Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-03

The ninth annual meeting -of sthe Brown University Teachers associa- tion, held in Manning hall closed Sat urdaS, the final business being the pas sage of resolutions favorine the pro- posed 1egislation providing for tenure in service of teachers of the stata< of Rhode Island. believing that the se- curity of position is essential in pro- noting efficiency and professional spirit among the teachers. William H. Holmes, superintendent of the West erly schools. took part in the discus ston of the general topic, The Relation Between the College and the Secondary School. He said in part:
 A sensible system of education is slowly evolving in this country, A-sys- tesn that in the end will make it. pos sible for an American boy or girl to go from the primary school through the college or university as naturally as one now passes from grade to grade within any of their separate institu- tions.
 It has taken . comparatively long time, he said, to see the absurdity of placing an obstacle between the eighth and tenth years of school course, and yet today the school men who would return to the examination plan for admitting pupils to the high schools are rare exceptions. Tine spirit of an- tzEonism between high school and 'ale- 1nentary school has largely given place to a spirit of cooperation which is due to the study of educational principles in our normal schools and in our edu- cati0ns1 literature. It is safe to say that no plan of accredited high schools, which without any personal investiga- tion or examination decides that d high school is good or poor. can be other than temporary expedient.
 There can be no true cooperation between colleges and secondary schools until the teachers in the two institu- tions come to know each other better in the true senee of justly recognizing the work that each is trying to do The college teachers must learn to re- spect and have confidence in the sec ondary school teachers much in the same way that the high school teach CTS have learned to respect and trust the teachers of the elementary schools.
 The college entrance board can do a vast amount of good. said Mir. Holmes, among the high schools of New Eng land by making provision for skilled inspection of these schools. Such work might well be done by g. secre- fsry of the board, who would devote nearly all his time to making such visits of inspection.
 The secretary. or inspector, should be a man big enough to give some needed advice to the college authori- ties. particularly in regard to their method of teaching during the fresh man year. This inspector should also require full reports from the colleges on the work of the pupils who failed during the time of probation and these reports should be sent to the high schools from where the pupils came.
 Mps. Celia A. Eaton, widow of Joseph Eaten, Jr, a former resident of West sriy, died Saturday in Providence at t1s home of her daughter, Mrs. George D.. Calder. Mrs. Eaton was in her 83d year and has been seriously ill for sev- eral weeks. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. George B. Calder of Providence, Mrs. Olivar F. Gavitt of Westerly and Mrs. F. c. Logan Of Saunderstown, and son, Joseph l.. Eaton, of Saunderstown. Burial will be in the Wakefield cemetery.
 Mrs. Carrie M. Lewis, who has been ill for the past seven years, and almost hotpIoss for two years, died Sunday morning at her home on the Boom Bridge road. in North Stonington, in the 56th year of her age. She was the wife of Horace e. Lewis and was mar