St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-22

st. Johnsbury Center; Bacon, F. H.,
Groton; Bandy, John s., Barnet;
Commissioner, Lyndonville; Bow
man, Charles H., Waterford; Brown,
Harry, Ryegate; Burbank, A. j.,
Hardwick, East; Clark, H. E., Stan
nard; Chapman, William A., Peach
am; Cahill, William, Newark;
Clark, A. s., Groton; Cutting, R. b.,
Waterford; