The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-23
HILLECAS SAYS
TEACHERS SHOULD
GET MORE MONEY
Tells Orleans Meeting In.
crease Will Come if They
"Take Right Stand

as to drive good teachers away fror
t the profession. He declared, how
ever, that this would be remedied j
the teachers took the right stand.
He quoted Barre as giving tn
teachers a raise of $500, beginning
with September, 1919, and the cit.
} raised its tax list to do this withou
. a muImur. He said the thing tina
pleased him most was the statement
that several people paid high com
pliment to the teachers but no one
criticized them.
A larger number of teachers thar
usual was in attendance, more thar
$50 being registered The opening
meeting at the Opera House was call
ed to order by the chairman, Supt
Cowles. The first musical number
was by chorus from the Orleans
high school under the direction of
Miss Loth:op.
Rev. c. ID. Pierce pastor of the
Methodist church invoked the divine
blessing.
The exhibition of folk dancing by
first grade pupils was given with
such abandon and enjoyment that it
was most pleasing to see.
/ The spelling contest proved to be
a very spirited affair participated in
by $50 candidates selected from the
different towns and districts. A few
were absent through illness.
The contest lasted for two hours
and covered six hundred words, as the
number finally dwindled down to five
it was necessary to resort to the sup
Elementary list of words. Victor
Borella, never defeated in battle
went down on the word principal and
proved that, at any rate he would
stick to his principal.
The winners were Miss Florence
Miles of Irasbuly and Miss Adelaide
Humphrey of Newport city, who will
go to st. Johnsbuly Saturday to
compete in similar contest in Cal
edonia county. Every child is-.to be
commended for the courage to make
the effort and it was a noble effort
for all of them.
After this came another chorus by
pupils of Orleans graded school.
From 5 to a very enjoyable re-
ception was given the visiting teach !
ers by the teachers of the Orleans |
schools at the school building. Ice
cream and cake was served by the
young ladies of the high school, and |
the rooms were open for inspection. !
Many comments were heard relative !
to the pleasing and artistic decoration /
OF the different rooms.
A brisk walk followed to u most /
delicious supper served by the ladies /
of the Methodist church in their spa
cious dining room.
The first speaker at the evening
meeting was Miss Florence NJ Hale, |,
rural school supervisor, of Maine,
who talked to the teachers of some
Of the things which from her wide /!
experience with schools and children |
she felt should be impressed on the |
child mind.
LIST, Democracy. Democracy means
to be able to live ably, happily, freely |
and comfortably with one another.
Hundreds of boys in the United
States fought and died to preserve
all that stands for mankind.
The aim Of education is to teach
IL child to live at peace with all man
kind, to be happy, to do some useful
thing in the world. Point of view is
the main thing. In these times, bal
ance is strongly needed.
End, Optimism, hopefulness, cheer
fitness. Don't encourage the chill
dren in the idea that things are all |
wrong. Teach them how to make
things better than they are Indeed, |
if women, instead of complaining |
so much about the high cost of living, |
would refuse to buy, the price of
those commodities would soon drop.
Prohibition is one of the things to
give us the optimistic outlook. We |
teachers who go into the homes of |
the children know better than some,
what it means to them and their flu
ture opportunities. A cheerful be-
lief in their own country, in their /
own state, their own town, their
own school is a wonderful help.
Teach them the value Of small
things, saving small sums, of self sa-
crifice, of self-reliance, of working
towards some definite goal that of
being useful worker in the world.
Miss Hale said she did not believe
in the practice of always pointing
out the mistakes, the good points
should be pointed out also.
Don't take too much stock il here
lity. There is smething in it if we
only go back far enough we will find
good.
Teachers, Miss Hale said must
nave the mother heart that will make
lcr give to the unattractivc boy and
rive the same interest and the same
faith in his future that she has for
Inc prodigy.
The teachers of the public schools