St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-04


Spelling Schools and Graduation.
Supervisor Burbank Announces Plans for
the Central Caledonia Union. y
Harvey Burbank Of Danville, super
visor for the schools of Walden, Danville,
Barnet and Waterford, furnishes the
CALIFORNIAN with much interesting
information concerning the schools
in this Union. The teachers in the
several towns are as follows.
WALDEN.
Four Corners, Mabel c. Rollins; Star,
Florence H. Nicholson; Virgins, Merton
L. Jacobs; Noyesville, Nellie NJ. Kittredge;
Heights, Maude F.. Kay; South Walden,
May L. Wilson; Houston Hill. Mrs. A.
D. Kimball. The pupils of Mrs. Kim
balls schoolin Woodbury. are to come
with her. The school on the Mountain
taught by Ella M. Davis now closes the
school year, having been in session
almost continuously during the summer.
DANvILLE.
West Danville grammar, Carrie A.
Young; primary, E. Grace Blake; Har-
vey, Mary ]. Reak; South Danville,
Carrie b. Paine; Morse's Mills, Arlene E.
Lowell; Pumpkin Hill, Eleanor ]. Lob
dell; Center, Nd. Alice Moore; Morrill,,
Grace M. Bartlett; Hill, Blanche E.
Hartshorn Kittredge, Abbie D. Badger;
Mountain, Alice N. Page; Stanton,
Katherine A. Sanborn; East Road, Helen
M. Colby; North Danvlle grammar,
Mary H. Perkins; North Danville pri-
mary Stella R. Church; Phillips Academy
and District No. &C. high and grammar,
w. w. Miller intermediate and primary,
Ella o. Page. Shifting of teachers to fill
vacancies has been in line of promotion.
BARNET.
Passumpsic grammar, Agnes E. Keys;
Passumpsic primary, Bessie E. Wright;
East Barnet, Addie Nj. Ranney; Barnet
grammar, Ina B. Mayhem; Barnet
primary. Dorcas E. Judkins; McIndoe,
grammar, Mary H. McLachlin; McIndoe
primary, Laura J. Rodgers; center, Mary
Brock; Aiken, Anna B. Aiken; Roy,
Anna L. Blanchard; West Barnet, Maude
Guthrie, Walter Harvey, Mabel A. Blair;
-Four Corners, Margaret A. Guthrie;
County, Lydia M. Taylor.
No teacher has yet been hired for the
Joe's Brook school,
WATERFORD.
West Waterford, Clara Hayward;
Lower Waterford, Harriet B., Layton;
Hastings, Bertha M. Daniels; Graves,
Mary ]. Wesley; Upper Waterford,
Laura M. Williamson. At this writing
no teacher has been secured for the
school at Gaskell.
SPELLING BEES.
I Each school in the district will take
part in at least one evening spelling
school near the middle of the winter
term. Where it is thought best two or
more schools may unite in this. A short
literary and musical program will be
given by the pupils. The pupils will be
divided into sections. The eighth and
ninth grades will be in one and the lower
grades in the other. 1t is hoped that
those who are not in school will take
part in the spelling. Parents are
earnestly invited to attend.
Only complete words will be used.
The speller will try twice on word and
the one who misses will be seated. If a
speller has doubt as to the word put
out the definition should be asked
for. The speller will pronounce the
word before and after spelling it. A
| failure in this will constitute miss, as
will the leaving out of hyphen, an
apostrophe, or a capital letter. Spoilers
should be prepared to begin at the first
page of the spelling book, and the spell
ing will continue through the book until
all are spelled down.
At the close of the winter term a
general spelling school will be held in
each town in which all schools will join
"A small prize will be given to the pupil
who stands longest in the spelling in
each town, as we'll as to the pupil who
does the best work in defamation at the
joint gathering. Each school will be
represented in the speaking, and dis
interested judges will award the prizes.
At these final gatherings brief contest
in mental arithmetic will be conducted.
The final meetings will be held this year
at Lower Waterford, Barnet village,
North Danville and South Walden.
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
The graduation exercises in June will
be held at Lower Waterford, Barnet
village, Danville Green and Walden Four
Corners. Nature, number, language and
manual training work will be saved dur
ing the year that some exhibit by each
pupil in the district may be shown at
the graduation exercises.