Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-14

son minimized the importance that should
be attached 10 the armed truce" of mod
ern nations. speaking of this condition az
merely transitory phase of the working
out of western civilization. AS the ma
| tions Of the past were grouped around
the Mediterranean sea, added the speaker.
so those of to-day are grouped about the
Atlantic ocean.
Il am not a great advocate" said he,
of what IS called vocational educa-
ton" but he admitted the value of the
poise, ability to hold ones self In reserve,
and humani2ing influence of vocational
| training. remarking that such education.
In its various forms, tends to accomplish
in another way some of the cultural re-
suits gained from the study of the past
and its heroes.
The problem of self-government." he
continued "underles the whole course of
events in western civilization, from the
time of Athens. through the middle ages
| and the revolutions of century ago.
down to the immediate present in our own
dav. The goal Of history teaching lies in
the attempt to reach the whole man, and
not the half man"
j. f.. Messenger opened the discussion.
saying that he should like to have a pro
gressve goal" Professor c. ". Mxter
made plea for history "as it actually
happened" with personal examples used
for their humanizing influence. Professor
A. r. Myrick and George B. Lawson OF
Vermont Academy also took part briefly
! in the discussion.
There We're brief speeches after the
noon luncheon in the gymnasium. de-
livered by State Superintendent Of Edu
cation Mason S Stone Of Montpelier.
Professor Emerson, Superintendent 8. L..
Hutchinson of the Montpelier schools.
and George r. Lawson Of Vermont Acad-
envy.
SCHOLARSHIPS BANQUET
The seni-annual Schoolmasters' BAN
quet was held at the Van Ness House
at eight o'clock. with A. s. Hartman
of the NIiddlebury high school As toast
master. Professor James was the first
speaker He said that .eachers of history
should be better supplied with maps and
slobes-the sciences now get apparatus
at the expense of the department of
history He closed with an earnest APP
~ directed at the schomasters as train
ers OF the rising generation. and speak
ing as a member Of the Northwestern
University athletic committee.
/ President Benton, the second speaker
expressed his hope that unified school
system in the various States would be
developed 50 that the -ulication of the
pupil from the Kindergarten to the uni
versity may be carried out upon a definite
plan, This. he said. would b. educating
"A whole man" He condemned in strong
terms tho system which dfferentiatcs
in the same city the classical high school
from the polytechnic h-H school, declar-
ing that this plan gives rise TO class
distinctions that ought never TO exist.
He also suggested that the freshman
year be made alike In all courses.
| DR.. G II. Beecher, chairman of the
University of Vermont faculty commit
tee on athletics. partly by way of eX-
PLANTATION and in reply to Professor
James, said that at the University OF
Vermont the question of summer base
ball had been solved. and that summer
baseball as played by Vermont men has
never hurt Ray Collins or Larry Gard
ner. He told the schoolmasters that he
hoped they would modify some of their
regulations and said that speaking NOR.
from the point of View Of the physician
that the teacher, the age limit should
count for less than a weight limit. Above
all said he, the boy going into athletics
should be physically fit-whether he be
Is or 81 matters little. He recommended
the extension to the secondary schools
of the one year residence requirement In
sisted upon by colleges. when an athlete
goes from one institution TO another.
Between the courses on the menu ana
also between the oratorcal dishes that
made up the post -prandal menu, a quar-