The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-11
EDUCATION CHANGES MADE.
No More General Educational Meet
ings.'

Bellows Falls, April ll.-According I,
an announcement made by II. ID. Ryder
secretary of the new board of education
old style educational meetings" viii
be discontinued IN Vermont The boarC
has voted to approve expenditures fo
gatherings of teachers and school obi
cials, but has refused to authorize gen
eral educational rallies, whose useful
ness has been outlived.
Hereafter appointees as union super.
intendents in Vermont will be Obliged
to meet certain qualifications. Hereto,
fore not even high school graduation
has been required OF district supern.
tendents, although as a matter of fact
many of them have been college grad
yates. Superintendents who have served
acceptably and are now in Office will be
granted certificates, but the following
qualifications will be required OF new
men;
/. A college degree or graduation from
four years course in normal school
following upon four years course in
a secondary school.
2. Actual teaching experience of at
least two years.
3. Evidence of knowledge of the his
tory of education, educational psychol-
ogy, school administration and methods
of teaching.
4. Present incumbents should be put
under promotion requirements that VIII
tend to increase their efficiency in serv-
ice as follows: All increases in salary
should be conditioned upon satisfactory
evidence of the completion of stated
minimum of professional study.
Similarly, high school teachers who
can present satisfactory evidence OF a
good teaching record will be entitled to
a certificate for tHe years, but after
July |, 1913, certificates will be granted
for positions in Vermont high schools
of the first class only TO those who can
meet the following requirements:
/. A college degree or graduation from
a four years normal course following a
four years course in a secondary school
2. Satisfactory evidence of college
work in at least two or three-hour
pursued through one year Of two
each, said courses constitut-
ing the majors for certifcation.
3. Satisfactory evidence of college
work in at least two other subjects pur
sued through one semester each, said
courses constituting the minors" tor
The subjects under two and three TO
DC selected from the following list: Eng /
ish, history mathematics, French, Ger |
nan, Greek, Latin. biology, botany, agri- |
'ulture, physics, chemistry, music. draw |
ng, mechanical arts, physical geography, |
domestic science.
After July / 1914, high school teach
RS will be obliged to meet the follow
np professional requirements:
Satisfactory evidence of the compile
ion of college work in at least four
emester courses of three hours each or
wo year courses OF three hours each
elds: History and principles OF eduea-
ion, psychology Of education, methods
+ teaching, school administration.
Heretofore there has been no such
tandard for high school teachers in
-ermont and this action@o OF the board
1 education places the state in an
dvanced position. Since the state re-
uires that high school tuition be paid
Or every qualified pupil in the state,
neither the town in which he resides
lpports high school or not, and by
MS action many towns profit largely i
'om tuition receipts from high school
npils. it is only fair to the state and
ist to the pupils that the state should
Ike measures that the teachers in these
gh schools be properly qualified and
aimed
At a recent meeting of the board |
aeher training courses were authorized ,
the following towns; Bennington, |
iddlebury, Craftsbury, Randolph, Bur
ngton, Derby, Bradford, Morrisville, :
ergennes, Woodstock. Lyndonville. !