Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-28
TAKES new NAME.
MAINE Teachers Association"
Now Official Title.
Sessions Of Twenty-Second Annual
Meeting Closed Last Evening.
Attendance Has Been Fairly Good and Interest
More Than Usual.

me members of the Maine Pedagog-
iO''' society mad most successful SEES
SONS, yesterday forenoon. The society
IlNI"ed into sections. according to
rank, and discussed matters particu-
iafiy pertaining to the grade repre-
scented. The departments of rural
schools. of primary schools and of sec
ondary schools held very interesting
meetings.
The agricultural department was
crowded with teachers at $50 O'Clock
when Miss l.. T.. Cloudman of Bangor.
the president of the primary school de-
partment. called the gathering to or
der. The schools for little children
Were well represented.
| Miss Elizabeth Hall of the Lewiston
training school. was the first speaker.
Her subject was Practical Ideas
and in the course of her interesting
talk she said:
There is pleasure in sharing the
| thought OF an author as he develops his
| SUBJECT. find equal pleasure often in
an aphoriSm
! entire impedimenta OF an article aud
] am grateful for the nuggets of though
| II portable form. which | can stow away
| TO be turned over and over until | catcI,
| their sparkle when my mind is ,lnIlrd
by contact with the baser metals of com
mon thought.
II like TO speculate upon the probable
line of thought which produced these
crystaiiZa'ions of thought
1 plant pthy saying in my mind and
Il Sprouls-it growS-the mind is com
nelied to give il place. and. it is said
| The mind once stretched by a new ilc;.
never returns to its former dimensions
These Observation-Disclosures both
an" end and the beginning OF thought
sometimes.
Some time ago. my mind caught and
held a sentence by DR.. G. Stanley Hale
After all, there is nothing in education
so practical as the ideal. nor so ideal as
the practical | filed it, Il PROBES
sional companion. in the pigeon hole
star and left it.
The numerous articles have read
during the last few months. upon the
ideal school, have kept the idea fermen;-
ing. however
The large ma jori,y Of teachers are in
telligent. refined. conscientious and hard
working; they respond promptly to the
cry Of the leaders. Let MS go forward
Come out. Come out from among the
stuff ana stand head and shoulders above
your fellows.
dolence. even ignorance have occasionally
passed The watchful eye Of the school
board when in the suise Of Il third
cousin. Sometimes the two extremes
in education must be met-Those VINO
are satisfied with everything in the past
and have no desire for Improvement, ana
chose who are dissatisfied with every
thing that has been done and demand
rchangc. Sometimes the uncertainty
lin regard to his tenure Of office absorbs
the teachers mind. ana initiates against
thtr success. You know. We are urged to
MA he our calling and election sure -
however certain we may be in regard to
kour cailins-our election is in other
thands.
IN spite Of all these things. the teach
.er is usually in the right attitude toward
l1he ideals of the profession. Why are
There. then. SO few ideal schools?
What seems to be needed is transla-
Etion:-thc ideals in education must be
given il terms of grade and pupil. Of
boys and girls. and this translation must
he the arduous. painstaklng work OF me
grade teacher-the common school teach
Ser-who. after all, and before al. is the
limit In no other way can our ideals be
come practical. The amount Of friction
Ito be overcome is enormous. There is
lnp course Of study-no school system
(which can bridge over the gull between
iyork unlimited and human powers re-
sstricted.
There are 50 many factors in the prob
Hem that most Of lis never get as far as
the result ii stirs ones blood to think
what the future has in store for the
Aeacher-but--I confess 10 selhshnes5
Supposedly foreign to the profession-i
ANY remote successors will do. ] want To
Bee some results in my day and genera
iion | want to see the beginning OF the
iend at least.
Il ii would like to enter upon the era OF
|Ithc practical ideal at once-this. year
This month-today We cannot nave
IA huIa rosa to rid ourselves OF existing
lconditions-if We wUuld-but we can IN,
Produce. the little leaven' which snail
| tlea ven tie whole lump
liz During the delivery of Miss Hairs
address class of juveniles from the
IL cond grade of the VIM. r. Smith
rhool. under the direction of their
teacher, Miss Sprague, was waiting III
The corridor for the summons to APP
near before the assembled teachers.
Miss Isabel Reed of the GOrham Nor
| maj school. formerly a teacher in the
|lEillage district in this city. was to give
I'm example of a picture lesson win Il
Haas of children. 1t was a very unique
/ Ind pleasing exhibition and was done
Ilb successfully as to call forth I'M
| ltinted praise from the audience.
.IINiss Isabel Sewall. drawing teacher
the Village district schools Of Au-
lhsta. spoke of drawing for the pri-
kary grade and gave illustrations.
t;eography in Primary Grades was
hly presented by Miss Lillian :. LIN
Mn Of the Pennington Normal school,
Id State Superintendent Stetson spoke
the emotions as factor IN educa-
4 | bn in his ornate and polished way.
B ln the department or rural schoois
Ae interest was apparently not $"
feat as was evidenced In the prlHar!
APARTMENT below stairs ana the AT
,tndance was not so large; but those
I descent were delighted with the pro
1 dam, The address of Miss Mary >.
I dow was a gem Of thought and prac-
tkal suggestion. and was full OF good
tdnys for teacher and for scholar. her
ida was that the rural school. win us
iIproyised apparatus for illustrating
vIk-the pointer whitfield out by hand'
b block of wood covered with a strip
1 oil carpet with which to clean the
blackboard. the globe made by one OF
u III big boys with his jack-knife, and
M scattering pieces OF chaik-pro-
vdted better. more lasting results than
III more modern graded school OF the
l cikes. where most magnificent APP
l hiatus for every conceivable purpose
nk be found. In the rural schoo'
bds and girls work out their own