Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-10-19

structure upon foundations Iaid by MT.
stone. The coming of Or Hiliegas was.
he said. an epoch making point in the
educational history of Vermont When
DR.. Hilegas arose to speak he was
greeted with a tremendous ovation. "A d.
Jourmnent followed Immediately after the
close of his address.
COMMISSIONER HILLE6Ns's AD-
DRESS.
The education policy of a state is not
decided by an individual nor by any
group of individuals constituting board.
IT Is an outgrowth of the ambitious and
aspirations OF those who constitute the
citizenship of the State. My task on this
occasion, therefore. is not to outline some
new scheme of educational policy bat
rather to give expression to the desires
and hopes, as | understand them, of par
ents and others who are vitality interest
ed in the welfare of our schools
In every State there is IA desire to have
the best schools possible. No State how
ever has been more willing to do what
it can toward the accomplishment of this
desirable end than has Vermont. At the
state offlce we have just finished COM
piling the educational statistics for the
past year. Brief references to these will
serve to make clear the trend of our
educational advancement
1t is self-evident that if children are
to profit by the influence of the school
they must be in school. Five years ago
the average boy and ,irl in Vermont It,
tended school a total or 'irs d.,.. ana.
ing the wear Du,ino tha na., ,chn,l
, wear our how. AVID ,irIs -, al, a,;o.,oa =,
! tended l41 days positive gain within
i've years of sixteen days or more than
| three school weeks. Not alone do we
nave longer school year but our par
their chiIdron 10 ot.a,,a o,,+ -, -.
one hundred children between the ages
OF i've and eighteen, eighty-six were
registered IN our .publlc schools. When we
a"u TO 'hose IN the public schools tho
,cohsioerahle number who attend private
ana parochlal schools we have reason to
ieei proud OF the large proportion OF
those or school age WHO are in attendance
III vermont with that OF other states. a
large proportion of our school population
Is louhd IN rural sections, sometimes re-
mote IRON the schools. Vermont mas,
nevertheless. always ranked high as re-
sards regularity OF school attendance.
For more than ten years ninety-two out
OF every hundred children who have been
registered in school have attended each
day When we consider the condition
of many OF our roads during part of the
.'''' NV SUI ms anu 'ilt ulIIlCHlNits III
VOWED IN getting children to school. we
nave cause to congratulate ourselves.
This does not mean that we should relax
our efforts to keep children in school
put II does SHOW that there is through
out the state n most Wholesome attitude
on 'he part or parents and others toward
the Importance of the school. This
Judgment ON the part Of our citizens rep
resehts Very tangible asset and no
consideration OF our educational policy
should fan to mention it.
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