Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-11-29
Barton Academy and
Graded School
TRAINING CLASS NOTES
Editor in Chief,

TTaining Glass, VIVA POTTER
TRAINING CLASS NOTES
Miss lone Cameron was absent
from school Friday.
We felt as if we had really en-
tered the teachers world when we
attended our first teachers meeting
Wednesday evening.
A few weeks ago Miss Cameron
| wrote to member OF high scnooI 1n
Louisiana, asking for information on
the natural products of that state and
promising as a reward some Of Yer
mont's maple sugar. An answer
came which said that an express
package containing products Would
be sent. To our surprise writers OF
letters from three southern states
said they had never seen any maple
sugar.
More treasures have been added to
the training class room. A carpen-
ter's bench and a set OF tools mas
been lent for an indefinite length OF
time to the members OF this course
| by F. W. Cutting. By his interest
MIR. Cutting has made possible the
working out Of many problems IN in,
dustrial arts, which will greatly help
us in our school work. One of our
aims in this work is to learn how to
handle skillfully every ordinary tool,
so that we may more easily carry
out one of our rules, eff you haven't
your equipment make it." Both the
teacher and the members of the class
are most grateful to Mr.. Cutting for
his generosity. Besides those al
ready mentioned we have a new saw,
|
we purchased with a small sum of
money left us by last years class.
The training class girls have re-
ceived letters from different towns in
Virginia, telling Of their manufac-
lures and products, and feeling that
the public would be interested in them
we will print them in the school notes
The one we print this week is the one
Miss Prue received from Richmond
which was mentioned last week.
John Marshall High,
Richmond, Va.
Dear Miss Prue:
| received your letter concerning
Virginia's products about a week ago.
| read it aloud and let the class decide
what it wished to do about it. We
decided to send box of the following
/ products Corn, cotton, apples, pea
nuts, holly, chestnuts, persimmons,
sweet potato, tobacco, corn and meal
to you.
l am supposed to write you some
information about Virginia, which I
hope will be entirely satisfactory.
Virginia's climate and riches make
it an ideal state to live in Almost
any thing can be made to grow in its
soil: Just to give you an example of
that, one of our farmers near Rich
mond took an exhibit of the various
products raised on his own farm out
to the Panama exposition and they
numbered nearly three hundred.
However, the products for which Vir-
glnla is most noted are tobacco and
peanuts. Virginia is rich also in
, woods and minerals.
The cities are great manufacturing
= centers. Richmond has the largest
5 plotting paper and tobacco manufac-
/ turing plants in the United States, al
SO cedar works. Although these are
the only ones whichare noted for their
: great size, we have about three thou
sand manufacturing plants in Rich
mond.
Around Richmond are found many
: places of interest. The following are
/ some of them: ST. Johns church,
e where Patrick Henry made his IA
nous speech, The Battlefield of Seven
Pines, The Crater and jamestown.
1t may be interesting to you to know
5 that our high school is on the lot on
which the home of John Marshall, the
great chief justice, which is still pre-
: served, was placed.
1t you wish any MORE specific infor-
nation wish you would let me know,
f and l will be glad to do the best
can for you.
Yours very sincerely,
Julia S. Thomas.
President of the Junior class of
: John Marshall High School. Rich
: mond, Va
B. A NOTES
r Walter Metcalf was absent from
/ school last week hunting sdeer."
!. Ask Robinson if he has found ont
whether squash is a fruit or a
pumpkin.
The, juniors are keeping the usual
! record of fighting, which was proved
oy tnelr class meeting Thursday.
The sophomore class have elected
the following officers: Perley Drew.
president; Maryland Clough, vice pres
ident; Ivah Corley, secretary-treas-
, urer.
A debating club was formed last
week. Leslie Elliott was elected
| chairman. Theda Dunham. Alice
: Wakeman and Perley Drew are the
executive committee.
WESTMORE