The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-10-14

MesenEfr says
Two important snnouneements /.
state educational circles are mad
public to-day First Is appointmca
q Clarfnce II Dempsey. u Milton
Mass. s. eommissioner y education
. succeed Doctor Hillegas. and ~
recommendation b the state Boar,
- Elevation that State Teachers
College b. founded al Burlington i
connection with the University of Yer
mont
The appointment q Mr. Dempse,
puts an end % the period q doubt ans
uncertainty Is 70 who should b. n,
boards seleetion Of such an oficiai
The State must depend upon the wis.
dom ~ the members Of the State
Board 10 their appointment. for hardly
anY ono p the State IS able from per
soual information 70 pass judgment
uron he competence Of the new com
missioner
IL comes highly recommended b.
PaysoH Smith. commissioner ~ eouca-
ton Of Massachusetts,, and one notes
with sat faction that III. Dempsey
has had some nire years a experience
with Vermont schools. which should
stand HIM in good stead in his new
work Mr. Dempsey should encounter
= spirit n sympathetic cooperation
fom the people Of the State. who nat
urally hope that he will quickly estab-
lish himself in the confidence Of the
public
The Legislature will have 10 face
the question Of establishing State
CCss.a,,.ge al Burlington in
view of the recommendation ot the
State Board Of Education. Since cdu-
sational matters undoubtedly will be
10 the fore at the coming session, the
State will be fortunate in having as
governor, James Hartness, who, by
virtue of having served many years as
chairman Of the State Board is thor
oughly c3nversant with educational
matters in Vermont.
The plan is to have the teachers
'ollegc founded at an expense Of
100000, one-third Of which is to be
given by the Carnegie Corporation
when the other two-thirds have been
raised. The University Of Vermont is
o undertake the raising Of the $780, |
100 The State Is TO retain complete t
control Of the college, but the plant |
n the University of Vermont is to be /
Utilized
"Tho purpose, Of course, is to pro-
hide instruction for those who desire
o enter upon a teaching career. The /
.olleRe will supplant the normal I
schools. This plan OF having one in
at central point has much /
o commend it, both from the financial |
md efficiency viewpoints.
There is no indication. whatevef, /
hat the selection Of Burlington as a /
lite for the institution has been die
ated by any but the proper consider
ltions There is 40 suspicion develop
"a that politics has entered into the /
Iecision The truth Is, Vermont can
Tot afford to have politics mixed up
With its educational work, and there
hould be constant care to see that the
tart so well made is not spoiled by
alter developments"
The Barre Times comments as fol
ows
Clarence II Dempsey, A. b., A. NJ,
4 Milton. Mass, who has been chosen
y the Vermont State Board Of Educa-
ion to be State school commissioner
S successor TO NJ. b. Hillegas, has
ad valuable training for the work to
Which he has been called. Receiving {
he benefits Of school and college in
he United States followed by special I
tudy in American institutions, he
'ent to Europe and took courses in
universities, after which he I,
Inferred upon the career Of an educat- :
r, first serving as teacher and taen I
ecoming superintendent During !
hat period II service re spent nine I
ears in a Vermont town and w1s
lore or less closely associated with $
he school interests Of the ertire State, |
, that he will be fairly conversant =
18th the school needs Of Vermont {
ithout the handicap Of provincial T
Iewpoint Of the situation Ii is TO he {
ypected, therefore, that he will be a j
tactical man and capable Of grasping {
he everyday problems which develop 9
the administration Of the schools Ct I
le State" I
II goes without saying that the a
is in thorough SYM b
aihy with the policies the State
Gard is trying to work out We O
ust have a high grade Of teachers to {