The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-20
VERMONT
TEACHERS
About 700 Of Them at Mid
dlebury
FOR ANNUAL CONVENTION
Feature Of Yesterday Was an Address
BY the Maine Superintendent Of
ducation--Discussio Of the
Days Programme.

Middlebury, Oct 20. There has been
an attendance of about 100 teachers
at the Vermont State Teachers asso-
ciation convention, which has been meet
ing here for three days and which closed
today One Of the features Of yester7
days session was an address by w. w.
Stetson. state superintendent Of educa,
tion in Maine.
Mr. Stetson said IN part that we must
enrich the common course II study in
order 10 eliminate the pain and suffering
that lack Of education brings. Mr.. Stet-
son strongly advocated child study az
necessity to all teachers. No greater
or better way 70 teach than Ia interest
the youth iii the great study Of nature.
Another branch 81 education strongly
brought out BY Mn. Stetson was that
of normal training. There are two
classes which should not be found In pub.
lie schools, namely the mentally incap.
able and morally vicious Teachers
should search out what a child wants
and 10 which be il naturally inclined
Many failure 0f children to learn are due
To the teachers failure 10 understand the
child.
The convention then broke up into
conferences, First, school Discipline az
College Chapel" under direction Of Ma.
son s. Stone OF Montpelier as chairman
discipline in general was handled by
Principal Clark n Rowland OF ST Johns.
bur academy; Physical Discipline BIZ
Principal Wesley vi Douglass, Jefferson.
willie; ends, Principal thauncey NJ Hood
North 1royy: Mental Discipline, means
Mrs. Mary N Detette, Shelburne. ends
Principal Edgar b Smith OF Braftle.
boro: Moral DISCIPLINE means. prin.
cipal =. Richmond Childs, Thetford ends
Principal Joseph L. Danforth. Hard
wick
"A conference on "School Hygiene =
was held in Warner Science hall at the
college Principal P. r. Leayenworfh Of
Castleton was chairman. The speakers
were Dr. Charles s. Caverly Of Rutland
president state board Of health; Supt
y. 3. Locks of Rutland; Supt r. n
Merriam, Bellows Fails Principal Anna
II. Bell pittsford; Miss Leah A, Demn-
ritt, Burlington.
Sirpt Albert W. Varney Of Benning.
ton was chairman OF the conference on
spelling The speakers were Supt. B. T.
Merriam. Bellows Falls, Prof. g. B
Wright Of Mildlebury; Miss X +. Mil
Ter of Burlington.
The Afternoon session opened at 2!3f
o'clock in the Science hall, the pro.
grammc being decidedly interesting
one and dealing with Secondary SchOo
Department Principal Isaac Thomas Of
burlington was chairman. The subject
was divided as f0llows General theme
"'The Classics ''Thc Classics and Mod
ern Life Prof Thomas y. Seymour
Yale tmiversity The Twentieth Cen
tury Point OF Wow in Teaching Glass
4 ics,n Prof. Samuel T.. Bassett. univer
/ sity of Vermont; ~Iirst Year Latin
i Principal Allison Il, Tuttle of BELOW.
4 Falls schools In the department oi
special subjects the following was. tho
programme Mature Study Prof. 4
r. Jones. university Of Vermont chair
man. Opening address BY President FL
ra Brainerd Of Middlebury college: eNa
+ twe Study and Elementary Agiieultur,
i in Rural Schools Dick j. Crosby, Unit
! ed States department Of agriculture, q
4 Washington, D. G. The discussion wa,
led by Principal John L. Aigef Of Ner
mont academy at Saytons River ant
Miss Della / Griffin. Curator Fairbank
! Museum at St 1ohnsbury.