Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-23
1000 TEACHERS
COMING NEXT MONTH
Seventy-first Annual Convention
of State Association to Be Held
in Burlington, October 6, z and
S-Spelling Contest a Feature
of First Session

The program is completed fo- the list
annual meeting OF the Vermont Stat
Teachers association to be hold in TITS
city. Wednesday. Thursday and E>rtcay,
| October 6, :, and 8. All Of the general seq
sions will he held at the Strong Theatre,
while the departmental meetings will be
held at the E1muc5s High Schoo! build
ing. II ie probable that close TO 1000
| teachers WITH be in tho city tor this an-
r.ual convention.
! One Of the heat programs which the
convention has ever had has been pro-
pared by the executive COMMITTEES. made
up Of Superintendent N. d. Chittenden Of
this city, Eta M. Franklin Of RdtlAnd.
and u. W. McClelland Of Bennington.
Superintendent Edwin r. Greene Of ltioh-
ford, president Of the Vermont Stats
Teachers association. VIII preside ct all
" the general meetings. The first meet
ifg will 10 held OH the afternoon OF
Wednesday. October 6 OF two o'clock.
THO program for tAe general meetings
Is As fellows:
WEDNESDAY, OCTCBEe ., 200 p. M.
Music
Invocation
| Notices
Address of Accommodation J. Holmes
Jackson.
| Response and addrcss--'.rhe Mission Of
the Teacher" Edwin p. Greene, president
of tho association.
| Address-"Tne Schools and National FL
nance" william Mather Lewis. director
savings division. treasury dera rtnent,
Washington. d. G.
| State spelling contest--Conducted by J.
d. Whittier, State superintendent Of ele-
| mentary schools.
WEDNESDAY, SEQ =. NJ.
Music.
Address: 1.-THE History Of Educational
Methods" dllustrated). Frank Pierrepont
Graves. dean Of the School of Education,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
THURSDAY. 200 p. NJ.
Music
Address: Changing Conceptions in the
Education of Young Children" (stereopti-
COM, DIR. Patty S. Hill, professor Of
elementary education, Teachers College,
Columbia University.
THURSDAY EVENING
Meetings of the schoomasters' and the
Women Teachers clubs
FRIDAY, s:15 A. NJ
Annual business meeting of the State
association. Matters Of unusual impor-
lance are to be taken up and 1t is impor-
tant that a large number be present
FRIDAY, 900 A. NJ.
Music.
Prayer.
Address, Hugh S. Magill, field agent
of the National Education association.
Address: Mary E. Pennell. NJ A.,
Teachers College, Columbia University,
primary supervisor, Kansas City, Mo.
FRIDAY. 100 P. NJ.
Music.
Address: Moral Education Of Chill
dren.' Mary f. Pencil. primary super
visor. Kansas City, Mo.
Besides this general program. there
will be many departmental meetings, In
Guiding the following: Headmasters'
club, union superintendents. all women
teachers, primary schools. commercial,
rural schools, music, arts and crafts.
Vermont Women Teachers club, School
masters club, junior-senior high schools.
primary problems, modern languages,
teacher training. lower primary, Ameri-
canization. standards and tests.
At these departmental meetings, there
will be addresses by well-known educa-
tors from this and other States.
Both the Schoomasters' club and the
Vermont Women Teachers club will hold
banquets Thursday evening, that of the
latter organization being held at the Sher-
wood Hotel. Other organizations of
teachers will hold meetings during tho
three days IN the city. ana 1t Is quite
likely that there will be other banquets.
IT Is expected that the hotels VII, be
we'll filled at this time and that a large
number of rooms IN private tcuses will
be needed to accommodate re teachers.
Visiting teachers who desire rooms re-
cerved for them should make their wants
known &c soon as possible to J. r Col
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