Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-30
CONVENTION PROGRAM
OF THE VERMONT STATE
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

day and Friday of next week. From
present indications. the attendance will be
unusually large, and the local committee
In charge of securing places Tor teachers
TO stay is making arrangements to &C
commodate about 1900 teachers in the
city Inc number may even exceed Ibis,
If weather conditions are good. so that
travelling is made comfortable
Principal John f. Coburn of the
Edmunds High School is in charge of the
committee which is looking up rooms in
private homes where the teachers may
he lodged. His committee is now al work
on canvass Of the city to locate avail.
aDe rooms. The reports OF the can
VasSer5 are still incomplete. Not enough
rooms have been secured to accommodate
even with the aid OF the hotels the mum
Der or teachers expected If ANYBODY has
rooms which are available. and which
nave not been spoken for, Mr.. Colburn
would consider It a favor If some notifi-
cation of this fact were sent to him.
either by calling him on the telephone
'i' OF py writing to him at the high
school.
Io5ether with the meeting of the ver-
mont State Teachers Association. there
will be held meetings Of associations con.
nected with this all-incusive body. name
~ the Association of Union Superinten
dents; the Schoolmasters' Club of Yer
mont; the Vermont Women Teachers
Club: the Headmasters' Association: the
Music Teachcrs' Association of Vermont
the Vermont Teachers Retirement Fund
Association; and the Commercial
Teachers Associat ton. On Thursday
evening, October Z. the Vermont Women
Teachers Club will hold banquet AZ
the New Sherwood Hotel, while the
Schooimas.ers Club will banquet at the
Hotel Vermont.
The Edmunds High School will DO the
headquarters for the convention. although
all the main program will be carried on,
in the Strong Theatre. The speakers
will include some Of the most noted edu-
Gators in the East. there being a mum.
Der from Teachers College Columbia
University.
In addition to the service which tie
hotels and restaurants of the city will
give. arrar Semerts have been made for
the service of meals in st. Paul's vestry
on Wednesday evening, October s, in the
First Church vestry on Thursday. dinner
and supper, and in the vestry of the
Baptist Church.
An information bureau will be estab.
l!shed at TIE railroad station and at the
Edmunds High School The Ethan Aller
three days of the convention. and al
gentlemen are invited. Boys Scouts vii
meet the trains and be on duty at the
high school to direct and assist visiting
teachers. All teachers will be taken e
their rooms upon arrival In free auto
mobiles. Automobiles will be at the hgl
school for sightseeing trips, weather
permitting. There will be rest room a
the high school and nurse will be II
attendance.
The registration committee will b.
located in the high school office. The
president and the executive COMMITTED
will make their headquarters in the com
missoners' room at the high school
The annual meeting of the directors o
the State ASS collation. will be held in thu
commissioners room at II 80 O'Clock Fri
DAY morning. October s.
PROGRAM
Presiding officer at all general sessions
Supt Edwin F. Greene, Richford, Presi
dent of the Association.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 200
O'CLOCK
Strong Theatre
Music.
Invocation, Rev c. j. Staples, Uni
tartan Church.
Notices.
Address of Welcome, Mayor j. Holme
jackson.
Response and Address, The Mission o
the Teacher Supt. Edwin F. Greene
President of the Association.
Address, THE Schools and Nationa
Finance" William Mather Lewis, D-ec
tor of Savings Division, Treasury De
partment Washington, D. c.
]. D. Whittier State Supervisor Of Ele
mentary Schools.
Conferences
Sl5. Agriculture. High School. Room
Reports of Standing Committees.
Election of Officers
( S:l5. Teacher Training. High Schoo
, Room 6. Chairman, Eliza Allen, Directo
of Teachers Training, Lyndon Center.
Informal Program.
impressions of Columbia" Summe
School Students.
"Inspiration for the Years Work,
r Mary Maud Patrick. Director OF Teache
r Training. Burlington.
Ais. Association Of Collegiate Alumnas
High School, Room II 1-2. To conside
establishing permanently Vernon
Branch of the Association of Collegiat
1 Alumnae. All college women are urge
to attend this meeting.
/ WEDNESDAY EVENING, 500 O'CLOCl
Strong Theatre
, Music.
, Address, Songs that Live" Mrs. {
s. Morgan New York City.
THURSDAY MORNING. 800 O'CLOCK
Strong Theatre
Music.
Prayer. Rev c. z. Adams, First Co,
gregational Church
Address, THE History Of Educationt
Methods" illustrated. Frank Pierrepon
Graves. Dean Of the School of Educa
ton. University of Pennsylvania. Phile
dslphia.
Conferences
1ob. Headmasters Club, High Schoo
Burlington.
Informal Program.
Topics. Standardization Of School Az
-, ministration"; THE College Entranc
Examination Board"
l0;15. Union Superintendents, Hig
School Auditorium. Chairman, Supt. {
ID. Howe. Morrisville.
Address. 1.-THE Superintendent and Co
lateral Interests such as The Junior Re
Cross. War Savings, The Salvatio
Army" Hugh Magill. FielI Secretary
National Education Association. Wasl
ington. ID. c.
Discussion, Supt. c. II. White, Barr,
Supt. A. w. Eddy, Middlebury.
1915. All Women Teachers, Stron
Theatre. Chairman. Bessie Bacon Goo,
rich. Primary Supervi~ Des Moline
E, Iowa