The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-11-22

tary Hine Of the State Board OF Educa-
ton will leave nothing undone that
will facilitate the investigation Secre-
tary Hine stands for the consolidation
of school districts, that is, the town
management as against the district
system. The towns of Norfolk and Cow
entry were added to the consolidated
column in October, making 90 towns
in the State In which consolidated
management prevails at the present.
New Haven is the highest exponent Of
consolidation as Hartford is of the dis
trict system Of management.
Representative Robert Kerr of
Stamford, who was chairman of the
Soldiers Hospital Board, has resigned
that position and also membership in
the board and Department Command
er Charles A. Appel of Nfiddletown
has nominated Past Department Com
mander May Of Middletown for the
vacancy. The nomination is confirmed
by the governor under provision of the
general statutes. Representative Kerr
has made valuable member of the
Hospital Board and has had charge of
the State distributions to the veterans
and their wives who cannot be provid-
ed for in the regular State institutions.
He has managed this agency with
great skill and tact. Captain Kerr, as
he is called everywhere in the Grand
Army, has a fine record to his credit
in the war. He is native of Paisley.
Scotland, and is II years old. During
the session of the legislature he was
an efficient member Of the committee
on appropriations.
The Connecticut Institute for the
Blind in Hartford, which has a depart
ment of trades, will have magnetic
switchboard installed by the Southern
New England Telephone company in
that department with local stations
with the idea of instructing the in
mates of the institution in the art of
operating the telephone It will be the
first board for this purpose to be in
stalled in the State and the results will
be watched with great interest. The
Connecticut Institute for the Blind has
fully met the expectation OF its orig
inators and has opened a number OF
departments of work for the blind, in
Guiding a full-fiedged printing ONCE
that is well patronized. These blind
wards of the State will now have in
syruction in telephone switchboard
work that win open an interesting
! field for their energies.
The legislative history and souvenir
of Connecticut which was authorized
by the House, will not reach the print
ers until January William H. Taylor,
the author Of the work, has spared nc
pains in making It worthy Of the legis-
lature. 1t will be embellished with a
Isteel engraving of Governor Woodruff
and win have sketch in colors OF the
Estate flower the mountain laurel. The
history will be the first book to give q
print Of the State flower in coiors and
tints, Portraits Of senator's and House
members will be a feature Of tho his
tory. All In all 1t will be the best OF
Mr. Taylor's series, which, in 1897,
succeeded the Evening Post Annual
The latter was Instituted in 1876 and
became an issue OF permanent value
In its later years It was not handled
successfully, the thoroughness and lit
erary care that designated the first Is
sues having been abandoned. The An.
nual in 1879 was one Of the best speci-
mems Of State legislative biography
that has been prepared Mr.. Taylor Is
deserving OF commentator for having
restored the old Annual