The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-05-23
Meeting Of Waldo County Teachers.

springs Monday, May GOTH The meeting
was called to order by the President, Supt.
A. j. Knowlton of Belfast All united in
singing america" after which prayer was
offered by Rev. H. E. Rouillard of Stockton
Springs. Mrs. E. S. Pitcher of Belfast
sang "Love's Old Sweet Song" in a very
pleasing manner The address of welcome
was given by Mrs. Sarah J. Clifford of
stockton Springs. Her welcome was most
cordial and she paid delicate compliment
to State Supt. W. w. Stetson. Colby Rack
life OF Belfast responded in a very happy
manner He also spoke of the advance
ment made by the schools while under Mr..
Stetson's care
A brief business session was held. The
secretary, Miss Lillian E. Spinney of Bel
fast, read the records of the previous meet
ing. The following committees were appoint
ed: Committee on Resolutions, Principal
W. S. Adams of Belfast Miss Abbe Chase
OF Searsport; Principal Leroy Wood of
Brooks; Committee on time and place of
meeting, Principal A. D. Hayes of Belfast;
Mrs. Emma L. Davis of Searsport; Miss
Beulah Rhodes of Northport.
Principal A. d. Hayes of Belfast spoke
at some length on having but one meeting
OF the Association each year. 1t was voted
to omit the usual fall session and hereafter
hold an annual meeting. An excellent pa
per on "How May Better Results be Obtain
ed in Reading, was given by Miss Irene
Sibley, of Belfast. She would make thought
getting the chief aim, since oral expression
is easy if the thought is clear. PrOnuncia-
tion and articulation are very important.
Make special point of natural tones but
do not allow pupils to initiate expression.
Let them get a natural expression through
an understanding of the thought and ask
questions to aid them in placing emphasis
correctly. Silent study is very effective,
and constant drill ON sounds absolutely
necessary. Fluency can only be attained
through constant and long continued prac-
tice. This paper closed the morning session.
An excellent dinner was served for the
visiting teachers at Masonic Hall.
The afternoon session was opened with
music. The first half of the session was de-
voted to the general subject of "Nature
Study" A paper ON ''Nature Work in
Schools" was given by Miss Mabel P. Rid
ley of Castine Normal School, She spoke
at some length on the alarming extermina-
| tion of wild life and suggested that one
way of lessening the evil is to interest the
boys and girls in the subject, thereby laying
the foundation for future work along this
line. She spoke entertainingly of the birds
and the work that may be done to interest
H., ,o1;l 4
by Miss Amy Rogers of Searsport and Miss
Agnes b. Vaughan of Brooks, the former
on "What Ought the Rural Treacher to do
for her Pupils" and the latter on "What
do as a Rural Teacher in Nature" Miss
Nellie Hall of Belfast read a very pleasing
paper on "Patriotism in the Schools"
Principal A. F. Richardson, of Castine Nor
NAL School, spoke on the teaching of
Agriculture in the school. He believes
that it can be, and is, successfully taught.
He was followed by Hon. Elery Bowden
of Wipterport, who spoke on the same sub
ject.
Miss Laura Blanchard of Standpoint rem
dered solo, SHAY Day." after which an
address was given by state Supt. W. W..
one to the teachers of Waldo county and
was most thoroughly enjoyed by all present
After a brief recess Mrs. E. S. Pitcher of
Belfast repeated her solo of the morning, by
request. The remainder of the afternoon
session was devoted to Round Table Con-
ference. The leader Tor the Primary grades
was Mrs. Samuel Adams of Belfast, for the
Grammar grades, Miss Bertha 1. Bird of
Belfast, for the Mixed grades, Mrs. Flora
Marden of Stockton Springs, and for the
High school, Principal Harold E. Mari of
Searsport. The various classes met in diff
ferent sections of the room and a pleasant
and profitable hour was spent in a discus
sion of the work. After the close of the
afternoon session many of the visiting
teachers enjoyed drive to Fort Point ard
Cape Jellison.
The evening session was called to order
at 7.3O Mrs. E. S. Pitcher sang 'Good-bye
Sweet Day" and responded to an encore
State Supt. of Schools W. w. Stetson gave
an excellent address on ''The School and
the Community His pleasing manner and
ready wit make his lectures pleasure to
all. He gave graphic word pictures of con-
ditiOnS in the South and related many pa
thetic and amusing incidents, CLEANED from
personal observation in that section of the
country. His eloquent and scholarly ad-
dress cannot fail to be pleasant memory
to all who heard it.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
as follows:
Whereas, The sessions of the Waldo
County Teachers Association, held in
Stockton Springs, May 20, 1907, have been
both pleasing and profitable to its members
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the sincere thanks of this
association be rendered to the Universalist
society for the use of their church, to the
Ladies' Aid for the bountiful dinner pro-
vided by them, and to the friends of the
association who 50 kindly provided the
beautiful church decorations; also to those
who furnished the music.
Resolved, That we especially thank
State Supt. W. W. Stetson, Mabel z. Ridley
and MIR. A. F. Richardson of Castine for
the excellent part contributed by them to
our program.
Resolved, That as Mr.. W. W. Stetson
has seen tit to resign his position as State
Supt. and will be with us no more in that
capacity, we, both as an association and as
individuals, extend to him our most sincere
thanks for his great service to our county
and our State and that we tender our re-
grets that his work with us is to close and
we wish him the best of success in his