Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-09

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sresational church. Principal {. +.
Taylor of Gardiner. president OF the
association. presided. J. Francis
MacNichol of Augusta@led in COM
munity singing. The only business
was the appointment of a nominat-
ing committee 10 report in the ar
ternoon. Then followed an interest
ing travel talk by Miss kathSrne
Thomas of Augusta, who has re-
Gently completed an extended tour
of the world. Miss Thomas theme
was Sailing the Sulu Seas. she
described her experiences on trip
to the Philippines. There are, she
said, three distinct divisions OF ma
tives in the Islands. the Christlanlz-
ed natives, whom we know as Fill
pinos. the pagan 1gorrotes OF the
north and Mohammedan Moros OF
the South. She visited the lSorrotes,
but passed more time in the South.
Zambu Ansa. from which she saifeu
to Borneo Miss Thomas described
at some length. and also her trip
from that city to Jola and the SUI.
tan of Sulu. Her descriptions OF
people and Things were vivid ana m
forming. Returning from Joia TO
Zambu Anga. she took ship Tor
BOcnco. anu nSE VI th">
trip was Iaost fascinating.
Then\followed the department Ses-
sions. The lower grades met at
City Hall. Supt. Packard presiding,
and heard Miss Annie s. Reynolds
of the L. S. Bureau of Education,
Mrs. Mallian Russell of Gardiner and
Miss Harriet A. Eaton OF South
Gardiner. The latter spoke on OPP
portunitics in Rural Education.
The lower grades met in the ConGre-
! sational church, Supt. Gerrish of
Gardiner, presiding. There Miss
Is. Maud Smith of Gardiner spoke
on Some Devices TO Obtain Correct
spelling" and Miss l.u Buker of Hal
lowell. supervisor OF primary tdu-
cation in Augusta. took up the topic
Of Reading To-day" Miss Reyn bids
also spoke al this meeting.
| The secondary school sessions
were held at the high school. Frin.
Blaisdcll presided. Prin. l.. v. Per-
l,ins explained the new reversing
schedule at tonI, saying that ii save
an opportunity for supervised study
immediately after classes and also
epualiZcd the value of periods. Supt.
T.. H. Eimban of Brunswick dis
! cuSscd the administrative orsani2a-
ton of the high school. He review
Cd the local situation, with the
school board. the legislative body,
ruling on finance, matters OF puhic
policy and acting AS medium be-
/ tween schools and public. lhen
came the superintendent. the ad-
.ministratiNe head, and the principal
to whom he delegated some OF ms
authority. Responsibility should be
! shared by all teachers. There
should lie a division of the extra
curlicula activities. Supt. Ienas T..
Scott of Springfield was the next
speaker. He gave stories of aetna
classes in various subjects. choosing
oppositos in type. He gave as a mot
to. BE Still and Let the occasion
Speak for Itself"
After dinner Bieelow's Boys Band
gave q concert in front of City Hall.
then the afternoon session was open
ed by a selection from the High
School orchestra The report of the
nominating committee was given as
follows: President. Supt +. w. Fur
rill Of Augusta: ViCe-preSident. Nor
man l.. Mathews of Waterville: sec
rotary treasurer, Miss Ella HodGins
j OF Augusta. executive committee.
Prin. II e. MaSterson of Winthrop,
Miss Edith Holway of farmingdale,
and Mrs. ..da Perry of Belgrade.
Supt Burrill was chosen delegate to
the meeting of the n. +. \. and Supt.
Glover of Watervile alternate. Then
Commissioner Buttertield of New
Hampshire spoke at length. He read
first a Psalm of Maine. then pro-
ceeded 10 the discussion of his theme,
The Second Great Duty of Teach
err The first duty. he said, was OF
course. to teach the children. The
second duty, the one that he plan
ned to discuss. was the duty of the
teacher to teach the older members
! of the community. by that he meant
to make them see what the schools
were doing and why they were diff
/ ferent from the school of earlier days.
He gave a number of amusing illus
trations of changes in other institu-
tons. such az fashions and the once
exclusively masculine barber shop.
There should he wise publicity for
schools. Parents should he brought
to understand Just what the schools
really are doing. Commissioner But
terfeld then proceeded to give n
number of reasons why schools are
different today. He declared that
there was an entirely different en-
phasis TO the teaching of today. once
the individualistic argument was
used to children: now it is A social
one Then a new world has been
discovered. the world through the
microscope and the laboratory. Pys-
cholocy has given us knowledge OF
tn, laws Of the working of the hui
man mind We can no longer teach
in the same way. Reading is an IL
lustration. We have given up the
idea Of deferred values. also that OF
! education's being only an accom-
plishment. He was followed by Supt.
Scott. who spoke interestingly upon
teachers work. His advice was
DO the unpleasant SKIS and keep
still about them There was
Splendid attendance.