Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-10-23
TEACHERS MEET
r,r,-rE OF HANCOCK COUNTY
ASSOCIATION.
GATHERING AND INTERESTING
Jaw REPRESENTATIONS ADOPTED
So oFFicERs ELECTED.

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ins successful institute in Kills.
- IN Iast Friday. II was the forty
sOl'u meeting OF this association, and
So s,,tb held in Ellsworth, and one of
ins -. in the history of the associa-
'0' ~ Tbe meeting was at Hancock hall.
70 p,..ident A. w. Gordon, superinten-
the sullivan Gouldsboro-w Winter
a district, presided. Miss Catherine
~ n Of Ellsworth, acted at secretary
1,ss absence of the secretary.
- - ,sneral session in the forenoon was
- ,,itb prayer by Rev. p. A. A. Kill
rx.Chief-Justice l.. A. Emery made
- So, address OF welcome. He depressed
81 from the formal welcome to pay
80 to The high calling of the teacher.
.. .,Ia. ave can build handsome and
..a.rp schools, equipped with modern
,-hooks. but after all, the success of
=. .chool depends upon the teacher" He
,s.asht the great purpose OF the school
-. no, 70 I'LL the mind OF the child with
49,. hut to discipline the child's mind.
r.s same line OF thought was emphs-
.s,.d bv Rev. r. B. Mathews later in the
,...poou in his eloquent address on: "The
pDhlie schools and Citizenship" He
.h0,vst the first great object OF the schools
.bould be 10 make the child realize that he
~,.s mart of the great social body, and to
rain him to I'LL his place in the social
hody. He emphasized the Importance OF
1.eipline In the school as the first great
I..,on TO the child in obedience to organ
iied government
Tho other address of the forenoon was
ne Prof. A. J. Jones, OF the University of
Maine. on Methods OF Making School
rork real 20 the Child.
Az the business session In the forenoon
committees on resolutions, nominations
and time and place OF next institute, were
sppointed.
DEPARTMENT MEETINGS.
The eariy afternoon was occupied by de-
rs.tmeni meetings, held in the main hall,
the superintendent's room, the municipal
eourt-rooul and board OF trade room. The
prugrsms OF these department meetings
we're a. follows:
High Schools.
Nv Taylor, State inspector OF high schools,
chairman
4scns Problems OF the Small High school,"
Prin Maurice Foss, Franklin
Discussion opened by Prin A w Boston.
Blaehiil
General Science for First Year High
school Pupils" Arthur Preach, Bar
Hsrbor
-rAe Advantage OF the General Course"
Mr. Taylor
Grammar Schools.
irriag W Small, principal Emerson grammar
school, Bar Harbor. chairman
address: state Superintendent Smith.
selection OF Composition Material"
Miss Ethel NJ Crook, Winter Hsrbor
The Teaching OF History"
Miss Jennie Grant. Bar Harbor
Arithmetic. Miss Ella NJ Jude, Ellsworth
R.raI Schools.
LIE Williams, supt. Of Southwest Harbor- Mt.
Dezert-Tremont district, chairman
~Peealiar Needs of the Country Schools"
sups Myra Moon. Hancock
~HOw TO Get Help from the Community"
Miss Rena Reed, fremont
"Penmanship'-. ........E II congdon, Auburn
Arrangement Of the Program
Miss Hattie A wiggin. Cassinc normal school
Primary schools.
Miss Mary L Hastings, castine normal
school, chairman
Primary Drawing and Paper construc-
tiOn " Ntas a.fh ISfftxnn ra.sfpa
normal school
Number WORK."
Miss Addie ~ Guptiii. Gouidsboro
Primary Reading
Mrs Florence Grant, Bar Harbor
seat Work. Miss A Ruth Fields. Ellsworth
biography in the Lower Grades"
Niss Christina r Hatch. Bar Harbor
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the general session in the afternoon,
Hiss Louise l.. Fernald, supervisor OF
music in the Bar Harbor schools, delivered
apaper on Music in the Rural Schools. "
This was followed by an address by
superintendent Farns~orth G. Marshall,
augusta, on the teachers pension bill
which will be presented to the next legis-
azure supt. Farnsworth is member of
TIE committee which drafted the bill. An
outline OF the bill was printed in THE
AMERICAN last week.
the question box, conducted by State
superintendent Psyson Smith, was one OF
sae interesting features OF the afternoon.
supt' smith took occasion to present to
'hs teachers plan for weeks institute
=" DC held Just prior to the opening of the
SCHOOLS next fall. The experiment has al
,ssoy been tried in York county, and the
apartment is considering trying it in two
O'her counties next year. A vote of the
institute showed a majority of the
seachers in favor OF the weeks institute.
'up. smith explained that this vote was
uO' nnal, but merely test OF the senti-
asne OF the Hancock county institute for
we information OF the State department.
AT the business meeting in the after
noon, the committee on resolutions pre-
'snted the following, which were adopted
we, the teachers of Hancock county, in
appreciation Of the many profitable and
s'sasing features in connection with our
toGDty Et DOT