TUESDAY MORNING. At 9 o'clock, business meeting. 9.20 Discussion, "Would the interests of education be promoted by increasing the relative number of male teachers in our public schools?" Introduced by A. P. Stone, superintendent of public schools, Springfield. 10.40: Lecture on "Foreign Education," by John D. Philbrick, LL. D., of Boston. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, WILLIAM C. COLLAR, Boston, President. 2 o'clock: Discussion, introduced by Samuel Eliot, LL. D., of Boston, "Should the education of Girls in our High Schools be identical with that of Boys in subjects, methods, and extent?" 3.15: Discussion, introduced by REV. JOHN BASCOM, of Williams College, "How shall the demand for the higher education of girls be met?" GRAMMAR SCHOOL Department, R. C. METCALF, East Boston, Pres. 2 o'clock: Discussion by Messrs. G. A. Walton, of Westfield, D. B. Hagar, of Salem, L. M. Chase, of Boston Highlands, and others. "How can a better knowledge of Arithmetic be gained in less time than is now given to the subject in our public schools?" 3.15: Discussion, by Messrs. J. W. Dickinson, of Westfield, Larkin Dunton, of Boston, and others. "How can the power of expression be developed in pupils ?" PRIMARY SCHOOL Department, A. P. MARBLE, WORCESTER, President. 2 o'clock: Discussion, "Necessity and means of securing attention." 3.15: Discussion, "Course of study in Primary Schools. " TUESDAY EVENING. 7.30 o'clock: Discussion of the "Half Mill School Fund," by Joseph White, LL. D., secretary of Massachusetts Board of Education. WEDNESDAY MORNING. At 9 o'clock, business meeting. 9.20: Discussion, introduced by W. E. Eaton, principal of Harvard School, Charlestown. "Are the pupils in our Public Schools overworked?” 9.40 Discussion, introduced by Prof. C. O. Thompson, of Worcester, : "How far should Natural History and the Physical Sciences be studied in our Grammar Schools?" FREE RETURN TICKETS will be given, through the courtesy of the superintendents, to all members of the association who come to the Convention over the following Railroads, and their branches : Boston and Albany; Old Colony; Boston, Hartford and Erie; Fitchburg; Eastern; Boston and Maine; Boston, Lowell and Nashua; Boston and Providence; New Bedford and Taunton; Middleborough and Taunton; Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg; Vermont and Mass.; New London and Northern; Worcester and Nashua ; Norwich and Worcester; Providence and Worcester; on the Cheshire Railroad to Winchendon and stations this side. Teachers on the line of the Connecticut River Railroad can call for excursion tickets to Worcester and back, which will be furnished at half the usual rates. Return tickets will be furnished during the sessions of Convention upon application to E. Bentley Young, Corresponding Secretary. Board can be obtained at the Waverly House, Front Street; Lincoln House, Elm Street; Exchange House, Main Street; Waldo House, Waldo Street; at $2 a day; at the Bay State House, Main Street, at $3 a day. Alfred Bunker, Secretary, ALBERT G. BOYDEN, President. Trains leave Boston for Worcester on Boston and Albany Road at 7, 8.30, IO, II, A. M.; 1.30, 3, 4.30, 5, 5.30, 9, P. M. Return 7, 9.25, 9.45, A. M.; 1.40, 3.25, 4.25, 6, 9.55, P. M. Dec. 1873. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.-Our penury of enjoyment is to a great degree our own fault, or, at any rate, the fault of our bringers-up. Unquestionably men might be trained so as to squeeze infinitely more sweet juice out of life than they do. Our stupid teachers do nothing but pound grammar into our heads when we are young, a thing which can only grow up into thistles in nine minds out of ten. But were we really educated, were we trained, as we easily might be, to love the beautiful in all its thousand forms, to take delight in poetry,... to understand the wonders that lie around us in the construction of our own bodies, and of the air, and of the plants, and in the processes of nature; were we trained to the delightful habit of thought . . to the habit of reading . . . to study and love works of art, whether in painting, sculpture, or building; were we trained to every kind of manly exercise, why how much more cheerfully would our lives glide by! But your commonplace and most dull system of education, which consists of forcing the boy for years and years to learn by rote the dry anatomy