The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-03
COUNTY TEACHERS MEETING
supt. A. w. Varney Elected Presi-
dent Of Association

dent of Association
The second annual convention OF
the Bennington County Educational
association closed Friday afternoon
with three interesting addresses.
Hon. Mason s Stone, superintendent
Of State Education. spoke on the dif-
fereut phases of work in the rural
schools Principal G. Leland Green
of the Randolph Agricultural school
took for his subject, Suggestions for
Teaching Agriculture in the Rural
Schools. Possibilities Of the Club.
was the subject of an interesting ad-
dress by Miss Jessie l. Judd, repre-
sentative of the Vermont Women
Teachers club. The pupils Of the
first grade gave . iine exhibition oil
folk dancing under the direction of
Miss Gertrude f. Carney
The work done in the graded ard
rural schools was shown by exhibits
prepared by the children Exhibits
OF nature study, drawing history,
geography. penmanship and paper
cutting by the smaller children were
shown. The exhibits showed much
originality and painstaking effort on
the part of the teachers and puipils
There were also exhibits OF
work done in the domestic science
and manual training departments of
the high school which called forth
many favorable comments.
A prize of a years subscription TO
the Atlantic Educational Journal
offered by the Warwick & York Co.
OF Baltimore. for the best history ex-
hibit was awarded to the South
SALISBURY grammar school. Miss
Eva Miller, teacher. The "a school
of Arlington Miss Gertrude Thomp-
son, teacher won the prize for the
best exhibit of nature study work and
received years subscription to the
Mature Study Review contributed
by the Comstock Publishing Co. of
Ithaca, N. Y. The prizes awarded for
the best exhibits of geography went
to the Cobblestone school, taught by
Miss Helen Beecher and the South
SALISBURY grammar school, Miss
Eva NJ. Miller, teacher. These prizes
were subscriptions for one year to
the National Geographic Magazine
published by the National Geograph-
ic Society OF Washington, d. c. Tho
School street building of Remington,
won the prize for the best agricultur-
al exhibit This prize, a book "'l'he
Natural History OF the Farm" was Of
fered by the Comstock Publishing
Co. Master Harry Coulter OF the
Niles school, South Salisbury, Miss
Lakin, teacher, received honorable
mention in connection with the ma
ture study exhibit.
At the close of the session the
teachers assembled on the steps OF
the high school building and were
photographed by White OF Benning-
ton. Photographs were also taken of
the various exhibits.
The meetings were well attended
and much enthusiasm was shown ny
the members Of the association wing
pronounced the convention most
successful one.
The officers elected for the coming
year are: a. w Varney of Benning,
ton, president; H. H. Kibby Of North
Bennington, vice president and d. l..
Judd of Bennington, secretary and
treasurer
The following resolutions were adj
opted: Resolved that the Secretary
be instructed to extend thanks and
appreciation Of this second conyen-
tion of the Remington County Edu-
cational association for the courtes-
les extended to lis. TO The Banner.
The Board Of Trustees of the Ben
nington Graded Schools, the speak
ers, the citizens who have opened
their houses, the cooking class and
to all others who have helped to
make this meeting a success.