Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-16
CLASSICAL AND HIGH
 SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Connecticut Association Meets at Hart ford on Saturday-Paper to Be Civ en by President H. A. TirreII, and F. H. Cranston Will Conduct Sec tional Meeting.

The 18th annual meeting of the Con- l necticut Association of Classical and High School Teachers will be held at the Hartford High school on Saturday. at which Principal H. A. Tirrell, pres ident of the association, and Frederic Il. Cranston are to speak.
 The programme for the morning and i afternoon sessions follows:
 Morning Session. 10.30. Business meeting. room 26, second floor. Report of the recording secretary; report of treasurer; ap- pointment of committees.
 11.00 General meeting, Assembly l hall Report of the corresponding sec retary. Address, frhe Teacher, Will liam Arnold Shanklin, D. D., LL.D., president Wesleyan university.
 held in the dining room during the hour for luncheon for the report of committees and election of officers.
 Afternoon Session.
 145. Departmental conference for the discussion of special subjects
 Commercial studies, room 57, third floor, MT. B. A. Sammis StamfSrd High school Touch typewriting; ac- curacy. speed, devices, mastery, F. E. Barbour. Greenwich; discussion led by Miss Minnie A Cob4eigh. Bristol. Pen manshlp, material, time, method ex- ercises, tests. G. K. Post, Bridgeport: discussion led by j.. D. Houston, New Haven. Office practice, subject mat ter. scope, aims, time. equipment, F.. w. Handy, Winsted; discussion led by G. B. Kingsbury, Hartford.
 English, room 21, first floor, Dr. s. $. sheridan, New Haven High school Seven five minute papers will be pre- sented, each to be followed by a brief discussion: How we choose compost tion- subjects, Miss Marion H. Studley, Middletown- What points in rhetoric we emphasize and how we make them vital, Miss Eleanor Wolcott, Stamford When and how we teach grammar, MT Frank A. Berry, Danbury. How we read "A Tale of Two Cities" A. M. Hitchcock, Hartford. Our plans for collateral and other reading and what we read. Miss Elizabeth w. Cleveland, New Haven. How we cooperate to improve the English of our students, Miss Adelaide Marshall, Ansonia. Ex perience day (our work in oral com position), Fred w. Edgerton, BuIkeley school, New London.
 History, room Il, first floor, R. Els ton Phyfe, Hartford High school. The connection between Greek and Roman history best worth bringing out, Phil ip M. Howe, Rockville The connec- tion between English and American history best worth bringing out, Prof. Raymond G. Gettell, Trinity college
 Classical conference, room 32, second floor, Dr. James J. Robinson Hotch- kiss school. Iakeville. The place of the classical spirit in secondary educa- tfon, H. A. Tirrell, Norwich The his torical aspect of teaching Caesar, Miss Edith Bancroft, Hartford. Method or material, Dr. Lester D. Brown, Hotch- kiss school Iakeville. study of the results of the Latin examinations of college board in 19e9 w. V. McDuffee, Springfield Central High school Uni form college entrance requirements in classics, Prof. Frank G. Moore Trim ity college Sight tests, their adVant- f0 Te for them, Dr. Frank P. Moulton, Hart ford.
 | Manual training, room 22, first floor, Frederic H. Cranston, Norwich Free Academy. The scope of industrial ed- ucation in secondary schools, Thomas S. Weaver, superintendent of schools, Hartford. Industrial education in pub lie high schools from the viewpoint of a trade unioniSt, Edward M. RoSzelle, Hartford.
 Mathematics, room 12, first floor, Mir John J. Maddox, principal of Willi- mantle High school.
 Arrangements have been made to make this 8 joint meeting with the Connecticut Mathematical association and the Association of Mathematical Teachers in New England
 John Perry and the Perry movement. John c. Packard, Brookline, Mass. The syllabus method of teaching geometry, David Randolph Smith, head of de- partment of mthematics, Polytechnic
 
 Simpsons rule for plane areas, George w. Evans, secretary of the Association of Mathematical Teachers in New Eng land.
 Modern languages. room 30. second floor, w H Buell., Hotchkiss school, Lakeville. The general subject will be An Oral and Aural Examination for Admission to College and Its Effects Upon Modern Language Teaching. MT. Buell. will open the conference with a discussion of the following phases of the subject: The present agitation along modern language lines and it's significance. The change of emphasis in teaching which an oral and aura1 examination would involve. A prac- tical method of class room work adapt ed to prepare for such an examina- tion. The last topic will be illustrat- ed by mimeographed papers. All teachers are invited to take part in the discussion of these topics.
 Art conference. room 36, second floor, J Winthrop Andrews, director of man. ual arts, State Normal school, New Britain Tn this department Louis G. Monte. director. of arts in the Westfield Normal school, will give an illustrated lecture on sPompeii, the disentonbed town of the ancients.
 Science, room 42, second dooE. Elem-