Putnam patriot., 1909-01-22
 Connecticut Staie Grange

fhe tNeutYs fourth annual session ii the Connecticut stale Grange came T. eloSe Thursday, with morning and afternoon meetings ii the Auditorium Hartford.
 important recommendations of the closing day were in faxof af legislation to compel the collection of military taxes and naym of salaries, Instead ol fees to Probate Judges Additional accommodations Al the Agricultural
 Experiment station, al ah estimated es.sl ol sn.Dp, were also favored
 The grange, after considerable dis enssian. went an record as fasofing -
 milrs an houf aS the hmit of speed for
 aA aHIaHehite aa country roasis, and II
 heavier Lax on hiEh=poweIut machines
 \ public utilities commission Was
 afged the action ei ihe saaaeeticnt
 Forestry Association towards securing
 ~tale forests in the various eaanties ot the state Was approved, and the com mittee on national legislation offered A
 resolution urging the passage es Con. gtess of the pareeIs-post law favored hs the National Grange.
 Many other matters occupied the at iention d the memhers during the last hours of the session.
 W IL Rasson offered resolution authorizing tic formation of Past Masters Association, to which all Past Masters oi the grange would ee eligi- gioie.
 The chairman on education made report which emphasized the impor- tsnco of educational work tn the grange. snd declared II lo be the eeF- nef.stone ol stseS'cssful grange work. The report ufged more active edaea- iional effort during the lecturers hour In the grange and ies> effort in the di- ree.ien of entertainments; il alse advo- eated helter country schools, town ma nagement af county schools and more complete supervision of them. The feport did not encourage the study ai in the public schools, hs~ cause children, up to h years of sge, are not capable of cemprehending the scientific problems in agriculture. The fepaEi favored studies in the common bal seemed to throw a very damp blanket on the prolecl ef making the common school ef the State into sart et primary agricultural college.
 President (. l.. Reach of the tlonnec- Iieas Agricultural College ~as intro iaccd, and said that The college al -toTts WAS like an oxergrosn hoy It i aad ousgrosn iis clothes. There were !. now l>a pupils and the The acoommo- iaiians had nos inc2ea>ed la prerer- i Hon ta she increase In population. The l lining hall seated only liu, and that i the setting el Two tables st i zach meal The dermitoFs seoomnae- isiloas were aNeEtsSed. and single i fo-ans had lo tse oesapsei hs t~a stu l dents, which inteFfeEed with aeeen- i pltshing the best results. IL was eer- 1 lain ihSt the state would have se ee ]. sAlled agsAn again very seen for sadl. l .tesai oslldtnxs. ef students would { have to ts Fesu>.ea admission. The main l college ea.ldias has lseoesne inadequate aaa fl The pssss ni rate of growth con. slased ta t~e yeaFs more new siaa.- iesa, ,ssa administration building Woasd exscatas imperative
 Pass Master ] II. HAls a, then re- elected usesnbeg of The sxsxasixe casn. nsstex foe ihree wears.
 Tie special committee ea teaching aa ghe vomWsoa selas~,gs of he State, aaAste sss tst.ast. saying thas a sssse ls we4lia nal k suitable to se2ca elentstHf farming in iAs scile.sss. thrfS sesc, AassKeF. numlrg ~ branches eaaAsese1 wllA agriculture ka&E csaaA