Appendix
VI.
Triennial Gatherings, 1847 - 1907.
First, Sept. 1, 1847.
Presiding Officer, Grove H. Loomis, Westfield.
Speaker, Rev. H. B. Hooker, Falmouth, — "The Dignity and Importance of the Teacher's Profession."
Dinner was served in the model school room by the ladies of the town.
Westfield Normal Association
First Anniversary of the "Westfield Normal Association" will be celebrated at the Normal Hall, on the 6th of September next, services to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Hon. Horace Mann,
Member of Congress, and Secretary of the Mass. Board of Education,
Has consented to Address the Association on the occasion. Speeches from several other Gentlemen of talent may be expected.
A select choir will be in attendance, to add interest to the occasion by some choice and appropriate music.
A Collation will be prepared for the entertaiment of the Association, by the liberality of our own Westfield friends.
A cordial invitation is extended to all present and former members of the Westfield Normal School, including those who were connected with it before its removal from Barre, to be present and participate in the pleasures of the occasion.
The Secretary will be happy to receive communications, sentiments, &c., from those who may be unable to favor us with their presence.
Please address, Springfield, Mass.,
G. H. Loomis, Secretary, W. N. A.
Westfield, July 12, 1848
Second, Sept. 6, 1848.
President, Henry Fuller, Westfield.
Speaker, Hon. Horace Mann, — "Motives by which the Teacher should be governed."
Third, Sept. 3, 1951.
President, Henry M. Miller, Westfield.
Speakers, Hon. Amasa Walker, — "The Common Schools of our State;" Rev. Horace James.
Fourth, Sept. 6, 1854.
President, Grove H. Loomis, Westfield.
Speakers, Rev. Horace James, Worcester; Grove H. Loomis, Westfield.
Poem, Rev. Wm. S. Studley, Lowell.
Subject of Mr. Loomis's address, "Principles."
Fifth, July 31 and Aug. 1, 1857.
President, Charles Hutchins, Bethel, Vt., Vice-President, Almin B. Clapp, Southampton; W. L. P. Boardman, Boston.
Secretary-Treasurer, J. W. Dickinson, Westfield.
Speaker, George William Curtis, N. Y., — "The Higher Law."
Poem, Dr. J. G. Holland.
Sixth, Aug. 2 and 3, 1860.
President, W. L. P. Boardman, Boston.
Vice-President, Almin B. Clapp, Southampton; Alvin C. Robbins, Saylesville, R. I.; Maro Kendall.
Secretary-Treasurer, Charles A. Richardson, Franklin.
Speaker, Rev. J. M. Manning, — "Liberty in America."
Seventh, July 29, 1863.
President, James C. Greenough.
Speaker, Hon. George S. Hillard, — "The Teachers of New England."
Up to this time the collation was furnished by the ladies of Westfield; at this meeting it was voted that subsequent collations be paid for by the association.
Eighth, July 19, 1866.
President, Joseph G. Scott, Westfield.
Vice-President, Horace H. Bryant, Leicester.
Secretary-Treasurer, Henry M. Miler, Westfield.
Speaker, Mr. Richardson, New York "Tribune," — "Individuality."
Nineth, July 15, 1869.
President, Joseph G. Scott, Westfield.
Vice-Presidents, Joseph G. Scott, Westfield, Horace H. Bryant, Leicester.
Secretary-Treasurer, William H. H. Tuttle, Littleton.
Speaker, Prof. Luther T. Townsend, Boston, — "Placed and Misplaced."
The regular gathering of 1872 was postponed.
Tenth, July 9, 1874.
President, Henry M. Miller, Westfield.
Speaker, Gen. N. P. Banks, — "The Character of Washington."
Eleventh, June 28, 1877.
President, Charles A. Richardson, Boston.
Vice-Presidents, Harry H. Scott, Salem, N. H.; Waldo Johnson, Webster.
Secretary, John H. Haldeman, Westfield.
Treasurer, Miss Elvira Carver, Chicopee Falls.
