Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-06


attend the 35th annual meeting of the
Eastern Connecticut Teachers asso-
citation, which was held at Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church.
Vice President H. r. Eaton of Dan
ielson called the meeting to order and
introduced Rev. f. w. Coleman, pastor
of the church, who read the 18th Psalm
and offered prayer. There was ex-
hibited within the chancel towels, sofa
pillows with designs thereon and also
designs ON paper, all samples of school
work, which were thoroughly inspect
ed.
Announcement was made of the
meeting of the executive committee
and the resolution committee and also
that dinner would be served by the
Ladies' Aid society in the Sunday
school room. Referring to the fact
that the programme as arranged was
along the line of instruction, Vice
i President Eaton introduced F. H. Dan
iels, director of drawing at Newton,
I Mass. whose topic was Manual Train
ing Without Elaborate Equipment.
manual Training.
| The exhibit had to do with his talk
and he referred to the fact that man
ual training is making things fine and
beautiful. He gave examples of how
paper could be folded TO make innu-
neraole articles, such as houses, ta-
bles, chairs and trees, by tearing them
| according to the design wanted. Such
I articles do not end in the school, as
| pupils take them home and value them
| highly. He referred to the fine teach
! ing possibilities from the making of
articles, particularly for those in the
| grades from the primary to the ninth.
| Geography can be more easily taught
| by the use of paint, water and a brush
| In teaching, accuracy is an essential,
| and it is also desirable that children
make useful things. To expect chill
dren 20 produce things accurately is
absurd and teachers expend their ner-
! vous ability in trying to bring this
about BY keeping the children inter-
ested in their work it will be found
/ that they do better work, but nothing
I is ever perfectly made there. He
showed how cardboard pasting can be
done with an outfit of brushes. paste
and cardboard. Accuracy is what must
be taught and he said that from so
10 so per cent. of the advertisements
j are for skilled labor Crude help can
/ be imported, but skilled labor must be
made.
| There were shown postcard blanks,
spelling blanks, autograph albums and
/ other articles which the elementary
grades make. Referring to the poor
flea of taste in many he said the CEN
ter of interest should always be high.
He said there Is very little good let
taught in freehand letters.
lie gave an interesting talk on de-
signing, saying that designs are first
drawn on paper and the more modern
designs are exclusively taught now.
Style and fashion have nothing to do
with art, he declared, but taste and
proportion have.
Vocational Schools for Girls.
Vocational Schools for Girls was the
tarlf- IF the oddrAaC n Miss HELEN
Hildreth of New Britain. There are
three parts to vocational training. in
dustrial. agricultural and household.
The great question Is how to make the
work fit the girl. The work for the
boy is and has always been well de-
fined but for the girl the chief of the
three things is the household. and to
a large extent the trade schools have
taken the place of the training at
home.
BECAUSE they do not have the pa
thence to gother with it, many moth
ers have giver up the home training,
and work which was formerly done al
home 10 now done elsewhere. The sew
ing is done outside, as is the preserv-
ing and other duties, machinery doing
the work formerly done by hand in
the home. Everyone now has the OPP
portunity to learn to read and write.
IN the vocational schools dressmak.
ing and millinery are the chief stud
les. The schools will not extend all
over the state, but in some degree the
schools. 1t will be required of
dresmaker to apply her school training
and tell the amount of material re-
quired in different instances.
Many At Dinper.
Those in attendance at the dinner
In the vestry of the church exceeded
the century mark by large number,
there being fish chowder, salmon and
potato salads, cold meat, rolls, coffee,
tea. pickles and ice cream.
1t was in charge Of Mrs. Alvin Lew.
is. vino was assisted by Mrs. Costello
Lippitt, Mrs. Everett o. Miller, Miss
Florence Odgers. Mrs. f. Bentley, Miss
Diksman. Miss Amy Buriingame, Miss
Viva Hines, Mrs. william w. Ives
Mrs. Joshua Yeomans, Mrs. James Nc
4 Kee, Miss Lizzie Fellows, Mrs. Henry
Woodward, Mrs. Russell Woodward,
Mrs. John c. Morgan, Mrs. William
Dennison. Mrs Elmer D. Kinsman,
Miss Ida Moshler, Mrs. Frank Pendle-
ton. Mrs. Alexander Ferguson, Mrs.
Christopher Clough, Mrs. Daniel Russ,
! Mrs. Charles w. Worthineten and
Miss Carrie Ives.
Music in Afternoon.
The afternoon session opened with
half-hour of music by the Broadway
school orchestra under direction of
RTDI u. HGrDeTC OeOISe. ntlI
able playing brought forth enthusiasts
tic applause from their audience, who
listened with pleasure to this tuneful
section of the programme The or
chestra was composed OF the following
members:
Prof. J. Herbert George, conductor;
first vioIins, T. Austin Linton. Aleck
Rabinovftch, Loue Stockwell, Dorothy
Gregsop: second victims, r. Day Fill
more. George Bartlett. Milton Graft,
Eugene Wright, Mary Lester; mando-
lins. Maria Gallup. Mildred Cary, Dor
othy Jones: comets, Milton Souter,
Florence Wilkinson: trombone. Leroy
Whitmarsh; cello. Christine Grsgson;
drums, Reginald Smith; piano. Olive
Linton, Harriet Colt.
The annral business meeting was
then held. The reports of the secre-
tarv and the treasurer, read by r. J.
Working. were accepted. Receipts of
s164. expenditures of $72 and balance
of $e2 were shown in the treasurers
report.
District Teachers
Mr.. Kendall of North Stonington
called attention to the fact that teach
ers in district schools desiring to at
tend conventions are obliged to lose
their pay or make up their time. and
on a motion made by him it was voted
that the chair appoint a committee to
confer with the state secretary of ed
ucation to see if this could not be
changed SO that elementary teachers
could attend conventions without loss
of pay. The COMMITTEES appointed was
Mr.. Kendall OF North Stoningten. Mr..
Porter of Willimantic and Mr.. King Of
North Stonington.
Through c. y Jennings of New Lon
don, tire conrHttce on resoiuiio Ns,
which also included George W. Hath
away and Miss Mary E. Bia~ell. re-
ported resolutions OF thanks to the Of
ficers of the association. TO the rail
roads, TO the Broadway school orcsss-
ira, to the ladies and Officers of the
church and to all others who had as
sisted in The arrangements of the CON
venticn. The resolutions were spp~sv-
ed and adopte<