The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
Educator Heord At
 8 6 P Club Meeting

A EkOup V4 tkAC CuuCdUOAO OROhC at the meeting of the Waterbury Business and Professional Women's club last night at their regular monthly meeting. "What we need in our schools is the revitalizing of the educational system, said Mrs. Flor ence Bonney Webster, 8 member of the board of education, who led the group. We must realize that the child, not the book is the center of inteerst. We must also realize that 1t is not the school which a child attends which determines the degree of education for that child. A child doesn't necessarily get the educa- tional influence from the large school, but may get 1t in the "little red schoolhouse'. It is not the school but the teacher"
 Miss Alice M. Walsh, supervisor of the elementary and Kindergarten grades in Waterbury schools follow ed Mrs. Webster, having as her topic "Waterbury's place in the Pro- cession". "The teachers in the Wa terbury schools have been ally etc all that has been going on around the country in modern educational lines," said Miss Walsh. "Of course there has been great deal of con- troversy as to what is worth while in progressive education. We must find middle path in which we can take the best of the new and retain something of the experience of the old. Every day more people are re- alizing this, and find that 1t isn't the thing to discard all of what we have been doing.
 "Our equipment is not adequate continued Miss Walsh, but the teachers are doing the best they can in spite of this condition. The teachers are giving 100 per cent CO., operation to the supervisors and are willing to give time out of school hours to work up new features te use in the classes and still uphold old standards. The new education takes care of the individual child The child who can learn quickly does not need to be hampered by the slower learning child, while the child who does not learn quickly, will not be made to feel that 1t is being left behind"
 Miss Walsh presented many in- teresting exhibits of work accomp- lished in the first four grades of the schools.
 The next speaker was Edwin 0, Floyd, rural supervisor in the state department of education. MT. Floyd stated that the teachers personal- ity is the most vital thing in in- formal eduaction. "The radio, the moving pictures, etc., are olso vital educational factors" said MT. Floyd. land in many of our rural schools we have both radios and moving pictures. The child, in the modern education, is the starting point, not the teacher. When we went to school, the teacher was the starting point, and nothing could start with out the teacher. Now 1t is different, thechil dis the center and the end of all school work"
 MT. Floyd had a number Of stere- optican pictures depicting the worK in the rural schools as well as some samples of the work done by these pupils in their pursuit of education.
 At the businesse meeting preced- ing the speakers Miss Florence E. Greenleaf presided at which time announcement was mad of a dinner to be held in New York city in hon. or of Miss Emily Kneubeul, who has recently resigned as executive secre- tary of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs. This dinner will be on Jan uary 30. It is hoped that there will be some of the Waterbury members who can attend the affir.,
 Chairmen of committees pre- sented reports for the past month and Miss Emily E. Merriman, treas urer of the state Federation Of Bus mess and Professional Women's clubs, gave @ resume of the meeting of the state board of directors which was held in Milford in December.
 Notice was given of the annual banquet to be held in February and of the neighborhool card parties on Saturday, January 2 at which sev- eral of the members will be host esses to other members living in their neighborhood.
 Installation of officers of the Yo- landa club will take place at the meeting to be held Jan. 16. The new officers are, president. Miss Edith Calo; vice-president, Miss Margaret DeBonis; treasurer, Miss Josephine Carlo. and secteraty, Miss Elda Mucci. Miss Mary Minervino is chairman of the entertainment committee and Mrs. Joan Ruggiero and Miss Mary Scalo assistants. Miss Laura Carserino is publicity chairman.