The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
Winooski Valley Association
Holding Fourth Meeting
at Montpelier
THE ATTENDANCE
is AT TJT 45o
Gov. Graham, c : mr. Hille-
gas, Fred A. $ wland and
Others he To-day

The fourth .. dial conference Of the
Winooski Valley Teachers association
opened to-day in Montpelier and viii
continue through tomorrow The ses.
sions are 60 be held at the Montpelier
high school building except the meeting
this evening when Rev. George Adam OF
the British war Office and Prof Talcott
Williams of Columbia university will
speak in the Montpelier city hall About
400 teachers are attending. The meeting
this evening will be open to the public.
The program of the conference opened
this morning with prayer offered by Rev.
Wesley Meade Of Montpelier, which was
followed by two selections by the sew.
enth grade of the Montpelier city schools.
who sang Dream and Snow Flakes and
Desert Song" under the direction of
Miss Jessie Wharton
State Fuel Administrator III. j. NJ.
Jones gave short talk to the teachers
upon the part which the teachers can
play, touching upon the fuel conditions
as they are in Vermont and the need of
wood being cut, and giving history OF
the fuel conditions throughout the coun-
try. He urged the teachers to take home
to each town the information about the
critical condition and told them to en-
courage the cooperation of parents in
the effort to conserve coal and get sup
ply of wood for next year
Miss Mary Bresnahan gave a demon
stration of teaching French to seventh
and eighth grades, which was probably
one of the most interesting parts of the
program. The children of those grades
carried on French conversation with their
teacher, who demonstrated the useful
ness of teaching by having before the
children the subjects TO be talked about.
She selected the preparing of table for
a repast and brought out a few amusing
incidents to liven up the demonstration.
Gov. II. f. Graham was accorded con-
applause when he was intro
iuced as the speaker of the morning. He
discussed the war problems, how these
affect the schools, urged cooperation in
The numerous additional duties that have
been placed upon the teachers and spoke
of how kindly they are accepting these.
Fred A. Rowland, state director of the
war savings movement, discussed for the
teachers many of the details of that
work, urging the teachers that care be
Ised in not overriding the campaign ut
he start and telling them things which
t has not as yet been possible to get be-
ore them in the way of publicity.
In discussing "The Teachers !Opportu
lity." State Commissioner of Education
VI. B. Iiillegas told the teachers that the
ountry will have to depend to large
xtent upon the children to be leaders
nd urged the teachers to train their
tudents along that line so that they
nay rise to the occasion and become the
saders in the great effort that must be
arried on at home during the war
Miss Mabel Carney of the teachers
ollege of Columbia university gave
nished talk upon 'The Country Teach
RS Part in the Great War"
Miss Carney emphasized three points,
first teachers should stick on the job
second) they should do better work by
rganizing farm clubs, etc; third they
hould specialize in war activities, pre-
airing children for the problems Incl
ent to the war.
1t was impossible To finish the program
afore dinner. This afternoon was given
conferences upon different subjects in
he different rooms of the building. the
,eakers for the most part being those
educational work with J. H. Gowdey.
anager of the New England Telephone
lmpany, and George X. Putnam of the
cretary's office of the National Life In
france company, discussing commercial
aiming in actual practice.