Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-10-19

G. w. Powers of Townshend and T.. ".
Blake of Chester; directors, G. II. Nor
rll of Bakersfield, NJ. ID. Chittenden Of
Burlington, DR.. Edward ID. Collins of
Middlebury. Miss Florence NJ. Wellman
of Brattleboro. D. w. Mcclellan of Rich
ford. Or. M. c. Hillegas of Montpelier.
Miss Caroline S. Woodruff of Bradford.
II. l.. ingalls, of Burlington and Miss
Minnie Sanford of Castleton.
THE MORNINGS ADDRESSES.
Following two pleasing selections by
the Ladies' Glee club of the University
of Vermont. President ingalls, introduced
w. I. Hamilton OF Boston. member OF
the Massachusetts state board of educa-
ton, who spoke on 1.-The Teachers and
Old Age" Mr.. Hamilton dealt exhaus-
lively with this subject. explaining in
detail the growth of the movement for
teachers pensions during the past ten
years and argued the merits of the vari-
Gus plans. TWENTY-FIVE States now have
pension systems for all teachers within
the State. and ten more have some sort
of local retirement system. Mr.. Hamil-
ton favored a system in which a con-
trlbutory system should be supplemented
by gifts from the State. strictly
gratuitous system never worked we'll
while he thought that a contributory
system where the custody of all funds
was secured by the State and teachers
who withdrew should be returned their
contributions with compound interest
might be satisfactory.
MRS. YOUNGS ADDRESS.
Education lies not only back of the
culture and strength of the nation, but
also back of opportunity" said Mrs. Ela
Flagg Young of New York. formerly SUI
perintendent of schools Of Chicago. in
her remarkable address on "Dpporturiy
and Educational Tradition Mrs. Young
told Of the two types Of children in the
public schools. tho century type, to VIII an
the course is adapted, and the motor type.
whom we have been accustomed to see drop
out OF our school system Mt about the
NTH grade. Our schools, said the speaker,
should have a course adapted to the motor
type of child whereby he will be actually
doing something that stirs within him. tie
possibility of production through his vn
efforts This cannot he called q voca-
tional course as the child is too your Z
to be allowed a choice of vocations.
The speaker then told OF her own worl,
in establishing the first school for the
motor type OF child in Chicago. That CITY
now has 40 of these schools and more arr
needed. 1t is a more costly form of ed l.
cation than that for the century type OF
pupil, but pays in the end, and the co Ia
try cannot afford to lose this type oi
child IL 1t is to he certain of trained minds
Mrs. Young then told OF training the
emotions. which is one of the great aig:s
OF the school. The child however mus,
be allowed to develop his individual
strength and the training of the emotions
should also be used in teaching him to
develop manly and noble qualities.
At the conclusion OF Mrs. Youngs ad-
dress, President ingalls, turned the ga teI
over to the newly elected executive. a
S. Hartman, who thanked the teachers
for his election and then adjourned the
convention.
The newly elected executive committee
Of the association held meeting at
eleven o'clock at the Van Ness uousA
where the time and place of holding the
next convention were discussed but nc
definite action taken. This matter viii
probably not be decided for several
months.