Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-02-11

AN euterLdinn ent NJ TIE CnuICIl a.
North Pomfret, Tuesday evening,
February ID, at s o'clock, will con-
sist of concert by Dartmouth
quartet, assisted by reader and a.
magician. Tickets to this entertain
ment will be age; children under ten
free.
Pomfret's first school rally was
held at the town hall February 2,
and every feature Of the day was a
success. The children who enter
tanned in the forenoon did credit to
themselves and instructors, their.
parts all being well learned and all
given in free and gratifying mans.
ner. Mrs. Nights school held a
session of the "Square Deal Club"
closing with "What the Good Citi-
zen Says by John Cotton Dana.
The music by Miss Williams
school, consisting of chorus of
nine girls, was pleasing feature of
the mornings session, and was given
again in the afternoon by request.
The social hour at noon and basket
lunch was also pleasing feature,
some of the time being taken to look
through the exhibits from the differ.
ent schools. The work was all
exceptionally good, nearly every
school having work in composition,
penmanship, drawings, maps and
paper cut work. A special feature
Of the exhibit was the burnt wood
work by Miss Morse's school, the
cabinet OF wood sections, bark and
leaves, by Mrs. Doton's school.
An illustrated talk on "Teaching
music in the ungraded Schools" by
Villa Hall Wight, opened the exer-
cises of the afternoon. After an
interesting paper, Mrs. Wight
brought out by her pupils some of
the things accomplished in music in
the district school. This talk was
interesting and especially gratifying
to the teachers present, as well as
school board and school superin-
tendent. Mrs. Wight was followed
by Mrs. Abba Doton Chamberlin,
who talked of the "Library as part
of our schools" and during the four
years Mrs Chamberlin has been in
the Abbott Memorial Library. The
Juvenile books have had no small
share Of our librarians attention,
incr easing the number from SO to
600, and placing Them besides in the
h ands of every pupil by. the branch |
Libraries, at the same time having
placed in each school also books for
parents and the very young people
who are not able to attend school.
During the coming year Mis- Cham
berlin expects to add new books for
all the schools, and besides this
mounted pictures to hing on the
walls of each school room.
II. E. Luce, of the school board,
spoke of 1.-The schools from the
standpoint OF a citizen" It's only
through the good citizen, the one
W no is loyal to himself, the schools
and the public, that our schools can
reach the highest attainmennts.
Superintendent of schools c. l..
Ingalls, dealt with "Some OF the
Problems of the Public School Sys-
tem," some OF which were hard TO
solve, transportation, school sup
plies, the school fund, and last but
not least the noon hour, which
should he under the direct supeivis-
ion of the teacher. The program OF
the afternoon was concluded, after "A
short but interesting talk by Prof.
Cady, with singing by the chorus of
girls from the Sawyer school.
The lecture Friday evening by
Prof. Cady of Middlebury college
VAS more largely attended dian the
previous lectures have been. Prof.
Sady was thoroughly at home with
us subject, "Shakespeare's Clowns"
ind the lecture was unusually inter.
,sting and instructive and thoroughly
enjoyed by all
Hilltop school closed Friday, Feb.
!, with an average attendance Of
SO. Number Of pupils enrolled,
4. Those having no absent marks
Turing the term are Clara, Ralph
nd Olin Markham, Mabel and
Bertha johnson, and Arthur Reed.
The first prize for scholarship, ,
tendance and department was won &
y Mabel johnson, second by 8
fMirice Emery. Rollin Reed won
he prize tor perfect spelling lessons.
Mrs Edith s. Doten teacher