Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-13
VERMONT TEACHERS
STATE CONVENTION
The 1159 Teachers Hold One q,
the Most Helpful Meetings
Of the Association

=. ies iSIratlon or the teach
go q. the state convention of the
~ oht 1eacners' association is 1889
~ u ne sessions, which closed Friday
tending. SAose ae-
Thursday forenoon Franz p;ar
pont Graves, dean of the school Of
eoucatlon University of Pennsvlva-
ma, Philadelphia, spoke on ssThe His
tory OF Educational Methods using
Ject, Songs That Live" DeplorinS
popular songs today and let them die
tomorrow. Mrs. Morgan Named the
stereopticon slides for demonstratio,,
purposes. In the afternoon DR. pat
" ,. hill OF Columbia university oava
an address on Changing Conceptions
In the Education of Young Children -
thursday evening the Vermont
Women Teachers club held its an
nual banquet at the New Sherwood.
with Hugh S. Magill of Washing,
ton, ID. c., Mary E. PennelI of Des
M,oines, Ia, and DR.. Patty Hill of
New York City as the speakers.
AT the Hotel Vermont the Vermont
schoolmasters' club held a session.
Dean Graves and Hugh S. Magill
being the speakers. During the
course of the evening, the officers for
the coming year were elected as fol-
lows; President, I. d. Smith of
wells River; vice-president, j. l..
hills OF Burlington; secretary and
treasurer, E. II. Clowse of Rich
mond; executive committee. II. Z.
Dickinson of st. Adams, E. A. Ham
iiton CT Newport and r. N. Millett
Of Springfield
The union superintendent met
ana elected officers as follows: Pre-
sldent, Carton D. Howe, Morrisville
vlce-president, Clayton l.. Irwin.
Bellows Falls; secretary-treasurer,
Miss Minnie Hays, Essex junction.
The Headquarters club in session
nearly all day Thursday elected Of
ficers as follows: President II. B.
Dickinson of st. Adams; vice presid-
/ ent, a S. Hartman of Middlebury /;
| secretary-treasurer, Earle Bradley of
/ Plttsford; athletic committee, Mr..
| Morrill, OF Bakersfield, Mr.. Stone of
Derby, Mr.. Hunt of Barre, Mr.. Boal,
of Windsor and Mr.. Sheldon Of Proc
/ tor.
On Tuesday was held state spell
ing contest, each county being en-
I titled 70 TWO representatives.. The
/ silver loving cup offered by the state
board of education to the pupil win
/ mig the contest was captured by Miss
/ Lucille Hartwell, Is years of age, of
/ Lyndonville, who stayed In the cen
er until all others had been spelled
/ down.
The five closest contestants To the
/ winner, In their order, were; Thel-
ma French, ten year old maid from
/ Orange county; Donald Carr, Swan
l ton; Isabel Holt, Manchester Center
Clarence Sharpe, Bethel; and An
ma Rome of Burlington.
! The contest was In charge of j.
/ d. Whittier, state supervisor of
elementary schools. Principal Earle
4 T. Tracey of the Burlington junior
high school conducted the spelling.
The contest lasted an hour and a
| half and in order 70 'tfoor" the four
closest competitors it was necessary
TO 90 outside the prescribed list OF
words. the four which were last mis-
spelled being enthusiasm" ''irresist-
| ible," tfraiment" and "kimono."
A new organization was formed, a
| Vermont branch of the Association OF
Collegiate Alumnae. About 100 col
lege women were present and the
| following officers were elected: Pres
| ideut. Miss Elizabeth c. Isham OF
Burlington, graduate of the Unlver-
sity of Vrmont; vice-president, Miss
| Katherine Worcester of Burlington
graduate of Mount Holyoke; secre-
| tarv. Mrs. f. ID. Carpenter of Bur
lington, Brown university; treasurer
| Miss Louise Perkins of Rutland
Smith college; members at large, Mrs
Frederick Upper of Burlington
Goucher college; Mrs. Mason ). Stone
of Montpelier; councillor, Dean Pear
Randall WATSON of Burlington, Wei
lesley.
Teachers of agriculture in the Yer
mont schools also met and formed
an organization to be known as tn'
Vermont Association of Agrlcuitur
al Teachers. Officers were electe'
as follows; President, Jasper Wrlgn
Montgomery Center; vice-presldent
wallace Venable, Jeffersonville sec
retary and treasurer, Howard Han
SON. Richford; executive committee
q C. Mann. Essex Junction.; ken
meth ]. Sheldon, Proctor; and WI
= liam Mckinley Robinson. Orleans.
The teachers of the teachers tran
ing departments, already organizes
elected the following officers: Pres
dent. Mary B. Sullivan, Vergennes
vice-president,, Mrs. Harriet Ide
| Derby; treasurer, Margaret MelKi'
Il John. Poultney.
i The first address of Wednesda
: afternoon was by the president o.
l. State Teachers association, =.
: Greene. who spoke on Tine Mlsslo
of the Teacher" He was 1oho"g
r bv w. NJ. Lewis of Washington,
c.. who gave the principal azores