Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-23
CONVENTION OF TEACHERS


This Week.
The 6ith annual meeting of the Yer.
mont state Teachers association will be
H'Id at Montpelier to-day, Friday and
saturday, October % a and % The
Montpelier board of trade will have
charge of the convention. the meetings
being held in the auditorium of the city
ana in Bethany Church. The program is
as follows.
Thursday afternoon. 2:3o o'clock audi
toriun, city hail Music Montpelier or
chcstra; devotional cNcrciscs. conducted
by the Rcv. Albert II. Spence. Church OF
the Messiah: music. orchestra; addresses
of welcome for the state department OF
education, State Superintendent Mason
:. Stone, for the city OF Montpelier. May
or James Il. Estcc. for the state of YER
mont, Governor Allen NJ. Fletcher; re-
Spouse and address. Principal Allison +.
Tuttlc. president Vermont state Teica-
crs' association; address. "rhc Tcachin;
: of Agriculture in our Public Schools"
Professor T. u. Jcns. University of Vcr-
mont; address, "Thc Coming Americal'
the Rev Il. D. hahn, -. -. Springfield,
Mass; business session
Thursday evening, eight o'clock, audi
torium city hall Musicale. Miss Harriet
Shaw. harp Claude Fisher. violin, Lewis
Dalhec, cello: address. "The humanity Of
Lincoln Hon. :. -. Tess, congressman
from Ohio president of Antioch College
Admission Thursday evening will he by
ticket The regular membership ticket
VIII carry a coupon which Will admit all
members of the association. As the audi
forum will seat 1.SD people. Montpelier
citizens will have an opportunity to at
tend the Thursday evening entertain-
mont. fleets will he on sale at one or
moro places in Montpelier before the con-
Vontion and at the door Thursday even
ing.
FRIDAY morning, nine O'Clock. audito-
rum. city hall-Dcvutional exercises. con-
Quoted hv the Roy. William Shaw. Trim
lltN Methodist Episcopal Church: music,
NO Shadows Yonder," from Gaus Holy
! city, mixed chorus; address. 'Pagcantry
in America Miss Lolita A. Clark
| 'harl"stoWn high school, Boston: vocal
solo. selected. Miss Anna MacGuidwn,
! instructor of vocal music. Montpelier
! seminary; address. "Childrcn's Reading.
as Help In the Training of Character"
| Mrs. Richard 6. Cabot, member of Mass
| achusetts state board of education; adj
dress, Reform or Efficiency in the Com
mon Schools Professor Henry w
Holmes assistant professor OF education.
| Harvard University. At 1870 O'Clock or,
as soon as the general session is ended
the business meeting of the Women
I"achcrs club in the aud torium, city
nan; business meeting of the Schoolmas-
tors club in Bethany Church.
Friday afternoon, 2;15 o'clock-Depart-
| mental meetings, secondary schools at
Bethany Church. chairman Principal q.
! Is. lio!istor, Goddard Seminary: 2:l5
High school English, a Subject in the
Curriculum Principal James G. Walker
Nergennos; 2:35. The Efficiency of the
Science Appropria tion." Principal James
F, Smith, Orleans; 300, address, ideals"
| Principal William p. Kelley, Rutgers
Preparatory School, New Brunswick. y
j.; $780, address illustrated with stereop-
tcon>, Eight Stories of Girls" Miss
Lillian Il. Sage Washington Irving high
| school. New York city. Elementary
schools at auditorium, city hail chairman.
Superintendent Arthur w. Eddy. Mid
dlebury: 2;l5. THE Training Classes
What Next" Miss Eliza Allen training
class Lyndon Institute; 2:35. How the
Public Schools Should Train for Citizen
ship, Superintendent Merritt d. chit
tcndcn, Burlington; 300 address. Com |
parison Of Montcssori and Frocbcl." Miss
Lucy Wheclock, Boston; $3.50 address
with class demonstration "a Rational |
System of Teaching Arithmetic" SUPER !
intendcnt G. II. Whitchcr. deputy State
superintendent Of public instruction. Bcr-
lin X. II.
The Association of Union Superinten-
dents, Superintendent Albert w Varney. |
Bennington. president, will meet in Beth |
any Church Friday afternoon at 4 30 or |
as soon as the departmental meetings are !
over The committee appointed last June
AT the queen city Park meeting to sec
| about the purchase of lantern and
sIldes Tor use throughout the State will !
make report. Other important business
VIII De considered Lanterns will he on |
exhibition and supcrlntcndens Instruct.
ed in their use during the convention.
Friday ovcnng-Thc Schoolmasters'
club OF Vermont president, Principal Ru-
fus b Barton Windsor. DR. Walter $
Cornell and Professor NJ b. Huegas.
who are the speakers for the general
session Saturday morning. will bc pres
ent at the annual banquet ms guests Of
the club, and speak DR.. Cornelrs sub
iect IS Mental Deficiency: It's Relation
s. |
tenn. The Vermont Women Teachers
club, president Miss Florence NJ Weu-
man, Brattlcboro annual meeting in
Bethany Church. banquet in the cha mel
at six o'clock; address, The Measure Of
the stature OF a Good Man and His Debt
to Hts Teacher the Rev. Charles Otis
Judkins, Glens Falls. n Y
Saturday morning, nine O'Clock. audi
forum, city hall-Dcvotional exercises
conducted by the Rev. Ivan Benedict
Baptist Church, singing by school chorus
under direction OF Miss Minnie D. Rar
Der. conductor. a. Queen of the Night"
Erik Meyer Helmund, high school chorus;
b, Onward, Bonny Boat Be Flying"
Kucken, high school girls chorus: ad.
dress, Some Impressions Of the Interna
tional School Hygiene Congress Cat Buff
falo, August 1919, DR.. Walter s Cornell.
director OF medical inspection in public
schools. Philadelphia; address. Some
Conditions Essential for Thinking" Pro-
fessor Milo b, Hilegas, Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University; business ses-
sion. adjournment
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