The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-01
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
WON'T Be BUILT
DURING 1912
Trustees Will Investigate and
Submit Plans 10 Voters
AT NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
May Call a Special Meeting 20 Act on
the Recommendation Of the
Board

Al the annual school meeting Satur
day. the voters of the Bennington Dis
trict took the first step toward the
erection OF the much needed High
School building when the school trus-
tees were constituted a committee 20
investigate into the necessities OF
the town In this regard. 10 inspec
other schools; 10 inspect and select
suitable sites and 90 present plans
for new High School building TO the
voters. The sentiment OF the body
was al an times unanimous In the
matter and considerable enthusiasm
was shown In the desire that an ade-
quate and modern building should be
provided a motion was made and
passed that 10 be the sentiment of the
district that the trustees should not
feel confined On the matter OF eX
pense in the investigation.
The annual school meeting for the
Bennington school district was called
TO order Saturday al p. M, by Mod
orator w b Sheldon Robert B.
Pike was elected clerk pro tempore
and read the call for the meeting.
The reports OF the officers OF the dis
trict were accepted aud the reading
dispensed with
The auditors had recommended
tax Of 40 cents ON the dollar as sul-
hcient TO defray the expenses of the
district during the next year. II was
the stated opinion of some OF the
trustees that this tax would not be
adequate 20 pay of any OF the dis.
fas.. fr..H.H.H..HH.ua m ahnrF
discussion the 40 cent tax. the only
one proposed. was passed IL was
moved, seconded and passed that July
be the date at which the list should
be placed IN the hands OF the treas
urer for collection The usual dis
count of q per cent was voted for
payment within The specified date.
Merritt b. Morgan was elected clerk
On vive vocc vote Charles II. Dew
ey was elected treasurer. and John
A. Ryan collector l. r. Gibson.
Robert +. Healy and r L. Bates were
reelected auditors
In ward .. C. C Phillips was elect
/ ed to succeed himself. In ward 4 "a
contest developed I'm which IL ID.
Fillmore was opposed TO +. L. Lam
D hNAN ~ SUI NhfA D. hfAAhNA AAAA u WI
Fillmore received Go votes, and +. l..
Lambert 10, the former being de
| clarcd elected
Article six of the warning called
/ for the consideration of the erection
; of a new high school building Su.
perintendent A. w Narncy addressed
/ the meeting on Bennington's urgent
/ need of larger school buildings. Mr.
Narney stated that while the popula.
/ ton of the school district had been
/ increasing at the rate of ten per cent
/ the number OF children In the grades
had remained stationary. He ac
counted for this through the growth
of the parochial schools. During the
I same period OF ten years. there has
been an increase in the high school
Of 250 per cent Mr.. Narney stated
that Bennington ten years ago was
. graduating a smaller annual class
than any town of its size known "a
him. The increase in the attendance
at the high school has been due tC
various reasons The labor laws
have kept children out of the mills
and in school. Compulsory school at
tendance laws have also aided in the
same respect The change from &
nine year course in the grades to al
eight year grade course has giver
children who would not ordinarily en-
ter high school chance to spend a
least one year in the secondary
school. Furthermore there has beer
a big increase in the number enter
ing high school from the parochia
schools. Mr.. Varney emphasized tn,
need of a new high school buildins
adequate to meet Bennington's grow
ing need
The motion was made and second
ed that the school trustees shout,
constitute committee to investigat,
Bennington's needs; to consider de
signs for a new high school building
and to consider suitable sites Al
amendment made the further provis
ion that such plans could be submit
ted to specially called meeting a
the discretion of the trustees.
Harry j. Cole expressed himself a.
being OF the opinion that this action
would place added duties on the trus
tees who are already heavily burden
ed. He favored the creation of
committee of three ex-trustees. &
make the investigation. The origina
motion was passed however.