The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-16
D. ". NJ 'CLELLAND
HEAD Of VERMONT
TEACHERS ASSN
Bennington Superintendent Elec-
ted at Recent Convention
1900 TEACHERS ATTENDED
Cecile Tetreault of Bennington
Won Third Place in State
wide Spelling Match III

d. w. McClelland OF Bennington
was elected president Of the Vermont
state teachers association at the an.
nual meeting at st. Johnsbury last
week. 1t was one of the biggest and
most successful conventions the as.
sociation has ever held
MT McClelland and the rest of the
Bennington party arrived home Sat
urday night. With the superindend
ent in his car were Miss Dorothy
williams and Miss Cecile Tetreault,
the TWO Bennington county contest.
ants in the state spelling match.
Both girls stood up for long time
ana Cecile was third from the end,
being next to the two prize winners.
She went down on 'apoplexy." Doro.
thy as 18th from the end with 26 con.
testants and was overcome by ma.
newer" The winner OF the spelling
match. Grace Crofton of Concord, for.
merly lived in Bennington and attend
ed the public school here. She was
a daughter OF Mr. Crofton who lived
on Washington street and was a
member OF the Bennington company
OF Home Guards during the war.
The following news dispatch tells
OF the closing hours Of the conven.
tion:
st. Johnsbury, Oct 15.-With the
audience all singing There's a Long.
Long Trail Winding led by the
Lotus Male Quartet of Boston Presi.
dent-elect d. w. McCleland, Benning-
ton. announced that the I'D annual
convention OF the Vermont State
Teachers association was adjourned
sine die at o'clock yesterday after.
noon. An invitation had been prev.
iously received to meet In Burlington
next year.
Before adjournment over 1900
teachers had. registered and nearly
1000 people had attended. One st.
Johnsbury hotel served 1883 meals on
Thursday and in one OF the restau-
rants the doors had to be closed at
III o'clock in the morning SO that
the help could prepare the next meal
All the delegates we're comfortably
housed and with the aid of five
churches all were fed though 1t was
the largest convention ever held In
the state.
The principal speakers at the Sat.
urday session we're Miss Katherine d.
Blake OF New York city and President
Atwood Of Clark university Worces.
ter, Mass.
Miss Blake severely criticized tho
teachers for spending their time on
mathematical conundrums. fairy
tales and Mother Goose rhymes and
not telling their pupils of the won
derful achievements Of real men like
Columbus and Edison and not I'M
pressing upon the young people the
responsibilities of parenthood
President Clark told them how GO.
ography should be taught. giving
many practical ideas that have been
adopted by banking houses and cor.
porat'on engaged In export trade.
The resolutions included de-
mand for the establishment of the
department of education in the pres
idents cabinet as well as resolu.
tion expressing the great loss to the
state In the death OF Dean Wasson
of the University OF Vermont.
These officers we're elected for ~
ensuing year: President. d. w.
McClclland of Bennington; vice-pres.
ident Miss Mary Bailey of Crafts.
bury; secretary, Miss Alice b. Chan.
dler of st, Adams; treasurer, e. ".
Clowse of Richmond; executive com.
mittee. Ernest A. Hamilton of New
port, BESSIE X. Thomas Of Woodstock,
j. Il. Colburn of Burlington; direc.
tors L. S. Abbott of Rutland. Prof. II.
II. Douglas of Burlington, Miss Jessie
Parker OF Montpelier,