The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-21
AT Conference of Washing
ton County Educators
at Montpelier
NEARLY 300 ATTEND
OPENING SESSION
Conference Will Continue
Through Saturday
Forenoon

Nearly 800 teachers gathered at tn
: high school building in Montpelier to-da.
, for the annual conference of the Wash
ington County Teachers association. Th
conference will continue through Satur
day forenoon, and much good promises
to come from the sessions
The opening session was held at 0:3l
this forenoon in the auditorium of thu
high school. There was invocation by
Rev. Lewis G. Carson, pastor of tht
Church of the Messiah in Montpelier
following which Principal Edward s. Alb
bott of Montpelier gave an address OF
welcome, which was responded to by
Supt C. H. White of the Barre public
schools, the president of the association
The remainder of the forenoon session
was given up 20 addresses interspersed
with music by the Montpelier high school
chorus under the direction of Frederic
Edwards Mason S. Stone, the state COM
missioner of education, was a speaker,
/ taking up the matter of education in Yer
mont; Miss Rebecca w. Wright of Mont
lpelier, secretary Of the state library com
mission, talked on How the Vermont
Free Library Commission Helps Teach
ers"; Miss Mary NJ. Patrick, teacher
training specialist at Barton. talked on
Teaching Children How to Study" and
DIR. Edward ID. Collins, professor of peda-
gogy at Middlebury college. spoke on "The
Basis and Applications of Method
The early part of this afternoons ses-
sion was given up to inspection of the
school exhibits, after which there were
4 a. y g. T. - -
elementary school conferences, Supt. Geo.
~. Seager of the Barre Town schools pre-
sided over conference at which Mrs.
Annie +. Snyder, teacher training spe
cialist, gave a talk on the Quigley meth
cd of number, Miss Margaret Doheny of
the Barre schools spoke on primary read
ing in grade two, and Mrs. Charles r,
Beeman of Williamstown spoke on read
ing and language in grades four and five.
Supt ]. Allen Hunter of Mortified
presided over a conference in which Prin
cipal Emma Jean Lewis of Montpelier
talked on penmanship Palmer methodl
Miss Mabel Il. Howe of Montpelier on
problem method in history, and Miss
Mary NJ. Patrick OF Barton on Teaching |
Children How to Study In the school
gymnasium Miss Rose Lucia of Mont |
pelier presided over conference where |
the speakers and their subjects were;
Mrs. William j. Tindall of Montpelier on
physical Culture in Schools various
Montpelier primary teachers on games
for primary children. and Miss Florence
L. Shipman of Montpelier on Folk Dane
ing"
In the auditorium of the high school,
a rural school demonstration
was being given by Mrs. Margaret o,
Fitzhugh of Montpelier: in another room,
primary conference was being conduct
ID by Miss Jennie G. Allingham, teacher
raining specialist, Montpelier seminary;
n still another, an intermediate confer
nee led by Supt. Charles r. Beeman of
Eilliamstown; and, finally, a grammar
chool conference. with Supt. Norman
Frost of Waterbury as leader. Ii
Principal II. III. Jackson of Spaulding '
Ugh school presided over high school /
difference at which DR.. Edward H. Col 8
ms was a speaker; and Ira Richardson G
t Montpelier, II. d. Hopkins of Mont t
elier and /. V. Cobleigh of Burlington
ave talks at commercial teachers con- {
erence. e
This evening there win be reception, il
ollowcd by an entertainment The bust ?
ess of the conference will be concluded V
0 o-morrow forenoon, when two chief adj i
resses will be given, one by Prof. James y
. McConaughy of Dartmouth college on e
Habit and Memory in the Schoolroom,7 G
nd the other by Prof. vii S. Monroe of A
he state normal school, Montclair, n. j., n
hose subject win be "The Problem of h
EDUCATIONAL Values"