Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-05
Program for 18th Annual Meet
ing of Maine Teachers AS
ISOLATION, Oct. 1890, at
Portland
STATE HOUSE CHAT
Bank Commissioner Smith Saws
That Maine Banks Are =
Not "Hoarding" Their
Gas
Next meeting of the Governor and
Council, 10 A. M, Wednesday, Oct. %.

"a oSl dHI VI the lStI annual meeting OF
the Maine Teachers Assoeiation-to be
held Thursday and Friday, Oct. % and
80 at Portland-has recently been re-
ceiyed at the office of the State super
intendent of schools and will be found
of great interest to the many teachers
in all parts of the State who are PLAN
ming to attend. Regarding the pro-
gram of these meetings the Executive
Committee state that 1T promises to
every teacher who attends the meet
ings program out of which something
of distinct value may be secured. The
general sessions will interest and in
spire. DR.. Hutchinson and Mr.. Nc
Andrew will prove to be live wires
The speakers at the group meetings
are unusually strong. The programs of
the department sessions have been ar
ranged to meet the every day needs of
Maine teachers.
Particularly worthy of attention are
the special features including the
School Musical Festival, the banquet
and cabaret entertainment of the
Maine Schoolmasters Club, and the
meetings of the Maine Library Asso-
citation. Opportunity will also be civ
City Hall auditorium as it has been
placed at the disposal of our associa-
ton by the Portland Music Commits
sion.
To those who are not members of
this association and into whose hands
the announcement may fall a cordial
invitation is extended to attend the
convention and enroll as members of
this Association. While the member
ship of the Association has steadily
increased the desired enrolment will
not be secured until every person en-
gagged in educational work in the State
of Maine shall have enrolled"
Hotels and railroads are Offering
special rates to teachers who are plan
ming to attend the meeting. These
teachers are asked to realize the i'm
portance of making arrangements in
advance for entertainment The local
entertainment committee has at its
disposal a large number of rooms in
the smaller hotels, apartment houses
and in private families and these
rooms can be secured through the
committee. which will have headquart-
ers in the School Committee Rooms,
City hall.
general session for the transac-
ton of business only will be held at
Ais o'clock, Thursday, Oct. % in the
auditorium of the City Hall. The fol-
lowing proposed amendment to the
constitution of the association is to be
considered
That Article Four of the Constitu-
ton be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows:
AT the annual meeting of the As
ISOLATION officers shall be elected by
ballot. Nominations shall be made by
a committee composed of sixteen
members one from each of the
counties of the State. Members of this
committee shall be chosen at the an
nual county teachers meetings held
during the year preceding the
dates of the annual meeting of this
Association at which they are to serve.
II for any reason a vacancy exists in
the membership of this committee such
vacancy shall be filled at meeting
of the members of this Association
from the county in which the vacancy
occurs, held on the first day of the
annual session of this Association"
The meetings of the Association will
open promptly at $50 Thursday morn
ing with a session for the Department
of Superintendent and Secondary
School Administration to be held in
the assembly hall of the High School
AT 10 o'clock the School Musical Festi-
val will be held at the auditorium of
the City Hall. This meeting has been
arranged to exemplify the work Of
music in the public schools of Main
and chorus of over 200 voices has
been selected from Students of secon-
Gary schools in the following places:
Augusta, Bath, Biddeford,
Brunswick, Canton. Cornish, East Liv-
ermore, Fairfield, Gardiner, Hallowell,
kennebunk, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls,
Norway. Oakland, Portland, Rumford,
Sanford, South Portland, Turner, Wa
terviile. Webster and Westbrook. The
orchestra of forty pieces has been Sc
lected from the school orchestras Of
Auburn. Bath. Brunswick. East Liver
more, Gardiner, Lewiston, Portland
and Sanford.
At 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon
there will be group meetings for ele-
school teachers, secondary
school teachers, and College professors.
after which the business meeting will
be held. And on Thursday evening
there will be a general session for all
the teachers.
On Friday morning at $50 o'clock
there will be sessions for the following
departments Department of rural
schools, Department of English, De-
partment of school committee mem
bers. Department Of commercial
branches, Department Of modern Ian
guages. and the Department of secon-
iary school agriculture. In the after
noon the following departments will
hold sessions. Department of primary
schools and kindergartens. Department
,f grammar schools, Department of |
public schools, Department of manual |
and drawing, Department of |
nome economics Department of his
.ory, Department of classics, Depart
nent Of science and mathematics. On |
Friday evening there will be general |
session for all of the teachers
The officers of the Association are:
President, D. Lyman NORWOOD of |
Bangor; vice president, Richard J. Lib
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