Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-17
SCHOOL DAYS RECALLED
Alumni Association Enjoys Ban.
quet and Speaking.
Congressman Greene Pays Glowing
Tribute TO Tcnchcrs and sny. Tint
some Dny They VIII he Prop-
criy Recognized,

~ Wv SNI''Vi
teachcr was par" iast evening by Con-
gresham FRANK H. Greene in his high
~ entertaining """reSS before the an
nuai meeting VI TN" burlington high
school alumni association, held at the
school Assembly NAH
The tim" VIII come said Congress
man Greene When som" day the moral
selr-conSclouHh'ss OF the people who
now pay NOR" TO the barber to cut the
mar on the h'ad" OF the boys than
they pay I" IN" teachers to put edu-
cation INTO tN' h'aos' VIII be so quick
ehou that th' Scho"i teachers will be
taken Whoh N'ulR' educated and train
ed-as we educat" mon for the army
ana haVy-aHd NJ the end of their pc
riod or usefulness r"nsioned." The
Stateheht' "hi'h' IL should he said. is
NOT an exact quotation aroused viGor-
Gus applause.
mere are N" p""pl" in tho world
To-Day n" nad previously said, who
are giving u higher percentage of con-
s"crat"d service ior So little reward
or ENCOURAGEMENT as the American
Hchooi teacher rms he said. is lit
orally true, and especially emphasized
when salaries Of teachers are compared
with tn" salaries of other respectable
occupations
Congressman Greene's address dwclt
humorouslN with "reminiscences of his
own schoolboy days. of the days when
he said he rather dreaded going to
school II" said he supposed then that
it was what every boy had to 20
through, just like having the measles
"" narrated. to the amusement. of his
auditors. how he lost his path in the
mazes of arithmetic. how philosophical
ly he got along with simple division
until ono fatoful day he arrived at
school to find upon the blackboard what
the teacher announced as long divi-
sion" and how it looked to him like q
night of stairs And tb.rouno, eoid
CONGRESSMAN Greene. he dropped into a
sea of disbursement and ever since
they have been dragginig for my body
in the sea of mathematics.
There has been a marvellous difference
in the attitude of children tovard tb,
school They are quick to SEQ that tbo
attitude of the elders has CHANGED that
they are trvinu, to maxi. the scbonI in
Wiling.
gives golden
the wonderful world And ,b., ,b,,, ,,.o
are out in the world we realizo tina, vco
have lust begun 10 20 to school
lie smoke Of tho school cbildro,, os
going into partnership with the oovorn.
ment. of the nec,ssi,, IF ,vo,l,in,, u.bol.-
hcartedly for the good of tho povorr-
ment. and ended with a trihute to tho
who pronares tho bov and oi,,
for his place in the world
About 100 attended the reunion, pre.i
dent Roy y. SAWYER presided and seated
AT thu sneakers taL1o Loeil,, ,,,.,,,,,.....
man Greene were Miss Efrio Noor,
of Schools NJ n cbi,,.,,
den. PRINCIPAL John l., rolt.,,,., pr,.f
G. T. Burns. and Mr. and \,re N,l,.,
c. Isham.
Professor Burns smoke briefly or tho
project Of a school n1avgrourd ,f ,h..
and Advantages or bovi,,o az,
athletic field. and discussed tho ,,rn,,osoI
to have the land owned bv TN. civ, ho.l,
Of the high school Sunarintordont ,hi,.
tcudcn also discussed tho nlavgro,,,,d 49,,