Speaker, Rev. E. G. Beckwith, Waterbury, Conn., — "The Practical and the Scholastic in Culture, Skill, or School."
Twelfth, June 24, 1880.
President, John H. Haldeman, Westfield.
Vice-Presidents, W. L. P. Boardman, Boston, Arthur Hinds, Hempstead, L. I.
Secretary-Treasurer, Middleton C. Smith, Westfield.
Speaker, Prof. Luther T. Townsend, Boston University, — "Education in the American Republic."
"Mr. George Cortelyou gave a piano solo." ("Times and News Letter," June 30, 1880.)
Thirteenth, June 26, 1883.
President, W. H. H. Tuttle, Boston.
Secretary-General, Almon J. Dyer, Cummington.
Speaker, William H. Wells, — "History of Normal School Education."
Fourteenth, June 29, 1886.
President, Abner E. Gibbs, Westfield.
Vice-President, Miss Elvira Carter, Chicopee Falls.
Secretary-Treasurer, Alfred C. True, Boston.
One of the toasts at the banquet, responded to by Rev. a. J. Dyer, — "Those fortunate beings, the normal boys; quality not quantity."
Fifteenth, June 29, 1889.
President, Charles A. Richardson, Boston.
Vice-President, Charles Hutchins, Bethel, Vt.
Secretary-Treasurer, Alfred C. True, Boston.
Speakers, Prof. John Bascom, Williams College, — "Ideal Elements in Good Teaching;"
John W. Dickinson, West Newton, -- "Fifty Years of the Westfield Normal School."
Sixteenth, June 21, 1892.
President, J. Silas Diller, Washington, D. C.
Vice President, Herbert H. Bates, Cambridge.
Secretary-Treasurer, James M. Bagg, West Springfield.
Speaker, Edwin D. Mead, Editor, "New England Magazine" , — "The Study of History."
Seventeenth, June 25, 1895.
President, Amos Andrews.
Speaker, Marcus White, Principal, New Britain (Conn.) Normal School, — "Joseph Gould Scott."
Eighteenth, June 18, 1898.
President, Earl A. Ingalls, Cheshire.
Vice-President, Marcus White, New Britain, Conn.
Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Sara M. Kneil, Westfield.
Nineteenth, June 22, 1901.
President, Marcus White, New Britain, Conn.
Vice-President, Mrs. E. B. Maynard, Springfield.
Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Sara M. Kneil, Westfield.
Speaker, Hosea Starr Ballou, Brookline, — "John Woodbridge Dickinson."
Twentieth, June 18, 1904.
President, Hon. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Washington, D. C.
Vice-President, Miss Mary A. Cobb, Florence.
Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Jennie Hale Gowdy, Westfield.
Twenty-First, June 1, 1907.
President, Hon. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Washington, D. C.
Vice-President, Miss Esther J. Morgan, Springfield.
Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Jennie Hale Gowdy, Westfield.
Westfield Normal Alumni Association of Eastern Massachusetts.
This association had been formed to co-operate with and assist the general association. It meets once a year, in Boston. It was organized May 6, 1905, at the Copley Square Hotel. Its organization thus far has been as follows: —
Second Meeting, Westminster Hotel, April 21, 1906.
President, Hosea Starr Ballou, Brookline.
Vice-President, Jessie D. Stoddard, Dorchester.
Secretary, Thomas K. McAllister, Newtonville.
Treasurer, Agnes Perreault, Boston.
Third Meeting, Copley Square Hotel, April 20, 1907.
President, Herbert H Bates, Cambridge.
Vice-President, Emma F. Lay, Thompsonville, Conn.
Secretary-Treasurer, Thomas K. McAllister, Newtonville.
At the meeting of April 20, 1907, the following officers were elected for the year 1907-1908: —
President, Rev. Almon J. Dyer, Sharon.
Vice-President, Charlotte V. Drinkwater, Boston.
Secretary-Treasurer, Michael H. Sullivan, Boston.
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