The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16
Boys and Girls, Attention !

What do you say to having a depart
ment of the WATCHMAN all to your
selves? Not merely something pre-
pared for you to read, but department
which you are yourselves to help pre-
pare. The opportunity is offered you;
will you accept it?
Perhaps you do not see how it is to
be done. Here is one way that has
been suggested, and your opinion in
regard to it is wanted as soon as posi-
BILE. Suppose you form yourselves into
club; and, as so many of you live
among the hills, we might call it the
" Hill Country Club" Then you might
have scribe to work for you: one
who was born in the hill country and
has lived there many years and loves it
well, but who is now for a time in a
city, where there is access to fine
libraries, including the best encyclo-
pedias and other books of reference,
which can not always be found among
the hills, and to this scribe " you
can send any questions upon which you
desire such information as can prob
ably be found in these books of refer
ence. In addition to this, your "scribe :"
will ask you three questions every
week, and will expect responses from
as many as can ascertain the answer;
and the best answers will be printed in
your column, with the name of the
sender, unless the writer should request
that the name may not appear. These
questions will be on one general topic
for three months at a time. And as
every one ought to know something
about English literature, whatever
special studies he may pursue as he
grows older, we will begin with that.
Here are the first three questions;
What is literature
2-Who has been called the Morning
Star Of English Literature, and when
did he live
3-Why was there no English litera-
ture before this time?
The answers to all these questions
must not exceed four hundred words,
and must be received within two weeks
of the date of publication of this paper
Your space will be limited; but, except
what this limit of space makes neces-
sary, we will have no rules or bylaws
until we find they are needed. We will
not even limit the age of boys and girls
until we find our numbers overlooking.
All who are willing to be counted in
with the boys and girls may be so for
the present. 1t will cost you nothing
but your postage and stationery Per-
haps many of you belong already
to the Chautauqua Young Folks
Reading Union, or to the Agassiz Asso-
citation, or to some other organization
which is helping young people to be-
come better educated. If you do, youl
help will be worth all the more to the
Hill Country Club. We hope you are
all the Kings sons and daughters
whether you belong to Ten " or are
serving him all by yourselves. And
the better trained your minds are and
the better Informed, the more you can
accomplish for the King.
Now send on your names and post
office addresses, your suggestions and
opinions, your questions and answers,
without delay. Address Scribe" Is
South Loring street, Lowell, Mass.
p. S.-We have read the above sug,
gestions to one schoolgirl and she says
question No. is too hard; so we will
ask another question to set our young
friends on the right track: What con-
ditions of society are necessary for the
growth of literature? Almost any
history of England will furnish what
ever other information is needed for a
correct answer.