The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-24
TEACHERS
CONVENTION
Continued from first page.)

Harriet A. Shaw string trio, consisting
& Miss Shaw, harp; Claude Fisher, yio-
lin, and A. Konbec, cello, gave fine ad'
dition to the program of the evening.
After being introduced by President
futile of the association, President Fess
spoke in part as follows:
Lincoln always held his audiences in
complete control. He knew how TO get
them right and then went at them
ut is an Offer to call Mr.. Lincoln a
buffoon or one of uncouth manner; on
the other hand his face that many
thought ugly was one of the most beau
tiful in American history---for Beautiful
is what beautiful does The soul of the
man shone through the rough exterior.
Lincoln in the greatest series OF de-
bates in American history proved him
self greatest of all at repartee. He
would take his antagonists most telling
points and turn them against him.
"Another quality in which Lincoln new
er had an equal was in the use of Anglo
Saxon language in political argument.
Abraham Lincoln had but six months
schooling but got his education by dint
of hard work at the freside, using a
shovel as a slate and charcoal as PEN
ell. AT Oxford university in England,
where the purest English in the world
is cultivated, letter of coincidence said
to be the finest in existence is on ex-
hibition. In the British museum as the
finest short speech ever uttered appears
Lncoln's Gettysburg address.
/ His choice of words was marvellous.
He never spoke to be heard but to be
understood. For example, Lincoln would
say, i dug a ditch while his greatest
oratorical rival Douglas, would say, L
excavated a channel
Douglass once said to Lincoln; Tt is
not Lincoln nor his life but the inherent
truth in his words that compeIs my rec
ignition Of his ability,
Lincoln was not one of the men in
danger of becoming egotistic.
| Lincoln was not a politician, but q
statesman. When he appointed to his
cabinet Secretary of War Stanton, he
knew that Stanton was opposed to his
beliefs, but he realized at the same time
that his war secretary was the military
general of the time.
when partisan demonstrated on his
selection of Stanton he replied, Well
save the country first and build the
party out OF wha- is LETT.
"The secret of Lincoln's power, | be-
lieve, was the co-mingling Of humor and
pathos in his character. By this won
derful power he was able to surround
himself with the strongest and most
powerful statesmen in the country"
The speaker related number of pa
thetic and humorous incidents from the
life of the great emancipation illustrat-
ing the finest traits of his character.
In concluding, he said, From every
standpoint of measurement, he is the
first, last, and best, greatest in compre
hension, proudest in craftsmanship of all
this western world
Pres. Allison Optimistic.
In delivering his annual address yes
terday afternoon, President Allison
adopted a most optimistic position, say
! ing that he believed the time was not
| far distant when Vermont will assume
among the states the supremacy she de-
serves and for which nature has designed
her and her sons and daughters will re-
main to swell her population and assist
| in the great work of developing the
state along agricultural and other lines
instead of joining in the chase for "the
elusive dollar" in the cities.
And when the demand is made strong
enough, he added, instead of the meagre
opportunities that are afforded to-day
for instruction in agricultural schofls,
there win be schools for the teaching of
scientific farming in every county in the
state.
Mr.. Tuttle's ideas on vocational in
struction were given at length and he
emphatically announced that lie was in
favor of more liberal education for, he
added, the more general information
boys or girls may acquire the more pro-
fcient and successful shey will become
in whatever vocation thep adopt for
their life work.
The girls of to-day, said Mr.. futile,
90 per cent of them, would treat with
scorn the proposition that they should
render domestic service in some nice
home where the pay is six or seven dol
lars week with board and washing, and
yet any one of these would jump at
chance to sell chewing gum for four dol
lars week, or more quickly, to teach
school at seven dollars week and pay
all her living expenses. ~
Home Conditions Not Natural.
He said this condition was due to the
fact that the home conditions We're not
natural but deceptive, adding that every
girl should complete course in house
hold economics before she is graduated
from grammar school