The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-04
PARENT-TEAcHER MEETING.
Continued from i'age IL

One day each week the past month has
beoa devoted TO training in the primary
grades, and next week the class will start
work one day a week in the third grades
and viii continue their grade work for a
month and then viii advance a grade and
pursue the same plan. The students will
complete the one-year training course
teach a year in a rural school and then
tale tWo-year training course, which
viii entitle them to a certificate equivalent
to normal school Miss Wellman then
turned the program over to the class
Miss Mary Butterfeld, member Of the
class, spoke briefly in q general way of
the sand trays which each student pre-
pared Tor the demonstration of a certain
project which were arranged across one
end of the room. Twelve projects were
demonstrated and were divided into four
groups, Primary Geography Home Life,
Community Life, Observance of Special
Days, and Children Of Other Lands.
The first project, the farm, was handled
by Miss Nina Wood. whose sand tray
was arranged in the form of a miniature
farm. with the buildings. stock yards, etc.
carefully laid out Miss Mildred Taft
was the second demonstration, her project
being the sugar camp. A miniature sugar
orchard, sugar house, etc. were depicted
cotton and artificial SHOW being used to
give the right seasonal appearance. The
Village Street was chosen by Miss Miriam
Nichols as her project and her sand tray
showed a schoolhouse large estate set
back from the roadway, garage, and q
row of cottage houses.
In the second group Miss Beatrice
StearnS laid out park in her tray with
a miniature pond with canoe. q flower
garden, benches with children on them.
pavilion, etc, while Miss Evelyn Ham
ilton showed a well-eouipped playground
with swings. slides, and the like and chill
| dren at their play.
Witches. black cats. pumpkins, and
other Halloween trimmings in miniature
were arranged on a groundwork CT finely
shipped corn husks in the tray prepared
by Miss Viola Brayman. the first demon
strator IN the third group. Miss GLADYS
Chaplin laid out an appropriate plan for
| the observance of Armistice day in the
preparation of soldiers camp. tents.
soldiers and a flag being featured. The
community Christmas tree project was
planned out by Miss Marguerite Nixon.
The layout consisted of a bank. church.
school building and home. as wen as
minute figures of Imagined citizens. cot
! ton and artificial snow being used for
groundwork
Miss Amy Johnson planned out Jap
anese garden, with figures in JAPANESE
costumes as the first in the group of Chill
/ dren IN Other Lands. 4 Dutch Village.
/ through the center of which ran q canal
with little Dutch men and women. the
wind mill and other Dutch objects was
arranged by Miss Rhona Patterson. An
Arabian desert, in the center of which
/ was small spot of green about which
Arabs and their camelS gathered was
demonstrated in the tray prepared by Miss
/ Fanny Burton. while the home surround
lngs OF the Eskimo were laid out by Miss
/ Mary Butterfeld The Eskimo snow but
the dog sled and the Eskimo himself in
/ suitable costume We're arranged on q
groundwork of cotton and artificial snow
rs each student explained the setting
OF her tray she told how the work could
| De carried out by the pupils in CO., actior
Win the history, geography, wing,
language or other lessons in a way that
would interest the children and impress
the lesson more clearly upon their minds
and the composure with which each IRE
scented her project before so large n mum
Der Of teachers Of experience was partic
ularly commcndable.
At the close of the students vvorl, Mis-
+ Aelman called upon Miss Xagg apf
Principal Caverly Miss Wagg exnresser