1920 Program Booklet for 18th Annual Meeting of Maine Teachers' Association; Bangor, Maine

Eighteenth Annual Meeting and the Fortieth State Meeting of Maine Teachers, held at Bangor, Maine, on October 28-29, 1920.  The meeting also incorporated the meeting of the Maine Library Association.

The booklet measures approximately 7-3/4" by 4-1/4".  See all of the pages at the end of this post.

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People mentioned, in alphabetical order:

• Miss Katherine E. Abbott of Farmington Normal School; chairman of the Department of Drawing at the meeting
• President Robert J. Aley of the University of Maine; "The Place of the Classics"
• Mr. Harry C. Barber of English High School, Boston, Massachusetts; "The Reorganized Courses in Practice"
• Miss Mildred A. Beatham, Maine Field Secretary, U.S. Savings Division; "Some Phases of the Budget Question in the Teaching of Girls"
• Miss Amalia Bengston, County Superintendent of Schools, Renville County, Minnesota; "Health Work in Our Schools" and "Health Service and the School Nurse"
• Alice Berry, member of the Houlton High School Quartette, which performed at the annual meeting
• Professor Irving Blake of the University of Maine; "Biology in Secondary School Curricula"
• Dr. Thomas H. Briggs of Teachers' College of New York
• Dr. L. D. Bristol, State Commissioner of Health; "Cooperation between School and Health Officers"
• Professor H. G. Callan, Harvard University; "Factory Management"
• Miss Mabel Carney, Department of Rural Education, Teachers' College; "Real Efficiency in Rural Schools"
• Willard O. Chase of Old Town, Maine; Executive Committee of Maine Teachers' Association
• Miss Alice J. Child of Westbrook, Maine; "The Relation of Drawing to the Industries"
• John A. Cone, Auditor
• Miss Bernadine Cooney, State Supervisor of Home Economics; "New Methods in Teaching Home Economics - Possibilities o0f the Home Project in Maine"
• Dr. Caroline Croasdale of New York State Teachers' College, Albany, New York; "Some Newer Concepts in Social Education" and ""The Beginnings of Social Consciousness"
• Miss Grace Davis of Millinocket, Maine; "Civics - What, How and Why"
• Professor A. B. DeMille of Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts; "The District Plan, Its Tested Value Elsewhere; Its Possibilities in Maine"
• Professor H. P. W. deVisme, Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur, Dean of the French School at Middlebury College, Vermont; "Interpretation as an Aid to Instruction"
• Miss Grace Drysdale of Columbia Graphaphone Company; "The Psychology of Musical Talent"
• Marie M. Duggan, A.B., Assistant Professor of Secretarial Science at Boston, University; "Typewriting and Typewriting Methods"
• Miss Florence Dyer; "Playground Activities"
• Miss Harriet A. Eaton; "Some Improvements That Can Be Made in the Rural Schools by Helping Teachers"
• Miss Ethel M. Edwards, Supervisor of Music, Portland, Maine; chairman of the Department of Public School Music
• Mr. Gordon Emery, Supervisor of Music, Augusta, Maine; "Round Table - Outside Music Credits"
• Mrs. Kate C. Estabrooke; Commission Work; Maine Library Association
• Professor Charles H. Forbes of Phillips-Andover Academy; "What the Good of Latin?"
• Professor Frances R. Freeman of the University of Maine; chairman of the Department of Home Economics at the meeting
• Superintendent W. D. Fuller of Portland, Maine; "Americanziation through History Teaching"
• George R. Gardner, Treasurer, Maine Teachers' Association
• Principal James M. Glass of Washington Junior High School, Rochester, New York; spoke at several sessions
• Mr. George T. Goldthwaite, Director of Music, Portland, Maine; "What the Supervisor Should Know About Band and Orchestral Instruments"
• Ernest L. Gray of South Berwick, Maine; Auditor of Maine Teachers' Association
• President Clifton D. Gray of Bates College; "The Place of the Classics"
• Beatrice Hackett, member of the Houlton High School Quartette, which performed at the annual meeting
• Kathleen Hagerman, member of the Houlton High School Quartette, which performed at the annual meeting
• Mr. W. A. Harris, Executive Secretary of the Maine Public Health Association; "Physical Education and Public Health"
• Principal Drew T. Harthorn of Coburn Classical Institute; "What Should Constitute a Course in General Science"
• Miss Jessica Haskell; Address; Maine Library Association
• Mr. Alden B. Hayes, Supervisor of Manual Training, Bangor, Maine; chairman of the Department of Industrial Training at the meeting
• Miss Dorrice M. Higgins of Brewer, Maine; Asst. Secretary of Maine Teachers' Association
• Mrs. Stella L. Hill of North East Harbor; "The Lafayette National Park"
• Miss Evelyn R. Hodgdon; "The School Improvement League"
• Professor Henry W. Holmes of Harvard University; "What is a Good Teacher Worth?"
• Mrs. Orvil F. Howard of Brownfield, Maine; "Physical Education in Maine"
• Phyllis May Huff of Old Orchard, Maine; performed a Whistling Solo at the annual meeting
• Superintendent H. C. Hull of Rockland; chairman of the Department of Intermediate Schools at the Meeting
• Mr. C. H. Lane, Assistant Director for Agricultural Education, Washington, D.C.; "The Agricultural Teacher's Work Outside the Class Room"
