The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
VERMONT SCHOOL NOTES.
Varied Announcements By Commissioner
NJ. f. Hillegas.

The normal schools OF Vermont. which
will open Monday, Sept. Is, will have a
large attendance, according to informa-
tion received by State Commissioner NJ.
f. Hillegas. Each school has increased
its teaching staff and the number Of crit.
c teachers in the training class. At the
| johnson Normal school there is now a
critic teacher in charge of each room in
the training school.
The teachers training schools in Mont
pefer seminary, Peoples academy at
| Morrisyile. the Essex Junction high
school and the Randolph high school re-
port classes with more than IA students.
This entities them to an assistant teach
err.
Since the first of July nearly 200 Yer
mont teachers have been recertifcated
under the new regulations. This has in
volved a large amount of correspondence
and investigation on the part of the COM
missioner's office. The work is now near
y completed. Very few life certificates
under the new plan will be issued this
year. One of the results of the new sys-
tenn OF certification has been a large Mt
tendance at the various summer schools.
About one third OF the teachers of Yer
mont attended at least three weeks of
summer school. This is q record that
has not been approached by any other
state in the union. The attendance was
not limited to the institutions in Yer
mont. There were Vermont teachers at
George Washington university, Washing |
ton, Columbia university, University OF
New York, Simmons college, Harvard |
and Dartmouth college,
According to the new regulation towns |
will receive state aid according to the /
kind of certificate held by the teachers in
their rural schools. S4 week being al
lowed for the life certificate S3 for the
qualification certificate and 81 for the
certificate. The state will
give trained teachers rebates only to
towns which employ teachers holding one
Of the new certificates.
Revised List of Junior High Schools.
The revised list OF junior high schools
is as follows: Jeffersonville, Cabot, Plain
field, North Troy, Highgate Center, Es
sex Center, Burlington, Waitsfeld, South
Royalton, Hnesburg and Randolph Cen
ter
/ Ht NtdNuCiS tldiHiliE AitcCNN h''S
been granted to Brigham academy, Bak- /
,rsfeld, Wilmington, Swanton and South ,
Rovalton.
Norman Frost has been granted a
rear's leave of absence from his duties
IS superintendent of the Washington
vest district for professional study at ,
Columbia university William H. Oar !
ow of Putney has been elected by the !
tate board to fill the vacancy. !
Supt. John d. Whittier of the Benning- !
on central district has been granted two ,
months leave of absence by the state I
'oard for the purpose of working with t
he extension department of the univer
ity. which is engaged in preparing ex-
ibits of boys and girls club work to be n
hown at the national dairy show men v
ioned above. The temporary vacancy in !
is district is to be filled by Mrs. Edward \
mith of Bennington. !
Through the generosity of Mortimer
rector of Proctor the Vermont Forestry
ssociation is offering three prizes to the
tudeuts in the high schools and scad p
mics of the state for the best essays on
Forestry in Vermont" Full details will
e furnished later.
The 500 voted to each superintendent u
V the board of education at its meeting eI
Aug 10 takes the place Of the tray OF
ing account" of last year. For this d;
100, the superintendents need keep no h'
Duchers nor render any accounts. In al
Idition to this. the usual office ex- pt
snse9 account viii he allowed at the end m
the year. For this an account must 81
rendered and vouchers presented. This Ia
eludes only such office expenses as can Ia
lecitimately charged 10 the state and W
ould not contain items that should be III
arged to the towns. vi
The state board has authorized the 81
mmissioner to hold two Institutes for
e instruction Of the teachers training vi
isses. The dates and places are to be ho
nounced later. fr,
A committee has been appointed to in vi
stigate the purchasing Of phonograph To
cords These records are to make
-culat'ng library for distribution an
long the junior high schools in.
The resignation of Walter II. Siple as th
.tructor Of science and expression AZ nj
E John Normal school has been accept thI
fr