The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-24
Orleans County
Wins Contest


was dropped out.
At the final contest J. d. Whittier
deputy commissioner of the Stat
Board of Education, called off tn
words and. Principal Davis of the 81
Johnsbury Academy and Supt Hard
ing of Concord were the judges. Be
ginning at first with easy words i
was finally necessary to go on t.
high gear and in the second perio,
some very puzzling words were givei
out. The contestants who had stayed
through the first period soon fell b!
the wayside. James Ramsey of Nc
Indocs Falls spelt plenteous with an
and retired Adelaide Humphrey o!
Newport spelt terminal with final e
while Lucille Haltwell spelt disburse
with a final j. This left Mill Miles
of Irasburg, the winner of the con-
test, who left the stage amid great
applause.
Mr.. Whittier complimented all the
contestants on their fine work and
said a state spelling contest would be
arranged in the fall where he hoped
to meet them all again.
Conferences Friday afternoon were
followed in the evening by an address
by DR.. M. B. Hillegas, State Commits
sioner of Education.
As usual Dr. Hillegas came up to
expectations and gave everyone an
interesting as we'll as an instructive
address on the Educational Coadi-
tons in Vermont
He spoke first in respect to the
teaching PROCESSION as ,uch, and his
address was very similar TO the one
he delivered Thursday evening a. Or
leans. He claimed that much trouble
resulted from a lack of relation be-
tween the teachers and parents. The
teachers should cultivate a language
understood by the parents in regard
to the school work, and should know
them personally. A report card Is
not enough, but should be supple
mented by conversation.
Altho the American educational
program was the one thing not crit
icized during the war, he gave some
examples of its deficiency.
It is a fact that of 100000 teachers
$50 600 are under u years of age,
and $4,000 of these have had no high
school education or special training
for their work. He also remarked
that $4,000 was lost yearly to teach-
e1' agencies. Vermont is now trying
to establish a state registration pu-
reau. of which further particulars
will be announced later. /
The singing of the Academy Girls
Glce Club was pleasant feature OF
the evening and the girls were heart
lily encored.
All the business session Saturday
these officers were elected: Pres'' ~
u Mathewson, Lyndonville; vice
pres. Helen S. Williams, Danvllie;
Sec Anna |. Atkinson, Newbury
treas, Ethelyn NJ. Shepard; executive
com. J. A. Davis, St. Johnsbury'
chairman, G. A. Jameson. West
Burke. Anna NJ. Stevens, St. johns
h,7rv. com. on standard rural schools,
sum l.. D. Smith, Wells River, Supt !
s. c. Harding, Concord, Mrs. Ma.lie
pierce. Mrs. Fanny d. Aldrlch, MIS- !
Col,je I. Clifford East Ryegate.
pres. Burbank announced that the
total registration for the convention
was 2lS. After passing resolutions
and transacting other business me |
convention adjourned Saturday noon
Anna Atkinson, Mary Hale, Eugene
A. Domey, Anthony J. Rose Mr.; ana
Mrs. Jones, X. T. Allan, S. Z. HARD
inc, Flora Ball, Mrs SWEET, Miss Or
ton, Mrs. SWEET, NEVIS Batchelder,
Hazel Morse, Louise Ball, Alice Ham,
Miss Coe, Cora Talbot, Marie Gordon
Josephine Goodrich, Gcnevieve Good
ricb. Mary Lewis, Grace Gregory,
GLADYS Nelson, Glenn Chandler, Jose
mime Lougee, Elizabeth Kelley, JENNIE
Ala Gilman, Mrs. Swlzer,
Stunt. NJ r.. Daniels, Ida Johnson
BESSIE Randall, Virginia Elliot, Mil
bred Haywood, Miss Smith, Mr. True,
Mr. and Mrs. Whipple, Miss Bauman,
Mrs. Kicker, Doris Huckins, Harriet
Jennison, Clara Dopp, Theresa Blain'
Nettie Olcott, Elizabeth Garfield, Mrs.
Exley, Mona Mckee, Gladys Newton,
Mrs. Harley Keough, Catherine Gay
nor. Mrs: Z. N Whitney, Marguerite
Vance, Roxie Talbot, Alice Fay,
Dorothy Hayes, Idissa Rooney, Flor
nnce Taylor, Ethel Hoyt, Carrie A.
Clifford, Edith Nelson, Ethel Gabaree,
Lillian Gabaree, Gertrude Parent,
Bernice Roundy, Miss Whipple, Miss
Dutton, Hildred Lyster, Elsie Good
win, Martha Powers, Mildred Cilley,
Cara Sampson, Hazel Fawfaw, Hattie
ones, Susan B. Cunningham, Charles
King, Hazel Doody, Miss Mcclellan,
Mary Barry, Miss Lord, Miss Rock,
Jessie Beaton Della Perkins, Patience
Nutting, Leila Hathaway, Edna Per-
v, E. c. Allen, May A. Campbell,
Mr.. Burbank, Miss RoulWn, Mrs. c..
g. Kicker, Violet Pike, Ruth Parker,
Black Mayette, Georgia King, Ethel
Martin Martha Duxburv. Bernice