Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-29
VERMONT SCHOOLS.
Clyde NJ. Hill Supervisor Junior
High Schools - Teachers
Training SchOOlS-Teachers
Rc-cert fl G a e d-State
Teachers Convention.

The State Board of Education
has employed Mr.. Clyde M. Hill of
Springfield, Mo, as supervisor of
junior high schools. Mr.. Hill has
/ had several years of experience in
conducting a junior high school and
/ has spent two years in graduate
study specializing on the subject
/ He is considered one Of the best
qualified men in the country for the
supervision of this line of work.
Mr.. Hill will visit each of the schools
for day or two at the beginning of
this term and will then return for a
more extended visit later. He will
visit the schools in the capacity of
an advisor and helper rather than
as an inspector. Those who are
competent to Judge say that Yer
mont is in the lead in the establish
ment of junior high schools and
plans for them. 1t is the desire of
the State Board to make a success
of these schools in order that the
experience gained during this year
/ may be Of assistance to those who
desire to establish similar schools
later.
The teachers training schools in
the Montpelier Seminary, Peoples
Academy at Morrisville, the Essex
junction High School and the Ran
dolph High School report classes
with more than fourteen students.
This entities them to an assistant
teacher.
Since the first of July nearly two
Thousand teachers have been re-cer-
tifcated under the new regulations.
This has involved a large amount of
correspondence and investigation on
the part of the commissioner Of
fee The work is now nearly COM
pIeted. Very few life certificates
under the new plan will be issued
{ this year. One of the results of the
new system Of certification has been
, q large attendance at the various
summer schools. About one-third
Of the teachers of Vermont attended
at least three weeks of summer
Y school. This is a record that has
not been approached by any other
state in the Union. The attendance
=, was not limited to the institutions
in our own state. There were Yer
mont teachers at George Washing
: ton University, Washington, Column
:; bia University, University Of New
York, Simmons College, Harvard
University and Dartmouth College
i The revised list of junior high
schools is as follows: Jeffersonville
5 Cabot, PIajnfeld, North Troy, High
gate Center, Essex Center, Burling
s. ton, Waitsfeld, South Royalton
e Hinesburg and Randolph Center.
The teachers training classes
have been granted to Brigham acad
envy, Bakersfield, Wilmington, Swan
, ton, and Island Pond.
s. The sixty-seventh annual conven
= ton Of the Vermont state teachers
association will be held at Burling
ton On October IL, 10, Ia, 1916. DR.
John H. Findlay, commissioner Of
If education for the state of New
York, has been secured as one Of the
speakers. Further information rela
" tive to the convention can be OBJ
,, tanned from Prin. A. S. Hartman
chairman executive committee.
Through the generosity of Mr.
Mortimer Proctor of Proctor thu
8 Vermont Forestry Association is of
= fering three prizes to the students
C in the high schools and academies o
r the state for the best essays OF
W Forestry in Vermont" Full de
tails will be furnished later.
d The State Board has authorized
!; the commissioner to hold two insti
J. tutes for the instruction of tn
teachers training classes. TIL
80 dates and places are to be announced
later.