of a dead tongue is there any one of all these sources of happiness which it unseals for us? No, not one. CHILDREN AND GIRLS. It is curious to see how a self-willed, haughty girl, who sets her father and mother and all at defiance, and can't be managed by anybody, at once finds her master in a baby. Her sister's child will strike the rock, and set all her affections flowing. It is not the soft, gentle girl who loves children most, or wins them most, but the girl of spirit. ntelligence. IT may be an unwelcome bit of intelligence, but we cannot well withhold it, and be just to our trust. Another volume of the "Massachusetts Teacher " closes with the present number. Neither time nor expense have been spared in our effort to make the magazine the past year a credit to the educators of the State and acceptable to teachers of all grades and situations. And the gratuitous words of commendation assure us that we have succeeded, in a measure at least, in satisfying the demands of the profession at home, and commanding the respect of those abroad. We are sure of accomplishing as much the coming year; and in addition we have facilities for improving the magazine. A word for this department. It is no easy matter to supply as much intelligence as we have done the past year. It has only been gathered by hard work. We want to do more with it the coming year. We want some teacher in every city and town in the State who will be responsible for sending us regularly all the educational news of the town. Will you write us at once, offering to do it for your town? If so, you will aid personally and substantially in improving the "TEACHER." Address A. Mudge & Son, "Intelligence," 34 School Street, Boston. Miss Margaret Reed, as sewing teacher in the Gaston School. Mary L. H. Gerry, as assistant in the Winthrop School. Annie J. Stoddard, as assistant in the same school. Amelia M. Smith, as assistant in the Lincoln School. Messrs. Bartlett and S. C. Ward, principals, and E. Bentley Young, J. L. Frisbe, and C. Willis Damon, assistants in the evening drawing schools. Lewis School. - Mr. Chas. F. King, sub-master in this school, sailed for Europe with his family July 1st, and returned Oct 15th. He visited the Vienna Exhibition, and the principal places of interest on the Continent and in England. Several letters, describing some of the scenes he witnessed, have appeared in the Boston "Journal." From his experiences, Mr. King has prepared a lecture, entitled "Characteristics of Other Folks." Miss E. J. Kelley, after five years of successful service in the Dwight School, has resigned her position, to take effect Nov. 10th. Miss Martha C. Gerry resigned her place as assistant, at the close of the last school year, and has gone with her father, one of our prominent artists, to Europe for a year or two of art study. She spent the summer in Switzerland, and they have settled in Paris for the winter. Miss Lizzie Gerry, late a teacher in Brookline, has been appointed in her place. Grammar Schools, as the fifth and sixth classes, thus adding to the duties of the principals. Salaries have been fixed to conform, in some measure, to the new state of things, as follows: principal of High School, $2,700; first assistant, $1,200; second do., $1,000; principals of Grammar Schools, $2,400; assistants generally, from $600 to $800; primary teachers, $500. Bennett School.- Miss Sarah P. Morrill, who has changed her name, is succeeded in the second class by Miss Catherine D. Russell, of Kingston. Miss Anna Leach, of North Bridgewater, takes charge of the third class, following Miss Annie H. Delano. Miss Melissa Abbott, of Vermont, is also appointed assistant in the same school. Miss Chesley, a graduate of the Boston Normal School, has charge of a division of the third and fourth classes temporarily located in Mason's Hall. Harvard School. - Miss Clara Hooker, a graduate of the class of 1873, Boston Normal School, takes charge of the second class.In the Kindergarten department of the Everett Primary, Miss Pollock, who had a louder call to Washington, is succeeded by Miss Lizzie W. Gibbs. Miss Anna M. Farrington, also a graduate of the last class, Boston Normal School, assists in the fifth and sixth classes at North Brighton, now a part of the Harvard School District, and also in the Primary department.