Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-12-21
HOME ECONOMICS HEAD NEXT
Education Department Decides
on New High School Official.
APPOINTMENT 10 Tie Nnde as soon As
Right Person In Eound-Stntc Ag-
r,cuituraI schools Have
Many Needs.

supervisor of home economics, TO
lave general charge OF home economies,
'hc department of Nermont's high school
system. Will be appointed as soon as the
right person for the place can he found.
Assistant Dean Floyd h. jerks of the
state college of agriculture, who has been
director OF the teaching Of agriculture in
the high schools of the state since the be-
ginning Of the academic year, said SO Fri
day.
1t may be two or three months before
the appointment can be made, Professor
jerks minated, but the announcement
of the fact is significant to those who
have followed the development Of the
Junior high school idea OF the cdu-
Cational departments intent Eight or min @
new Junior high schools were instituted
at The opening OF the school year, and a
supervisor Of Junior high schools In the
person Of clyde NJ. hin was appointed
Al the same lime many new teachers Of
agriculture and home economics were ap-
pointed. The next step means the sys-
teni1tiIing of ;his phase Of the work OF
the high Cchools. senior and junior alike.
MORE FUNDS FOR RANDOLPH
The trustees Of the state school OF
agriculture, in their annual report for the
year ending June ~ 1916 of the Randolph
school urge The need Of increasing the
maintenance appropriation OF the school
from SEQ" to SD.HN. in order that the
schoois teaching stan may be strength
ened and its plan maintained and i'm
proved. They say:
From the present ANNA! appropriati ton
OF $1,000 the trustees are able to pay sal
aries ranging from sl,2N0 20 SlSp. Tho
present demand for men adedual ely TRIM
cd in agriculture TO serve as teachers. ~
ents, etc. is SO great that it Is increa singly
difficult for The trustees to secure and re-
tain the grade Of men needed to give sat
iSfactory instruction Men are needed
VINO POSSESS the requisite uualif,ca, lions
for . successful county agent, namely.
'"nt%r training in agriculture and suf1-
'i"ff practical experience go that the
CLASS room instruction they give NAV be
applied in'ellgcntv by their pupils to
SPECIFIC farm problems. New ENGLAND
county agents receive salaries ranging
from $l,fp to $500 or mora II is unfair
70 IN" youth Of Vermont who spend two
years in school Of agriculture to offer
anything but he very best grade Of teach
ing"
The trustees mention several buildings
that require enlargement or repairs, and
recommend some new buildings. Two
houses for instructors, An assembly bui!d-
ing Whlch might be used for gymnasium
IN winter dairy building, an annex to
the Darn etc They now have 81. Oh. g, on
haHd Tor n dorrnitory. OF this moro than
Si',|O remained over on July l. 1915. from
the PREVIOUS appropriation for the plir-
pose. The trustees believe that II the
General Assembly thinks n dormitorv
should be put up at Randolph Center the
iunds available should be Increased tn
s+i"D a dornitory able to accommodate
~ STUDENTS should lie built. in their opin-
ION, the present dormtorv to he torn
down and the material from il to be used
in the new building
LYNDON SCHOOLS NHHDS
inc trustees. in their review Of the
work OF the T. Vail agricultural school
and farms At Lyndon Center. point 70
these needs: sE.vn to provide a class
ROOM laboratory. dormitory and dining
room accommodations: 1900 to remodel
we Iarm blacksmith shop: the increase
oI ~" maintenance appropriation from
81 -" to t2p.GNG