Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-13
GOOD SHOWING MADE
IN SCHOOL GARDENS
Profit of sos Last Year Besides
$500 Invested in Tools, Cold
Frames, etc.-Project Will Be
Continued Next Summer
Somewhere in City

Not only did the gardens maintained
under the direction of the Burlinton
school department sustain themselves
during 1918. but they METER a profit of
$1OS3S, besides some $500 more invested
in tools, tool houses, cold frames. spray
ers, etc. according to the annual report
Of the school gardening committee. read
Mon. night by Chairman Gardner Brewer
to the school commissioners. This was
a pleasing report to those interested, in
asmuch as in 1917 the department was
obliged 10 pay some Of the bills contract
ed which the sales of the produce did not
cover.
In the school garden finances s3,o15. ss
was taken up by public subscription, in
Guiding the $500 annually appropriated by
the school department, and $75933 real
lied from the sale of produce, of which
the school department took one-quarter
of the entire crop to assist in paying ex-
penses. The total financial assistance
given was $3.775.29.
Out of that appropriation came the
salary of Miss Georgia p. Devine, the
supervisor. $1,2sO; labor, $695.46: fertilizer,
s672A blowing, s299.5O: rent of land, 500;
tools purchased, 1926; tool houses,
sashes and cold frames erected, s211. 3s;
seed. $250.51; spraying, $3.50; telephone,
s19.66; printing. $500; total cash on hand,
$10S.3S.
The adult garden on North avenue just
paid for itself. The land was rented for
s265 In Individual plots and s75O was
realized from spraying. The land cost
to the committee $751;; blowing cost s111. Is
and spraying cost s5O35, making a total
or $312.50, which was the exact amount
realized from the garden owners.
do h,, fhn ,AoI
department as to the location Of gar
den this year, but it will be carried out
somewhere in the city
OTHE BUSINESS SETTLED
Supt. Merritt D. Chittenden will repre-
sent the Burlington public school at a
three-day conference at ST. Louis Mo-.
on February 20. q and % Of the National
Society for Vocational Education and on
his return eastward will stop at Chicago
on February "a to March / to represent
the Burlington schools at the national
superintendent conference of the Ma
tional Education association. His ex-
penses will be paid by the department.
A communication signed by Miss Clara
+. Titze. Mrs. Bessie Ranslow. Miss Della
l.. Calvert and Miss Margaret W. Hagar,
all teachers at the Ira Allen school, for
car fare at the rate of 10 cents per school
day. to be paid by the school department
because of the long distance which they
have to walk, was received. No action
was taken by the board.
A report concerning the enrolment at
the night school was given by Superin-
| tendent Chttenden, which showed that
las pupils were registered and that an
| average attendance Of so pupils each
night Is being maintained.
On recommendation Of Superintendent
Chittenden. after an investigation of his
standing at the University of Vermont,
l.. d. Der Giragosian was granted a
diploma by the board, which will signify
that he graduated from the Burlington
high school two years ago Der Grago-
/ sian, who is an Armenian, attended high
school in Armenia before coming to this
country but in massacre his teacher
/ was murdered and the records of the
school were destroyed. He attended the
high school and had a good record but
was not granted a diploma.
! Eight checker boards, made by the
manual training pupils of the high
, school. were donated for use Of the SOL
diers in the hospital at Fort Ethan Allen.
These boards were made up at cost
of II cents each.
Superintendent Chittenden was author
lied to advance working capital to the
various schools so as to enable them to
buy War Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps. The school department will
act only as a medium for the selling OF
such government securities and will not
| lose any money by it.
Bills for the month of January and up
to a part of February were ordered paid
| when approved by the finance commit
tee. The largest item was for coal, which
totalled $3,6i3.9s to the L. S. Adslt COM
pany.