The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-25
The Meddler
IN the eoaf fins you. PIT IL on. :

Among the suggestions made by Dr.
Miller In his discussion OF Dr. tucker
paper on Sanitation before the froics'
sional club last week was the follow.
ing; "No keeping Of the younger
school children in room occupied hi
day after the usual hours, without a
very wise and sane reason. rms
seems 10 the Meddler like particu'
larly wise and sane suggestion ana one
that all teachers in the lower grades
should put into application. The regn'
lar school hours are long enough for
n child 10 remain inside the best ven
tilated school room ever constructed
and when he is kept for hah'hour OF
an hour longer simply because ne
spelled separate with two ELS 1t al
together too much of a good thlng'
One popular method of punishment
which involves an extra session IN tne
school room as well as an unreasonable
amount of nervous strain is that Dy
which children are required to write
two or three hundred times some word
they have misspelled. This seems TO
The Meddler an extremely unreasonable
idea of discipline What child would
not get fidgety with such task before
himi And how many children would
not be pretty well worn out nervousiy
before the list was half completedf IL
enough for growing minds to digest all
that comes in the regular school cur.
rieulum without having to do any fool
stunts that necessitate extra hours m
doors and are likely to result in BRAIN
flag of the worst kind.
The high school seniors are bound
to 90 to Washington. As one student
expressed it the other day: "We re GO
ing if we have to walk But it takes
money to visit the nation s capitol even
if one goes on foot, and the class must
have about 5000 in order to make the
trip comfortably. OF this amount less
than half is raised, the total fund at
present amounting to S299.66. A trihe
mere than SAG of this money came
in answer to the appeal sent out by
Principal E. b. Smith last week, and
there are probably many people VINO
intend to give something but have ne
elected to do so. To these let this act
as a reminder. The Meddler believes
that raising the money by subscription
is preferable to depending upon the pro-
ceeds from entertainments given by pro-
fessional organizations. BY the latter
method only a small portion of the
money actually contributed ever reach
es the cause for which it is intended
because the entertainers themselves
have to have about Is per cent of the
gross receipts. It's much cheaper TO
give one dollar directly TO the fund than
to buy three or four tickets to con
cert or lecture, and it means just as
much to the pupils. The all importaS
thing with the class of 1907 is at pre-
sent the need of money Let s not
stand upon the order of our giving but
give something.
1t will doubtless surprise many peo-
pie to know that the Brattleboro
Trust company, which begins business
tomorrow, will remain open from 7.30
to 9 o'clock every Saturday evening,
for banking institutions as rule are
not noted for keeping long hours. The
arrangement, however, ought to be ex-
tremely advantageous to business men
as well as to everyone else who has
occasion to do any. banking business.
The new weekly payment system will
greatly increase the amount of business
done every Saturday and the fact that
many concerns pay off by check makes
it highly important that employees have
some place where they may get their
checks cashed in the evening if they
so wish Besides. there is no good rea-
son why bank should not keep open
in the evening the same as stores and
other places of business. The manage
ment of the Brattleboro Trust company
evidently realizes that the success of
the institution lies largely with the
public and believes that the way to
get business is to accommodate the needs
of the public. Brattleboro is plenty
large enough to accommodate another
bank, and the Meddler wishes the new
oue n lonp and prosnerouS coraer