The Press., 1915-03-17
Chas. Meyers, Jr., recently pur- ,hased a new Chalmers touring car.


 the regular meeting on Thursda
 night. There will be class of for y candidates to take the adoption degree The following which we print b
 rec nest was copied from an advertisin
 gard in trolley car near Bostor , 'Fls trade out of town and you trad out of town what becomes of our ow
 little town
 l, Grace Church Notes: The preacher
 at tho Friday evening service thi
 week will be Rev. Edmund c. Thomas
 rector of St. James, church, Hartford she Woman's, Auxiliary will nee
 for work and mission study Thursda,
 1t ?. 30 with Mrs. O. r Beckwith.
 The presentation of the cash priz
 for the best temperance essay writer
 ey the pupils of the Orcuttvill,
 school will be the. occasion of '
 special program of songs and recita ti0as, Friday afternoon, March 26. A general invitation is extended to all interested.
 St. Edwards Church Notes: There will be special services morning and
 evening, the last four days of this week. Wednesday, feast of St. Patrick,
 pass at o'clock. Thursday, Fri day and Saturday, morning and even- Tag, three days special services to
 .7iplore peace, ending on Passion
 Sunday. From Thursday noon till
 friday noon one of the fathers of the
 society of the Holy Ghost will preach
 and administer the sacraments to the
 Polish and Slavish members of the
 parish, terminating with sermon and
 holy communion at the 9 o'clock
 mass on Friday, the feast of St.
 Joseph. The French priest from Hart.
 ford will be here on his regular visit
 for next Sunday. Father Barette, Canadian priest of the Oblate order, will deliver the Lenten sermon in French next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. There will be mass and holy communion at St. Joseph's charel Staffordville next Sunday at g o'clock. To the Editor of The Press:
 In a former communications cEtried to make clear that local conditions which cannot be changed render the average cost of education unusually high compared with the results ob- tained. One-quarter of all our teachers are in one room schools with an average of 1. 5 pupils each. Obviously we could not afford to hire experienced teachers for these schools. It has been the custom to hire young s4nd teachers generally without normal training. With few exceptions, they are eager to learn and apply scientific methods; some of them have real call to teach and natural gift for it. But at present there is no one to guide them, to explain sound methods, or to correct the inevitable mistakes of in- A school visitor, who may or may not know some ething about visits them a few times a year when he can spare half a day from his ordinary occupation. Mean while they are left to their own re- sources, often several miles from any and with little chance to 'alk over problems and compare notes with other teachers, except on the emi-annual visiting day. On the whole, it is wonder that they do IS well as they do, with such iso- ation and with no expert guidance The present system is certainly unfair o the young teacher in the outlying ections, because it gives little or no practical help. It is also unfair to he town. The first principle of personal or corporation economics is O get full value for money spent. Big business is willing to spend large ums to secure full value on ex- The town of Stafford is 'aying teachers from $32 to $4O nonth, without doing anything to ncourage their earnest desire to in- rease their efficiency and render bet CT service. In other words, we are oing nothing to secure maximum esults for money spent, which is poor usiness in education, as it is in Voolen manufacture or anything else. IS long as we are compelled to hire teachers, we are morally ound to provide some way of fitting hem to teach. This not merely for he sake of the teachers themselves, ut quite as much for the children nd the taxpayers.
 This can only be done by expert upervision. Even the best qualified isitors we are likely to get are not ducational experts, and furthermore, heir school duties are bound to be uite incidental. They have neither he time nor the training to superviseI ohools and guide teachers in methods can hardly be considered their usiness to get maximum results.
 This is exactly what the superin- sndent does. It is his proper business an educational expert, and his aputation and future advancement epend upon the results he can show.
 Under supervision, young, inex- erlenced teachers of ability could be aught how to teach, and qualified )r positions in the central schools. he standard of education would be aised all along the line Teachers ould render more efficient service, nd the town would get larger sturn from the money spent. Further. lore, it would be easier to secure esirable teachers tor the outlaying 'hools if they offered an opening to ( 1vancement and a practical oppor- Il lnity of learning to teach. Inl lort, supervision is the most eo- aomical way to have efficient schools a town like Stafford