The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-09
ADVISE COLLEGE
J At BURLINGTON To
TRAIN TEACHERS
To Take Place of the FORMER
Normal Schools
THE COST WILL BE 100000
State Board Of Education Makes Re
port on Need Of Vermont
Trained Teachers.

The state board OF education has
issued O. statement, 50 long that 1t Is
not printable IN nose of the Vermont
newspapers, advising the erection of
Teachers College for training teach.
ers at Burlington. This new institu-
tion would be affiliated with but in.
dependent in management from the
University of Vermont
The legislature two years ago
closed the two small normal schools.
at Castleton and Johnson. These
schools were not doing very well and
some change was necessary. The
state board Of education has gone
over the ground and the following is
brief extract from its ponderous
findings:
The conclusion OF the State Board
OF Education expressed IN the short
est manner, is that the best interests
of Vermont educationa'ly demand that
its public school teachers receive
their training through the agency OF
a single central institution establish
ed and conducted by the State.
The State teacher training institu-
ton when established should be one
OF high grade, possessing modern
plant and facilities adequate TO al
possible needs, il net at the outset,
then constructed ON plan that will
easily permit additions according to
it3 growing requirements The In.
stltution should have at its head a
trained and experienced educator OF
teachers who also possesses high exc.
cut We ability, firmness, tact. a pleas
ing ant impressing personality and a
real, not feigned, interest in eemen.
tary and rural schools.
The institution should be staffed by
! competent. carefully-selected corps
lof Instructors who share the sympa
thies OF their chief respecting the
public schools. The faculty need not
at the outset be large; rather let il
stand conspicuous for quality that
viii command attention and grow in
the same direction as the institution
itself expands under the stimulus
bound to result The very best op
portunity should be proyiyed for praC
tice teaching by students in schools
OF all grades. high intermediate and
elementary including rural, in con
nection with the plant itself or with
in easy access.
The curriculum should include al
least two general courses (D one OF
two years for the preparation OF ele
mentary teachers, and (2) one o.
four years for the preparation Of jun
or and senior high school teachers
principals. super ntendents, superyis
ors and other professional places il
the public school system II there
fore naturally follows that the institl
ton should be of collegiate grade
comforting degrees and diplomas up
on its fouryear graduates and certi
iicates OF graduation or junior d.plo
mas upon its two-year graduates.
should therefore be a State Teach
ers College and known as such.
Admission to this college should b.
open and open only, to students o
promising material who have compile
ed a full fouryear course in regula
| approved high school, academy c
seminary
Tuition should be free to all quail
r fed students of established Vernon
, residence at last for the twoyea
= course. who engage themselves t
> teach in the public schools Of Vel
/, mont for a specified minimum perioC
9 other students should pay customar
: tuition. All students should bea
0 their own living and travelling e.
r penses while in attendance, but tn
( institution should endeavor to max
these as reasonable as possible an
4 should cooperate to assist any need
!. students obliged to earn their ow
I way wholly or in part.
II The cost Of constructing and equi
!, ping a plant for such an institution
?. including cost of site if II had to /
!. purchased, is estimated by the Boar
, at about S3O0,00O This would pr
d vide for the maximum number
}. students likely TO attend for COZ
siderable period
e The public has already been 4
h formed of the tender of magnihcei
|. gift of 100000 by the Carnegie Co
g poration toward the cost of such
4 plant This tender is conditioned c
d the raising and expenditure of $20O
4. O0O more fer the same purpose al
with the understanding that Vernon
will continue to provide substantial
for the maintenance of teacher trai
ing, using the central institution ;
ie its principal agency.
The cost of maintenance Of the /
Il. stitut'on itself and OF the eXtensiC
II courses In high schools would not,
,f the opinion of the Board, exceed.
10 exceed to any material extent, Il
h cost of teacher training as hither
ID carried ON IN Vermont which in q
\. aggregate has amounted to abo
IA 800 600 annually.