Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-05-14
EDUCATIONAL MEETING AT NEWPORT.


Newport on Tuesday of last week was
probably the most successful ever
held in Orleans County. OF the 1876
teachers of the county ITO were pres
emit, besides about twenty superin-
tendents and directors.
The morning session was held in
the school building, where the general
topic was show Gan the Schools of
Orleans County Be Improved?" Prin.
o. L. Cowles of Newport spoke for
Community Interest" He urged that
the school should be the center of the
com unity. This could be done by
interscholastic contests, both athletic
and intellectual. In this way the
community gets it's interest aroused,
not only for the individual pupil but
for the whole school.
Mr.. @. L. Erwin of Barton Academy
spoke on parental Interest" He
said the fact that new schoolhouses
are being rapidly built indicates that
parental interest is already great, but
the home should be made domestic
university, and the parents should
visit the school as they visit one
another. In arousing this interest
Hes one of the duties OF the teacher.
Schools need organizations which
shall include the parents and bring
them to think of the interest, not of
my child, but OF our boys and girls.
Miss Bernice Hastings of Newport
took the topic, "By Better Pupils"
She emphasized the tendency of
pupils to initiate the teachers. She
also told of many methods and devices
by which pupils might be stimulated
to better work.
"Better Teachers. was the topic
assigned to Prin. Fl. J. Stannard of
Barton. He urged better prepara-
ton, better application and better
government. No teacher should go
before the class without careful
preparation for that particular lesson.
ALI teachers should develop the
sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth
senses, which summarized are COM
mon sense. Teachers and pupils fail
to get results which are reasonable.
At recent teachers examination
one teacher gave an answer of over
$500, 900 as the cost of wire for fence
Tor 40 acre lot at ordinary price.
He also urged teachers to study the
art of questioning and gave several
excellent points on the art. Lastly
he spoke for better government by
the teacher, an even and stable
government, not freaky nor I'M
certain.
Rev, ]. Poeton of Irasburg urged
BETTER Supervision" by skilled
supervision, and told many results
obtainable by such supervision.
DIR. j. F. Blanchard of Newport
spoke for 'tBetter Administration" and
showed how necessary to the success
of a school is the hearty support and
corporation of the school board.
In the afternoon the session was
held in the Oong'l church. Supt
Gap E. Miller of Sigourney, Iowa,
spoke on agriculture" He made q
plea for more agriculture in the
schools and said that the mind of q
pupil may be as logically developed
by studying plant growth as the life oil
the plant itself is logical. He gave
many illustrations of practical teach
ing of the subject as it is done in the
West. Mr.. Miller is very enthusiastic
and has met great success in his work
Rev. DIR. Flagg gave most excellent
paper on "Unity of School, Church
and Home" in which he made q
strong plea for more moral training
in schools.
The topic of the evening session
was ga Greater Vermont" Tht
speakers were Col. O. S. Emery, Hon
M. S. Stone, Supt. Miller, Gov. Q.
Bell and Col Frank L. Greene. Gov
Bell spoke the Importance of agri
culture, as the chief industry of tn,
state. He made a strong plea tina
the schools educate the boy for homJ
instead of to send elsewhere. Mo
Vermonters live outside Vermont tina
in He paid high compliments t
the prosperity of Orleans county b
saying it had the best barns and bes
bridges of the state.