The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-11

actions that may have taken place
1t is, therefore, impossible to indicate
the exact number of boys and girls
who were enrolled in what came to be
known as the Green Mountain
Guard" 1t is safe to say that not less
than 10000 of the pupils below high
school assisted in gardening, food pro-
duction and food conservation during
the summer
F., The results have been tabulated
and are reasonably accurate. 1t de-
yelops that during this summer the
members of the Green Mountain
Guard produced at least 28,691 bush
els of potatoes, 1000 bushels of beans,
1852 bushels of corn and canned 49,
095 quarts. In addition to this large
quantities of other vegetables were
produced.
The work thus undertaken should
not be confused with school garden
activities. The childrens assistance
in the home garden was urged and
while many children had their own
gardens by far the greater number
worked to better advantage with
father and mother.
There is every reason to believe
that during this first year of the war
the teachers and children of Vermont
did more in proportion toward food
production and conservation than was
accomplished in any other state.
At meeting of the department CT
superintendent held in Atlantic City
early in 1918, school principal from
one Of the New Jersey cities present
ed to the convention what was there
regarded as a remarkable achieve
ment in food production by school
children. In the audience was a sup
erintendent of Vermont who repre-
scented a city of less than one-half the |
size of the New Jersey place The |
Vermont superintendent might have |
given, had he been privileged, state
ment of achievement for his city |
which would have surpassed by more !
than one-half what had been accom- !
plished in the New Jersey city of |
twice the size The speaker in the |
curse o his address gave his aims |
and ambitions for the coming year,
yet these did not surpass the achieve
ments of he smaller Vermont city for
tbs preyio.1 year.
The clos ng day of the Vermont
State Teachers association conven-
ton here was passed today with a
large number of teachers attending, |
more than usually remaining for the
final day of the convention.
Officers We're elected today as fol-
lows; President, Edwin L. Green,
Richford; yice-president, Ralph c.
Mayo Stowe; secretary, Miss Flor
ence WeIman, Brattleboro; treasur
er, e. A Hamilton, Newport; execu-
Ella Franklin, Rutland,
Donald w. McCleland Bennington; 4
board of directors, Mary Bailey, Il
G. A. Davis St Johnsbury l
Ethel EDDY Brattleboro for 1921; /
Earl Bradley, Essex Center, l.. d.
Smith. Wells River, Eleanor Clark, Il
for 1922
The following committees were APP
pointed Registration. f. S Abbott,
Caroline Griswold, Mont.
pelier, J. A. Davis. St Johnsbury;
legislative committee, d. p Locke,
Rutland, H. f. Hurst Swanton, Rose
Lucia, Montpelier, auditing, Supt.
Leavenworth. Casleton, Supt Howe,
Fair Haven. Supt. Kldder, Proctor.
After the election of officers, DR..
George d. Strayer of Columbia univer
sity gave an excellent address upon
He would not have a one
teacher schoolhouse, nor would he
have less than eve acres of land. He
asked how the people could expect
boy to grow up under conditions
which gave him no place for sports
and nothing but study.
Secretary w II. Jeffrey of the
state board of charities and correc-
ton and States Commissioner of Edu
cation NJ b. Hiilegas were among the L
other speakers of the forenoon.