Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-07-20
Overlooking Real Causes.

A reasonably DrlgnI Hdu CouIu SO
through the homes of Bennington today
and pick out, with fair degree of
correctness, those which will produce
the drunkards, the criminals and :he
naupers of the next generation. The
canse of which criminals and harlott
and other human derelicts are the
effect lies deeper than pictures of
prize-fghters in action and similar
catering to tastes of man as he is,
if not as he ought to be. The real
cause must be looked for III heredity,
environment in early life and in edu-
cation. Society is not apparently yet
ready to undertake. the control of
heredity. but society is making show
of managing environment and educa-
ton, though this is largely pretence
and self deception.
We are not arguing for or against
permitting the showing of the pictures
of the fight. We don't want to see
the pictures and we can't understand
why anybody wants to see them. but
we refused to consider neighbor
depraved brute because he wants to
see them. Society has produced his
tastes and he has the same right to
them that we have to ours.-Benning-
on Banner.
A Town Scrapbook.
A valuable suggestion is made by
Josiah H. Benton of Boston to the
effect that the public library in every
town should contain a scrapbook, in
which newspaper articles and other
writings which pertain to the town s
more important doings should be
placed. Mr.. Benton recommends this
scheme for securing material for the
historical data of the town when the
time shall come for it's compilation in
the form of written history. He rec
ommends further that the librarian of
the town libraries be commissioned to
make such collection of newspaper
clippings and other articles and to
keep them in such shape that they
may be readily inspected when the
occasion may require. This suggestion
ought to be taken up by other towns.
The Individual clippings would not be
of particular value to a community,
but when taken in their entirety they
would be well-nigh indispensable in
preparing a history of the town al
lowing, of course, for such slight in
accuracies as might creep into the
various articles. AS the Times has
heretofore stated, local history IN
compact form, written at intervals tc
bring it fairly down to the present is
very desirable work, and it will be
depended upon to furnish the material
if the memories of inhabitants are tt
: be depended upon to furnish the
J material and facts. Therefore it be-
hooves the officials of the towns, anc
cities as we'll, to see that the rec
concentrations of Mr.. Benton are
put into operation in their communitie:
and that start be made toward pre-
pairing the current facts. Barre
Times.
Agricultural Education.
Assistant Secretary w. M. Hayes
of the department of agriculture
in an address before the Minnesota
Development association said thai
"the world is looking on while WI
farmers plod along in our unorganize'
unsystematic, half-hearted way ant
the world believes that were gu
people broader and better traine'
we could produce much better yield
than we DO; and we are forced t.
admit" he added, that the world i
O right.
o whether our activity be religious
+ social, political, or economic he con
tinued, "We are on a 15-bushel basl
: with 25-bushel opportunity. TIL
h blood of our people, the hereditar
potencies of our wheats and the pro
ductive potentiality of our soil an
climate warrant rapid increase o
e wheat yields up to % bushels per acr
+ and of other farm products in proper
r ton; and even more rapid should b
| &Io crroxuth Of iptollinapoo hnroo lix
t ing, and social advancement general
n ly."
s Mr.. Hayes believed that the one-rool
!. rural school-house should give place
as rule, to the consolidated schoo
providing accommodations for pupil
within radius of five or six mile:
t He would have such school contai
n three or four rooms for an elementar
# school, one for the high school classe
If and larger room for laboratory an
:. practice work and for vocation;
n studies.
le 1.-The typical consolidated rur
le school," said Mr.. Hayes, will have
lie ten-acre school farm. In this nortl
Sc west country half of the farm will
= developed for combined campus ar
farmstead.
In timber belt on part of the far
experiments will be conducted wi
a forest trees in plot mixtures, while
of help to solve the tree problem f
an groves to protect our farm homes
TT within this protected area will
ID Fairgrounds for our students; and
is will contain ornamental trees, shrub
in and flowers, fruits, and vegetable
IL and beautiful grass lawns. There W
ad be cottage for the principal of Il
| L I H.
en- will be devoted to field crop
RS Crop rotations will be demonstrate
i'll here. Methods of cultiva til {
RS will be taught. New varieties
or grains, grasses, and other varieties
ny plants will be tested, as also SIN;
fruit, shrubs, and fruit trees,
It. 1t is not practicable at the prese
or time to reorganize all the Vermt
ms rural schools along the lines advocat
by Assistant Secretary Hayes.
ready our state has done much iowa
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