The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-17
END SESSION
WITH ELECTION
Vermont Teachers Assocla.
ti0n at Rutland
ISAAC THOMAS PRESIDENT
The Treasury Has About $3.50 on Hand
After Paying the Expenses Of
the Convention Just
Ended.

hNtiaHuf Oti* lHs=-bHt OF lne most
successful conventions OF the Vermont
Teachers association ever held and the
second largest in point of attendance
closed at noon today here after three
days session. The business of the con.
vontion was given attention this morn.
ing, the election Of officers and reading
Of reports taking place.
The election Of officers Just before ad,
iournment resulted as follows: presi-
dent, Principal Isaac Thomas Of Rut.
land; vice president, Principal A. L. Tut.
tie OF Bellows Falls; secretary Supt.
L. j. Brownscombe Of Montpelier; treas.
ufer, Principal d. I. Page of Bakersfield; /;
executive committee, Principal +. G..
Ham of Randolph Supt. Z. NJ. Roscoe Of
Springfield, and Principal George s.
Wright of Northfeld The association
has about $3.50 in the treasury after
paying all the expenses Of this conven.
tion.
The morning session opened with de.
votional services in charge Of Rev. ".
II. Spence Of Rutland and the teachers
,hen listened to an address by James
Honey, superintendent of manuel arts
in the public schools Of New York city.
His topic was THE Value of Manuel
Training in Our Public Schools" He
said in part as follows:
Recent years have seen many chang
os IN the school; the length of school
life mas increased; the school now cs-
says to take entire charge Of the edu.
cation where before il dealt with only
the simpler part. The eountry's needs
have changed, too. More subjects must
he known and the more time given 10
their teaching. The pupil is so busy
with school that he has small oppor.
tunity TO take part in or see commu-
nifty activities for while there has been
a great industrial development the
crafts once visible on every side have
disappeared ms local industries have
been swallowed up and big factories
with "No Admission" signs have taken
their places.
"The manual arts show to the child
the value OF Joint work in the making
Of products which call for the labor of
number of hands This may be seen
on the primary sand table where is
built up the little town or namlet OF
separate houses fashioned by different
children. In developing plans laid ont
for him in this manner the child sees
himself not as a mere pupil at school
but as a member of society with a part
oi the work of the society on his shoul
ders.
"As eight out of ten boys who 90
through the public schools must later
make their living with their hands it
is to the states interest that these
boys get in their schooling ideas and
aims which shall be other than clerical.
If the arts are to play an important
part of the school work they must be
used in exercises of interest and yaluo
TO the child and not allowed to dangle
as fringe on the edge Of the curricul-
um Drawing and design should be
taught mot to make artists but to
hoighten ehildren's skill Of hands, and
give them the power of discrimination
which we call taste"
Teachers Club Elect Officers.
Covers were laid for a hundred Mt
tho annual banquet of the Vermont
club last night. Princi-
pal A. f. Tuttle of Bellows Falls was
The speakers were May
or Henry O. Carpenter. President Har,
'ey Kingsley of the Rutland board of
education and a. w. Edison of New
York. The following officers were
alccetd; President, Principal Il. d. Coll
Inns, johnson; vice president, Principal
]. Il. Colburn, Fairfax; secretary treas.
urer, Supt. G. d. Howe, Essex Junction;
Executive committee. Principal G. p.
Ilowland Of st. Johnsbury, Principal G.
T. Spear of Bradford, Supt. b. L. In.
gals of Hartford
The Vermont Sehoolmasters' club last
night elected these officers: President,
Miss Jessie A, Judd, Bellows Falls; vice
Miss Amy Drake, st. JOHNS
bury; secretary and treasurer, Miss
Eta Franklin, Rutland.