Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-20
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brandon Farmers and Mech anics
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The subject previously announced for
discussion. on Friday evening, last,
brought out a large audience, filing .ey-
cry seat in the el0b room, and much IN
terest was manifested. ...'>.:.....
The. subject was the following. reso-
lqtion -. {. .....s......./. z.T.s-. 81.
Resoloed, That the best interest of this
community, and the welfare of the chill
dren and youth of Brandon, demand
that certain idle and extremely vicious
boys be. sent to the reform school at
Waterbury. q .sl,...e5
Mr. J, S. Cnley, Principal of our
graded school. opened. in an earnest, eff
fectire argument in favor of the removal
of certain bad boys from. among us,I as
their influence corrupted others. Such
boys did not usually attend school, their
parents usually belonging to the ignorant
and uneducated class, who fail to apPre
eiate the benefits of education We
have several such bays that give rich
promise of the. State prison or galiows.
There is no hope of a boy who stunned
loose to spend his evenings in the. street.
We have q. law by which children can be.
compelled to attend school, and that law
should be enforced Mr. Ciller spoke
of his earnest efforts. for more that five
years past in behalf of the children and
youth of this. community. He had not
only aimed to promote their intellectual
growth. but their moral and social pro
gress, to improve. their manners, and
make them ladies and gentlemen, and he
hurnbly hoped the results of his efforts
were already apparent. The vicious
class referred towas. only a small por-
ton of our four hundred scholars, and
if the citizens of the village would sas-
tain him he. could cure the evil. : j,5rt,
+, Mr.. s. b: June spoke of the. reform
school as big elephant Oh our hands,
and said. that probably not one in fifty
in. our State was aware that we had such
an. institution. He gave some valuable
statistics concerning the reform school,
and thought that we were not; securing
our share.o its benefits, 81. !.
DR.. %: i: Case. spoke of the influence
of our g street school upon the young
of our village. However efficient our
Graded School may be, and whatever
may be the experience. and ability of its
principal, we .haye a. school in our. midst
which, knows no vacations, and which
in some respects far, exceeds our Graded
School in. influence: Its pupils make far
more rapid progress. Rowdyism is;
taught in a few short hours. Swearing,
lying, stealing, and the whole, catalogue
of vices are attained with wonderful rs-
.pidity by children who have not vet
passed the primaries in the Graded
School. 1t receives. pupils. of all ages
and conditions: Girls. as well as boys
are pupils of this school. It's principal
/. has had much larger experience than
Mr.. Cflley., His first Instruction was.
given about six Thousand years ago, and
/ bis first pupil was not a;boy either.
Yes, the principal Of this street school
is no less than. the Devil himself, and
none. of the tax payers complain
/ that he has too large a salary, though
his school is sure to cost them more
money than the other This 'distin-
guished school master has at all fines a
full. and well trained corps of assistants,
and no school is 80 thoroughly organized.
These two schools in our midst are dia-
metricaliy opposed to each other each
strives to undo the work of the other,
and this street school must be broken up
cost what it will. If necessary to send
some of the members and teachers of
this school to Waterbury, let US do so at
once, and let us have police force to
clear our streets, especially evenings, of
these idlers and Migrants, male and fe-
male. Let them arrest and send them