News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-11-05
Schoolhouse Re-dedicated

The re-dedicatiou of the South Ran
dolph school building took place Tuesday
evening, Oct. 2S. The building had been
thoroughly repaired both inside and out
by the School Board last summer. A
hardwood floor wasl laid, a porch and
belfry added, new chimney built foun-
dation walls righted. painted within and
without, the school room provided with
new furniture, including new stove.
teachers desk, recitation seats, and the
Mouthrop movable and adjustable com
bination school desks and chairs. The
exercises were in the nature of an old
fashioned "house warming" over sixty
people being present, representing prac
tically every family in the district.
The program of the evening began with
the repeating of the Lords Prayer by the
audience. A double quartet, composed
of residents of the community, sang
"When the Roll is Called Up Yonder."
Opening remarks were made by Supt c.
ID. Howe, who related in detail the con-
dition of the school building when he
first saw it about a year ago when on "a
tour of inspection of the school buildings
of the town with the School Board, refer
ring in humorous way TO lines of poet
ry, which were found written on the
black board at the time of that visit. Hav-
ing copied the poem at the time, he read
it to the delight of the audience.
Walk right in dear School Board and look around.
Inspect all the wealth q thathere doth abound;
Just loll in these antique seats at your ease
Never a thought give to the cramp IN your Enees.
But for PHYS sake look outfor your hide,
Lest into it some awful slivers should glide.
You'd realize then how this school has been neg
lected
And purchase some modern seats so long expected.
State superintendent of Education Ma
son S. Stone gave an interesting and
| forceful address, outlining modern ten
denotes in education, congratulating the
| people of Morristown upon their progress
sive leadership of the State in education
al affairs, mentioning the fact that this
school was the first rural school in YER
mont to be equipped with the latest i'm
provemeDt in school desks.
Fred NJ. Small gave very interesting
! history of the school district since it was
/ settled 113 years ago, mentioning the
names of the owners of the farms during
this long period. The relative few owners
was noticed, the average years of owner =
ship being %. 1t was called Randolph
Road because SO many of the early set
tiers came from Randolph. He brought
out the fact that there had been no law
suit among the neighbors in the commun-
ity for 100 years.
A. l.. Cheney, member of the School
Board explained the expenditures nee
essay to maintain the schools, urged a
greater interest in the schools and eX-
planned the new courses at Peoples Acad-
envy.
G. A. Slayton, chairman of the School
Board, seconded Mr. Cherey's remarks
and told of the repairs that had been
made on the different school buildings
during 'the past few years. G. |. A.
Smith, the other members of the School
Board, being out of town, was unable to
be present.
W. [. Dodge, Instructor in Agriculture
at Peoples Academy, spoke of the work
of his department, explained the differ
ent courses given in dairying, animal hus-
bandry, gardening, soil testing, etc, and
offered the services OF his department to
the community.
A defamation entitled Autumn was
given by Ray Marshall; an essay, The
I1chcape Rock, by Paul Neuland; an es-
say, Grace Darling, by Halbert Stanclitfe;
IA song, The Little Red School House, by
the Quartet. The program closed with
the singing of America, after which re-
freshments of sandwiches, cake and
coffee were served by the ladies, and a
social time was enjoyed.
Supt Howe is planning similar neigh
berhood meetings in other school houses
Of the town.