Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-01-21
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The one in direct control of an imma-
ture child is the one who must look |
after it's bodily needs, and protect it |
from dangers as far as possible. The |
schoolroom should certainly be made
as sanitary as the home. and, in
many instances, the instruction re-
ceived by the child in matters of
hygiene is the means of improving
the home condi tions." said Dr. Dalton
He spoke Of buildings. heating.
ventilation, overcrowding, light. care
of schoolrooms. the dust nuisance.
boards, water supply for schools. out
houses, ETC.. and wound up with a
strong plea for the use of the school
house as gathering place for the
parents and community in general. His
closing words were: "All these sug-
gestions mean work. and sometimes
hard work and thankless work but
what is life worth if we do not spend
ourselves for the good of those around
u.s. We cannot all be great, as man
usually counts greatness. but the
memory of a teacher who not only
taught the three RS, but also tried in
every way to raise the tone of her
little world, physically and morally, is
|
might justly strive.'
teachers dined at the M. E. church
vestry. Supper was served at the
Congregational church vestry and
entertainment and breakfasts were
given all in the homes of the village.
At the opening of the afternoon
session Supt. Erwin introduced Gov.
Fletcher, whom he said would "decor-
ate the OCCASION" which Mr.. Fletcher
did in few minutes of well-selected
remarks about education. He said the
''first duty of Vermont is to it's
primary Schools" He explained his
part in the move for the investigation
of education in Vermont. a report of
which is just being issued to the
people of Vermont.
He stated that six states were
watching this report. its recommends
tons and outcome. as we are the
pioneer state in this move, with the
idea of adopting similar methods of
revamping their educational systems.
Miss Louise Gaedke, expert in the
Palmer system of writing, had two
sessions in the afternoon in which she
gave demonstrations in the methods of
teaching the muscular movement of
. writing in the primary grades, fol-
lowed by demonstration work in the
seventh, eighth and ninth grades.
Each teacher was furnished with
paper and pencil and followed the
work. She also gave an address
! dealing with the mistakes to be avoid
ed in teaching the Palmer method of
writing.
State Superintendent of Education M.
F S. Stone devoted most of his time to
10 a
! on educational matters in Vermont
: explaining how vital the report was
+ and that so far as the report had gone
= it's recommendations should be carried
y out.
. . Tickets were furnished ali visitors
for the Driver lecture Friday evening
f which is treated by itself elsewhere
!. in this paper.
: Saturday morning, J. F. Messenger
of the department of Pedagogy, U. V
NJ, spoke on. "The Teacher and the
Lesson" His idea was that the
teacher should get the scholar away
from his environment. That is, ge
: him to see beyond. above and back Of
4 the schoolroom, the land. trees anC
:. mountain. He illustrated what hi
T meant by comparing his own work Of
0 blowing. He saw nothing beyond the
0 but Ronert Burns saw more when ht
=: plowed, and immortalized some of the
I most commonplace things by getting
y away from his environment. Let thu
T mind go. And books are the bes
example of what all may have ant
: enjoy and wander in. out of thei
S environment. no matter how lowly
e that environment may be. He EN-
Q phasized the book in contrast to ;
e popular belief in some sections tina
5 books no longer have large place il
y our educational system. He said h
had tried the past summer to rid hi
fruit trees of pests by environment
T but found upon application to tn
n agricultural college that they recon
+ mend a pamphlet. ga book and mex
;, year | shall apply pamphlets to thos
y trees" said Prof. Messenger, "an
e rid those trees of the pests''
{ Prof. E. D. Collins of Middlebur
v college was present for the cIosin,
{ address in place of President Thomas
q who could not be present. Prof
Collins is an Orleans county boy. tn
c author Of History of Vermont" an
s presented in new way the value o
}: an education by figuring the differenc
L in earning capacity of an educate
s person and an uneducated person
S Using actual figures of actual exam
l. pies he proved that boys time or
n girls time in high school for example
e figures several dollars a day. H
Y spoke of the fact that great numbe
y of pupils never finished the sevent
(. grade and how essential the elementar
,, school and teacher was. He gave
q chart original with himself for "scor
q ing children" as he called it, an
e believed this work as essential as tina
n of ''scoring cattle. horses" etc. TIL
> chart calls for tests of observation
e perception, imagination. judgment
Is expression and inhibition in visual
"a auditory. tactile. muscular. verbal
- reaction and accuracy powers i
oe the child. A little common sens
y application of such chart will give
e teacher some idea of what the indiviG
!? ual pupil needs special emphasis an
L training in.
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