• Professor A. N. Leonard of Bates College; "Report of Boston Meeting of the N.E. M. L. A."
• Mr. Fred P. Loring of Presque Isle, Maine; chairman of the Department of Secondary School Agriculture at the Meeting
• Mr. Owen R. Lovejoy, General Secretary of the National Child Labor Committee
• Miss Eleanor L. Lovell, Report of Committee on Membership; Maine Library Association
• Miss J. May Lynch, Supervisory Instructor of Penmanship, the A. N. Palmer Company; "Methods of Teaching Penmanship"
• Principal H. W. Mann of the Maine School of Commerce at Auburn, Maine; chairman of the Department of Commercial Branches at the meeting; 
• William M. Marr of Millinocket, Maine; Vice President of Maine Teachers' Association
• Mr. Ernest C. Marriner of Hebron Academy; chairman of the Department of English at the meeting
• Professor John Marshall of Boston University; "Music History and Appreciation"
• Mr. Arthur D. Marston, Boy Scout Executive, Bangor, Maine; "Phyiscal and Medical Examinations of School Children"
• Miss Esther McGinnis of the University of Maine; "The Under-Nourished Child"
• Frank McGouldrick of Bar Harbor, Maine; President of Maine Teachers' Association
• Mr. Orren B. McKnight, Director of Physical Education, Portland, Maine; chairman of the Department of Physical Education at the meeting
• Mr. R. W. McMasters, Manager Boston Office, the Gregg Publishing Company; "Successful Shorthand Teachers"
• Professor Wilmot B. Mitchell of Bowdoin College; "The Proposed State Syllabus"
• Principal P. W. Monohon of Rumford, Maine; "Vocational Education"
• Mrs. Bernice T. Monroe, "Five Minute Talks by Helping Teachers: Hot Lunches"
• True C. Morrill of Bangor, Maine; chairman of the Department of Rural Schools at the Meeting
• Principal L. E. Moulton of Auburn, Maine; chairman of the Department of Science and Mathematics at the meeting
• Miss Frances Murphy; "The Relation of Helping Teachers to Other Teachers"
• Dean Paul Nixon of Bowdoin College; chairman of the Department of the Classics at the meeting
• Miss Effie Noddin of Edward Little High School, Auburn, Maine; chairman of the Department of Modern Languages Discussion
• John A. Partridge of Sanford, Maine; Executive Committee of Maine Teachers' Association
• Professor Roy M. Peterson, Head of Spanish Department at the University of Maine; "Spanish a Factor in Modern Culture"
• Mr. E. S. Pitcher, Director of Music, Auburn, Maine; "How to Put On an Opera"
• Professor L. J. Pollard, University of Maine; "Teachers' Self-Aid in Teaching History"
• Charles F. Rittenhouse, C.P. A., Head of Accounting Department, College of Business Administration, Boston, University; "The Scope of the High School Course in Bookkeeping"
• President Arthur J. Roberts of Colby Colleges; "The Place of the Classics"
• Superintendent Ernest W. Robinson of Fitchburg, Massachusetts; "Some Suggestions for Efficiency"
• Mr. H. O. Sampson, State Supervisor of Agricultural Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey; "Vocational Agricultural Education in New Jersey"
• Principal J. A. Scott of Machias, Maine; "Interesting Pupils in Science"
• Professor J. B. Segall, Head of French Department at the University of Maine; "The Peabody Foundation of International Correspondence"
• President Kenneth C. M. Sills of Bowdoin College; "The Place of the Classics"
• Dr. Payson Smith, Commissioner of Education for Massachusetts; "Current Problems in Educational Organization" and "Five Planks in an Educational Platform"
• Miss Grace Clee Smith of Springfield, Massachusetts; "Art in the Rural School"
• Miss Nellie Smith, Report of Committee on Districting the State; Maine Library Association
• Miss Jennie M. Smith; Travel; Maine Library Association
• Mr. Winthrop Stanley of Colby College; "Experiments for Schools of One Hundred Pupils or Less that Require No Costly Apparatus"
• Mrs. Kate Starbird; General Literature and Fiction; Maine Library Association
• Glenn W. Starkey of Augusta, Maine; Secretary of Maine Teachers' Association
• Mr. W. E. Stoddard of Deering High School; chairman of the Department of History and Civics at the meeting
• Walter E. Sullivan of Brewer, Maine; Treasurer of Maine Teachers' Association
• Mr. Josiah W. Taylor, State Agent for Secondary Education; "Lines of Advance"
• Dr. Augustus O. Thomas, State Superintendent of Public Schools
• Mr. A. M. Thomas, Farmington Normal School, Chairman of the Department of Science and Mathematics
• Ethel Thompson, member of the Houlton High School Quartette, which performed at the annual meeting
• Miss Grace R. Townsend; "Raising Money for School Improvements"
• Dr. Paul F. Voelker, President of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan; "Some Tests of Trustworthiness"
• Raymond L. Walkley; Science; Maine Library Association
• Miss Annie Wayland; History; Maine Library Association
• Louis J. West, Chairman of the Department of Secondary Schools Principals, First Baptist Church
• L. E. Williams of Rumford, Maine; Executive Committee of Maine Teachers' Association
• Dr. H. W. Young of Dartmouth College; chairman National Committee of Mathematical Requirements; "Reorganization of Mathematical Requirements"