The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-28
W'TLLIAMSTOU,N
Dedication of School Building, New Por-
ton Gift of Mrs. L. L. Ainsworth.

DSuiNoIAon VI oChool BUILDING New FoI-
ton Gift Of Mrs L. L. Ainsworth.
An event of unusual interest to the
citizens Of Williamstown took place yes
terday afternoon, when the greatly en-
larged school building in the village was
dedicated with appropriate exercises. The
new portion of the building, which more
than doubles its size, was erected to ac-
eommodate the recently organized junior
high school and is the gift of Mrs. Laura
L. Ainsworth to the town for that pur-
pose.
ii. Nj, Jeffords, chairman Of the school
board, presided over the gathering, and
the interest Of the community was evil
denced by the fact that the seating &C.
commodations in the spacious assembly
room Of the school were over-taxed,
number having to stand throughout the
exercises. Proceedings were opened with
the singing of the patriotic hymn, 80,
God, Beneath Thy ending Hand" fol-
lowed by prayer, offered by Rev. John
Robinson.
Superintendent Waldo F. Glover then
spoke briefly in behalf of the donor, who
was not able to be present, telling how
the school needs of the town same TO her
attention and how the junior high school
idea, coinciding with her own IDEAS and
wishes for better things for the children
OF Williamstown, so appealed to her as
to result in her offer to provide the nee
essary accommodation for it.
The architect, Frank A. Walker, OF
Barre, not being present, Mrs Walker
spoke for him, voicing his pleasure in
having something to do with providing
better school accommodations than were
available for himself when Williams.
town boy, and adding practical and help
full remarks on the value and care of
the building.
Rev. John Irons responded for the
school board and the town, expressing
appreciation and thanks for Mrs. Aims
worth's kindly interest and generosity
and adverting to the genuine pleasure
and satisfaction 1t gives her TO help
young people get the best possible start
In life, Proper equipment is necessary
to the best school work and this gift
viii be of inestimable value to the boys
and girls and cause of pride to the
town.
After a song by the school, the chair
man introduced Dr. Milo b. Hillegas of
Montpelier, state commissioner of edu-
cation, who gave a splendid address on
the marks of a good school Some of
these marks are, busy school, where
no one is idlng; a school that concerns
itself with community interests; happy
school, one where the work is a pleasure
to the pupils; a school the community is
interested in, where visitors are so fire.
quent that they neither embarrass the
pupils or feel embarrassed by them; a
school whose cost ia not cheap. On the
last point Dr. Hillegas cheerfully pre-
dieted to his hearers that they would
have TO pay more and more for their
schools.
Rev Arthur w. Hewitt Of the state
board Of education, who was scheduled to
speak, was not able to be present, but
Supt. H, D. Casey Of Springfield, former.
ly OF Williamstown, pleased his many
friends in the audience by addressing it.
He saw in the new building the fulfill.
ment Of his own dreams for the town,
and Justified modern ideas and the mod.
ern school as a worthy successor to the
little red schoOlhouse that had done
splendid work in its day.
The exercises closed with the singing
OF America" after which the audience
dispersed about the building for pur-
poses of inspection, the domestic science
room with its fine and complete equip
ment and the manual training room in
the basement coming in for particular
notice. A number of the matrons pres,
ent were heard TO express the wish that
they might begin school all over again.
It is believed that the general feel,
ing of the people Of the town is that
Mrs Ainsworth has placed them under
an additional debt of gratitude by this,
her latest fine gift Earl Batchelder of
Barre was the contractor who had charge
Of the work