much lenien-
cy in the marking of their examina-
ton papers as they have heretofore.
If they do not avail themselves of this
opportunity they should not find fault
with State Superintendent Stones
questions or with the county exam
iner's close marking of papers. Miss
Herrick's teachings are not dry lee
tures thickly sprinkled with technical
terms, but work such as would be
done in the classroom with primary
and intermediate classes.
Tuesday evening Prof. Crawford
gave a lecture in the opera hall, tax
ing for his subject ''The Sense of Per-
spective in Education" This was
intended for parents full as much as
for teachers, and more Of the Barton
people should have heard it. The
primary thought was whether a
teacher or parent should see as the
object of his teaching the child in
school or the citizen, the man in busi
ness or working at his profession. 'If
the teacher be not possessed by the