St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-05-02
Educational Meeting.
Program OF the Events Of the Count
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State Supt. Mason S. Stone has
arranged for county educational meet
ing here next Monday and Tuesday. and
the event promises to be the most i'm.
portant of it's kind since the State
Teachers convention in 1908. An
interesting program has been prepared
which will not only be helpful to teachers,
but to citizens as well.
The meetings begin Monday afternoon
at 2 o clock, in the North church when
the general subject to be presented is
Elementary Agriculture in the Schools
and for Children" The principal speaker
will be c. E. Miller of Sigourney, Iowa,
who is unsurpassed in the country
in the remarkable results he has
accomplished in introducing and popu-
larizing elementary agriculture IN the
public schools. Supt. Dempsey will also
speak at this session.
The evening session will be held at
Music Hall, and the general theme will
be Greater Vermont from an Educa-
tional Standpoint" q. N. Turner will
preside at this gathering and the speakers
will be Gov. c. J. Bell, Col. Frank l.
Greene of St. Albans, and Supt. Stone
This will be followed by reception at
the Fairbanks Museum.
The first two hours Tuesday morning
from 9 to II will be devoted to visiting
the schools with the following special
program in each grade:
Union School, Grade l. Reading. devel.
opment lesson, sight reading, phonic drill.
Seat work.
Grade II. Number Work, Speer Meth.
cd. Games. Weaving.
GradeIlI. Music. taught by Mr.. Kings
ley, supervisor. Basketry.
Grade ". Language. Gymnastics
Geography. Reading.
Grade V. Music. Geography. Pen
manship.
Grade vi. Music by Mr.. Kingsley
Reading. Physical Exercises. Geog
raphy.
Grade VII. Arithmetic. Geography.
Grade VIII. Arithmetic. Grammar.
Grade TX History. Reading. Music
by MIR. Kingsley.
Maple Street. Grade l. Reading, de
velopment lesson, sight reading, phoniC
drill. Industrial Work.
Grade II. III. Number Work. Indus
trial Work.
Summervlle. Grade I. Music. Read
ing, development lesson, sight reading,
phonic drill, Clay Modelling.
Grade II. Number Work. Reading
Seat Work.
Grade III. Drawing, by Miss Nichols
supervisor. Arithmetic. Reading. Sane
Molding.
Grade w. Language. Drawing by
Miss Nichols. Arithmetic.
Grade V. Music. Arithmetic. Physi
cal Exercises. Language.
Grade VI. G:ammar. Writing. Geeg
raphy.
Grade VII. Music. Arithmetic. Geog
raphv. Indian Club Drill.
Grade VIII, TX Music. Writing
Physical Exercises. Drawing, by Miss
Nichols.
At II o'clock there will be conference
on moral training at the ninth grade
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Dempsey. At the same hour Miss Drake
will conduct conference on the Batavia
system at the ninth grade room at the
Summerville school building.
Tuesday afternoon the meeting will be
held at the North church when a series
of papers will be given on How to I'm.
prove our Schools" The sub themes and
speakers are as follows:
BY Community Interest, Rev. DR.. E. D.
Eaton.
By Parental Interest, Harvey Burbank,
DanviIle.
By Pupils Interest, Dwight Burrage,
Peacham.
By Better Teachers, Arthur F. Stone.
By Better Administration, Rev. A. F.
Walch.
BY Better Supervision, Supt. Dempsey.
This will be followed by a general dis
cussion and business meeting OF the
Caledonia County Educational Associ-
alton.
At $50 the meeting will be held at the
Fairbanks Museum when Miss Griffin
will give lecture on our Vermont birds,
illustrated by stereopticon views.
All interested III the educational life OF
the rising generation are cordially invited