Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-07
Parent-Teachers

"a me lllt Nti II W lA4N ~ - bNAAiS 'NiAN
10y the children III the schools there
and Of the pupils mastery Of the
English language. to which they pay
more attention than 10 the pupils in
some parts OF the state where
French is not spoken.
lie said that his chief regret in re-
firing from the office of governor is
! that he Will not he In such close
touch with the schools. the school
department, the teachers and the
children OF the schools as he - to-
day. Il shall miss that, hut hope
that I have contributed something 10
the schools OF Maine during the four
Years that l have been here" said
Governor Baxter.
Report Of President
In place of n formal report set
! ting forth in detail the aims ana ac-
Complshments OF the Maine Parent
/ teacher Association. Mrs. Frederick
I L. Abbott of Saco. the president. gave
an interesting discourse in which
/ she referred To a visit she made to
| schools in the northern part of
! Aroostook county last year and 10
the fine progress she noted in the
schools there.
She told OF her recent trip to Yer
mont to attend the annual session of
the Vermont Parent Teacher Asso-
citation. The association in that
state is Of II years standing as com
pared with only three years for the
Maine association. The spirit Of the
meeting was excellent. she asserted.
After the meeting there, she visited
Plymouth, VT, where Calvin Coolidge
WAS sworn in as president OF the
United States, the oath of office be
ing administered 10y his father.
localized Recitation Demonstration
Demonstrating the value and i'm
portance of the sociali2cd recitation
IN the school days schedule. Il stud
ents of the Latin division Of the
sophomore class OF the Gardiner high
school under the supervision Of Mrs.
Augustus q. Thomas. teacher of the
division. presented me days lesson
in English history by the socialized
recitation method.
Miss Evelyn NJ. Libby of the divis-
ion was chosen by Mrs. Thomas to
conduct the recitation. After out
lining in an interesting manner the
DAYS lesson on the devclopment of
L,nEland in the time of Queen Eliza
beth. Miss Libby called upon mem
bcrs to cxnlain special points regard
ing the lesson. Following this. the
pnniIs questioned zach other ON va
rio,Is nbnsos Of the Subject ana the
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