Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-01-18
TEACHERS CONVENTION
PROGRAM
Meeting of 200 County Teachers at
Barton Thursday and Friday.

Barton Thursday and Friday.
Fully 200 Orleans county teachers
are expected to attend the annual
county convention of the Orleans
County Teachers association to be
held in Barton Thursday afternoon
and Friday of this week.
Registrations will be made in
Alumni hall and many of the sessions
will be held there, and the higheschool
building proper will also be utilized
for conferences.
The public is cordially invited to
all sessions, especially to the Thurs
day evening meeting.
Many strong speakers are on the
program which is as follows:
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
200 Meeting called at Alumni
hall.
Invocation, Rev. ]. J. Hutchinson,
pastor Of the Congregational church.
Music.
Address, "The decentralization of
Education" E. w. Butterfeld, New
Hampshire commissioner of educa-
ton.
Announcements.
Conferences
High school: Prin. w. M. Robinson,
Orleans, presiding. Held in room A.
Address: M D. Chittenden, state
supervisor of high schools.
Questions and discussion.
Geography: J. D. Whittier, State
supervisor of elementary schools, pre-
siding. Held in Alumni hall.
4. The Community. (a) A Prim-
ary Teachers Viewpoint, speaker to
be announced. (b) An intermediate
Teachers Viewpoint, Miss Janet
Knowlton, Newport.
2. Geography in Everyday Life,
Miss Anna Thomas, training teacher,
North Troy.
500 Reception to the visiting
teachers by the teachers of Barton.
THURSDAY EVENING
800 Community singing.
Vocal solo, Mrs. r. P. Webster,
Barton.
Address, ,"The problem of Discipline
in the Home and in the School," E..
w. Butterfield, New Hampshire COM
missioner of education.
FRIDAY MORNING
900 Music
Invocation, Rev. M. A. Turner, pas
tor of the Methodist church.
Community singing.
Address, "The Teacher at Work" "
C. H. Dempsey, Vermont commission
er of education.
FRIDAY MORNING
Conferences
Grades: Supt., o. L. Dugan, New
port Center, presiding. Held in room
"a.
ssThe Individual Differences in
Children" Natalie F. Moulton, train
ing teacher, Barton.
"Playground Work." Mrs. Thelma
Atkinson, assistant training teacher,
| Barton.
"Silent Reading" Miss Katherine
Aagesen, state director of teacher
training.
Rural: Supt. E. S. Boyd, West
Charleston, presiding. Held in Alum
nj hall. =.
"What a Standard School Means"
Miss Rose Lucia, state supervisor OF
rural schools.
"Hot Lunches in Rural Schools"
Mrs. Daisy Baldwin. Barton.
Other subjects and speakers to be
announced.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
1.3O Special conferences:
High school: Prin. G.. E. Stevens,
Barton, presiding Held in room Al.
"Value of Social Activities in the
High School," Otto B. Davis, princi-
pal of Newport High School.
"High School Grades and Credits,
w. M. Robinson, principal of Orleans
high school.
(Subject to be announced), G. ii.
Dempsey, Vermont commissioner of
education.
"Moral Training in the High
School," A. W. Stone, principal Of
Derby academy.
Demonstration work..
General elementary, presented by
the training teachers of Orleans coun-
tv, Miss Natalie F. Moulton. Barton,
presiding. Held in Alumni hall.
t"The Language Lesion" (dramati-
zation), Miss Natalie F. Moulton,
Barton.
"The Reading Lesson. Miss Anna
Thomas, North Troy.
"The Socializnd Recitation" Miss
Bessie Clark, Derby.
Teachers Living Pictures of Yes
terday and Today" Mrs. Thelma At
kinson, Barton.