Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-06
rEAcHERsa ASSOCIATION
 IN ANNUAL CONVENTION
About One Hundred Teachers Attend Friday's Meetlna--E. A. caaa EIect- cd President.


 The 40th annual meeting of the Eastern Connecticut Teachers asso- citation was held in the auditorium at Wirdhan Htgh school Friday About one hundred teachers were present A business meeting was held at 10.15 a. m. at which the minutes of tho last meeting were read. A. B, Handy, F. w. Clapp and R. H. Bell lows were appointed a committee on resolutions. The report of the nomi- mating committee was given as fol- lows: President, E. A. Case of Willi- secretary -treasurer. R. H. Bellows of North Gfosvenordale The report of the committee was accepted and the secretary instructed to cast one bal- lot for these officers.
 Claude c. Russell assistant super intendent of schools in New Haven, addressed the meeting on Some Phases of the Work in Arithmetic. He said: From my observation in viting many schools in this state I am inclined to believe that arithmetic is by far the best taught subject in the public schools To it the teacher is Ewing the very best hour of the day in most cases and also to it she is giving the greatest amount of energy and often times the greatest amount of time in preparation for the work
 If you are able to compare the re- suits obtained in this subject of arith- metic to such subjects as history, geography, English or reading you will find that the results are on the side of arithmetic.
 If we are going to secure more effi- cient results in this subject we ought to have a very definite aim. Now, what are the most practical results to be secured in teaching this sub ,11Tr degree and facility in fundamental operation are first of greatest import ance. Second, ability to apply: this to ordinary problems arising in every day life.
 supt. Hayward speaks. Edward Hayward, superintendent of schools at Cohoes, N. Y., was the next speaker, his subject being The New in Education? Education is eith- CT a process or a result. As pro- cess we think of education as bring ing a man to his best possible self. The first man in the history of edu- cation to give the world something he went to different classes of men and convinced them that they did not know their own business. So today there is not an institution of learning | that is not different because Socrates lived and taught. After him came | AtALO LluIO AAoQ e PGpAt | Aristotle. And Aristotle taught Alex ander the Great Alexander the Great made himself in sense master of the | world. He decided that Orientalism | would contaminate the world so he stamped it out of Greece. Whatever new ideas we have in education we are Greek in our idea of education and we are because Socrates, Plato, Aris- totle and Alexander the Great held l Greek ideas. The Greek idea of edu- cation means through harmonious de- velopment of the individual
 importance of Home Education. l The home has its place in eduea. ton and the father and the raothel i have some share in bringing up theil children. I am glad there is a move. ment to train mothers to supplemen the work of the public school.
 Necessity of Progress.
 The world is progressing. Are VI as teachers progressing with thS world or are we falling back? w started our public school system il America to teach the three RS. seems to me that those three thing are just as important today as ever
 The child must read. Because he can
 not depend upon his own experience occupation in life. Books are tn
 We must teach the child to write. II early days the home supplemented tn, education of the child in the physica
 ground. Boys and girls were brough
 up to work. The average boy and gir |