Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-15
HEAVEN ALONE EXCELS IT
Pupils at Champlain School in
Raptures over the Building.
Enrolment Has Already Reached 105
and More Are Comng--NOn ReSi-
dent Pupils from Mrny Towns
at the nigh school.

Heaven itself is the only place that
eXcels the new Champlain school &C
cording to one small pupil. This SEN
timent Is contained In the minds or
more than one scholar attending the
school. according to the principal, Miss
Farrell
During the first few days Of school
in the new building. Miss Farrell has
| sought to ascertain the opinion Of the
children on the now seat Of learning.
Nov what place can You think Of.
asked Miss Farrell Of class tho other
day that Is nicer than this SCHOOL,"
There was silence Tor n while and then
one hand went UP.
well" said the principal "can you
tell of a place that Is nicer than this
new SCHOOL,"
There Is only one place and that Is
Heaven" was the reply
Tho new Champlain school bids fair
to establish a record for good work
this year. An interesting point IN
connection with the opposition that
was found in some quarters TO tho
building of tho school Is the fact thet
a large number of girls who were en-
ployed in the mills and who were UNI
able to attcnf school before because
no place was TO he had for them have
returned TO school this year. The en-
rollmcnt now reaches 1865 and more
keep coming.
Tho pupils have been allowed hy the
principal to form themselves into commit
tees and visit the different rooms It is
all very new and very wonderful to them
and they express themselves according
TO Miss Farrell. as thinking it the most
| beautiful building they have ever seen
The children compare very favorable this
year with the pupils In the other schools
and come tn school very clean and neat
| In appearance.
At THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Glasses are organized and running
smoothly at the high school. A special
teachers meeting for the purpose of fur
ther perfecting the organization OF classes
was held Yesterday afternoon.
The classee In manual training, under
the direction of Mr.. Christmas, have al
ready been started. The commercial
classes begin to-day and the domestic sci
euce course Is we'll organized, with addi-
lions being made to the enrolment each
day ard only waiting the arrival Of
equipment to commence work.
NONRESIDENT Pupils
| The Free Press publishes this morning
for the first time the list of nonresident
pupils. The list is as nearly complete as
possible. some of the returns not having
been received by Superintendent Wheeler
Following is the list:
Bedford Hills, y. Y, second year, Ellen
Putney Wood.
Colchester first year. Ruth Blakely;
second year Anna Aikee, Florence NJ
Morgan. Mildred NJ. Munson third year
Bessie l.. Wolcott. fourth year. Leila J.
Morgan. William Munson. Sue Katherine
Smith,
Charlotte. first year. Wallace Mcneil
third year Mary Murphy. Katherine
Root; fourth year, Merab Whalley.
Cambridge, first year, Grant Thomas
Chayer.
Corinth, fourth year. Hollis p. Hoyt
Craftsbury fourth year, blanche F.
Uric.
Harold Williams.
Fort Ethan Allen: first wear, John c.
Grierson. Clarissa z. Rynn.
Fletcher. first year. Marjorie Parsons
Grand Isle, first wear. F.ffie A. Tobias;
year, Essie Sylvester.
| IIishgate Springs, first year, Lonnie l..
| Morse.
tuck.
Huntington Center. third year Martha
| Norton.
Huntington. fourth year Gladys r.
johnson, Mabel f.. Johns.
Isle La Motto. first year. Amanda c.
EIll third year, Katie Early
Jericho, second year Phyllis Brown
Jeffersonville. third year, Lulu Bul<or.
Milton. first year Grace Norton; sec
ond year, Clara Ttze.
Moretown, first year, Florence Pierce.
Mlddlebury, fourth year. Elizabeth
| Morris.
North Hero, first year. Bertha d.
Lavine; third year Ira H. Dcdds; fourth
year, Genia Papolosa.
Portsmouth. n. H.. second ear, Walter
b. Finlayson.
South Burlington first year. Edith NJ.
Bliss. Madeline Davis Harold Emerson,
Maude f. Gordon second year, Martha
| Partridge. Ella l.. Gordon. Allen b. Nc
Murphy; third year, Hazel F. Haynes,
Florence NJ. Lord Cornela NJ. Wheeler;
fourth year Elizabeth NJ. Sails, Edith b.
| Curry. Edward L. Haynes
South Hero, third year. Hayward
Styles.
starksboro, fourth year, Ma,Me C.
Casey.
Winooski. first year Agnes NJ. Mcbride;
second year, Emma J. Stevens Lizzie F.
Stevens, Mary 8. Thompson; third year,
Robert b. Chambers. Loretta T.. Dyke;
fourth year, Henry ALBION Bailey
Waitsheld. fourth year, Hnrolt II. Fisk.
Louis Hadley Gaylord, William j. Graves
| winston. fourth year, Jessie Johnson.