Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-10-25
TEACHERS CONVENTION.
Interesting Session of Hancock Coun-
ty Teachers at Bluehill.


A successful convention of the
Hancock County Teachers associa-
tion was held at Bluehill, Monday,
Oct. 16, with an attendance of $50
/ teachers. The large attendance is
very gratifying, when the fact that
the State convention in Bangor is to
follow SO closely is taken into con-
sideration.
The general session opened at 9.15
in the town hall, with opening exer-
cises and prayer offered by Rev. w.
l.. Robson of the Baptist church
The address of welcome by Post
master Harry Hinckley was delivered
in his inimitable manner, and there
were many very favorable comments
upon it. Mrs. w. l.. Robson then
rendered beautiful solo.
The keynote address of the con-
vention was delivered by Miss Flor
ence M. Hale, State agent for rural
schools. For the past year Miss Hale
has been in New York taking gradu-
ate work at Columbia, and she has
returned with renewed strength and
more energy, if such thing is posi-
BILE in her case. Many teachers and
superintendent remarked that never
had they heard Miss Hale to better
advantage than in the two addresses
she gave that day.
The department session were very
helpful and practical. The subjects
assigned in these sessions were those
that would be of interest to the ma
jority of the superintendent and
teachers, and they were handled in
such a splendid manner that their
discussion was very profitable.
At noon dinner was served in three
places-the Baptist chapel, Congre-
gational vestry, and Odd Fellows
hall-by the citizens of Bluehill
This free entertainment of the teach
ers elected words of commentator
on all sides, and gave the town a
reputation for hospitality not only
throughout the county, but the State
as we'll, for the members of the State
department were greatly impressed
with this spirit of cooperation of the
people with the schools.
At the general session in the after
noon, music was furnished by a
chorus of school children, followed
by group of songs by Thurston
Long, Helena Long and Eleanor
Cousins, children of the second grade
of East Bluehill. They received
great applause. This was one of the
hits of the afternoon.
The question box conducted by DR..
Thomas was very interesting and en-
tightening, as we'll as serving to en-
liven the occasion, especially when,
in one of the questions, a teacher
asked what should be done in case
she did not have the support of the
school committee, the superintendent
would not cooperate with her, and
the community in which she taught
was not in sympathy with her work.
DR.. Thomas said that the only thing
to be done under such unusual cir
cumstances was for the teacher to get
married.
Hon. Clarence H. Dempsey gave a
splendid address, taking for his sub
ject Mother Goose rhyme 1t was
very interesting to note the progress
of it's application to teaching. The
convention was indeed fortunate in
having as one of the speakers such
prominent educator as the commits
sioner of education of Vermont
DR.. Thomas discussed "The Edu-
cational Outlook in Maine" in an
able manner, mentioning the many
educational measures which are
tending to give our State high rat
ing in education among the other
states in the Union.