Republican farmer., 1919-10-31
teachers At New Haven
 Convention
Bridgeport School "Marms" Attend Annual Conven- tion-South Norwalk Also Has Meeting.

Bridgeport school teachers. super visors, and principals numbering over 630 this morning left for New Haven and South NorwaIk to attend the an nual convention of the school teach CTS of this state.
 The convention in New Haven opened at Il o'clock in Woolsey hall with F. H. Beebe, superintendent of New Haven schools presiding. The meeting opened with a community sing led by ". E. Brown Of New Ha ven.
 Tbe first address of the day was aS ~sssA5 o'clock, The Educational Value se the Library" by Henry B. Sanborn. EsSad of the Bridgeport pub lie library.
 At 11:4O o's.--,ck pr. John L. TiIds- ley, associate Superintendent of Schools, New York city, spoke on reorganization of Teachers This ended the morning session. The first address of the general convention at Wooisey hall at 3:15 this afternoon i was when Miss Mary Stewart. cor responding secretary of the Netional ! Federation of Business and PrOfes- 1 sional Women's Clubs, Washington, i D. C.. spoke on 'eValue Received" i The closing address of the conven- ! tion was The New Patriotism" by ! Dr. Henry E. Jackson, agent of the 1 Federal Bureau of Education, Wash ! ington, D. c.
 ' The same program was followed at i the South N0rWalk convention with l-t--a afternoon speak keTs in New Haven ] there in the forenoon and the morn l ing lectures being delivered in South l \ 1 Both cities had section meetings. 1 At New Haven the High school sec i ton meeting was he'd in the High 1 school with the following speakers: 1 Earl Childs of LitchfeId. NIss Anna l L. Doyle of the Neriden High school, 1 and NJ. c. Donovan of the Waterbury l High school.
 The New Haven meeting for junior l high school teachers was held in the i high school with addresses by Junius C. Knowlton, assistant superintendent 1 of schools, New Haven, and DT ] Thomas II. Briggs of the Teachers College, Columbia University, New York
 The elementary school section was held in Woolsey hall with addresses hy Harrison F. Streeter of the Ju- nior high school, Bri5 geport, Dr. Ar mold E. Geseu, professor of educa-
 ton at Yale University, and Carl N Nutter of the department of history
 and civics at the Stamford higf school.
 In South CTorwa1k the section meet
 ing of high school teachers was he1t
 in the high school with J. NJ. ReineI of Bridgeport presiding Addresses
 were by Slarence L. Tappin of the Waterbury high school and Franci. J. Roland of Waterbury.
 The Junior high school meeting was
 in the high school presided over by Oscar L. Burdicll of Stamford, witt
 an address by Dr. Thomas H. Brigg.
 of Columbia.
 Elementary school meetings were il
 the Norwalk Methodist church witt D. A. Green of the Norwah Junio. high school presiding. New HaveT speakers also appeared before thf
 meeting.
 4 meeting for rural school teach
 CTS was held in the South NorwaIl Methodist church with O. E. Lowell of RoXbury, presiding. Addresse , were given on 'tAgricuILure.' by Le-
 lie E. Abbott supervisor of agricul ture, Roxbury, and on "Physica
 Training" by Walter Camp. of Yale
 The Kindergarten meeting wa also held in South NorwaIk, preside over by Miss Fannie F. Smith, O Bridgeport. Miss Annie Moore, 0 : the Teachers College, Columbia
 spoke.
 An art sectional meeting was hel
 in the South NorwaIk high schoC and was presided over by Miss Ger
 trude Woo1ey, of Greenwich. Rober
 L. Henck, of the Stamford schools
 delivered a lecture and demonstrat
 ed art work to the teachers.
 At New Haven during the latte part of the afternoon lectures wer held on Music Training and Trad
 Educational Systems in the schools The speakers were Fred H. Daniels l of Newton, Mass, E. W. Newton | Boston, Mass, and F. J. Trfhder o New Haven.
 ) While conventions were held il 5 New Haven and South NorwaI teachers from the northern part o l the state also gathered at New Lon don for a days session. Publi
 schools in ali sections of Connecticu
 were closed today.