St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-09
zoo TEACHERS HERE
Caledonia County Association Had
Very Successful Meeting
Practical Demonstrations.

The first meeting of the Caledonia
County Teachers association, held here
Friday. was an unqualified success.
over 200 teachers attending and mani
Testing great interest and enthusiasm.
The morning and early part Of the af-
ternoon were given up to department
charge: Grammar, Supt Jameson;
intermediate. Supt. B. B. Burbank;
primary, Miss Ella l.. Wilmarth; ru-
raj. Supt. Harvey Burbank. AT the
morning conference Miss Caroline
Woodruff conducted the civics division,
Miss Allen, English composition, Supt.
Daniels, reading; and Mr.. Baxter read
paper, Manual Arts Problems in
the Rural Schools" and Miss Mar
jorie Smith talked on School Lunches.
At 1880 G. H. Wiley conducted
conference on formal grammar. Supt.
Daniels on reading and Supt Young
and Mrs Ranney demonstrated the
number work method used in ST.
Johnsbury with ten of Mrs. Ranney's
pupils Mrs. Lydia Beck with a class
of children who have never been to
school showed her method of teach
ing reading. After dinner a sympo-
SUM in mathematics was held, Prin.
o. D. Mathewson talking on Equip
ment for Secondary School Work.;
Miss Maude E. Harding on Mental
Arithmetic; Supt. Edward Clark on
From the Secondary School Point of
View" and Miss Caroline Woodruff on
Solving Problems" At 2:15 Prin
Chaffee talked on Questioning" Miss
Allen on Games and Seatwork," and
Supt. Smith on English.
The closing session was held at
three o'clock in the Academy chapel
and was the inspirational meeting of
the day. The Academy orchestra, led
by Miss Elizabeth Peck, played and
the girls and boys glee clubs each sang
twice. The president of the associa-
| ton, Supt. Young, presided. and in
troduced the speakers. The first
speaker was the state commissioner
of education, Mason S. Stone, of Mont
pelier. His theme was the difference
between knowing and doing and how
the teacher must become an artist in
her profession. He spoke of the i'm
possibility of neutralizing the home
influence always and how children Of
ten have one language for the school
and another for the home. The work
the school but must reach into the
community and so cannot be estimat-
| ed in dollars and cents.
Frank H. Brooks, a member of the
state board of education was the sec
ond speaker. He congratulated the
teachers of Caledonia county on this
''get-together'' meeting and the for
nation of an organization and spoke
of the great problems facing people
today, not only in Europe but in our
own country. The great problem is
to raise the standard of life. We must
be satisfied with today as it is but look
forward to the future with zeal and
enthusiasm. Only by the spirit of CO.
operation can we work successfully
i for the state we love.
| Rev. Arthur W. Hewitt of Plainfield
was the last speaker. Mr.. Hewitt is
a member of the board of education
and as a member of the last legisla-
ture worked early and late for the
passage of the education bill. He call
ed the school an extension course to
complete the work which cannot be
done in the home. He said that the
teacher should never consider any
place too mean for her to do her best
work. She learns of the home from
the child but should also know the
home from which the child comes
that she may judge him more fairly
and better understand him. She
should also endeavor to win the SYM
pathy of the parents that they may
work together for the child's interest.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, Supt. Walter H. Young, ST.
Johnsbury; vice-president, Supt. M.
E. Daniels, Lyndonville; secretary.
Miss Nellie A. Manchester, McIndoe
Falls; treasurer, Miss Dora Phillips,
Sheffield; executive committee, Supt.
Leonard D. Smith, Wells River; Miss
N. A. Leonard, Concord; Prin. o. D.
Mathewson, Lyndon Center. The
nominating committee consisted of
Supt. Harvey Burbank, East Barnet,
H. N. Wood, st. Johnsbury, Miss May
l.. Wilson, Danville, Mrs. G. A. Al
drich, Sutton, and L. H. Baxter, St
Johnsbury.