Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-22

Annual State Teachers' Convention
The seth annual convention Of the Yer
mont state School Teachers association
opeued in Rutland last Thursday. The
registration Of teachers was $50.
The principal subject Of discussion the
arst day was the wage question. Mayor
n. o. Carpenter gave an address OF vel
come. which was responded to by Philip
R. Leaven worth Of Castleton. Miss Ger
trudv Edmund. supervisor OF the Normal
Training school at Lowell, Mass, gave
an excellent address
FRIDAY was the big day Of the conven-
tiou. There was q session with an ad-
dress In the morning. the afternoon was
devoted to departmental work and in the
evening the teachers Listened to imper-
acuatious BY Leland T. Powers Of Boston
from 1.-THE Tanning OF the. Shrew" and
- MONSIEUR Beauclsire."
Friday evening came the annual tan
ouet Of the Vermont Schoolmasters' ciub
and the reception to the Vermont School
mistresses' club. Principal A. E. Tut
tie Of Bellows Falls was POSTMASTER.
The speakers were Mayor henry q. Car
penter. President Harvey Kingsley, OF the
/ Rutland board OF education, and A. W.
Edison Of New York. The following
officers we're elected: President, Pr'nci-
pal e. d. Collins, johnson; vice resi-
dent, Principal J. f. Colburn- Fairfax ;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., SuFt. 9. d. Howe,
/ Essex Junction; executive committee,
Principal G. P. Rowland OF st. JOuns-
bury. Principal @. P. Spear OF Bradford,
supt B. L. Ingalls, Of Hartford.
The principal event Of Friday morning
was an address by Hon. Andrew W. Ed
IA
Schuol Its Strength and Weakness
There were conferences in the afternoon
for the teachers OF the secondary sch ools,
the elemen airy schools and the depart
ment Of superintendents- At the secon-
dairy school conference. Principal Ernest
@. Ham Of Randolph presided. Principal
! B. c. Rodgers of Montpelier discussed
iaThe Place Of History in the Secondary
School," Miss Mary c. Te~ kshury OF
Rutland had q paper on "Aims and Meth
DDS in Teaching Ancient History" and
Miss Harriet Tow ne Of Burlington spoke
on the topic, aTeacbing Medieval and
Modern History"
Principal E. s. Watson OF Newport
presided at the elementary school con-
ference. The following subjects we're
discussed: "PractieaI Mat hematics for
Grammar Grades,n Principal Genrge s.
Wright OF NortbfeId; mental Arithme-
tio-Aims aud Methods Miss Amy
Drake Of st. Johnsbury; "Field and Lab
oratory Work in Arithmetic Snpt. Ed
ward H Dorsey Of Ludlow.
Hon. Mason 8. Stone OF MONTPELIER,
state superintendent Of schools. presided
at the conference Of superinteu ents
The speaker was Hon. A. W. Edison
whose topic was "Reports IF ~ The
Field"
The Vermont Schoolmistresses' clut
elected these officers :-Prerident. Miss
Jessie A. Judd OF Bellows Falls; vice pres
ident. Miss Amy Drake OF 81. Jobnsbury
secretary and treasurer, Miss Eta Frank
lin OF Rutland.
The convention closed Saturday noon
having been one OF the n OF suceessfu
ever held and the second largest in at
tendance.
In the forenoon. James Parton Haney
supervisor of manuai arts in the public
schools Of New York CITY. spoke on "Th'
Value Of Manual Training in Our Publ,
Schools"
The following officers were elected -
President. Principal Isaac Thomas OF Rut
land; vice president. PRINCIPAL A. Z. Tut
tie Of Bellows Falls; secretary, Supt r
]. Brow nscombe Of Montpelier; treasurer
Principal d. T. Page OF Bakersheld; ex
ecutive committee, Principal r. 6. Hau
OF Randolph, Supt. L. NJ. Roscoe o
. OF NorthHeld. The association had abou
$3.50 in the treasury after paying the ex
penses Of the convention.