News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-31
Orleans County Summer School.

(Speclal TO NEWS ana ClUZen.)
The Orleans County Summer School
was formally opened and organized
Monday afternoon, July IA The
fact that it's protector and prime
mover, Supervisor M. S. Stone, was
for some years identified with the ed
ucatiOnal interests of Lamoille county
may give added interest to News AND
CITIZEN readers. The meeting was
called to order at 2.20 by Mr.. Stone,
followed by music led by Mr.. H. T.
Newcomb, organist at the Congrega-
tional church at Newport at the or
gan, and scripture reading and pray
err by Rev. j. X. Fuller, pastor of the
Congregational church, when Hon.
O. H. Austin in behalf of the hospi-
table people of Barton Landing most
cordially welcomed the students in
his usual felicitous manner and say
ing, " You students praying for your
ward knocks all the poetry out of the
situation wherewith lies it's great
temptation to welcome you to our
hearts," Mr.. Stone made an apprO-
pirate response, then introduced Hon.
L. IL. Thompson Of Irasburgh, who
gave brief words of encouragement
and appreciation, saying that lack of
professional culture was the greatest
deficiency in our common schools and
urged all to make the most of the
coming week of the Summer School.
The nominating committee, Misses
Richmond, Locke and Owen, present
ed the following list of officers for the
permanent organization which were
unanimously adopted: President,
Hon. O. H. Austin Barton Landing;
vice president, Principal Chas. Put
ney, st. JOhnsbury; secretary, Miss
Jennie Locke, Barton Landing;
treasurer, Clara Richmond, Newport;
reporter, Lillian Wright, Westfield;
journalist, Belle Robinson, Derby;
executive committee, Principal B. G.
Day, Craftsbury; Mrs. E. S. Miller,
Westfeld; Miss Kate Owen, Glover;
advisory board, c. A. Prouty, New
port; F. E. Chamberlin, Irasburgh;
Hon. L. H. Thompson, Irasburgh;
B. F. Paine, jay; P. C. Drisco, Derby
The routine work has been pursued
under the following competent in
structors: Principal Chas. Putney,
arithmetic; Principal Edward Con-
ant, Civics, Pedagogics, English;
superintendent Eben II. Davis, (Chel-
sea, Mass reading; Miss Nellie
Boyd, reading; Miss Emma S. Fair
child, language, history: Miss Mary
L. Gates, geography; Miss Mary F.
Putnam, primary work; Miss Kate
Healey, music; Miss Anna K. Blais-
dell, drawing. Wednesday evening
President q. A. Gates, a Vermont
boy, of Grinnell College, Iowa, lectur-
ed on 'The grinding of the axe, urg-
ing each to take a college course at
whatever cost. Thursday evening
Hon, L. H. Thompson delivered a
lecture on "Self culture" which was
replete with inspiration and sugges-
lions to lead one on to higher, mob
Ter, broader life in every respect.
Friday evening the Barton Landing
cOrnet band arranged for a prone
made concert in honor of the school
which the heavy rains somewhat in
terfered with. Saturday afternoon
an excursion down Lake Memphre-
magOg was arranged in which about
llu,N pau IDGtUCO-Wl 10 OIle vi ull0
most delightful trips in Northern
Vermont. During the week teach
er's examination has been held, there
being 80 applicants. The school OPP
| ened with IS students which it is hop
ed will increase some. During the I'd
and 3D. weeks the following lectures
have been arranged for: The Sun, c.
A. Prouty; Patchwork, George H.
Blake; Studies in Nature, Prof. G. HI /.
Perkins; The Useless Profession,
President W. H. Buckham; Italy and
Italians, Hon. l.. H. Thompson The
school has been eminently profitable
so far and Barton Landing people
have manifested a great and growing
interest in its operations. All the in
structors are specialists in their de-
partments which makes the whole
more proficient W.