- Miss Edwards has a similar position in that part of the Bennett School colonized in the High School building, assisting both in the Grammar and Primary classes. The inconvenience caused by the crowded state of the Bennett School will soon be remedied by the completion of a new $50,000 building, with six rooms and a hall, built on a novel and very convenient plan, having three rooms on a floor, with suitable provisions for master's office and teachers' rooms, wardrobes, play-rooms in basement, etc. J. F. Ober, Esq, is the architect. CHARLESTOWN. A native French teacher is to be employed in the High School. The superintendent read his semi-annual report at the last meeting of the School Committee, from which it appears that the schools generally are in good condition, and that a spirit of prog ress exists among the teachers. Charlestown has done much in the introduction of drawing into her schools; and the merits of the drawing master, Prof. Lucas Baker, have secured him a professorship in the Normal Art School. CAMBRIDGE.- Charlotte A. Brown is appointed as assistant in the Putnam School. Eliza M. Huzzy in the same school. Emma Knights in the Gore School. Dr. A. C. Smith is to teach penmanship in the Primary Schools the remainder of the year.- -Anna W. Averill, of the Thorndike School, has leave of absence for two months, because of sickness. -The salaries of the female assistants in the High School is to be increased two hundred dollars each. The other female assistants are to be divided into two grades, receiving $900 and $1,000 respectively. The committee failed to elect a superintendent. FARM SCHOOL ON THOMPSON'S ISLAND. Mr. A. H. Powers, who has been at the head of the school since Mr. Frank A. Morse left, has resigned, and is to teach in Bridgewater. Mr. Louis H. Decker has been promoted to the principalship of the school, and Mr. Walter Hoxie succeeds Mr. D. as assistant. This school has been the nursery of some of the best teachers of the State. Several Boston teachers served an apprenticeship as teachers on the Island. Superintendent Morse is a capital man to work under. is rising in the scale of educational towns. The superintendent, Rev. C. Wood, gives all his time to the supervision of the schools; and E. Parker, Jr., of the High School, continues a popular and efficient teacher, giving character to all the schools. J. J. Prentiss has recently been appointed principal of the South School. WEST BRIDGEWATER has tried the economical plan of paying no teacher, with a single exception, more than eight dollars a week; and the experiment has pretty thoroughly tried the committee, parents, and pupils. READING. The Preparatory High school is obtaining money to purchase a library by a series of entertainments. Miss Addie Howes is appointed assistant in the Centre Grammar School. TAUNTON. — The Evening Drawing and Factory Schools were reopened for the winter on the second Monday in November, under the supervision of Dr. Waterman, Superintendent of Schools. The committee were fortunate in securing the services of Mr. J. T. Meats as principal of the Industrial Drawing School. His associate teachers are Messrs. J. F. Park, G. B. Wilson, W. R. Billings, F. W. Dean, S. E. Tinkham. The school numbers two hundred students, and is taught four evenings per week. Evening schools are opened at the centre of. the city and at the Weir village. Resignations. - Miss Louisa L. Bassett, for several years the able assistant to the principal of the Cohasset Grammar School, Miss Annie H. Presbrey, of the Plain School, Miss Mary Caswell, of the Weir Intermediate School, to go to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Appointments.-Miss Ellen F. Leach fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Bassett.- -Miss Ellen F. Rhodes takes Miss Leach's place in the fourth grammar class of theCohannet School. Miss Mary W. Macomber is appointed as principal of the School-street School. Rev. Stephen M. Newman and Mr. Joseph Dean have been elected to fill the vacancies in the School Committee caused by the resignation of Rev. Geo. D. Miles and Miss E. F. Padelford. OUR EXCHANGES. "THE CHRISTIAN UNION" continues its welcome visits. Every reader of this independent Christian paper can but admire its independence, liberality, and breadth. James Freeman Clarke, Leonard Bacon, Harriet Beecher Stowe, J. S. C. Abbott, Geo. H. Hepworth, and a host of other writers say their best things through its pages. |