Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-30
THE COUNTY
TEACHERS
Association Held Interest
ing Meeting.
! THE ADDRESSES.
Review of the Meeting Held by
Association in Bank St.
School.
written for the Pioneer by County
School Superintendent.)

The spring meeting of the Cum
berland County Teachers Association
was held in the Bank Street School
building, Bridgeton, Saturday, March
25th. The morning was given over
to sectional meetings. DR.. Charles
S. Chaplin, Principal of Montclair
State Normal School, addressed the
Primary Section on Oral Language
Work, and Assistant Commissioner
cf Education Lewis H. Carris spoke
On Some Devices in Arithmetic
Drill
In the Grammar Grade Section
Asst. Commissioner Carris discussed
the subject Measurement in Elemen-
tary Subjects. He said that tests
had changed our attitude in subjects
like spelling, writing and arithmetic,
that we now study words pupils will
use ,and that we teach movement in
writing to get legibility and rapid
ity. Both of these subjects are sub
ject to definite measurement. In ar
ithmetic much useless matter has been
eliminated as result of tests. The
chief value of measurement in the ele-
mentary subjects lies in the elimi-
nation of work.
Co. Supt. Garrison of Passaic Coun-
ty, addressed the teachers briefly On
the measurement of the teaching OF
reading, and other followed in the
discussion
DR.. Chaplin of the Montclair Normal
School, addressed the teachers of the
high and grammar schools on Writ
ten Language" Among other things
he said:
Complaints are made by the pub
lie that pupils who leave the schools
do not speak or spell correctly. A
man is known by the language he
uses. The greater part of the Eng
lish in high schools and college
should be oral English. Written Eng
lish is of less value than oral English
The pupil should write English for a
purpose. The first canon is a motive
There are two parts of written Eng
lish, the first constructive or creative
and the second the mechanics of Eng
lish. To write the writer must be
full of his subject. Mechanical errors
can be corrected largely by pupils
themselves.
In the High School Section Supt. H.
C. Krebs of Somerset County said
that teachers should teach pupils
rather than the subject; that teachers
should omit useless portions of sub
jects which do not function in life;
that excessive assignments and made
quate explanation are often causes of
failure, and that the teachers should
be in touch with the home life of the
child and guide the pupils in matters
of conduct while they are out OF
school. ~5
The afternoon session was opened
with the singing of America. Supt.
krebs gave an excellent address on
Reaching the Children" He called
attention all through this address to
the Great Teacher as a model He
emphasized through preparation on
the part of the teacher, giving encour-
agment for effort, giving children
something they could do, connecting
the teaching with the actual life of
the child, encouraging originality in
teachers, and making a supreme eff
fort to govern so as to win those who
are truant, or deficient morally.
Asst Commissioner Carris followed
with discussion on industrial and
manual training. He stated that man
ual training is in every respect part
of a general education, and said that
the time would come when district
would be expected to give manual
training just as much without special
state aid as arithmetic He thought
every teacher should have manual
training in her school, and that every
district should make provision for
equipment in this line of work Mr..
Carrls recommends vocational edu-
cation on the county plan, the same
as is being carried on so successfully
in Atlantic County at present