St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-14

Seldom, if ever, has the committee
arranging for the speakers at the
state teachers conventions been able
to secure so many people of ability
as those engaged this year and who
will speak in St. Johnsbury, Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday of this
week. Several of them are people
Of national reputation, while many
are leaders in educational work in
Vermont.
DIR. David Snedden.
At the head of the list stands DR..
David Snedden, since 1909 commits
sioner of education for Massachu-'
sets. Before that he was assistant
professor of education at Leland
Stanford University and also at Co
lumbia. He received degrees from
each Of these institutions and is
Phi Beta Kappa man. He is a wide
ly known autho-y having written
books on Administration of Edu-
cation for Juvenile DelinQuents,
School Efficiency" and school Ad-
ministration in the United States
His address Saturday morning Some
Current Problems in Education"
will be one of the features of the
convention.
Mrs. Josephine Peabody Marks.
Mrs. Josephine Peabody Marks, a.
graduate of Radcliffe in 1896. is a
widely known woman and education
al worker. She was instructor of
English literature at Wellesley pre-
vious to her marriage to Prof. Lio-
mel Marks of Harvard. She too is
a widely known author, having writ
ten "Marlowe, a Drama" singing
Leaves" Book of the Little Past"
''The Singing Man" and THE Piper"
a drama that won the Stratford-on-
Avon prize, which was produced in
England and later in America. She
also is one of the speakers Saturday
morning on the, subject To-day
with readings from "The Singing
Man" and other social poems.
DIR. William I'll. Crawshaw.
DIR. William H Crawshaw, dean of
Colgate University and professor of
English literature, holds degrees
from Rochester and Syracuse Uni
versities. He has studied at Oxford
and is a Phi Beta Kappa man. He
is the author of 1.-The Interpretation
of Life" 'Dryden's Palamon and
Arctic" and Literary Interpreta-
ton of Life" He will be one of the |
speakers at The School Masters ban
quet Friday evening.
DIR. jay William Hudson.
DR.. Jay William Hudson, professor
of philosophy at the University Of |
Missouri, is devoting this season to !
promoting the cause of peace, under |
the management of the American
School Peace League of which ex-
Pres. w. H. Taft is president.
DIR. Milo b. HiIlegas.
DR.. Milo B. Hillegas of the Teach
ers College at Columbia University !
was employed by the special educa-
tional commission to investigate con-
ditions in the elementary schools of |
Vermont. He is employed by the |
Carnegie Foundation for the adj /
vancement of teaching. His address
is delivered Friday morning and the |
subject is Standards for Judging |
Efficiency"
DIR. William s. Learned.
DR.. William S. Learned of the |
School of Education at Harvard was !
also employed by the educational |
to investigate the condi- |
tions of the secondary schools in
Vermont and is in the employ of the |
Carnegie Foundation for the adj
of teaching He too |
speaks Friday morning on 1.-THE |
Teachers Interest in the Teacher"
Vermont Speakers.
Prof. Frank w. Cady is at the |
head of the English department of |
Middlebury College.
Archibald G. Hurd is secretary
and director of the Windsor County |
Y. M. G. A. He has made an extern
sive study of rural life in Vermont |
and his address at a recent state Y.
M. G. A. convention here was one of |
the most interesting and inspiring |
talks of that meeting. His address
on ''How to Make Country Life More |
Attractive" Friday afternoon will be |
one that all citizens will highly en-
JOY.
Mrs. Watson L. WATSON of Water |
bury was president of Vermont State |
Federation of Woman's Clubs, 1911 |
and 1912. She has always lived in
Vermont and is sure to interest Yer
monters.