Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-17

party adjourned to the Augusta
House for dinner.
A list of those who registered dur
ing the afternoon follows: w. f..
Sullivan, Brewer; b. e. Packard,
Sanford; H. A. Allen, State Depart
ment of Education; r. A. F. lIc-
Donald. Bates college: George H.
Merriman, Hinckley; Mrs. Carrie III.
I.arrabee. West Southport: +. w.
BurrilI. Brewer; H. B. Clifford. HART
land: H. A. Blake, Dexter; John X.
Pottle, Lee; Charles c. Phillips,
Strong; A. w. Allen, Milo; F. H..
Pierce. lewiston; l.. C. Monahan,
Milinocket; Hal Candlemire; Hart
land; w. II. Pinney, Calais: l.. w.
Elkins. Kennebunk; c. p. Quimby,
Augusta: c. L. Smith, Bath; J. A.
Athens; Carl s. Fuller. Buckfield;
| Louis A. Kendalstien. Boothbay; Jo-
seph Blaisdell. Belgrade; c. A. Weed.
Biddeford; Clinton ID. Wilson. Bath:
James Hewlett. Hebron; Adm S.
| Turner. Blue Hill; Clarence w. Proc
tor. Bangor: r. p. Jones, Deer Isle:
C. y. Buckford, Lewiston; Philip H.
kimball. Brunswick; j. Maurice
Lane, Clinton; Roy U. Fowler, Dix
field; Harold Bowie. Harmony: Ar
thur w. Lowe. Portland; Howard
| fitzpatrick. Casco: Russell D. Baker,
Casco; William E. Wing, Portland:
John A. Partridge. Sanford; Elmer p.
| Williams. Oldtown: V. III. Robinson.
| OIdtown; Joseph F. Beck, Liberty;
| John Il. Monroe, Islesboro; Thomas
| c. CHATTER, Gardiner; Elmer o. Small.
| Newport: H. r. Suriker, Richmond
and Miss Adele Fitzpatrick. Halo
we'll.
Banquet in Evening
| State Superintendent OF Schools
Augustus .. Thomas Governor Per-
| cival Il. Baxter and DIR. Stevens of
! Columbia University held the close
attention Of the principals at the
the Augusta house. J. w. Taylor.
supervisor of secondary education OF
the State Department OF Education
presided. During the serving OF a
/ delicious repast. selections were SUNG
| by the principals under the direction
! of J. Francis MacNichol with Harri-
son Lyseth of Augusta at the piano.
/ The occasion was enjoyed by ALL
The meeting was opened by Mr..
! Taylor, who said that he felt sure the
principals were glad of the chance
| TO get together and talk "shop" and
that the first speaker needed no in
! PRODUCTION to the secondary school
| principals of Maine. He then intro
duced State Supt. of Schools Angus
| tus o. Thomas.
Dr.. Thomas Welcomes
DR.. Thomas welcomed the princi-
pals to the city and to the confer
| ence which he said bid fair to be the
best of all. He recommended tina t
! the conference be a sort % clearing
! house for High school problems and
i that the principals feel free to ask
! questions at any time.
| He stated that he was not prepar-
ed to say that the High school Is
| the most important part of the
school system today, or to say tina t
| the primary or the college is. Each
! phase must be about as importa Mt
as the other. Each supplements and
aids the. other. Each phase has its
] claim.
Regarding the secondary school
| principals he said that he felt he
| could see greater ability and power
in each and could see a greater light
of hope in them than one, two and
three years ago; and that there was
better understanding among them
of theim mission.
The primary, secondary and col
! lege represent the three different
| divisions into which the administra-
| purpose of the elementary is: I, the
Specialization of the life of the child:
,. developing his personality: 3.
! placing in his hands the working
| tools the three RS with which he
works out the educational structure.
| In the past, eight or nine years have
| been devoted to this phase. 1t is
now discovered that it can be COM
| pleted in six years which brings the
child to the adolescent age.
There We change the plan Of in
/ wi wv 'ioii ifotlI tHc W tHS
| deductive, from the synthetic to the
analytic. Three years represent the
change Of the child to TO that mvs-
| FERROUS age. That is the tryOut
period. In his vocational period
; he is finding the key with which to
enrich his life. Then. tie student
had his college equation and finally
his prepare ton for his life's work
| DR.. Thomas stated tina it is strange
how few people have prepared them
selves for any definite task in life.
Only about 100000 people in this
! country have college training-a lit
! tie more than one per cent. There
are only about s.5O0.00O graduates Of
| high schools. There are 100000
who cannot write letter or read the
! daily press with facility. There are
! probably $4,000. 900 who have COM
| pleted the eleme ntary schools and not
! the high school. In tests made OF
$4,000 people with no education
only one man achieved greatness or
did anything for his state. That
shows that the uneducat ted man has
! one chance out of 100000. The high
| school graduate has one chance out
or 500. and the college nan, one
chance out of 300.
/ His belief that education is keep
| ing pace with every phase OF the
modern age, was expressed by the
! speaker with illustrations from life
! to prove the point. He believed that
! the high school today is meeting the
! demand and conditions better than
! in the past.