Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-28

percentage of male teachers remains
from ono out Of 12 or three ouS OF
100. The large cities set the fashion
aud determine the character of teach
ing as a profession. This trend will
tend to feminine the schools of the
country - large.
In New York city, the speaker stat
ed over 80 per cent. of the fathers
do not see their children over once a
week; the change there towards the
Termination of life IN very great.
since 1850 the proportion OF men
teachers has declined steadily and
there Is no evidence of any coming
reversal The conquest OF the high
school Ly women Is slow as yet but
gaining. The supply of educated wo-
men Is Increasing steadily. II they
do their work as WI as the men they
replace why should they not have the
positions?
Males will always average to great
or extension in intellectually and in
the worlds work, but they will also
20 lower than women. Nature has
decrecd that mar shall lead Women
may cutrun the men In courses of
cul .urc, but they will never determine
the courscs. However. education by
! both men ana women is desirable.
roacEing is too conventionalized to
! attract mon: 1t lacks the glowing
prospects Of opportunities that other
professions cffcr.
Il have every reason TO believe.
| stated the speaker, that the move
| ment cf women towards professional
! lives will Increase. Before l die | ex
! poet TO see women in tho pulpita, "a
! doctors, az engineers, journalists aud
, editors. oven in the smaller towns.
| The higher education OF women means
n Gtnesa for profession and in the
radlcol world this means employment.
KEENAN, on THE JAPANESE
The evening session Of the convention
waa held last evening at The Strong
theatre. when George KEENAN, of New
York city, the great eastern traveller,
journalist, war correspondent and author,
smoke on "'rhe Japanese Mt Home" The
theatre was crowded to its capacity and
about co people had seats on the stage.
prn. Isaac Thomas of Rutland. presi-
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md introduced Mr.. KEENAN, to his audi
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cirls 81 nor cont Tbi. is , rreater nar-
contaeo than IN sny Other country with
the eyccption. perhnps of GERMANY. The
| sueaker stated that IN visiting hundreds
Of schools he never saw any whispering.
, spit-bau throwing or similar disobedience
common to American puplls. They all
| seemed absorbed in the various tasks
! they were engaged in The speaker
| asked an Englishman who was teaching
English IN one of tho departments. the
reason Of this extremely good behavior
| The Eng'ishman replied: The japanese
/ are born civlized.' The methods of in
structou there are such that text books
4 arc NnrdlN ever used, but objects are
/ studied in their place. There is little
/ recitation, in the American sense of the
W"Ii- ne speaker found second grade
! primary class being instructed in botany.
/ W''i' th' leAcher had papier-mache
/ "Wrr' WHich was being taken apart pet
al by petal while the teacher explained
/ TIE various organisms OF the plant.
/ The teacher would then ask one Of
/ the pupils TO repeat the operation and
again another pupil would be asked
t. correct the first pupil. Said Ny
KEENAN, the lesson was kind OF
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