The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
EDUCATORS MEET
IN BRATTLEBQR0
About 200 Teachers Attend
Southeastern COnven-
ton Today
| HILLEGAS SPEAKS
THIS AFTERNOON
Thrift Is Keystone Of the Sessions
School the Place Where Nation Is to
Be Made Safe for Democracy-Co,
operation Urged.

operation Urged.
Approximately 200 teachers are in
Brattleboro today attending the annual
meeting Of the Southeastern Vermont
Teachers association in the high school
room. The attendance is considered ex-
cellent, and no doubt a number more
would be present but for the bad trav
cling caused by the warm weather the
past few days. The program centered
around the idea Of thrift and il was of
exceptional interest
Miss Florence NJ Wellman. superin
tendent sof the Brattlchoro schools and
president OF the association, called the
meeting to order about 9.45 clock and
Rev +. Q. $. Oseood gave the invoca-
ton Two patriotic selections were
sung by the pupils Of the eighth grade.
H. H. Gibson Of Montpelier. super
visor Of agriculture, gave the opening
address on Home Projects in Agricul-
ture. He made many practical su@res
/ tions to the teachers as TO developing
the interest Of their pupils. He spoke
at some length on the subject of poul
| try, going into the various phases of
! the work such as keeping record of egg
production. care of tho henhouse, how
to set a hen, eulling out the unprofta
! BE individuals for broilers. keeping
only the best for laying. etc. He sug-
gested that the BOYS and girls be urged
| to exchange ideas on such subjects as
seed potatoes, raising tomato plants
| and choosing early varieties.
| A strong point in Mr.. Gibson IS talk
was his suggestion that instead Of set
ting apart certain plot of ground for
the child in the home garden it would
he better to find out what the family
planned to raise and let the child take
over q certain part Of the work He
urged the planting of big crops this
wear Coordination il the bio aim Of
the department this year and the state
is attempting to bring this about to as
large an extent as possible through the
cooperation of county agents and dis
trict superintendents.
A speaker who was not announced on
the program was Mrs. SNYDER, training
class teacher in Bellows Falls, who told
of her plan Of work with her girls the
coming season. The girls will be
equipped with regulation khaki suits
aud will go ont to work on farms Mrs
SNYDER held the close attention of her
audience.
Hon Fred \. Rowland of Montpelier.
Vermont director for war savings. was
the next speaker. His address was on
The War Savings Movement He ex-
poets the school children of Vermont to
lead the children Of the United States
in war savings He told of the begin
ming of the war savings movement III
England of its adoption bv the con
gresS of the United States and of the
working ont of the plan by President
Frank 4. Nanderlip of the National
city bank of New York Mr.. Rowland
urged the teachers to realize that it
was not merely a duty but privilege
to serve their country In two wears.
Mr.. Rowland said, we expect to raise
about one and onc-half times as much
J money rs has been raised from the
! foundation of our country until now.
! President Wilson says that if this pla,,
: develops thrift in our country ii will
i compensate for all the material losses
OF the war. This is a spendthrift ma
tion, but Vermont Is at the head in
saving. The speaker quoted a state
ment by Elihu Root that Every yard
, Of cloth you keep from your back keeps
: soldier warm; every slice of bread
you refrain from eating feeds a sol
!, der; every pair of shoes you do not
! need, if YOU refrain from wearing. will
: keep a soldier shod >
Mr.. Rowland said that every town
was to be organized and a house to-
house canvass made until two billion
dollars was raised He is confident that
the schools viii do their part. Yer
} mont has exceeded its quota every time
IN the big drives, and must keep it up
A stirring address on School and The
War was given by Dir. James L. Ne
Conaughy, professor Of pedagogy at
Dartmouth college The place in which
a America Is to be made safe for democ.
racy is in our public schools. the speak
er said. If the schools could be closed
II for 10 years we would have the worst
h autocracy the world has ever known
h We are passing through a period OF
q criticism; we are millionaires in criti
! cism and beegars III cooperation A
! teacher as a private citizen may criti
else, but no teacher as teacher ha.
IS any right anywhere to criticise any
a part of the work of our government
y OF course mistakes will be made, bu'
,r your business IS not to eritieise. but t,
\ cooperate If you cannot do that yol