St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-07-06
EDUCATIONAL.
American Institute of instruction

The 74th annual meeting of the Amer
lean Institute of Instruction is in session
at Bethlehem this week, opening yester-
day and to continue through Friday.
More than 600 Vermont teachers attend
ed this institute when it was held in
Burlington two years ago, and the fact
that it is to be held this year in the ad-
joining state of New Hampshire will give
the teachers of Vermont exceptional OPP
portunities to again avail themselves of
its advantages.
General sessions will be held each ore
noon and evening and the afternoon will
be given up to department work.
1t is expected that at least 1900
teachers from New England alone will
attend this institute.
Among the speakers are Superintendent
Clarence Fl. Dempsey of St. Johnsbury;
Principal Clarence Il. Brodeur of West
rill OF Randolph Center; Principal John
L. Alger of Johnson; Miss Celeste E. Bush
OF Mantle, Conn.,; Hon. 6. T. Fletcher,
Northampton, Mass; Hon. Charming
Folsom, Concord, N. H; Principal Mel
vile c. Smart, Littleton, N. H.; Principal
William A. Beebe, Morrisville; Supt. A.
Fl: Keyes, Dover, N. H.; Mrs. Anna D.
Pollard, superintendent OF schools, South
ington, Conn.,; Supt. Bert E. Merriam,
Bellows Falls; Supt. E L. Silver, Roch-
ester, N. H.; Hon. w. w. Stetson. state
superintendent of education for Maine;
Miss Lucy Whee1ock, Boston; Charles
T. c. Whitcomb, principal of the English
high school at Somervile, Mass; Charles
S. Chaplin, Providence, R. l., principal of
the Rhode Island state normal school.
The program Friday evening, the clos
ing session, will be of unusual interest.
Hon. George Fl. Martin OF Boston, secre-
tary OF the Massachusetts board Of edu-
cation, will speak on 1.-TWO Factors in
Social Progress" Hon. Walter E
Ranger, state superintendent of education
in Vermont, will speak on "Objects and
Arts in Elementary Schools" and
state superintendent of education tor
Maine, will deliver an address on ga
Masters Message"
Two Summer Schools.
A new departure, although not per-
manent change, will be tried this year in
summer schools by Hon. Walter E. RAN
ger, state superintendent of education.
Only two schools will be held and these
will be at St. Johnsbury and Rutland, July
Is TO 80. In thus uniting all the summer
schools at two points more subjects will
be taught by larger number ofinstruct-
ors. An academic department will be es-
tablished, which will be designed to give
teachers an opportunity for reviews in
preparation for teachers examinations.
At the close of these schools such exami-
nations will be held and any teacher in
the state, whether or not they have at
tended the summer schools, can take
them. Their examination papers will
then be sent to the county examiner in
in the county in which they reside.
A partial list of the lecturers and in
structors who will be at Rutland and St.
Johnsbury follows:
Superintendent Charles 81. Reyes,
Hartford, Conn; Lyman r. Allen, State
normal school, North Adams, Mass;
Mrs. Anna D. Pollard, superintendent OF
schools, Southington, Conn.,; William R.
Lord, Rockland, Mass; Prof. Willis
Earle, Erasmus hall high school, Brook
lyn, N. Y; Francis A. Bagnall, Adams.
Mass; Principal Hobart K Whitaker,
Brattleboro; Principal John L. Alger,
Johnson; Mrs. Edith Goodyear Alger,
Johnson; Miss Della l. Griffin, St. Johns
bury; Superintendent Clarence II. Demp-
sey St. Johnsbury; William 81. Taylor,
Hardw:ck; Superintendent B. E. Merri-
am, Bellows Falls; Principal w. A. Beebe,
Morrisville; Principal G. H Morrill,. Ran
dolph Centre; Prot. J. III. Humphrey,
Burlington; Miss Mary P. Anderson,
East Berkshire.