The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-08
THAN THOUSAND I
TEACHERS ATTEND
State Convention Held in Burlington
Three Days This Week--Aux-
iliary Organization
Elected Officers.


| Elected Officers.
Burlington, Oct. S.--The total regis
tration of the teachers at the stat
convention of the Vermont Teachers
! association is 1850 and the sessions
| which close to-day, have been very val
liable to those attending.
Yesterday forenoon Frank Pierpon
| Graves, dean of the school of, educa
! tion, University of Pennsylvania, Phil
adelphia, spoke on "The History of Ed
ucational Methods, using stereopticoI
slides for demonstration purposes. Ii
the afternoon DIR. Patty S. Hill of Co
| lumbia university gave an address OF
| Changing Conceptions in the Educa
tion of Young Children
Last evening the Vermont Womer
Teachers club held its annual banquet
at the New Sherwood, with Hugh S
Magill of Washington, d. c., Mary
f. Pennell of Des Moines, Ia, and DIR
Patty Hill of New York City as the
speakers.
At the Hotel Vermont the Vermont
Schoolmasters' club held session
Dean Graves and Hugh S. Magill be.
ing the speakers. During the course
of the evening, the officers for the
coming year were elected as follows:
President, L. d. Smith of Wells Riv.
err; vice president, j. L. Hills of Bur
lington; secretary and treasurer, Il.
Fl. Clowse of Richmond; executive
committee. III. B. Dickinson of ST. Al
bans, f. A. Hamilton of Newport and
r. n Millett of Springfield.
The union superintendent met and
elected officers as follows; President,
Carleton d. Howe, Morrisville; vice
president, Clayton L. Irwin, Bellows
Falls; secretary treasurer, Miss Min
ME HAYS. Essex Junction.
The Headmasters' club, in session
nearly all day yesterday, elected Off
GERS as follows: President II. B. Dick
inson of st. Albans; vice president, A.
S, Hartman of Middlebury; secretary
treasurer, Earle Bradley of Pittsford:
athletic committee, Mr.. Morrill, of Bak-
ersfield, Mr.. Stone of Derby, Mr.. Hunt
of Barre. Mr. Boak of Windsor and
Mr.. Sheldon Of Proctor.
On Tuesday was held a state spelling
contest. each county being entitled TO
two representatives The silver loy-
ing cup offered by the state board of
education to the pupil winning the
contest was captured by Miss Lucille
HartwelI. l3 years Of age. OF Lyndon
vile. who stayed in the center until
all the Others had been spelled down.
The FIVE closest contestants to the
winner. in their order, were, sThel-
ma French, ten-year old maid from
Orange county; Donald Carr, Swan
ton; Isabel Holt, Manchester Center
Clarence Sharpe, Bethel, and Anna
Rome of Burlington.
The contest was in charge of J. d.
Whittier, state supervisor of elemen
tary schools. Principal Earle t. Ira
cey of the Burlington Junior high
school conducted the spelling
The contest lasted an hour and q
half aud in order to floor the four
cisseAt competitors II was necessary
to 40 outside the prescribed list OF
words, the four which were last mis-.
spelled being enthusiasm ''irresist |
ible," 'raiments and "kimono."
A new organization was formed, a |
Vermont branch of the Association of |
Collegiate Al,imnae. About 100 col
lege women were present and the fol-
lowing officers were elected; Pres
ident, Miss Elizabeth G. Isham Of
graduate Of the Universi-
" OF Vermont; vice president. Miss
katherine Worcester of Burlington,
yraduate of Mount Holyoke; secretary.
Mrs. r. D. Carpenter of Burlington,
Brown university; treasurer. Miss
louise Perkins of Rutland. Smith col
ege; members at large, Mrs. Fred
rick Tupper of Burlington, Goucher
'ollege, Mrs. Mason S. Stone OF Mont
,elier; councillor. Dean Pearl Randall
yasson of Burlington, Wellesley.
Teachers Of agriculture in the Yer
mont schools also met and formed an
lrganiEation 10 be known ss the Yer
mont Association Of Agricultural
Teachers Officers we're elected as fol-
ows President, Jasper Wright, Mont
lomery Center; vice president. Wal
ace YeRable. Ieifersonville: secretary
nd treasurer, Howard Hanson, Rich
ord; executive committee, G. c. Mann,
Essex Junction. Kenneth J. Sheldon.
'roctor. and William Mckinley Rob
nson. Orleans.
The teachers Of the teacher training
apartments, already organized, elect
a the following officers: President,
larry B. Sullivan. Vergennes; vice
resident, Mrs. Harriet Ide, Derby;
ecretary. Miss Jocelyn. johnson;
reasWer, Margaret Melklejohn, Poat-
ey.
The first address Of Wednesday aft
rnoon was by the president of the
tate Teachers association. y. r.
reene. who spoke on "The Mission
{ the Teacher" He was followed by
Y. NJ Lewis of Washington. D. c.,
.ho gave the principal address Of the
fternoon. on THE Schools and Ma ,
onal Finance"
That evening Mrs. o. s Morgan of ,
'ew York CITY spoke on the subject. ,
Songs That Live" Deploring the ten ,
pncy Of the time 10 take up popular
Dngs today and let them die Co :
iorrow. Mrs. Morgan named the four !
ell known songs which she thought
sd the best qualities 10 make them ,
We as "Swanee River" Battle Hymn
the Republic, Nearer. NY God. 10
hee- and America" :