The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-07
National League
VERMONT EDUCATORS
TURN BOOSTERS
CO-Operated With Hotel Association In
Headquarters at National Educa-
ton Convention.

BOSTON, July THE enthusiastic
spirit of the West had nothing on those
in charge of the Vermont headquarters
in the Hotel. Brunswick, Boston, when it
comes to booming their respective states
as a touring and vacation region.
The Vermont headquarters, located on
the lobby floor of the Hotel Brunswick,
was a most attractive, interesting and
instructive one This was brought about
by the consolidation of the state board of
education headquarters with the Informal
ton bureau of the Hotel Association of
Vermont, in charge of II. III. Derrah,
publicity director, who has been at the
Brunswick for some weeks.
State Commissioner Clarence II.
Dempsey's trip to Boston was by no
means a pleasure junket. No New Eng
land commissioner has accomplished more
for his state than the commissioner. No
New England headquarters was visited
by more educational officials from various
states than Vermont.
The Vermont luncheon, in the family
dining room of the Brunswick, on July
4 brought together over 100 NermOnters
and their friends. Conferred at the head
table was Commissioner Dempsey. who
acted as POSTMASTER. To his right sat
Miss Charl Williams, president of the
National Educational association, who
during her remarks said that out of the
many states she had been invited to visit
she had selected but two, and Vermont
was one of them. To the left of the
POSTMASTER was William George Cove,
president of the teachers union of Eng
land and Wales Among the other
speakers were Walter f. Ranger COM
missioner of education for the state of
Rhode Island, former superintendent of
Vermont schools Miss Lucy Wheelock
head of the Lucy Wheelock kindergarten
of Boston. whose father was one of Yer
mont's highly respected citizens, Hon.
Mason S. Stone, former commissioner Of
education of Vermont.
Commissioner Dempsey spoke of the
work of boosting Vermont as a touring
and vacation region, through the public
ity department of the hotel association,
and then asked II. II. Derrah to stand
up, turn around, and let those present
see just what the fellow who is doing so
much for the Green Mountain state looks
| like. Mr.. Derrah stated that the schools
of Vermont could accomplish more in the
| boosting of the state than through any
other channel. Let us teach our schol-
airs what Vermont really is, the finest
state in New England. When they grow
| to manhood and womanhood they will
spread the good news broadcast. They
will be proud of the Green Mountain
state. What better advertising can you
| get?
| tendent of schools of Bellows Falls.
showed the beauties and advantages of
| Vermont, its lakes and mountains and
| the Long Trail by exhibiting hundreds of
| lantern slides.
Commissioner Dempsey was ably as
| sisted in the headquarters by John ID.
| Whittier state supervisor of elementary
! schools: Merritt ID. Chittenton, state
supervisor of high schools; Prof b.
/ Holmes Wallace, representing the Uni
| versity of Vermont. and Miss Caroline S.
| Woodruff, Vermont state director of the
/ National Educational association.
Thursday was Vermont day and the
state headquarters was well filled from
early in the morning until late in the
| evening.