The Newtown bee., 1894-06-22


 and, as usual, it will deal with very
 ,rtcal problems in education-prob
 lrlus of interest not Go professional ed .uvators only, but problems that touch
 the very base of our system of training. . The three articles arc: "lhc ideal train
 Ing Of an American boy" q working , statement of the highest ideal, by Prof
 Thomas Davidson; "Rcscarch the vital-
 I1ng method of higher teaching" by
 President J Stanley Ilall-the most sug-
 gestive of his series of articles; and
 'WiH the cO.GduCatcd cO-educatc their
 children 2" In other words, will women
 who attended co-eduCational colleges
 send their children, especially their
 daughters tO these colleges: This arti-
 Uic. By prof Martha Foote Grow, of the
 Guiyqrsity or Chicago, is based on a se-
 rics oP inquiries made of the alumn,e of
 CotneI,, che University of Michigan,
 and the other coeducntional schools.
 I aome of che clerks of the school
 districts in NCwtown and ucighburing
 towns are negligent as to their duty
 Section l13 of the Public Statutes says ::
 Tho clerk of every school district shall, l within 90 days after the election of officers |. in such district, forward to the secretary
 of the board of school visitors of the
 town wherein said school dis
 trIct IS located q certified llst
 of the officers elected at such meeting, together with the pOstoiliCe ad ,' dress of each. In case any district is lH situated partly in two CT more towns such Llu list shall be sent to the secretary of the - board of school visitors of each of said Ii downs. Any clerk who shall fail to com h ply with tho provision of this section
 shall forfeit Sla to the district of which ,rl he is clerk" 1t is doubtful if many of .,0 o the clerks are aware that there is such a law on the statute books.
 ,t Tn a paragraph in reference to a New 10, town party who has been in Ridgefield, ' "Newtewn, this state" as if to imply [ that NewtOwn was some school district unknown to the people of his community h Now if Editor Bross will refer tO the u" Connecticut State Register and Manual GIG for 1894, he will find that in 1890 New ''" town had a population of 3539, while al RldHefleld the same year is accredited ls with 233j. Ridgefeld iS beautiful toi town, second only to NewtOwn as sum d ner resort The Press Is one of the lead 'dA ing country weeklies of the state, apC il Editor Bross one of the ablest of COnneG Iuidticut's. strong list of country 'ieditors. But Brother Bross evidently needs to study his map of Connecticut ..a He will find that Newtown is one of tho
  'a meg state, and all our city visitors de lui' elaFe it to be one of the most attractive summer resorts In COnnecticut.. ,,.,.
 AIti 3I Fgl% . i+ 4 f.,.t l., i4,a Do you wish d copy, of the l7th annua u report of the Connecticut AgriCultura expermeht station? Drop a card to tht New Haven stationi if youldo, as it il s sent free to all applicants within thu '.u state. This volume of 33lu pages, con tains report on the commercial fertili tDu Zers sold within the state during the las year. The botanist discusses the method 'il of combating various plant disease ,u such as the apple scab, potato rot, tn
 mildew of lima beans, leaf-blight of eel
 cry and of quinces, etc., and gives z .l spraying calendar, 'minutely describing u the work to be done in. each month t. ,u guard against the ravages of insects ant "" fungi There is a report on a serias o field experiments to study the effect 0
 fertilizers on the quality of the tobacco lnl't crop, and observations on the growth 0 auu maize continuously on the same sol % with different fertilizers. Analyses an A other data are given regarding som tiD ninety samples of Indian corn raise bl,' within the state and exhibited at tn a D Columbian exposition. There is also d discussion of the feeding stuffs sold I i,' this state and an account ofIexperiment t~'"to the relative efficiency of the Delays iihni separator system and Cooley system ( sadS separating cream. The report also cor i"' tAins other matters of interest to Mrn
 CTS and fruit raIsers. nr s%I