The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-23
TEACHER VIEW
HISTORIC SITES
OF BENNINGTON
Tri-County Meeting Ends With
Auto Tour This Afternoon
vISTORY FOR ISABEL HOLT
Manchester's Star SpeIler Wins
First Prize; Doris Squires
of Arlington, Second

| me annual meeting or the Tri
County Teachers association which
opened its sessions Friday afternoon
closed this morning with the elec.
tion of the following officers:
President, Supt, NJ. A, lSturtevant
of Brandon.
yice-president, Clara Barton Of
Manchester.
Secretary and treasurer, Gertrude
Cainc o. Fair Haven.
Executive committee, Supt Eddy
of Middlebury, Supt d. w. McClel-
land Of Bennington, Supt. Kenneth
Sheldon OF Proctor.
The concluding address OF the
meeting was delivered by Frank w.
Wright, director of elementary edu.
cation for the state Of Massachusetts.
Mr., Wright's subject was New
Tasks for New Schools" but he took
occasion in the course of his remarks
to consider the broad subject of edu-
cation in its relation to conditions at
present prevailing In America. In
the speakers opinion, the powers for
good during The next decade will be
| invested in those persons who best
succeed in directing the thought OF
the nation.
The latter half of the forenoon was
taken up with the following confer
ences; Vocational subjects, Prof. #.
B. jerks of the University of Yer
mont. social sciences. @ G. Hubbard,
instructor in history. Williams col
lege; teachers of English. Miss Mar.
ion Gere. state helping teacherS prin-
cipals of high schools conferences, H.
o. Hutchinson. teachers of Latin,
Miss Marion Dean, Bennington;
teachers of modern languages, Mss
Mary Bresnehan, state helping teach
er: intermediate and grammar
grades, Roy L. Smith, state normal
school, North Adams, Mass, with
discussion led by Frank Z. Wright;
primary grades, Snpt A. w Varney
North Bennington; rural schools.
Miss Katharine Aagesen. Rutland
with discussions led by Mrs. Dora
Martin of Fair Haven. Mary c. n.
Dean of Mddlebury. Miss Vera Rob
erts of Rutland, Florence M. Well
man Of Bratt,eboro and John ID. Whit
te..
AT | O'Clock this afternoon the
teachers and others in attendance up
on the meeting were given an auto
mobile sightseeing trip arranged by
the Bennington Merchants associa-
tion and which terminated at 2 o'clock
in tine for the northbound flyer.
The retiring president, Superinten-
dent Mary l.. Murphy of Wallingford.
in her opening address Friday after
noon made deep impression upon
the meeting because of the serious
and hgh-minded h attitude which she
apparently maintains toward her
chosen profession
Il. w. Butterfeld, New Hampshire,
commissioner of education. spoke up
on "Discipline and School Manage
ment' and laid particular stress up
on the value of example in the pro
duction of right habits
The Vermont commissioners, c. IL.
Dempsey, covered large amount OF
ground in his address which included
many features of teachers work,
its opportunities and problems.
Commissioners Butterfeld and
Dempsey together with John u Whit
tier and II. O Hutchinson in the sup
er.ntendents' conference held late in
the afternoon.
A feature of the meeting was the
address in the evening by Judge h. l..
Bates. who has been secretary OF the
Remington Battle Monument and
Historical society for many years,
upon the subject of Vermont His
tory" Since the society came into
possession of the papers of the late
Henry c. Day who had made study
of local history over period OF
years, Judge Bates has been putting
the numerous data into form for pres
ervat.on and has thus added to his
previous knowledge Of the Noloniai
and later periods in their relation TO
Remington. He was consequently
prepared to sketch the early history
of Bennington, which might almost
be called the early history of Yer
mont, in an interesting and accurate
manne;.
The teachers we're particularly en-
thus astic over the manner in which
they were entertained while in town
and they wish to extend their appreci
at on of the uniform kindness every
where extended Bennington is
surely nice place to come Tor a
meeting, is the way one young wo-
man expressed 1t.
One of the principal features OF the
meet ng was the spelling contest
Thursday afternoon and evening par
citipated in by twenty pupils IRON
the graded and rural schools OF Ad'
olson. Bennington and Rutland coun
ties.
In the afternoon written contes'
Of two hundred forty words was held
The results Of this contest were TO pe
used only if the winners could not Dc L'
chosen by an oral contest. Edlth
FISH Of grade nine, Rutland, won iirsl
place having msspelled but eight
words while Miriam Watt of grade
seven. Remington, won second place
Having misspelled but twelve words
| About the oral contest conducted