The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-25
TEACHERS END
CONVENTION
The 64th 4 conference
Hss Very Sue
TWO ADDRESSES
WERE GIVEN TO-DAY
Last Evening the Two Clubs
Held Their Annual
Banquets

lhc very SuccesslHi UtLH ANNUAL bOH-
yention of the Vermont State Teachers
association held its final session at the
Montpelier city hall to-day, beginning
with devotional exercises conducted by
Rev. Ivan Benedict, pastor of the Bap-
tist church in Montpelier. Many of the
1850 teachers registered during the
three days of the convention had left
Montpelier to return to their homes, but
there was a good-sized representation
when the program began. The devo-
tional exercises were followed by school
chorus singing under direction of Miss
Minnie Barbour Of Montpelier.
There We're two addresses on the pro-
gram, the speakers being Director Wal
ter S. Cornell of the medical inspection
department of the Philadelphia public
schools and Prof. Milo b. Hillegas of the
Teachers college in Columbia university.
The former gave talk on Some In
pressions of the international School Hy-
giene Congress" the congress having
been held in Buffalo last August. Prof.
Hillegas spoke ON "Some Conditions Es-
sential for Thinking" These addresses
were followed by business session.
The visiting teachers expressed them
selves as well pleased at the hospitality
shown them during their three days
stay in Montpelier and were we'll
pleased with the program which the Of
ficers of the association had provided
for them. President Blanchard of the
Montpelier Board of Trade and Secre-
Itary Benjamin Gates of the same organ
ization yesterday extended an invita-
tion to the association to hold its 1914
convention in Montpelier again, and to
supplement the invitation there were
distributed yesterday afternoon
tion, Montpelier 1914"
Annual Banquets of Clubs.
The annual banquets of the Vermont
Schoolmasters club and Woman Teach
ers' club were held last evening, the for
mer being held at the Odd Fellows hall
and the latter in the chapel Of Bethany
church. There were ITO members and
invited guests present at the Schoolmas-
ters' banquet, and large number at the
other.
Principal r. B. Barton of Windsor
was toastmaster of the Schoolmasters'
banquet, and the speakers of the post
prandial exercises were President Guy
Potter Benton of the University of Yer
mont, President John NJ. Thomas of Mid
dlebury college, State Superintendent of
Mason s. Stone, Mayor James
B. Estee of Montpelier, DR.. Walter S.
Cornell, Director of medical inspection in
public SCHOOLS, Philadelphia, and Prof.
Milo B. Hillegas of the Teachers col
lege, Columbia university.
DR.. Cornell spoke on Mental Defcien-
cy. Its Relation to Education and the
Public School System" and Prof HilIe-
gas on "The Need of a Different Type
of Educational Experiment Both sub.
jects were treated in technical man
ner
Miss Alberta L. Beeman of st. Adams
was toastmistress of the Woman Teach
carried out as follows: "The Club" Il
toast responded to by Miss Florence
lVellman OF Brattleboro; vocal solo,
Miss Minnie Barbour, accompanied by
louis Hathaway; "Our Nurseries" Miss
Edith Blanchard of Montpelier; "The
Mrs. Harriet NJ Ide OF
Pensions" Miss Eta
Franklin of Rutland; vocal solo, Miss
Anna McGuidwan of Montpelier sem
nary, accompanied by Mr. Hathaway;
ak on the parent teacher conference
md the mothers congress, Mrs. James
;. Estee of Montpelier; "The State Uni
'ersty," Bertha Terrill dean of the do
nestle science department of the Univer-
ty of Vermont; "Pageantry," Miss
.otta Clark of the Charlestown, Mass,
ligh school; impromtu toast, called for
rom Miss Lillian B. Sage of the Wash
ngton Irving high school in New York;
talk on children, Miss Lucy Wheelock
# Boston.
Address By Rev. c. 0. Judkins.
In the main auditorium of Bethany
hureh last evening, Rev. Charles o. Jud-
-ins of Glens Falls, n. Y, gave an ad
ress on "The Measure of the Stature of
Good Man and His Debt to His Teach
r." The church was well filed. Mrs.
;eorge Smile of Montpelier, president OF
he State Federation of Women's Clubs,
the teachers, and then Miss
,tta Franklin OF Rutland spoke briefly
n the teacher pension fund, describing
hat was done in Rutland to raise ST.
90 for the fund.
The speaker of the evening was iu-
reduced by Miss Florence Wellman.
he speaker said in part as follows;
every generation thinks itself the
lost interesting and the most impor-
ant While | do not want to boast too
luch OF our generation, | believe it to
e full Of great things and that seldom
as the world known such great prog
ass.
"Yet we have great problems and have
OF the culture and wisdom Of some of
he older nations in solving them. But,
! one thing we are different than they.
Ta have assumed to be democratic 10