Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-21
vEsAroN4.s DEVELOPMENT

- Tho road thu naxt Vermont aAministrN-
;3Sn must travel, bu. !: u also attack
Ing the state Boar. Of Education ap-
pointed In Fart unter the present al,
rrinis.rAtior tecause these gentlemen
have located che State Tsscoera' College
vithou: sxpsnae 90 tho sta:e IA BE-!ins-
con. II Therefore ,Hes the dheipltns Il
'pea n ths case Of Hs5oi:t ce i6 owa
apooiots<~. VINO dared % &C, for Thorn
s-ivns, a;tsr ssttins en- Anttcsly dis.in.
gu!shsn authority from outside tb. state
20 say where oil r!nRs considered the
'nstitut'on Aiou,h be loos.eS Among
otf,ss thnsA C1emsntisrn says.
''The charge OF ,nsff,ctsncy must OF
COURSE, be defended By chs commissioners
Themselves.
"A,S for the choioe Of Burlington as "A
idssi normal school ate, that 10 certain
Iy open to argument. Rutland and Mort.
pel;er would havc liked a fair hearing
before the matter was forsclosed and tho
final edict issued. but the decision seems
TO have been absolutely predicated on
the report Of the field agent Of the Car
neg1e foundation. which has not yet been
made public"
We have already quoted the st. Adams
Messengers favorable comment on the
action of the State Board. The Rutland
News says:
"Considering all the facts available. It
would seem that the State Board OF Edu-
cation has decided wisely in planning to
locate a teachers college at Burlington.
Huntington, for such purpose. is
probably the most accessible point in the
State.
1.-THE college. according to present plans,
will simply be added to the other colleges
which constitute the University of YER
mont. The teaching staff and organiza-
ton of the University will be available
for the students, and in this way the
student-teachers will come in contact
with brilliant minds which, were the
teachers trained along the old lines,
would be impossible. as neither the SAL
aries. the prestige, nor the facilities for
research Of a normal school could attract
such high grade men as Professor Fred
erick Topper credited with being the
foremost living authority on either side
Of the Atlantic on Anglo-Saxon litera-
ture, and Prof. Samuel Emerson, So
biologist and historian known throughout
and vision.
ut Is this type which is needed to in
spire sound and thorough scholarship and
in no other environment could this be so
we'll secured.
The Barre Times comments as follows:
That proposed teachers college to be
conducted in connection with tire Uni
versity Of Vermont although not under
the control Of the University Is an am
bilious plan at tho betterment Of the
school system OF Vermont. The new in
stitution would be we'll placed iE conncc-
ton with tho University"
Tho Brattieboro poIor7,ie-, which like
the other paper" quoted, &c fully Informed
Is to the situation. ornaments as fotlows.
THE announcer,a"t b. TIE state Board
Of Education Of its decision to establish
State Teachers College At Burlington
IN connection with tne University OF
Vermont 10 aroIsing s>pss cfiucis:n on
ths part Of tn. psopis wio Desired III.
SCHOOL iooatsd elsewhere The cs.tcrm
seams misplaced hscause the location OF
such al, ias.itution at Burlington un-
doubtediy hest serves the State a. q
whole. More students can reach Bur-
lington with a comparatively short mile
aS~ than AIRY other point Of tho State
and mo University can give many aux
iusry Advantages that could not BE- So
curs3 elsewhere.
Further. tho board announces that
tho University will give the state a sat-
.asartcrY sits for tho building on It's
grounds and a. soon az some minor de-
tells are worked out tho University will
take the tn.tiatiy. IN raising the balance
Of the FUND beyond that contributed by
the Carnse.s Toundation for tho estah-
lishmsut Of the Teachers College The
University ana Burlington are earning
their hight TO have the institution located
there
TIE Board Of Education plans to con-
true the ons-ysar courses In teachsr
training in tho necessary number OF high
schools and secondary educational inst-
tutions TO accommodate the students liz
AL parts q the state and to make IN.
Tcachsrr College training place for high
school principals. assistants. Instructors
IN lpecial brsnohes. supsrintendsnts and
supervisors.
IT Will gsnssaAly be ccrosdsd that the