The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-09

Teachers Convention ClOses-Miss Well
man Elected Secretary Of Association
- Would Increase Pay for Advance
instruction.
BURLINGTON. oct. 11.-At a meet
ing of the state board of education held
at the Hotel Vermont last evening, Clar-
encc H. Dempsey of Milton, Mass, was
elected commissioner of education for the
state of Vermont to succeed Milo b
Hillcgas. who lately resigned All the
members of the board were present, a.
was Mr.. Dempsey, and the election was
unanimous.
Mr. Dempsey accepted the position con
tingent upon his release from the position
of suDcrntendent of schools of Milton Of
which there is practical assurance. He
expects to begin work in Vermont not
later than Nov. -. His salary was tXeC
at $4,000 per year. lie is now receiving
$4,000 a year at Milton and would no
consider a change Of location for less thai
the salary named.
Mr.. Dempsey is well known in Yer
mont educational circles. having beer
active i'm school work here preceding hl
removal to Massachusetts in 1905. lie
prepared for college in the schools 0
Fitchburg. Mass. and received his degree
of 4. b. at Boston university in lN9I
Later he pursued his studies at Munich
Germany. lie earned his master iGTS Iae:
gree from Boston university in 1913. m,
thesis being Public School Finance il
New England
lie served as instructor Of Latin, Eng
fish and mathematics in FItchburg hg
school in 1898 and 1896 and afterward
became superintendent of schools in Cum
EpTland, X. !. From 1890 until 100
he was superintendent of schools in st.
JohnSbury. During his stay in this state
he was a county examiner of teachers
the examiners at that time constituting
the state board of education. He was
member of the special commission to in
vestigate the state normal schools and
the problem of teacher training. which
commission reported, with the recon
mendatiOn to the legislature.
He was a member of the executive com
mittee of the Vermont State Teachers
association and was their president from
1907 to 1908. After 1908. he was super
intendent of schools at Revere, Mass, and
Haverhill, Mass, accepting a similar pO-
sition later in Milton.
The list annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Teachers association came tC
an end yesterday after q most successful
meeting. which was attended by about
100 teachers. The association voted in
favor Of affiliating with the National Edu-
cational association in accordance with
the representative plan recently adopted
by that association ut Salt Lake City.
1t was voted to hold the next conven
ton Oct. 13. Il, II. 1921. beginning on
Thursday. so as to save some interruption
of school work. The place will be selected
by the executive committee.
The following officers were chosen ,
President, NJ. d. Chittenden of Burling
ton: vice president, Caroline VI. GriswOld
of Montpelier; secretary, Florence NJ
Nelim2n Of Brattleboro; treasurer. JAS
per Wright of Montgomery cxecutiv,
cOmmitte, Eta Franklin of Rutland, y
j. McClallen of Pennington, and L. A
Hammond of Newport.
The new directors are +. $. Greene Of
Richford, George +. Wright Of St Al
bans and Miss AIabra White of Spring
field. The delegates to the National Edu
catiOual association will be NJ D. Chit
tendon of burlington and Miss Eta
Franklin of Rutland.
Among the several resolutions adopted
was one recommending to the Legislature
that the amount which must be paid by
towns for advanced instruction under the
acts Of 1915 be so increased as to prac
tlcally meet tuition charges in the variour
high schools in the state. Another resO
luton recommended to all teachers the
Importance of the teaching and practice
Of thrift in the schools througout the
state.
The retiring commissioner. NJ. 3. Hille
gas, was extended the best of wishes of
the association for success in his new.
field of labor