Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-07

tho figures In the registration office at
the close of the first afternoon, there were
910 teachers registered for the list annual
association, which opened hero yesterday
This represents a partial registration
however, and is very incomplete as a
great many of the superintendents to
whom tickets were sent to handle among
the teachers in each district have not yet
reported. Also, there are always many
teachers in the city who do not register
until the second day, and in some sections
of the State, the schools were kept open
yesterday. but will be closed to-day and
tomorrow. For these and other reasons.
It is expected that the registration will
be greatly increased to-day.
| The list annual convention swung into
motion with a rush. At the first meeting
Of the regular convention program. held
yesterday afternoon. the Strong Theatre
| was filled and many were standing. II
| looked as though the teachers planned to
| take an active interest In the meetings
and make the convention a decided sue
| cess
! Features of the first day of the con-
vention were the address by William
! Mathcr Lewis. director of the savings di-
vision. treasury department, Washing
ton, d. g.. the State spelling contest: and
the address in the evening by Mrs. Q. 5.
Morgan of New York city.
STATE SPELLING CONTEST
There was a great deal of intcrcst
/ the state spelling contest. in which p
school children, representing II counties
of Vermont, took part. Each county had
/ tH-e privilege of entering two contestants
/ The silve, loving cup offered by the
State Board of Education to the pu-
pil winning the contest was captured
! by Miss Lucille Hartwell. II years oi
age, of Lyndonvile, who stayed ir
the contest until all the others hac
/ been spelled down.
'rhe five closest contestants to the
winner. in their order, We're: Thelmf
French, a ton-ycar-o,d maid from
! OranEt county; Donald Carr, Swanton
Isabel Holt, Manchester Center; CIar
encc Sharpe. Bethel; and Anna ROM
! of Burlington.
The contest was in charge of J. I
Whittier. State Supervisor of ele
mentarN schools. Principal Earle 7
Tracey, of the Burlington Junior Higl
School, conducted the spelling.
1t was hard fought contest an
lasted about All hour and half. |,
order to eliminate the last four con
testants, it was necessary to resort t
words outside the regular list whic
had been prepared. The words whic
finally "floored" the four closest con
testers for the spelling championshi
were: "enthusiaSm,' 'irresistible,
"raiment" and "kimono." The fact tina
this last word came to a boy may eX
plain some things.
Besides those mentioned above, tn
school pupils who took part in tn
contest were Emily Vaughn, She|
hurne. Adelaide Humphrey. Newport
Hazel Miles, IrasburE Beatrice Che
vette. Rloomfield; Dorothy Claffli'
White River jet; Barbara jackson
Panton; Donald Townshend, Ver
gennes Thelma Haaron, st. Johnsbur1
, Doris Guyette. Swanton: oliver Law
renee. South Shaftsbury; Hazel Glib
stowe: Rebecca Briggs. Morrisvil'
Elva Bohannon, Aburg; and Mldre
Hazen, Alburg.
t Following the contest. a group pi,
: turc of those who participated in
was taken. As many of the partic
r pants as wish to go were then take
!, for an automobile ride about the cit
= transportation being furnished by ii
T. Chamber of Commerce.
4 CONVENTION COMMITTEES
During the afternoon session at TT
Strong the following nominating commi
tee was elected to present the names
officers of the association for the con
: ing year H. B, Dickinson of st, Alban
= Eliza Allen of Lyndonvlle, A. W. Wal
:, of Middebury, Harvey Burbank of Dal
vile and Josie Martin of Richford
,, resolutions committee was appoin {,
. by President F.. f, Greene as follow
q i. w. Wallace of Enosburg Falls. A.
. Hartman of Middlebury and Miss JUG
=, Of Bellows Falls,
q The principal address of the aftcrnoo
given by w. NJ, Lewis of Washingto
-. c., was enthusiastically received by
y large gathering. The statement of NJ
4 Lewis that "the greatest need In Amerit
to-day is to make American youth reali
= the value of a dollar was heartily a
n plauded. Mr.. Lewis said that the reasC
= that the savings division of the Unite
f States government had not gone out
o business at the close of the war was b
a cause the government wants to help Il
d people of this country. especially Il
# young people, to create habits of thrii
e THE boy or girl who saves thri
II stamp week and converts these STAN
J. INTO war savings CertlncateS, Will new
Il become a Bolshevist." declared Mr.. Lew
y because he is a bond holder Of tho go
d ornmcnt"
'r COLLEGIATE ALUMNAE
% One of tho important conferences
- yesterday was that at which was orga
% aed Vermont branch of the Associate
- Of Collegiate Alumnae. This was an g
-, thusastic meeting with about 100 cole
=, women present constitution W
adopted and the new organization start
on It's way. Officers were elected as Il
lows; President, Miss Elizabeth
lshap OF Burlington, graduate of the III
IN versity of Vermont; vice president, Nj
Katherine Worcester of Burlingto
graduate of Mount Hoyoke; secretai
1t Mrs. +, d. Carpenter of Burlingto
II Brown University; treasurer. Miss Loui
l. Perkins of Rutland. Smith Collep
e members at large, Mrs. Frederick Tu
= per of Burlington, Goucher College, NJ
N Mason S. Stone of Montpelier; council'
1t Dean Pearl Randall Wasson of Burlin
ton. Wellesley