The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-26
CONG. f. L..GREENE
SPOKE TO TEACHERS
Directors of State Association Voted ia
Invest $500 in Liberty
Bonds.

ST. Albans, Oct 26.--The second day
meeting of the State Teachers conven
tion opened at the city hall this morn
ing with larger attendance of visitor
than yesterday, when about $50 wer'
lpresent. Fl. Z. Olson played violin Sc
lections and the invocation was Offered
by Rev John Benjamin Magee, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church. The
speaker was Congressman Frank l.
Greene of this city.
The directors of the association voted
this morning to invest $500 in Liberty
bonds.
| At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Headmaster's club G. r. Stackpole of Wi
nooski was elected president and Fred
eric Edwards of Montpelier, secretary.
A. S. Hartman of Middlebury was elect
ed a member of the athletic committee
in place of James G. Walker, resigned.
There is no change in the athletic rules.
There was an informal discussion relat-
ing to the welfare of the schools of Ver
mont.
Three school reunion luncheons were
held this noon, about 60 former students
of the Castleton Normal school meeting
at the Baptist church, over so johnson
Normal school graduates at the Congre-
gational church and 25 Middlebury col
lege graduates also at the Congregation
al church
Departmental meetings were held dur
ing the morning and afternoon. This
morning at the Congregational church
junior high school conference took place
with Clyde NJ. Hill. state supervisor of
Junior high schools, chairman. ]. V.
Cobleigh of Burlington was chairman of
the commercial conference WHICH was
held at the high school room. At the
high school assembly room music con-
ference was held with Charles II. Wood
of Springfield as chairman, and Prof. Leo
r. Lewis of Tufts college, member of
the advisory committee on music of the
Boston public schools, gave an address
on High School Music Credits" AT a
modern language conference which took
place at Eagles hall, Prof. Everett Skill
Iings Of Middlebury college acted as
chairman; and Supt. John d. Whittier
Of South SALISBURY was chairman of a !
rural school conference held at the city |
hall At the rural school conference,
Miss Mabel Carney of Teachers college, |
Columbia university, gave an address on
Possibilities of the Rural School"
Miss Ruth Fisher sang several solos I
II the opening of the afternoon meeting.
The Rit. Rev. Hon. Sir George Reid, late
for Australia, gave the
principal address, speaking on the sub
ect, What America Stands for in HUI
nan Progress"
Four departmental meetings were held
his afternoon. At the city hall took
lace a conference on English with Prin.
BESSIE Bacon Goodrich of the johnson
'tate Normal school as chairman, and
he speaker was Miss Jennie Hall of the
lincoln school, New York City. An agri-
ultural round table conference took
lace at Eagles hall and Prof. F. B.
enks of the University of Vermont,
tate supervisor of agricultural teaching,
fas acting chairman. OF home eco
omics round table conference held at
he First Congregational church. Prof.
ertha NJ Terrilk~of the University of
ermont. was acting chairman. Chair
ian Cobleigh held another commercial 1
difference.
The Vermont Schoolmasters club and |
lie Vermont Women Teachers club will
eet this evening.