Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03

grades In English was discussed bv Misc
Evelyn l.. Fuller Of the Woodstock gram
mar school slo divided the work into
reading, spelling. theme work and gram
mar. Any worE to be successful must
have interest as a basis cspociallv theroe
work.
Professor j. T.. Messenger of the Uni.
versity ~ Vermont spoke OF the teach.
ing OF literature ( the pupn is to re,
any value out Of literature. the teacher
must taEe into account the attitude ~
the pupiFs mlnd. The pupil must not lie
100 lhiniiiar with the elements of the
work. 1he Junction of literature is 10
get us ont Of ourselves. In teaching M
associative matter should be included
There must not be too much faniliari,v
There should not be a minuteness n.
study, and II Is necossary that we roco...
nizc tho fact that literature is al,yav.
personal. His talk was accompanied viii,
numerous Illustrations
Miss Gertrude Beeman Of St. Adams
told Of nm interesting experiment in tho
dramatizing of n classic poem, Lonpfo,-
lows ''Thc Courtship Of Miles standish.'.
She described the process of having tho
pupils write the play taking the four
parts Of the poem rs scenes When tbn
play was completed 1t was the work or
seven scholars, the best scenes boiu-
selected to make up the complete play.
The play was presented at graduation
time. II resulted in an increased enthusi-
assn in English and made the pupils and
teacher better acquainted
Miss Mary A Murphy. principal Of tho
Hin school. West Rutland discussed
theme work in the grammar grade. She
divided the theme work into nine parts.
First the children should write of what
they were Interested in. The teacher must
keep the child interested. she must study
his lihings. she must concentrate his
mind upon the work, tho pupil must do
rive expression from narration, he must
have fair voca bulary. there must he an
outline of The theme, interest must no
derived from TIE habit Of letter writing.
ard the teachers criticism must be
wise and judic'ous.
The last speaker was Principal Morrill,
of the state normal school az Randolph.
| lie spoke on the teaching Of reading.
In detail he considered the teaching of
reading in the grammar grade. Method
| must be adapted to the subject and age 81
the pupil The teacher should show tn.
| pupil how valuable reading is Though
| Is the thing, not the language, in The
grammar school Reading is an art. and
art Is great when thought and feelin.
overshadow technique.
RURAL SCHOOLS.
lhe conference on rural school w's
neld IN the Baptist Church. Supcrinton-
dent Arthur W. Eddy of Bristol acting as
chairman An address wu< delivered ..
the Hon. II. q. Morrison state suror.u-
tehdent OF education in New Hampshire.
iie discussed the Timetable ot the r..al
school. Thee are larEe number 1T
''i''en' Sc"oo's III me one room cou' ~
must n. a ,,,o1 .o,,..r r,.,..,'',,..
mere ,es.o, i..,,.r.. t5o .,.,,.t,1,r,, b..
detail the d5,iv routine in ,ho r.n.I
school with tho oi7 Of a char, u.i,h ,,.
hours carcr,,Il,. mamma, ou, riis oadr.
was a yer, aide and int.roe,inr ono T.
was followed bl discussions on tho re-.
cess period. It's length. use and misneo
by Superintendent = + ingalls, Of tt,r.
ford and p discussion on acricuItu-e +,
the rural schools. by Superintendent +,
5. Watson Of Newport
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the story he is reading and to furnish
ample opportunity to the child to read
S"Pp'ei'o"'ai' S'"''es WHlch are u"4't
"fo"Hu lhe pasa' story. 80 that the enid
!" S"eH' "o'N' VIII gam the same swift
ness III se'uAs q" idea from N'slo'e
- '"'o' mat ne ""u "oqu''eu /" getting
ne 'pi'c VI i'1'''"r! Heau'ns ana th'
Library was considered hy Miss FRANCES
i'eree OF Luo'o"' PRESIDENT OF the Ner'
mont Library aSsoclauoh' rms speaker
duenc" what 10Y knows when he leave:
| sc"oo! nUt "nat sort OF readlng ne loves,
hHdreh tastes IN reading she said
S"oulN ne NlS'pNtreu ana 'heh tne pooM
ShoHld he furnished Mary parents can
not AFFORD books o"t the whole Commune
| MY can own collection oi DOCKS care
should be taken To ma out what the chtc
/ reads outside the school room. Librarles
should supply books wholesome and
| clean, for the very youngest readers
! community said Miss Pierce could bet
ter afford to he witAoui come VI the Cur
rent literature than without proper booGa
for young readers
! STORY TELLING
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