News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-05-12
SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS MEETING
Profitable and Pleasant Session Held Here
Last Friday

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The annual meeting of Lamoille Valley
Educational Association and Teachers
Institute was held at the Academy Fri
day, May 7, day and evening. The
morning session opened with the Presi-
| dent OF the Association, Prin. w. A. Bee
be, in the chair, and short devotional
service was conducted by Rev. G. G. st.
Clare. This was followed by vocal
solo by Mrs. III. G. Fisk, rendered in her
usual charming and effective manner.
Hon. I. G. Cheney, president of the vii.
lage, gave short address of welcome to
the teachers and other visitors and by
his appropriate words made all feel at
home. The response by Prin. W. A.
Beebe was an earnest and eloquent ap-
peal to higher effort on the part of
teachers. "Some Schoolroom Fancies'
was the subject of talk by Supt. c.
f. Palmer of st. Johnsbury, in which he
outlined in forceful way some of the
teachers duties and compensate ons.
Dinner was served to the visitors at
noon by the ladies of the Cong'l church
at the church vestry.
The afternoon session opened at about
1870, with Prin. w. II. Douglass of Stowe
in the chair, who introduced three speak
ers on the general subject, Industrial
Education"
The first speaker, Hon. Mason S. Stone
of Montpelier, advocated Industrial
Education for Elementary Schools" He
particularly called the attention of the
teachers to the lack of knowledge of
common nature among most school chill
dren, and urged upon them the need of
teaching nature studies more. Prin.
Chas. H.. Morrill, of Randolph Normal
school spoke on " Manual Training from
| the Viewpoint of the Teacher" and Miss
Beatrice M. Briggs, Art teacher in John
son Normal School, gave an interesting
talk and class exercise to illustrate the
method of teaching small children. The
display of baskets, leather work, paper
cutting, mat weaving, etc., which Miss
Briggs brought, was one of the finest
| ever seen here.
The second session of the afternoon
was occupied with the subjects of Read
ing and Language, Supt. F. X. Graves
being chairman. Miss Bertha NJ. Arey,
Prin. of johnson Training School, gave a
most helpful address on Reading and
Language in Primary and intermediate
Grades" The Aldine method of teach
ing primary reading was explained by
Miss Susie Bigelow of Stowe. Miss Anna
F. Bell, teacher of English in Peoples
Academy, read paper on Language in
Grammar Grades" in which were noted
some of the common errors of speech and
some common mistakes of teachers in
this subject. Prin. B. G. Douglass of
Hyde Park read a paper on English in
the High School," in which he criticised
the method of placing classics that are
too heavy or difficult to understand, be-
fore high school pupils. Travelling
Libraries in Public Schools - was the at
tractive and well-handled subject of Miss
Frances Hobart of Cambridge, Secretary
of the Vermont Library Commission.
Helpful suggestions as to how sci ools |
may secure books from town libraries or
from travelling libraries made up the
greater part of her most welcome adj
dress.
Supper was served at the Cong'l chul oh
A large number of out of town teachers
went home before the evening session.
The illustrated lecture on Alaska and
it's Glaciers" by Prof. Geo. H. Perkins