The Republican journal., 1921-11-24
The Educational Rally

he EOuCdtlO1ldl Rally
Under the Auspices Of the Waldo County
Teacher Association.
The Educational Rally held in this city
last Wednesday under the auspices of the
Waldo County Teachers Association was
business and social success. There were
l22 teachers present and every number of
the announced program was carried out
an unusual thing at the fall session with
out Of town speakers At the group ses-
sions during the forenoon helpful and in
structive message on the rural schools
were given by Miss Helen, j. Piper of
Lincoln Academy at Newcastle; Miss
Harriet O'Brien, helping teacher of the
Rockland schools, and Supt. r. j. Libby
of Gorham; for the elementary schools,
Miss Jessie L. keene of the State Normal
School at Gorham and. Supt. Harry C.
Hull of Rockland; for High schools, Mr..
JOSIAH w. Taylor, the Agent for Second
ary Education, with discussion by Princi-
pal Harry A. Foster of Belfast, Principal
Roy Hayes of Unity, Miss Ava H. Chad
bourne of the U. of M. ? when visual in-
struction, the school library, college prep
aration, a uniform marking system and
physical education were taken up.
A get-together dinner was enjoyed by
all at the Baptist vestry. 1t was delicious
and the menu was varied and the food
abundant. Mrs. Walter j. Clifford, presi-
dent of the Ladies' Circle, under whose
auspices the dinner was served, was as
sisted by Mrs. William Holt, Mrs. Fred
L. Howard, Mrs. j. H. Morris, Mrs Geo.
D. Mahoney, Mrs. W. E. Marsh, Mrs.
William A. Coombs, Mrs. Henry W. Col
Inns, Mrs. Herbert S. Morey, Mrs. Edwin
S. Perkins.
At the afternoon session Memorial Hall
was filed and the community singing led
by Mr.. J. Francis MacNichol of Augusta
was very pleasing feature. The ad-
dress by Mr.. H. A. Allen of Augusta,
State Director of the National Educa-
tonal Association, and by Principal W.
G. Mailett of the State Normal School at
Pennington, were instructive. The latter
spoke on the subject of "Teachers Keep
ing Fit"
. One of the best of addresses was de-
livered by DR.. William Byron Forbush of
Media, Penn, on an ail-important sub
ject-"The Heart of a Boy" Dr. For
bush is worth his weight in gold on this
particular branch of work for he, knows
and loves boys. He spoke more particu-
larly from the view point of the home
and has had experience to draw from as
he has had three boys in his home circle.
His discourse was divided into three
parts: 1st, too much time allowed the
boy; End, too much money; 3rd, too much
liberty. The boy of today is allowed to
be in bed mornings when he should be up
to do his part in the home before going
to school. On this first topic DR.. For
bush advised High schools to also accom-
modate their sessions to the boys who
have learned the lesson of working while
attending school. He was forcefuI in his
remarks about allowing boys money when
they asked for it especially from habit
and merely to waste it. He recommend
ed the use of the budget system, thus
teaching the boys the worth and care of
money. Under liberty he said the golden
rule too often was ''parents obey your
children" Fathers were not magistrates,
but chums. Boys should be measured by
the girth of their ambitions and should
develop liking for some particular voca-
ton. His entire talk was convincing and
not merely theoretical.
Memorial Hall was crowded at the
evening session, when a pleasant and
really surprising feature was the singing
by the High school pupils under the di-
rection of Prof. Melville Chase, their
new music teacher. The secret of it was
found in answer to a question addressed
to one of the boys, when he answered
"Yes, we like to sing for Mr.. Chase. :"
State Supt. Augustus o. Thomas gave a
general and facetious address. He spoke
of helping the child to do the desirable
thing in life; gave statistics ON Maine
schools and pupils. He also took occasion
to remark that ''Belfast has some of the
brightest pupils and 'bummist' buildings
in Maine" He gave Belfast's tepresent-
ative to the Legislature H. C. Buzzell the
credit of standing back of every good
measure of education before that body.