Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
Plans for Annual Meet
ing Oct. "a, Is, 26.
mn Be Held This Year In
City Hall, Bangor.
ss..kers Will Be Present From
New York and Chicago.

pane,r. Me, Oct. 4.-(SpeciaD.-
The annual meeting of the Name
Teachers Association and the AS
sociation of Secondary Schools and
Colleges, will be held in Bangor.
October "a. 25 and &c. The meeting
nromisc, 10 he one of the most prOfita-
HE that las ever been held. and one IT
the most largely attended. The as
soeia1icns have in the past five years
GROWN to such size and impor;arc"
sfhat new their conferences tax the
kauAci..y of our largest cities. and for
NE oast three years have been in the
9hree largest cities in our State.
$r,anyor, Portland and Lewiston. the
Eassociations now have more than 1900
Enemters, and TIC attendance UPON the
Hmeet,nss reaches very closely to the
20O0 mark.
r. The meetings Of the Maine Teach
kers' Association begin Thursday after
noon in the City hall, Bangor. at which.
fssession some of the most prominent
educators Of cur State will speak.
Henry Turner Bailey, who is so well
known t. the teachers of all NV Eng
land in MS talks upon Drawing, will
be present at that session and give
one of his most popular addresses.
For the Thursday evening session,
which also will be held in City han.
Prof. Albion W Small of the Uni
versity Of Chicago will be the principal
speaker Another one Of the noted
speakers will come from the Teachers
College at Columbia University. This
is Miss Patty s. Hill. who is reputed
to be the greatest Kindergarten in the
country today. Miss Hill will adj
dresc the kindergarten department as
well as speak at one of the general
sessions.
The several departments Of work hold
their meetings Friday forenoon. The
Rural School department under the
charge Of Pres. Charles s. Sewall Of
Fairfield; the Grammar School depart
ment under the charge OF Pres. I. A.
Smith of Auburn; the kindergarten de-
j. partment under the charge of Miss
Adelaide V. Finch. Lewiston Normal
Training School; and the Primary de-
partment under the charge of Miss
Alice NJ. Barry of Augusta. For these
u sdepartments some of the best teachers
II and superintendent of the State
have been secured as speakers and
each department will present very
|Hstrong program Of that particular line
-9f Work. These department sessions
iAre probably the most valuable for the
great mass of teachers. of any part of
the meeting. Every subject spoken
uron is followed by a discussion in
which everyone is free to participate.
These discussions have proven in the
past especially helpful and valuable to
all
FRIDAY afternoon will be the third
general session of the meeting. There
VIII be on exhibit throughout these
meetings samples of work in the va
riouS studies. Geography. History.
Arithmetic. English Grammar and
Drawing. These exhibits are sent to
Bangor from the middle sized towns Of
'he state. Last year exhibits from
'he citleS were used. These exhibits
are particularly valuable in shown
me standards of work and the kind of
WORK that is being done in the towns
vi moderate size throughout our State.
Al least ten Of the towns. such as
Hkowhegan. Pittsfied. Bar Harbor and
o.hers will he there for the inspection
I" the visiting teachers.
Inc meetings of the Association of
re'onaary Schools and Colleges begin
rt'oay evening and continue Saturday
very strong one and the attendance
ou' the High schools and colleges is
very large. These two conventions
.u"''lig together as they do. form the
s s.eat rally time of the educators of
'' "hen they get together talk
.er the situation. compare notes. and
m INSPIRATION from the association
Wv, "e from another and the uplift of
| numbers pursuing the same kind