The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-20
TO DIVIDE CONVENTION.
TEACHERS PLAN TVo SESSIONS
 NEXT YEAR.

Present Body Tco Large and sImuItane-
 Ous Meetings fin New Haven and
 Hartford VIII be TrIed-John R. Per-
 klns of Dapbury Elected President
 Other Omcers-Professor Jepson is
 Chosen Head of Music Teachers for
 Sixth Time.
 The school teachers of the State of Connecticut yesterday assembled in this city for their sixtieth annual con- vention, and they gathered to the num- Der of about 1,5OO from all about the state.
 The, general meeting opened at 10 o'clock at Woolsey hall with an address on Educational Values" by President w. o. Thompson of Ohio State univer- sity, at the conclusion of which the sec ton meetings were held at various halls and churches about the city.
 President Thompson was introduced by the president of the State associa- tion, MT. E. c. Willard, of Stamford. He said in part
 To-day education is largely a process of selection, and the province of the teacher is to aid the child in his choce. It Is by education that this child learns the things that are worth while. A comparison of values is necessary to find the things that build up The ed ucational value is determined,n not by the subject, but by the use of it. For this reason, the teacher is of supreme value in the schools to-day. In my state there are two people who must have moral value These are not the ministers, not the lawyers, not the doctors, but the saloonkeepers and the teachers. One required by the state, the other by the community in general"
 The party meeting then broke up into the several section meetings. In Woolsey hall, Percival Chubb of New York city, spoke before the grammar school teachers on "Can Literature Be Taught"
 In the afternoon the first three-quar-
  splendid exhibition of singing and mu- sic reading by 1000 picked children from the New Haven schools under the direction of Professor Jepson. Patri- otic songs, including the programme given by the children at the National Educational associations convention here in July formed the first feature. Sight singing followed and last of all was a splendidly executed test in dicta- tion, the music for which was special ly composed by Professor Horatto Parker of Yale.
 i1At the conclusion of this musical programme, Dr. William H. Maxwell, superintendent of schools in New York city, addressed the general meeting this afternoon on "The Ethics of the Teaching Profession"
 After pr. Maxwell's address the an- nuaI business session was held. The most important action taken at this session was a vote to divide the con vention into two sessions. Hitherto meetings have been held annually al- ternatly between New Haven and Hart ford. Owing to the unwieldy size to which the organization has grown it was decided to divide into two Hence forth sessions will be held annually at Both New Haven and Hartford on the same date, and with identical pro- grammes. The teachers will attend whichever convention is the nearer for them.
 The election of officers resulted as follows:
 President-John R. Perkins of the Danbury Normal school, Danbury.
 Vice president-B. Norman Strong of Hartford.
 Recording secretary-H. I. Mathew son of Milford.
 Corresponding secretary-s. P. Will lard of Colchester.
 Treasurer-W. F. Nichols of New Haven,
 Auditor-J. G. Lewis of New Haven,
 At the session of the Connecticut Public School Music Teachers associa- ton, Professor Benjamin Jepson was unanimously reelected president for the Sixth time. William E. Brown of this city was elected vice president, and Miss Langdon of Torrington, secretary and treasurer.