The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-05
TEACHERS IN CONVENTION.
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the teacher of the rural school ltas.
Choose the best, he said DO
not bargain. Give her the highest sal
airy you pay q grade teacher III town
and then add another dollar. She viii
earn It, Do not have more than % pu-
pills, 20 viii be better, for there will
be numerous classes of only two or
three pupils Give her Il free hand.
Don t try to arrange her schedule for
her. Don t allow other teachers to tell
her the dispositions of children. She
will find them out. Don t tell her how
to aid or lead her pupils The best
teacher IS led by her pupils. She win
find poor eyesight in this one, defcc
tive hearing in another. You say this
is for the medical director. All right
if You have one, but some towns do not
and that S where she viii earn the ex-
ira DOLLAR
He said that they are all God 5
children and it is surprising how many
of them will advance fast under this
form Of instruction. At least a quar-
ter, he said, will be able to return to
the grade they left and keep up with
the class In his experience he had
met several cases where the parents OBJ
jcctcd to their leaving the special
school and returning to the grades.
| This form of instruction is necessary
aud is a remedy for a condition that
| has always been tolerated.
Mason s. Stone of Montpelier, com
missioner of education, was the next
! speaker. He said that he wanted to
continue preaching the gospel of Mr..
/ Hayward and dwelt at some length up
on the fact that the function of the
! = ha 1F
| to the community. Today in this
state complete transformation of the
conception Of the purpose of teaching
! is in progress because more and more
! ii is being directed to definite ends. In
! the old days it was often the case that
a child had as many as 10 teachers in
/ six years of schooling. y teacher was
only a passing sensation Now the eff
fort is TO secure u teacher who intends
to make that her life work and ST;
years of a teacher in one school is long
enough for n teacher to make an i'm
.pression of the right kind on child
She stamps the impress of her person
ality on the children. We have not al
ways had the right ideals in teaching
1t is necessary to get certain definite
ideals and then establish them in the
minds of the children; definite ideal
Of service. The teacher must capital
ize the child to carry into the commu
Unity life some kind Of service.
The last speaker of the morning was
Principal Frank L. Boyden OF Deer
field academy, Deerfeld, Mass. Hit
subject was The High School as a So
tial Center. His story Of the founding
of this academy and of its rundown
condition when he assumed the prin
eipal ship eff ii in 1902 woven into tbs
story OF not only teaching the boy
and girls who attended the school mat
tors from books, but of the work O
himself and teachers in practically reg
Iulating the conduct of their entire
lives, was one of intense interest en-
tivened here and there with stories an,
anecdotes that convulsed his audi
ence
/ When he undertook his task Their
were IA pupils and strong opposition il
the town to the continuance Of tn
school. The first start with manua
training was made with a gift of $50
: and today 1000 is spent annually o.
this department. The pupils have a
executive committee of their OWL
which is more effective in regulatin
the conduct OF pupils out of schoo
than any supervision by teachers pos
sibly could be.
The business session which was t
have been held this morning was post
poned until this afternoon.
F The afternoon address was by Will
k B. Anthony. director Of practical art
| of the Fitchburg norma! school, Fitch
T burg, Mass.