The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-01
FAIRFIELD

Supt. Wheatley said yesterday, re- ferring to his annual report, that the schools in town have S9 more pupils enrolled than one year ago. He is of ing and handwork do not detract from the traditional school subjects, but add zest and interest to the work in !. the common branches. He says the best of teachers are too traditional, too content to teach only the R's forgetful of the worlds tremendous progress these days along industrial lines. This fall Chicago will take up industrial studies on a more extensive scale than ever before. In New York, the establishment of what is describ ed as "undisg guisedly a trade schoe%, will mark the opening of a new era in the educational system of that city, 'the possibilities of which are not cas- fly forecast" We earnestly hope that Bridgeport will be selected as one of the fortunate cities in which a trades school will be placed There are II pupils from Fairfield in the Westport High School, and 50 in the Bridgeport High school. If we continue to give our teachers an average of A pupils as at present, we shall need in one or two years hence Ione additional teacher at Southport one al the Cen ter one at Greenfield where the rooms are now too small for the number of pupils attending, and one or more teachers at Nichols Terrace. In this last school we now. have every room well filled, including the old school house Last year, as a result of state inspection of their work, five of our teachers held honor certificates; the Misses Smedly, McGarry, Francis, Rogers and Scofeld. Fairfield has excellent teachers, and we are paying where will prove that we are not pay ing unusual or in any way excessive salaries.
 The number of men employed by the town to run it's government, is 20 and their aggregate salaries amount ual the sum of s27S. This, of course does not include the School Board and the Superintendent.
 The town paid out last year on ac count of it's poor, the sum of $2,930
 MT. F. D. Hotchkiss and his son take a look at the great Hudson-Ful ton celebration.
 There was an animated and inter esting meeting of the Executive Com inittee of the Audubon Society at the library yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Ma bel Osgood Wright presided and gave a long and very sprightly talk on birds and the objects of the society. A few of those present included Mrs. William B. Glover, Miss Mary B. Kip pen, Miss Hinckley, Rev. Allen Bee man, Supt. Wheatley, MT. Hurd of South Norwalkj Game Warden Smith, and a lady from Southport.
 Since the accident at the Rubber Factory it has been discovered that the foundations of the building were moved some two inches and many bricks shattered. The managers of the plant have sent out some 800 tel egrams to their customers, informing them -the delay caused by the breaking down of the engine. Word comes from the Corless plant at Fish kill that it has an engine on the stocks, which will be forwarded to Fairfield as soon as possible.
 It is predicted that both MT. Fox and Andrew B. Wakeman will make hustling campaign for the first place as selectmen of the town, and that they will come in at the polls almost neck and neck. a
 It does seem as if a policeman was needed at library corner, since some one has knocked off the yellow head of barber's pole, and pun away with