Putnam patriot., 1924-10-17

school superintendent m oimsburyf De- ing the leader in this.
 l.. C. Staples. superintendent in Suf- field. was the third speaker of the morning period, having Reading" for his subject.
 Children Sing Operetts
 An interesting part of the morning program was the presentation. of the second act of an operetta, Mother | Goose Island" by a cast of sixty-nine children of the Woodstock public schools in costume Miss Marguerite Burns, supervisor of music in the town Of Woodstock, was in charge of the presentation. The children taking part in the play were: Beulah Will liams. Annie Kelley, Dorothy Chap man. Evelyn Morgan, Edith Tourtel- lotte. Bertha Tourtellotte, Eva Lang lois. Robert Summers. Lester Belle rieve, Frank Young. Laurence Me Williams, Elsie Erickson. Agnes Da- Ties. Evelyn Butts, Doris Basto. Irene Johnson. and Margaret Scranton from the South school; Nancy Potter and Lorraine Potter from the North school, EyeiyH Sadeugren and Elizabeth Rap ail from the Qnasset school; Eleanor starr. Raymond Hubbard. Jane Lyon and Mary Hubbard from the English NeghhGth hood school; Elsie Hubbard. Naron Gadg and Arthur Swenson from tHe East school. Marguerite i lSewcamb. Sarah ZipiIin. Evelyn Child. Samuel Zipkin. Beatrice Child, kox- ana Child aHd Wallace Child from the EmYnle zchool; Pauline, Stella and Sylvia Nadnais, Allan Wilbur, DorO- I thy Bog rdus. and Vincent Wilbur from the Harrisvilie school; Geneva and Treffica Cross. Axel Johnson and l Dorothy Chandler from the Center ehalo; Eleanor. Abbie and Lillian Es- 1 itarhr0eks and Christine Williams from hc West school; Helen Anderson. l Gertrude Gobhin and BainbridRe Gil- i lincham from the Hill school; Niletta \ shead of the Chandler school Esther 1 Hiok5. Roma Stanley. Esther Johnson. i Florence Lyon, Warren Peckham. l Schuyler Phillips, Cedric Child. Con- stance Metherell and Florence Child
 .om Woodstock Academy.
 Commissioner Speaks
 Following a lunch period the con-
 erenee was resumed in the school au-
 iturium. The state commissioner of
 dueation. Dr Meredith. was the first speaker. Dr. Meredith discussed the purpose Of normal school training for leaehens. namely. training teachers to teach, and putting them in contact with the actual conditions which they Nill encounter when they take charge af classes.
 He said that there are now $500 teachers in the state. while the four normal schools have q present enroll ment of 900. A recent conference of heads 0f the four normal institutions resulted in the establishment of the 5ame courses ia all the schools for the drst gear. after which it Is possible to diiferentiatc into several lines. A graduate of high school can complete a normal course n three years. gem Ielaily Dr Meredith called education an adjustment: not an end but g nauHs to an end.
 He discussed for a moment the new courses uf study made up, telling of tHe advantages. That the natural di- rf sioa noint in the twelve years of public school training Is after the .iNtb grade rather than before en- trance tc tho freshman class of high school. waa his contention
 J. L. Meader Makes Address
 J. L.. Meaaer principal of the nor nal school at New Haven. followed the commissioner on the speaking pro- gram. His talk was confined to a de-
 seeiption el the Basic Monograph. Ian information book recently publish ed faf teachers. and which is available { through the state educational depart. 5 meut. He told of the topics discussed , in the book. and of the value that teachers could find m the suggestions
 on how to teach subjects
 r. F. Harrington of che bureau of
 statistics in Hartford. led a discussion l on arithmetic. X discussion of the i methods of teaching this subject is one [ which always brings a lively response from an audience.
 k. D. McAlister. supervisor of f schools in the towns of Pomfret. East ford Woodstock and Union. had charge of arranging the program. which brought to Putnam several of the fore most educational authorities of the
 state. The teachers must certainly
 have benefited from the talks and il- lustrations given. while the grammar school students of northern Wmdham County certainly had no objections Co a day of,