The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-16
SCHOOLS
 CLOSE OCT. 26
 FOR CONVENTION

Bridgeport school teachers will at- tend in a, body the 6sth annual meet ing of the Connecticut State Teach CTS Association. to be he1o s4mul- taneously in New Haven and Hartford on Friday, Oct, 23.
 Plans for the Bridgeport represen- tatton have not as yet been lcomp1et- ed, but the morning of Oct. 26 will see the 450 members of the Bridge port teaching staff leave on special trains under the leadership Of Su- perintendent of Schools, Charles w. Deane. Some will proceed to Hart ford, while the rest will leave the train at New Haven. Owing to the large number of of state teachers be- longing to the association, the schools in one city were not sufficient nor comm modious enough to accoInmo date the entire numer As a result, teach CTS were assigned to either New Ha- ven or Hartford.
 Schools will be closed throughout the state on Oct 26. and the school boards of all cities and towns have made is compulsory for the teachers of Bridgeport to attend. All falling to appear except in the case of illness, will lose the salary for the day.
 In New Haven, the meeting will open with a general meeting to be held in Woolsey Hall, where the Rev. Charles R. Brown, dean of the Yale School of Religion will address the teachers The Scholars and the Community Many of the most not ed educators of New England will speak before the various classes dur ing the meeting at both the New Ha- ven and Hartford schools. The as- signment of the various delegations in Hartford have not as yet been com pleted.
 S. P. Williams, of Bridgeport, will be chairman of the Grammar school division of teachers to be held in the First Methodist church in New Ha.- ven is as follows:
 High School division, HfI1house high school building, r ork Square Room POI, Third floor, Leader, w A. Wheat ley superintendent of schools, Mid d1etown, 11:30, address. Some Sus- gestions, for Vita1izing High School Teaching," Stuart H. Rowe principal Wadleigh high school New York.
 Principals and Supervisors. Center Church house, 311 Temple street. Leader, Oscar L. tBurdick, Stamford II .00, address, Measuring the Achievements of ChiIdren,'s pr. G. b Strayer, Teachers9 college, New York
 Elementary Schools. Arranged by Thomas H. Paterson. Bristol
 Grammar Division. First Methodist church, auditorium, corner Elm and College treets-Chairman B. w Tinker superintendent of schools Waterbury. 11:0o. address stPrevoca- tiona1 Training Stanley H. Holmes superintendent of schools, New Brit ain.
 Tntermedfate Division, Woo1sey hal Chairman Irving P. Coleman, Mil ford. HOO, address, Lost Motion oa the Grades w. s. Dal1in. Hartford supervising agent state board of edu- cation.
 5 :. :, ss rz-;,7 ,, ,.-~--, .4 &,.. s7-1.--.. First Methodist church lecture room corner Elm and College streets Chairman. Jessie Scranton, New Har ven. l. %, address, s'The Kindergar, ten Child in the EleTnentary School Prof. M. B. Hil1egas, Teachers col 1ege New York
 Rural schools Hllhouse Higf l school auditoriurn- Leader, William B. Parker. Portland f1:0O. addres. 1 The Minnesota Rural Schools" Mar garet McAdam, Blooming Prairi, Minn.
 Music. HflIhouse High school. sci enee lecture room. third hoor-I4ead 1 11:00 address, The Appreciation O Music" :" Thomas Whitney Surette Boston 11:40. report of the status O music teaching m Connecticut, Jarne l D. Prices, Hartford
 Vocational Education. HiIIhous Hgih school, Room l. second floor l front-Leader, F. Hitchcock, prin cipal Vocational high school, Nev London; chairman, Stanley J. Stew art. New Haven 11:0o. address. eOp portunities. Possibilities and Danger of Vocational Education in the Higl School F. G. Bosner, Ph. D., direc tor industrial arts, Teachers college l New York
 High school, Hil1house High school Room 2o1. third floor, front-Leader ". A. Wheat1ey. superintendent o schools MiddIetown. 2:00 address 1 fCo-operation of All Departments il
 English Instruction and Practice.'' B I IT iyTeI1ssf ar Ter hnioa1 T,i11, soI3 or.l