The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-23
MAKE CHANGES
AT CASTLET0N
State Is To Repair Build
ings Housing the Nor
NAL School
JOHNSON EQUIP
MENT MOVED THERE
Teacher Training Course
in Barre Next Year
As Usual

L With the closing Of the schools, the
field work Of the state department Of
education for the school year il prac-
| tically over, and the Office Is at work
on improving the school work for the
coming year. Plans have been perfect
ed and contracts let for needed repairs
on the buildings in which the Castle
ton normal school is housed. Furniture
,, and equipment are being moved from
the normal school dormitory at John
son, which is now idle, to Castleton.
Under the direction Of Miss Gather
inc Aagcsen, who snpcrviscs the teach
er training work, classes are being or
ganized for next year and rapidly as
signed and organized The location Of
all normal classes will be determined
by the end Of the month. According TO
present prospects. one-year classes will
be organized at Barton, Danville, Swan
| ton, Bakersfield, Johnson, MorrisviIle,
Montpelier, Barre. Middlebury, Ran
dolph Bethel. Brattlcboro. Bennington.
Chester and Springfield. The three two
year classes win be located at the
same places as last year, namely, the
University of Vermont. Castleion and
Lyndon institute Prospects are good
for a large attendance in the two-year
classes
NJ, D. chittenden. supervisor Of high
schools, is busy working on the state
courses of study and in assisting super
inteHdents and directors to secure
teachers for next. year. 1t is hoped 20
plan out number Of new courses dur
ing the summer vacation. Newport Cen
ter has arranged to open enior high
school including both junior and senior
courses Arlington Is to open a school
with full junior course in a new
building The Arlington school has
been private school since Jan. |, with
onc.year course. In Lowell. the Jun,
Tor high school course X TO be extended
to full fenr-year course. The only
school to be given up il that in Georgia.
which gives two year course and has
only one teacher.
J. @. Whittier, supervisor Of ele-
mentary schools, is engaged in organic
ing a Vermont school exhibit 70 be dis
played at the annual meeting of the
National Educational association TO be
held in Boston the week of July l. The
exhibit will include types Of school
work, and samples Of study of Yer
mont industries, which Is being carried
on in high schools. elementary schools
and teacher training classes all over
the state. The exhibits win display
educational methods and achievements.
the organization Of the school system
and Vermont products. including maple
sugar. granite. marble, furniture, toys
and the like.
Mics Rose Lucia the director of rur
nj schools. will confer this summer
with school directors in regard to inn
proved standardization Of buildings and
grounds. During the past two weeks,
10 additional schools have been stand
srdized and many other school boards
are at work on plans to standardize.
The office i unusually busy this
summer in working on the annual
.ehcol reports from the school directors
and extra help IS to be employed.
Plans are practically completed for
the annual conference Of superinteud
enta Of schools 10 be held mt the | nj.
yersity Of Vermont Aug $ 70 l6. in
elusive. Commissioner c. II. Dempsey
has also arranged for a two-day con
ference at that time for school direc
tors and superintendent, probably 70
be held June and q School problems |
interesting 70 both directors and super |
intendents are to be discussed at this |
conference.
Commissioner Dempsey has Just fin
ished an outline OF federal aid and voca
tional work being conducted in the state
under the Smith Hughes law, showing I
the progress expected in the next five
years covering the vocational work mi
the high schools. both in agriculture /
and domestic science. in the work Of I
the state agricultural school at Ran
dolph Center; and in federal aid work