The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-26
FALL TERM WILL \
OPEN WITH FIVE
NEW TEACHERS
Announcement of Changes in
Public School Staff
TWO BORN IN BENNINGTON
Walter c. Wood Becomes Principal OF
Junior High schooL--H. Frances
Levin to Teach Languages

There are to be five changes in the
personnel cf the instructors for the
Bennington graded school distric.
when the fall term opens in Sep.em-
ber.
Marion A. Dean replaces Marjorie
is. Watts as teacher of Latin. She Is
a graduate of Williamstown high
school and Middlebury college. She
has had two years of successful ex-
perience as assistant principal and
teacher in the Essex junior high
school at Essex Center. Her home is
at Nor Pcwnal
Jean c. Niles is TO take the place Of
Elsie C. Crissey as ms ructor in home
economics. She is graduate Of the
Hoosick Falls high school and the
Skidmore school of arts at Saratoga,
IN. Y. For the last two years she has
been teacher cf an branches of do
mes ic science at Fols institute, Herk
inner, N. Z. Her home is at White
Creek, N. Y.
Walter c. Wood is to be the new
principal of the junior high school, re-
places Harris H. Metcalf. He Is a
graduate Of Bennington high school
and the University Of Vermont. For
two years he was principal of La
Imoille Central academy at Hyde Park
and for two years principal Of the
North Bennington high school, giving
entire satisfac ion in both places.
His home is in Bennington.
II. Frances Levin replaces Myrtle
NJ. Rownlree as teacher of French and
Lain She is also native of Ben
Inington, a graduate Of Bennington
high school and the University of Yer
mont She has specialized in French.
Her experience consists of tutoring
and substitute teaching a St. Johns
bury academy azrgr
Grace C. Parkhurss (MTs. A. W.
Parkhurst) replaces Marian A. Swan
as Instructor in general science and
lcommunity Gives, Her training was
treceiyed West Rutland high school,
tOswego. N. Y, state normal school
and Columbia university. She has
taught three years a Weston, five
years at Lynbrook, Long Island, and
one year in the West Rutland high
school. Mr. Parkhurst is connected
with the furniture business of George
A. Parker
The district seems justified in ex-
pecting highly efficient service from
all of these teachers. A complete list
of ins ructors, their positions and sub
jects, is as follows;
y. W. MoCeland, supervising prin-
c,pal CSuperin n.endent and Principal
of the High School)
High Scholarly r. Cutler. Eng
| lish; Anna D. Rogers, mathematics,
Isabel A. Grant French: NJ. Gladys
Fauley, history and social science;
Maricn A. Dean, Latin; Vera Drew.
commercial subjects; Jean c. Niles.
home economics; --, manual
training and science.
Junior High School-Walter C..
Wood, principal manual training; Eva
| T. Hunter, English and penmanship;
Brigie D. MCGUIRE mathematics; Eliz-
abeth Welch. history and geography;
Bertha P. Lambert, English and pen
manship; Jean C. Niles, home eeono-
mics; II, Frances Levin. French and
La in; Grace c. Parkhurst, general
science and community civics.
School Street Graded School-Fran-
ces l.. O'Donnell: sixth grade, room
I15, Mary A. Carney, sixth grade, room
ia; Clara d. Townsend, sixth grade,
room 49, Teresa H. Daley, fifth
grade, room u; Helen A. Leonard
fifth grade, room H. Leah M. Cook
four grade, room 10; Mary E. Cut
ting, fourth grade, room 8; Daisy p.
Rudd, third grade, room g. Florence
Holden, third grade room Z; Florence
c. Moore, second grade, room 6; Fran
ces H. Richard, second grade, room 5;
NJ. Lillian Edgerton, first grade room
4 Helen u. Darrow first grade, room
| 3; Gertrude +. Carney, kindergarten.
room 2; Chris inc e. Bennett kinder
gar en-, room l.
Cora B. Whitney School-Annie f..
DalSin, principal, kindergarten, room
/; Carrie A. Wood, first grade, room
., Mary e, Hyde, second grade, room
8; Ruth d. Mason, third and fourth
grades, room 4 Bessie b, Kinne, sup.
ervisor of music; Blanche e. Welsh,
school nurse; Eunice e. Lyons, office
secretary
Janitors- High School, John r.
Lister; School street building, John
IM Scott. School street bldg, ,-----------
Cora b, Whitney bldg, John II. Evans.