The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-04
MISS EDDY MADE
VICE PRESIDENT
Closing Session of Teach
ers' Convention Has
800 Present
FRANK S. WRIGHT
CLOSING SPEAKER
Deputy Commissioner of Education in
Massachusetts Outlines Three Funda-
mentals of Teaching-0ptimism Among
Vermont Teachers.

About 800 persons attended the clos
ing session of the Southeastern Vermont
Teachers association. which was held
yesterday afternoon in the high school
building. The afternoon program in
cluded a very interesting address by
Frank ). Wright. deputy commissioner
of education in Massachusetts. on The
Three Fundamentals of Teaching, as
well as the regular business session of
the association.
The following resolutions were pro-
posed and adopted at the business meet
ing which preceded the address of the
afternoon: That vote of thanks he
given to the people of Brattleboro for the
cordial welcome and fine entertainment
provided for the teachers: that vote Of
thanks be given TO the executive COM
mittee for the fine program of the con-
yentlon: that vote of thanks be given
Clarence II. Dempsey for his fine work
as commissioner of education for Yer
mont, and that it be further resolved
that this association support and aid
the National Educational association.
Following the adoption Of these reso-
lutious. the following officers were
elected for the year 1922: President
Supt. Edward X. BOak, Windsor; vice
president, Supt. Ethel y Eddy. Brattle-
bore: secretary and treasurer. Principal
Albert y. Lawton, Chester; executive
committee, w. II. Munsell of Bellows
Fails. Mrs Mary f. COmstock of Lud-
low and John VI. Pierce of Springfield
la opening his address Mr.. Wright
spoke of the general optimism which
seemed To pervade the attitude of all the
teachers of this conference. as compared
to the pes>imiSm shown in some of the
Massachusetts conferences of last year
Mr.. Wright gave the first fundamental
of teaching as the education of the
teachers themselves. saying that every
teacher should know a great deal more
than he or she is expected to teach. For
the teachers outside reading for the COM
ing year he suggested the following
books The Americanization of Edward
Bollue I.vtton Stechy's Life of Queen
Victoria IF Winter Comes, by Mark
Sabor: Main Street. By Sinclair Lewis !;
Alice Adams. by Booth Harrington; and
Hiss Lula Belts by Eona Gale.
Mr.. Wright next took up the adyan-
tages of the new problem method of
teaching as compared to the old example
method lie defined the example method
as saying, here it IS done out for You,
while the problem method makes pupils
think things out for themselves.
The second fundamental of good teach
ing, Mr. Wright said. IS to make chill
dren interested in their studies. He told
the teachers TO put human interest and
thrills into their teaching. He said
there were more thrills in a chapter Of
history than there were in the greatest
motion picture ever filmed
His third fundamental was action. If
the teachers could only make the chill
dren want to do something the schools
would be accomplishing much more than
they are now In closing. he summar-
lied the three points of his address BY
saving. Know your own work well
enough to get your pupils interested. and
make that interest lead to real active
participation in school work
Following the address, Miss Ruth
Fredcrickson gave two vocal solos, and
the teachers divided up into group con-
fcreneeS.