Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-31
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY
Changes That Are Needed In Ncrmont's
school system.
Dtrom Tho Rrattleboro NerormolA

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people OF the state are dissausned win
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putting 'he'r ch''orei 'nro"Eh " course "a
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portuhi'E TO acquire useiui mental IRAN
ing III case college Is lnaoN'sao'e or out
Oh the PueS''o"'
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may "c su'eu 10 the "aHN me ana 'h\'-
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~ nat ."e secondary or h'2h s'hoo's
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'o" VI "''' "'H'e'" Vi s"'a'' per cent
Oh the youth OF the "'a'e' TINS reoreahiHa-
no" 10 iho'uoe chahee IN the point OF
u'Nis'oh between '"e secondary ana eie-
| H'eh'ars SCHOOLS ana t'e auu'''oi' OF Vo-
ca.ionaI opportunities
'' '"a' t"e le"s'h VI '"e s0"""' tern
ne increased 10 50 weeks
/ W mat al SPec'a'N incorporation as
Nlcts ne >SoNcu an" ''a' suoh "is'ric's
DC prougH' u''aer the operation Oh 'he
seheral laws or the STATE
''' mat NocatiohaI ouucaNo'' ne direct
ed chienN TO IN" INSTRUCTION Oh scieh'in-
can! pra'tl'a! dTrlcuiture' since the Nood-
tiohal needs Oh the stat" are chleny aerl-
cultural
'o) mat III" normal schooIs AT 'as'ie-
ton and Johnson be discontinued ana that
training courses for elementary teachers
b" substituted in secondary schools WIN
provision for the training OF secondary
school teachers by arrangement with Mid
dleburN College and the University II
Vermont
| "a That state aid to the University Y
vermont Middlebury and Norwich Uni
versity BE- dis ontinued so thar these
funds may be available for the use NJ the
public schools
TO finance the systcm that would grow
out of these changes the commission rec
olnmends STATE tax Of 10 per cent in lieu
of the present eight per cent tax, the use
of the income IT the permanent school
fund as at present, and direct aprro-
priation of $4,000
To meet the question of the ACCESSIBILITY
of so large direct appropriation the COM
900 in appropriations was paid out by
the STATE curing the nSchl year l9l3-lf