The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-03
STATE ADVANCES.
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of study. y large proportion OF the
teachers changed from year to year in the
earlier period, while today there is a
continuity.
In speaking of the change in super
vision during the 20-year period Mr..
Dempsey stated that 20 years ago there
were but eight professionally trained
SuperintendentS in the state; the total
number of schools under professional
SuperintendCnts was only 10 per Gent
with u per cent of the children enrolled;
In 1916 every school in the state ana
every child in the state IN the pubhG
schools was placed under professional
SUperintendentS The standard has been
raised and maintained, the work mas
been localized, the standing OF the emil
dren has been continually checked up,i
There i better provision of books, sup
plies. etc. The superintendent keep thel
tea chers in touch with what is Delhg
done in other schools.
Another important factor in the prog
ress of education in Vermont was sald
bv the commissioner to be state assist |
ance as no community can run ITS schools
as we'll alone as it can in cooperation
with all the. other communities, and tins
! is especially true, he said OF the poorer
struggling communities. lie told how the
Estate money is expended and of the many
I phaSes of the work which Is taken care OF
| Local interest in the schools and theI
| support of them is manifest TO much
greater degree now than was the case u
I years ago. according to the speaker, who
gave figures in comparing the cost OF eau
eating Il child ut that time and the cost
ut the present time also figures showing
/ the advance in salaries paid teachers
during that time. and the increase IN the
number of school weeks in the year. Mr.
Dempsey referred to the progress when
has been made in caring for the health
and welfare of the children, much being
done now along that line whereas there
is no record Of such work 20 years ago.
The amount reported by the towns ana
cities for 1920 was more than $1,000,
not including the work which IS being
done by the state board of health through
1.-THE district health officers.
l. Is testimony to the progress IN edu-
/ cation he said more children are com
plotting their schooling at an earlier age
and there are many more boys and girls
In the high schools and academies of the
state. There also has been Improvement
i'm school buildings, S}.OOO,OOO having
been spent in the last 20 years for new
school buildings in the state and
\ S2.000.OO0 for repairs.
There were but II high schools and
academies in the state 20 years ago,
while today there are So high schools and
4 academies and - tWo-ypar high schools
eracy also was brought out by the
speaker. The figures show said the com
missioner, that the education Is more
A thorough than 10 or "a years ago. Ht
spoke of the Randolph agricultural school
K and of the universities and colleges. the
4 summer schools, counIX and state conven
i tious for teachers, the circulating libra
/ ries and the development of music.
H. In closing Commissioner Dempsey
said we had pushed forward at the COS
of service. anxiety. labor and sacrifice
4 but that there is much yet to be done
and if the educational work is 10 b.
pushed on it is the responsibility of ever,
resident of the state Of Vermont and n'
one can Sde-step it without neglect o
4 duty. We must carry on for the sake q
1 Vermont and the sake Of Vermont boy
and girls. .-.s - -'-
D. Following Mrs. DcHaIsey'S address tn
A usaiel, b,lsl ia gcIuh1Ufsa hlg kraft iehiAI1
n high school prc>enteAa Constance Dare
Nackay'S Gretna GEeen and Ashes %
z Roses. Both were very well done am
& received much applause. The three char
4 acterS i'm Gretna Green were Misses Mar
4 Putnam and Eleanor Rogers, and Hug
4 Corbett while those in Ashes of Rose
A were Misses Alice BOyden, Lueila T.
A gleston. Elizabeth SchWeuk and Doroth
A Edwards Between the plays each q
\ which was in one act. Miss Dorothy Heb
rendered "A violin Solo with piano accom-
y
s evening program opened with a sclecti0
4 hy the high school chorus with Ernest
Barre and Mrs. Frank T.. Barber as sol'
4 lists.
Two very interesting addresses wer
\ delivered at this mornings session. tt
4 first address. on the work of the Nations
Z Educational association, was delivered b
u Hugh :. AIagilL field secretary of ii
-. association. and the second, on Vocation;
- Guidance, was given by Prof. John \
4 Brewer. director of vocational guidanI
in the Harvard University School of Ed
cation.
Mr. Alagill introduced his address
telling of the nature and growth of Il
4 National Educational association. L
! emphasized the fact that every teacher
& the land has an equal ownership in til
association. aud that the membership b;
increased over 900 per cent in the la
four years Mr.. Magill said the work
n the association is fast becoming don
Y nant force in our educational life. III
4 speaker also told Of the growth of Il
4 public school movement in the last
. years, bringing out the point that no n
\ ton could be better than its cItizeT
Mr.. Magill stated that there were st