The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02

Should BE, before the meeting broke
up into two conferences on English.
The one on high school English was
presided over by Principal Guy W
Powers of Leland and Gray seminary.
TownShend. Miss Edith Ainlev ST
South Londonderry high school read
a paper on The Preparation a High
school Student Needs Who Does Not
Enter College and Miss Helen Wallis
of Chester high school read one on
What the College Expects Of High
School English.
Herbert ID. Casey Of Springfield pre-
sided at the elementary school Eng
lish conference al which Il paper on
The Teaching Of English in tie Grades
was read by Miss Eliza Il Allen. sn-
pcryisor of the teachers training
conrse Of the Springfield high school
and the discussion was opened by Miss
Mary x. N. Dcane. supervisor of the
teachers training course in the Ches-
ter high school
The business session AZ 1I.30 clock
resulted in the adoption of the re-
port of the nominating committee as
follows: President. Principal Robert
n. Millett Of Springfield: vice-presi-
dent, Supt o. X Collins. Bellows
Falls; secretary treasurer. Supt. Percy
II. Blake, Chester: executive commit
horo. chairman. Miss Jessie Judd of
Bellows Falls. Principal Guy ". Pow
ers of Townshend. The nominating
committee was composed Of Miss T.
Nj. Wellman, #. l.. Drew and II. y.
( Casey
1t was the sense Of the meeting that
the next annual conference be held AT
Springfield Vt. on Thursday ana Fri
day of the week early in Nav. The
+ final decision is left to the executive
committee Resolutions were unani-
mously adopted, which viii be pub
lished tomorrow, together with a re-
port Of this afternoon : session
The first general session Of the con
ference was held last evening I'll the
Congregational church and good
number besides teachers and superin-
tendents were present For half an
hour before the opening Of the meet
ing 81 80 clock a musical program
was given by Fred G. Leitsinger. or
ganist. Miss Mary J. Bane. soprano.
and Alison J. Dugan. violinist
Principal f. Burr Smith. in opening
the meeting. said that IL was his priv
ilege to invite the visiting teachers To
an informal reception at the close Of
the address. for the purpose OF meet
lug the local teachers and enjoying re-
freshments. He then turned the meet
! ing over 10 the president. Supt. Fl I'LL
Dorsey of Ludlow who Immediately
introduced f. 4. Winship. editor of
the Journal Of Education of Boston.
: who spoke on The Personal Element.
To dominate. hut not domineer. was
the keynote Of the advice the speaker
gave the teachers. Personality Is the
? one thing in all the world that has
staying qualities. II is the one thing
that big business cannot buy He
believed that the great mission of the
: public school teacher was to develop
a personality and teach American per
souality. The glory of your life should
be to dominate the BOYS and girls who
come under your instruction and guild
q ance.
p he gently cbided them with an ex-
preston of the belief that one Of the
: greatest tendencies for the bad on the
Z part of the public school teachers is
+ 10 be dOmineering and this is as po-
o tent for the bad as domination is for
+ the best. To dominate one must he
u real and not artificial, and in that
e connection he told them that there
should he no difference in their be
g hayior towards their charges i'm the
e school room than there Is ont of school
l. hours. Effectiveness Is lost when the
e child realizes that his teacher j. domi-
G neering in the school room but Is "a
d good companion whose influence Is
5, dominating elsewhere. His talk was
+ punctuated with effective illustrations.
r James Il. Messenger. head Of the de-
partment of education Of the Uniyer-
: Sity of Vermont. the second speaker.
b took for his subject The Outlook In
p Vermont, and held that il was promiS-
d ing from an educational viewpoint He
e said that Vermont s educational sys-
q tenn was being watched critically from
e. within and without. but III his opinion
some of the vigorous criticisms from
N within are based upon a one-sided
r view with the result that too general
10 deductions are drawn from too little
G. data.
W The statement IS made that great
q. men leave the state of Vermont and
= 20 elsewhere He showed that the
p opportunities to make good are great
Is er in Vermont than they were year.
5 ago. The doors are locke with com
n bination locks and il takes more in
telhgenee to get along in Vermont
OF than il does in some other states. illus
trating this statement with compari
id son Of the farming methods Of thu
IN West p years ago, when fertilizer ant
IL deep ploughing were unnecessary fo
Il the raising of highly successful crops
le while in Vermont il required more in
in telligenee and hard work TO raise an,
er sort Of crop.
The keynote of his address was
nd {" Education in Vermont ought to SHOW
We every bov and girl what TO do in Ver
al mont. The child is the raw materia
*, and may no unskilled lapidary hav
-s- the work Of polishing yours or mine
ng Let rs raise the crop that viii pay tn
'ol best the crop of educated men an,
rn women, educated 70 do something il
on Vermont.
lie considered how this was to b
ot done and pointed to the systematic In
he vestigation being made by the Carne
q Gle Foundation survey. The men o
lal that commission are experts In thei
of sa,-araI lines aud ba exrreesad the Ia