Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16
VERMONT STATE TEACHERS
The Annual Convention In Huri!nE on
and Features of the Program.

and Features of the Program.
The Goth annual convention of the Yer
mont state Teachers association will be
held in Burlington. october 2l-23. Tho
| sessions will open on Thursday afternoon
and close Saturday forenoon, on Thurs
day afternoon tho address of welcome
viii be given by Mayor Burke, end the
response by the president of the assocla
ton, Principal Isaac Thomas, of the Rut
land high school. President Thomas will
then deliver the annual address and will
| be followed by Professor Edward Il.
Thorndike OF Teachers College. Column
b!a College University, New York city,
| who will speak on THE Formulation OF
Education'
| In the evening George KEENAN, will de-
! liver = lecture in the strong theatre, on
The Japanese at Home"
| Friday morning addresses will We made
ny DR. Jamea p. IIaney, director Of art
and manual training IL the public schools
| of New YORK. city and by James I. Wver,
.Jr., director of the New York state Libra
ny, and vlcc-prcsdcnt of thc American
Library association on the relation Of
libraries to the public schools.
Friday afternoon will be devoted to
conferences on English and modern
languages In secondary schools to n CON
| ference for the upper grades on geogra E
| ply, to a primary conference on read
| ing. to conference on rural schools and
| to a conference on drawing and manual
training. There will also be an cppor-
tunity for teachers of commercial sub
jects to met In an Informal way
Friday evening in the College street
Congregational Church an address viii be
delivered by the Rev. o. Il. Clifford, OF
| Brookl,ne, Mass. on a subject to be an
nounced later.
Saturday morning will be devoted to
| business and an address by President
John NJ. Thomas of Middlebury College.
The railroads and hotels will offer re-
duced rates as usual and a large at
tendance is promised. Every teacher
who can possibly do SO should attend this
| convention both for it's educational value
and for the opportunity of visiting Bur
| lington at one of the pleasantest seas
| ons Of the year.
Complete programs will be issued sew
eral days before the convention.
Arrangements fer the entertainment of
| the visitors will be made at hotels and
| with private families and reasonable
rates will be secured as the teachers dc
not desire free entertainment. Extensive
| exhibits Of school work will he made and
correspondence In regard to the exhibits
| should he addressed to Miss Alice G
Jackson of North Willard street and If
| regard to accommoda tions to NJ A. Gibson
| Of Colchester avenue.
THE COMMITTEES.
The committees Of the local organization
in charge of the convention are as fol
lows:
General committee-N. A. Billiard, ]. J.
Southwick NJ. D. Chittenden. Prof. /. r
Jones and II. @. Wheeler.
Finance COmmittee-Mayor James +.
Burke. +. p, Woodbury., D. A. Loomis
L. c. Grant and a. O. Ferguson.
Committee on halls--F. =. Houston. DR.
G. L. I,atour.
Committee on cXcursiOns--J. d. Bartley
d. A. LOOMS, w NJ Martin F. J.
Roberts and T. r. Jones.
Reception commlttce-Mavor James F,
Burke. +. s. Adsit Prof, Evan Thomas
T. r., C'larkson. Miss Eric Moore. Charlie
T.. Putnev. Miss Marion f. Bates. Super
intendent G. d. Howe Of Essex Junction
Mrs, Mary Il. Mayo. Miss Emma ]
Chapman. Principal George r. Stackpol
OF NlnoOSkl, MISS SaTan ~. Martln, Mrs
Marie II. Benedict. Miss Cora b. Drew
Miss Blanche A. Pratt.
Committee on ccommodations-Milo a
Gibson. Charles f. Allen. A. NJ. Ed
ridge. Ira r. Stafford. Miss Marion +
Richmond, Miss Mary A. Farrell. Mis-
Nellie p. Butts. Miss Mary Madgan
Mrs, Josephine \. Metts, Miss Mary T.
Farrell. Miss Margaret w. Hagar
Committee on exhibits-Miss Alice G;
Jackson, Isaac X. Ellis. Mrs. l.. j, Ma
laney, Miss Bcryl NJ, Harrington, Miss
, Mary NJ. Walsh.
Committee on music-Guy n, Hull. n
d. Blake, Miss Josephine NJ. Slayton
Miss Roxana r. Brownoll,