Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01

| Deiegate to New England Associ.
atlon, Supt. w. B. Woodbury. o.
Skowhegan; alternate, Prin. T. A
Murray of Hartland.
Inc address of the morning was
given by Miss Florence M. Hale o.
augusta, State agent for rural ed.
ucation. The remainder of tn,
forenoon was devoted to interestins
departmental conferences. The Ele
nentary Division was in charge O.
Supt. William M. Bottomley O
Hltts1eld, with speakers, Prof. E. G
MARINER. Colby College, Waterville
on purposes of Our Schools" Ga
| Urinary grades, Demonstration snt
Frimary Methods with Objective Re.
SUITS: Miss Lou Buker, Primary su.
perVlsor' Augusta. CD Intermediat,
ana Grammer Grades, Local His
tory IN the Schools" B. e. Pack
ara, deputy commissioner of educa
tions Augusta: Silent Reading.
Miss Mary A. Conley, Hartland.
The Secondary Division was n
charge of Prin. e. S. Young anC
topics on college Entrance Re
qulrements or What the College Ex
poets OF the High School," and Iii
brary Results Without a Library,
were discussed by Prof. c. j. Webe,
and Prof. E. C. Mariner of Colby
question box was presided over
by Josiah w. Taylor of Augusta
State agent for secondary education
The Rural Division was presided
over by Supt. Howard L. Bowen o,
Bingham and addresses were giver
by DR.. Lee L. Driver of Harrisburg
Pa. state agent for rural education
Methods to Be Pursued in Rura
Schools" Miss Doris Libby; Sugges
tons: (a) Time Saving Through
Combination of Classes" (b) Mod
ern Methods of Teaching" and {
discussion led by Miss Florence NJ
Hale Of Augusta.
The home economics supervisor.
enjoyed a round table discussion
conducted by Miss Florence J.. Jen.
kins of Augusta. State supervisor O.
home economics.
AT noon an intermission was held
The Mabel Wentworth Philathea
class of the Baptist church served
| a delicious dinner to the teacher:
in the Opera House dining room.
The general session convened II
the High School assembly hall a
l.30 P. NJ, the vice president pre-
siding.
Miss Harriette Marble. supervisor
of music in the Skowhegan schools
| pleased the company with a Yoca
solo.
The president then introduced r. ]
! Libby of Augusta. State agent for ru
raj education. In the absence of DR.
| H. V. Bridges, Provincial Norma
| School, Fredericton, n. b, DR.. Lee l.
| Driver of Harrisburg, Pa, was thu
second speaker of the afternoon. H,
H.
| teacher is to get into the life of thu
| child through the human element o.
| teaching: in being part of the child's
| life and in understanding its DISPOSE
| ton and nature. The greatest ele
ment of the teachers life is the ele
ment Of friendship. We have no RICH
to compare the young people of today
| with those of the past. We must pu
4, ourselves In the other fellows place
. and get the other fellows viewpoint.
| The vice president then Introduce
| Rev. II. A. Crane, pastor of the Meth
! odist church in Maiden, Mass, the las
| speaker of the afternoon. who tool
| the place of Dr. II. V. Bridges of New
Brunswick, who was unable to b,
present. Mr.. Crane brought out tn,
fact that the worthwhile thing in The
| world is the art of being a human be
| ing. and that in our failure to ge
| along we fail to be human. He sale
that the average teacher and preacher
is afraid of getting the average teach
er's and preachers attitude. What ont
| thinks, he becomes. and clear thinking
| is as imperative as clean living. 1,
we have right thinking we never fight
/ He urged upon the teachers that the
only way to universal peace is
/ J. 90 70 oil
| patriotism. The teachers job is tC
+, think courageously and to love his
| fellow men sincerely. The controver
sy between modernism and fundament,
| alism is Nothing. The best means OF
! settling the question is to quit talk
| ing about it. The four fundamentals
| of life are right thinking, right feel
| ing, right acting, right believing, ans
| it is the job of the teachers to acquire
| these four fundamentals. The great
medium of instruction is affection
, and the teachers must learn the art
| of love for their children. One thinks
| of love as affection for ones mate
i passion for ones parent, and that
love is friendship; but love is ideal
! He deprecated animosity in religion. Il
religion means anything it must have
! right feeling. Religion is also right
| action, and one acquires goodness by
| constant usage. He brought out the
| fact that fine poise and courage are
| maintained and developed by acting as
| though one had them, and as though
! one weren't afraid His last funda-
mental was trust in God and the be-
| lief that one will win if one trusts
| and believes.
A barny eroup of about thirty of
! the boys and girls of the informed
late and junior departments of the
| Methodist church school with their
teachers were conveyed to the home
of Everson Brown in Benton We'd
{ nesday afternoon where a corn roast
was enjoyed. Games were played
around a large CHEEKY bonfire. Each
person had brought a picnic lunch
and corn was roasted around the
dying embers Delicious hot cocoa
was served. The company returned
the early part of the evening, all
having had a most delightful get-to-
gether.
Mrs. Gertrude Stewart held an art
exhibit at her home Wednesday aft
ernoon. Many pictures both water
colors and oil, of her own production,
were shown. among which were
scenes taken around Ocean Point
where Mrs. Stewart is in charge of
a tea room during the summer.
Those present We're Mrs. Carroll
Mayo. Mrs. Fred Drawn, Mrs. Sadie
Borden. Mrs. Sadie Lord, Mrs. d. w.
Ellis and Mrs. A. II. Ellis.
There will be a reception to the
mothers and children of the Cradle
Roll of the Methodist church in the