The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-05
Remarkably Fine Addresses
Made at Session Here
This Forenoon
200 ENROLLED
F. D. Hayward, Former Instructor
Here, Timely in His Remarks, in
View of Recent Announcement of
Local Prudential Committee.


With registration this morning of
l95 teachers, the Southeastern Vermont
Teachers association began its annual
convention today in the high school
building, leaving little room for par
ents, had they been interested enough
to attend. 1t is to be regretted how
ever, that there were not many par
ents present. They would have heard
topics discussed from the viewpoint of
educators that would have been aston
ishin2ly interesting to them. The ses-
sion is being continued this afternoon,
to conclude with departmental pro
grams.
The morning session opened at 10
Q clock with devotional exercises con
Quoted by Rev +. Q. = Osgood, chair
man Of the prudential committee. Mu-
sic by pupils of grade under the di-
Erection Of Miss Lucy Proctor, super
visor OF music, followed and Supt p
II. Blake OF Chester, president of the
association, spoke briefly. He an
nouneed that the Peoples National
bank extended an invitation to the
| teachers to visit that institution be-
tween the hours Of l and > or + and
! ; clock.
growth is necessary and for this pur-
pose it is good to obtain ideas from
outside the boundaries OF one 5 own
! territory. This is a good time to pre-
pare for better work for next year.
! i. ID. Hayward of Newport, \. H.
former teacher of history in the local
high school and superintendent of
schools in Newport and nearby towns
lin New Hampshire the last two years
was introduced as the first speaker.
His topic was The Child Who Is Dit.
ferent, and what he had to say was
based entirely on his own experiences
in establishing an ungraded room
where children who for one reason OF
another are unable to keep up viii
classes are given special care and
teaching.
His address was of unusual interest
locally, in view of the fact that the
prudential committee has announced it!
splan to establish an ungraded room il
Brattleboro next year.
After expressing his pleasure at be
- ling back here he said that teachers ar,
, accustomed to point with pride to thu
, fact that these are the days of special
: lists and are STEPPED with the desire t.
increase departments until now ther,
, are many channels of learning, eael
leading to some definite end. But j
, takes all kinds of ways aud means t.
, lead to the development of all TIN
) children in the public schools. Tn
specialist is showing plainly the faI
> lacy of giving only to him who hath.
! In every room in every school witt
: the children who are normal and regu
+ lar is to be found the child who
e different. He does not remember, he
half awake, he does not pay attention
a He is set off by himself and teachc
] and child are both mortified Mr.. Hay
ward then told of the difference j
h teachers; one who holds back the elias
f for the slowest, and the other VIII
f leaves the sluggard behind even Will
both give special attention to the du
n child. This different boy or girl come
k to school because the law says he sha
t come. The parent goes to the teache
and demands the reason why the chil
t cannot be helped by the teacher so h
g can keep up in the classes. This eol
q dition deserves an antidote.
f The work has been conducted to bel
= eft the masses rs a whole. A teach'
+ is rated by what she does for the be-
o. of her class What she has not dor
!. for the defective is forgotten. In e
4 cry schoolroom are one or more wi
Eare backward who might be taken
hand and made over into useful me
and women.
Most of such eases are due to here
ity. home conditions, i'll health and a
'e tending factors. 1t behooves educ
tors to bring about a condition /
which those children may have
a chance. He told of forming an u
y graded school and Immediately runniI
,. up against the demands of the paren
or of children selected for membership
II it as to whether this was q favor
q penalty. The slow learner IS offs
IS the ablest citizen in later life.
y Speaking Of the objections to be m
$ from parents he said that he had foui
s that the argument that such seho
: was almost ease of private tutorll
for the benefit Of the child was We
defective. Every pupil is to be helps
in prop0rtion to his own attainment
Having obtained the pupils and t
room the most important thing is t
j.. teacher He believed that the be
teacher is chosen from q list of t
most successful rural teachers, for
" work is along these lines She is Us
,e- to breaks in the school routine and h
ps learned the value of visiting t
mt homes. She has often played the pa
id OF mother. No teacher today has t
is. opportunity for personal service I'll
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