The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-09
TEACHERS COLLEGE
nv BURLINGTON
State Board of Education Proposes
That College Be Run in Con-
junction With the Uni !"
versity of Vermont.

| JNNNhNh 'NNA tiAS ShA
versity of Vermont.
The Vermont state board of edlfca-
| tion has decided that a teachers col
| lege ought to be established in Yer
mont for the purpose of training teach
| ers and that there should be extension
courses corresponding to the present
teacher training courses in high
schools. After the survey of the state
by Prof. William G. Bagley of New
York City it was recommended that
such a college should be established in
Burlington, to be conducted in coniunc-
tion with the University of Vermont
but having"a distinct identity from the
university; and the board has unani
mously approved the selection of Bur
lington.
Buildings and equipment for such a
teachers college would require about
$500 900, according to the boards iudg
ment. The Carnegie corporation has
already made tender of $4,000, con-
ditional on the raising of 100000
more, and the board announces that
the University of Vermont, accepting
the conditions of the proposed relation
between the teachers college and the
University of Vermont, will take the
initiative in the raising of the balance
of the required sum.
Under the proposed arrangement the
administrative head of the teachers
college would be a dean, selected by the
state through its board of education.
The members of the faculty would be
selected in the same way, upon nomi-
nation by the dean and commissioner
of education The curricula of the
teachers college would be prepared and
changed as occasion may require by the
college faculty, upon the approval Of
the state board of education The state
will, in consequence, select the instruc-
tors and direct the instruction of its
teachers. Only in matters affecting the
University of Vermont would the uni
versity have to be consulted
There would be an arrangement for
the interchange Of the instructors be-
tween the university and the teachers
advantageous and economical for both;
also opportunity would be given for
students of either to take special
courses in the other. An annual sum
mer school would be conducted by the
university with courses approved by
the state educational department, at
which tuition will be free for Vermont
teachers.
The teachers college would have its
- A,,tfJs,r,-
but its students would enjoy the use of
the university campus, Libraries, gym
nasiums, laboratories. athletic and
other facilities under a reciprocal ar |
The teachers college would have its
own separate budget, administered by |
the state, and the compensation of all
its officers and instructors would be |
fixed by the state and paid by the
state. An arrangement has been made
to determine what the state will pay |
the university as fair iecompense for
{ he use of the general facilities of the
by the college.
Such are the general features of the
proposed afiiliation In addition il
should be noted that the University Of
Vermont will donate TO the state AS
the site of the teachers college a sat
sfactory location ON its groxpds.
The state board of education recon-
mends that the extension courses be
and maintained in localities
hat will fairly serve Che state geo
wherever il is possible TO
'nlist sufficient number of students
md TO secure adequate accommoda-
ions and practice teaching facilities,
Dut the number OF such courses would
be somewhat less than at
present. and the number Of students re-
luired TO secure the establishment or
of such a course should be
omewhat higher. The Instructors in
hese courses would be ex ofiicio mem
,ers of the staff Of the state teachers
ollege and 80 far as practicable would /,
Iave teaching experience and instrue-
ion there under a system of inter
hange The present high type of in ,
tructors in high school training courses
hould. in general. be re,ained.
While these extension courses in
most instances would naturally be
laced in connection with high schools {
he law should he so modified as to per
III their establishment wherever prop
: accommodations and practice facil-
lies in the elementary g.sdes are OBJ
ainable, if educational interests and :
ublic convenience would be better
arved thereby.
These extension courses ought TO
ear reasonable portion Of the ex- !.
ense incident TO their maintenance
-ithin or in connection with high
,hools ~ other educational institu-
ons. the same 10 be paid BY the
ate to these institutions.