Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-14

ings, and the Salvation Army" His talk
was followed by general discussion of
the subject, In which Supt, A. w. Eddy
of Middlebury and others took part
sUPERINTENDENs OFFICERS
At an adjourned meeting Of the union
supe rintendents, neld at five o'clock
afternoon, the following officers
of the organization were elected for the
coming wear: President. Carleton D.
Howe, Morrisvile; vice-president Clay
ton i. Irwin. Bellows Falls secretary
treasurer, Miss Minnie Hays, Essex June
ton.
MORNING SESSION
The morning session at The Strong
theatre was opened by the Rev. c. G.
Adams of the FIRST congregational
Church of this city. after which violin
selections were rendered by Mr.. Haylett
leader OF the Majestic theatre orchestra,
who played Meditation from That's" and
"Canzonetta. by D'Amhr accom-
panied by Mrs. j. b. Eames al the piano.
f. F. Greene, chairman of the meeting
then introduced Frank Perrepont Graves
dean of the School Of Education, Cniver-
sity of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Graves chose as the subject Of his
address THE History OF Educational
Methods" In opening he remarked how
happy he felt to address the Vermont
women teachers and the glad feeling he
had of being al home and among friends
which feeling he accounted for by the
fact of his having New England ancestors.
In his address he described fully the
growth of education from the crude.
harsh. and oftentimes barbarous methods
Of early times up to the humane. modern
and practical present day methods He
pointed out how some of these barbarous
practices are still existant as evidenced
by the hazing of students and the practice
of tossing the blanket
The earlist methods Of imparting knowl-
edge. he said, were by force and the many
scars on the backs of the early students
were certificates, as it were, OF education.
He also told of the methods Of the
Chinese where everything had to be
memorized and repeated to the teacher,
The pupils had in early times TO memo
rize the five sacred books and when one
realizes thai IN extent they about equal
the matter contained in the old and new
testaments one may gather the tax on
the memory of the student.
The Greek system OF education in
earlier days was largely physical and mu-
steal including wrestling, boxing, running
and jumping, also instruction on the Tyre
and flute
Tho middle ages, the speaker said. saw
the introduction of monastc schools where
manuscript copying was much practised.
This lead later TO lecture courses and de-
patins societies' the denate oeins con
stantly used in the middle ages to show
how efficient the pupils we're in their
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