Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-24
COUNTY NEWS.
NORTHEAST HARBoR.

Town rEAcHkRs' MEETINe

TOWN TEACHERS MEETING.
On Saturday, FeU 20. geonly number
OF the teachers OF Mi. Desert met ia the
grammar school room here. Owing to
fsmiiy matters, Rev. Joseph 4. Norwood,
superin,e ndent "a schools, Was unable TO
he present, aud Chester A. Msddocks bad
Charge OF the meeting.
Rev George E. King, OF somesville,
opened the meeting with prsyer, aud now
and then COX part in the discussions. L.
Erie Holmes, mem Der OF the school board,
wss present. aud quite a number OF visit
ors gave stimulus TO the work ~ hand.
The following programme with synop-
sic OF each paper read, Is printed below as
al evidence OF the school standard Of Mt.
Desert
/. "rhe Education % Moral Thought"
Chester A. Msddocks. n. Il. IL gram
mar school. CIR. Maddocks, Ia bis
modest way has failed 10 present to the
superintendent an outtine of his we'll
presented paper, but the writer knows
fGli well on general principles that 1t
must have been OF high moral tone,
and flied with timely and sp, sugges-
tious.)
?. "Historyn--Mrs. Mae Hill Atherton,
Sound school. 1-Causes and Effects
2-Prsctiesi use OF History. 3-Mofsl
use of History. +-Methods for Pre-
seating the Subject.
3. "Dsily Ranking and Depor,ing
System Niles Hattie Gnley, Pretty
.ar-h school Pager was read fer Mis-
Giiiey, who could not be present, and it
met with discussion OF its suggestive
points By all present.
1. Methods OF Teaching reading Miss
Carrie Gushee, Somesssiie primary. l.
Use OF Script Words. use of phon-
ophsus. 3-CombiBing words and sylla.
bies first by script Their by print from
the simple TO the complex. a-Comb bin
ing words with sentences. 5-Use OF
questions for expressing.
s. Language" Miss Mary Marshall,
Somesviise grammar. I-Rtasons for
not using text books until eighth year.
2-Use of objects tor sentences. g.
Methods Tor using kinds OF sentences
methods OF tescning noans and
kinds. 5-Resding to and out parts of
speech.
6, The Batavia Method" Miss Beulah
Sylvester, Seal Harbor grammar. l.
History of the Method" What can
be done TO help an overcro VI ded school
rooms 3-Need OF secoud teacher for
industrial instruction. 4-Advsntsge
OF minute explanation.
7. BUSY Work for Primary Grades"
Miss Alice Cox, Seal Hsrbor primary. /
Recreation in school. 2-IntellsctusI
amusements. 3--Mo al requisites. f.
Awakening setivity by constructing.
s-"How to Develop Local Interest in
Local Schools" Miss Cynthia Richard
son, Beech Hiii school. Election OF
efflcien. officers. Ideal standard OF
school system 3-Need OF good school
houses. 4-Interest OF teacher and pa
rents in the work.
s-Relatise Position o. zee High School
Work TO thst OF the Grammar School
and the Pupils Prospects with or with
out College Education" Isasc Trew-
orgy, principal OF the high school,
Somesviile. Need Of corporation
between high school and grammar
school. 2-Associstion OF 81 udents with
supertorr. 3-Cu ttvation Of intellect
usl ideas In the high school. High
school gosl and stepping stone.
10. Quiz Box.
All tue papers we're "threshed outn by
all the teachers, and the meeting was de-
ciared TO be In every way a success, and
many helpful suggestions were put out TO
the advantage of ali. IL Is to be hoped
that these meetings viii become a factor
In he school system OF Mt. Desert.
Hesrty thanks are offered to all who
took part.
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