The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-22
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF
BENN. co. EDUCATIONAL ASSN.


Interesting Program for Meeting TO BE-
Held Thursday and Friday, April
29th and 30th.
The second annual meeting of the
Bennington County Educational Asso-
citation will be held in the Auditorium
Of the New High School building at
Bennington, VT, on Thursday and
Friday, April Goth and 30th, 1915.
Each teacher and school official in
the county should endeavor to attend
the meetings as the officers in charge
of the program have secured the best
speakers possible. Oranges and other
organizations throughout the county
are requested to send delegates.
A limited number of rooms for lodg
ing have been offered for the visiting
teachers. Those desirous of securing
rooms should apply at once to Supt.
A. w, Varney, Bennington, VT.
Meals can be secured at hotels or
restaurants at reasonable prices.
Visiting teachers are urged to OBJ
serve the work in the Bennington
Graded Schools during Thursday fore
noon.
Exhibits from the schools of the
county will be on exhibition in the
Science Room of the New High School
building. 1t is hoped that each teacher
in the county will bring an exhibit
from her school, Prizes will be award
ed as follows to the schools sending
the best exhibits.
Nature Study: Years subscription
to Mature Study Review"
Geography: Years subscription to
National Geographical Magazine"
History: Years subscription to AT
lantic Educational Journal" and ere
port of Committee of Eight on His
tory"
Programme
Thursday afternoon, 2 o'clock;
Music-Benningto High School.
Address of Welcomes -Supt, Albert
w. Varney.
Library Books in School-Miss Re-
becca w. Wright, Sec'y Vermont Lii
brary Commission, Montpelier, Vt.
The New Freedom in Education
Mrs. Dorothy Garfield Fisher, Airing
ton, VT.
Geography in Elementary Schools
Prof Roy l.. Smith, No. Adams, Mass.
| Normal.
Right Approach to Map Study
Miss Blanche E. Sprague.
Study Of Local lndustry--Miss
Mary Carney.
Relation Of Nature Study and Geog-
raphy-Miss Eva M. Miller.
Primary Class in Geography-Miss
Mary +. Hyde.
Thursday evening, s o'clock:
Music-Benningto High School.
Address Points of Contact-Rev 0.
p Clifford d. D., First Baptist Church,
Brookline, Mass.
Friday morning, 9 o'clock:
Primary Play, First Grade, directed
by Miss M. Lillian Edgerton.
Boys and Girls Club-E. l.. ingalls,,
State Leader in Charge of Club Work.
Burlington, Vt.
School and Home Gardens-C. d.
Jarvis, Specialist in Charge Of Bureau
of Education, Washington, d. G.
The Schol and the Communicative
lard w. Bartlett, Sec'y Bennington
County Vermont Improvement Associ-
alton.
Business Session.
Friday afternoon, o'clock:
Folk Dancing, First Grade, directed
by Miss Gertrude E. Carney.
The Possibilities of the Club-Miss
Jessie |. Judd, Bellows Falls, VT, rep
resenting Vermont Women Teachers
Club.
Suggestions for the Teaching Of Ag-
riculture in Rural Schools-Prin. G.
Leland Green, Randolph Agricultural
School, Randolph, VT.
Address, Hon. Mason S. Stone, tSate
Supt. of Education Montpelier, VT
s Officers, 1915
President, John d. Whittier, South
SALISBURY, Vt.
Vice President, II. II. Kibby, North
Bennington, Vt.
Secretary Treasurer, Herman N.
Morse, Manchester Center, Vt. IRE
signed.)
Fred l.. Davis of Hartford, state