Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-18
WANT NEW JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Clubs and Societies lutte in Pc
tition-W. H. Terrill to Sue
coed Late G. E. Putney--
School Gardens TO BE Con-
Quoted on Different Basis

At the regular meeting Of the board ~
school commissioners Monday night, Es
board accepted the recomn enda ton oe
superintendent NJ. n. Chittenden that
William II. T0rill. a. brother Of Miss
Bertha NJ. Terrill. professor Of homo
economics at the University os Vernon.
be engaged ns suo.s ssor to tho lee
Professor Charles L. Puunoy. Professor
Terrill Is 81 years Of nge end has spent
his life IN teaching essicnl subjects. lie
Is a Vcrmonter by birth and received his
early education at st. .Johnsbury Acad-
envy. He Is at present teaching IN Wss-
lcyan Seminary, Lima, n. Y. lie will
probably come here TO take up his r.w
position directly after tho easter v.-c:-
tor. He has taught with great success
Ia Phillips Exeter Academy In Brewster
Academy at Marlborough, x. r., and
in Maiden high school at Maiden. Mas,
Petitions received by The board and
read Monday. signed by los women
representing many families. show that \
definite movement is under way IN tho
city for n new junior nigh school building.
The signers Of the petition are members
of the following clubs and societies ia
Burlington: silver Cross Circle Of Kings
Daughters. Young Womcn's Guild Of the
| First Church, Loyal Circle Of Kings
Daughters. Whatsoever Circle of Kings
| Daughters, and the Women's Union oc
| the Baptist Church.
! The body of the petition signed by these
| women is as follows: We believe tie
| Junior high school building now in use in
! our city to be inadequate TO preserve and
| promote the health to facilitate the
| education. and to accommodate the num-
| bsr Of children fitted to attend those
grades. and do, by unanimous vote Of the
members present, petition your honorable
/ body TO Immediately take such steps ~
shall be necessary for the erection with-
out delay of n suitable building. properly
| equipped for this purpose"
| No action taken on this petit
ton Monday. IL is understood
that other petitions are being prepar-
| ed. which will be presented at a later
| meeting. When the entire number are
! in, they will probably be referred TO
tho board of aldermen, with recom-
| mendatiors.
The matter of school gardens was
given a thorough discussion Monday
| ming, as the time is drawing near
| when plans for these gardens will
| have to he started. If they are to no
continued this season. Owing to the
big increase in appropriations neces-
sary to maintain other departments
! whether IL would he best to try to run
the school gardens this year The cost
| to the school department has been
quite heavy in past years. and most OF
the products of the gardens have been
given to the children for their work.
After several plans for running thu
gardens had been discuss ed, the board
instructed the superintendent to make
a canvass of the schools and see how
many pupils would be willing to take
over garden plots this summer on \
debit and credit basis. That Is. the
schools would furnish the pupils with
material and charge them a small fee.
Instructions would be furnished free
of charge. it being understood that
Miss Georgia 2. Devne, who has All
| pervised the school gardens the last
! three years, will return this summer.
Then the pupils who work the gardens
will be asked to keep track of their
expenditures and receipts on their gar
dens, and they will be allowed to keep
all they make either in money or in
food This plan will relieve the school
department Of practically all of ths
expense. with the exception of the in
struction.
The board voted that the bills ne
paid when approved by the finance
within the next month be renewed in
the same companies for the same time
and amount, that the new secretary "a
the junior high school be kept at tina
same salary. and that the superintcn-
dent be instructed to buy An additional
section for the filing cabinet in his ot'A
flee
It was voted that the spring term
begin on Tuesday, April g. instead II
Monday April .. as scheduled. Thla
gives the teachers the day after East ~
to return to Burlington from the.r
homes.
There was some discussion Of tina
adjustment Of teachers salaries in
connection with the recent additional
tax voted at the March meeting. M
action was taken by the board. as tbe
matter will first be taken up by he
finance committee, which will meet in
a few dayp.