The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-19
WINOOSKI VALLEY
TEACHERS CONVENTION
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the Needs of Our Schools, speaking
of the decided shortage of teachers II
the rural schools, the incompetency OF
some, the poor conditions i'll general OF
most country schools, the expense OF
upkeep and their inadaptability to the
| immediate needs of the surrounding
country.
From 2 to 3:l5 the high school con
ference took place in troom A, WITT
Prin. John j. Finnessey of Mortified
as chairman. DIR. A. c. Flick of syria
cuse university, who was scheduled tc
speak on problems Confronting Amer
| lea" was unable to be present at the
conference, and as a result the address
he was to give last night on "The Dan
ger Zone in Europe was also omitted
from the program. "The Solution OF
Some High School Problems" was the
topic taken under consideration by
Prin. Marion Dana of Waitsfeld.
A Demonstration BY Barre School
Children.
| AT 2:45 the primary grades tl-llll
went into session in the assembly hall
Emma /. Taplin of Barre Town presid,
| ing One of the most unique events oil
| the entire conference was introduced
at this time when Miss Henrietta
KERN, teacher of the third grade at
Mathewson school, Barre, selected a
group of Is boys and girls from her
class, and conducted a class in social
lied reading. Miss KERN took her place
seated with the pupils, and the class
work went forward through the efforts
of the children alone, selections being
read, questions asked and answered and
remarks made entirely by the students.
| The number was a distinct feature and
much credit is due both Miss KERN
and her class for the fine manner in
which the thing was put through. Fol
| lowing came discussion and then
Arithmetic" under Miss Grace Il.
Macdonald of Riverton
AT the same time the intermediate
! lgrades VIVID and the grammar con-
ferences (grades VII-VIIIl were in ses-
Miss Grace NJ. Clark of Montpelier pre-
sided over the intermediate meeting,
which was addressed by Miss Clara l..
Robinson, instructor of the training
class at Montpelier, on intermediate
reading and by Miss Ruth Hanks, in
structor training class at Chelsea, on
intermediate arithmetic. With Ethel Is.
Wales as chairman, Supt. Leonard ID.
Smith of Wells River spoke on Pro
iect Problem Work in History and &C.
ography" and William II. Clossey, prin-
eipal of the grammar school at Mont
pelier, defined the Content of Course
of Study for Seventh and Eighth Grade
Arithmetic"
From 3:l5 to 4.30 the following table
discussions took place: Principals in
room three, under leader, II. o. Hutch
inson, state supervisor of high schools;
history in room two, under leader, Miss
Marion Gere, state supervisor OF his
tory; modern language in room four,
under leader, Miss Mary Bresnahan,
state supervisor of modern languages;
mathematics and science in room II,
under leader, Philip J.. Smith of Mont
pelier English in room five, under
leader, Miss Eva G. Smith of Barre;
domestic science in domestic science
room, under leader, Miss Helen Chaplin,
state supervisor in home economics;
commercial in room c, under leader, l..
B. Clark of Montpelier.
At o'clock light refreshments were
served the guests by the domestic sci
ence class at Spaulding.
Rev. Charles o. Judkins Spoke.
The third session OF the conference
took place in the assembly hall last
evening at o'clock. The meeting was a
short one and consisted Of a few mu-
steal selections by the high school or
chestra and the glee club, and of an
address by Rev Charles o. Judkins of
Glens Falls, ~ Y, a prominent Amer
lean lecturer,
To open the program, Miss +. Mar
ion Dorward, supervisor OF music con
Quoted the orchestra in two selections,
"The Commander" and "Minuet.' fol-
lowed by ITO Wild Rose" by the
girls glee club, and that in turn by
"The Mail Plane" by the whole glee
club
In introducing Mr.. Judkins, the
speaker of the evening, President Girls
void explained that DR. A G. Flick Of
Syracuse university who was SEIZED
uled to talk on The Danger Zone in
Europe" was unable to attend the con
ference on account of illness. Mr. Jud-
kins had addressed an audience at
Montpelier on Thursday night, and at
the request OF the conference program
committee had consented TO remain
over TO address the teachers last night.
He chose for his subject, American
Spirit and the Teacher" As the topic
developed he attempted to prove to his
listeners, as he said he would that of
the two great world motives, the death
motive and the life motive, the Amer
lean spirit was the only national spir-
It governed by the life motive. IN nrov-
ing his point the speaker made hasty
review of Americas six wars, the splr
IL that obliged America to enter each
war. the spirit in which she conducted
the war. and the spirit in which she
made peace after she had won the war,
all of which was dominated by this life
motive. The closing words of his
speech he devoted to defining the teach
ers connection with this spirit. He ex-
planned that the measure of civiliza-
ton was the amount of control which y
the cultivated self exerted over and
against the primitive self, and that
culture Of the child's mind lay almost
entirely within the teacher.
Mr.. jenkins took care TO impress his
audience the fact that education had /
Ia do With learning To think not to ACT /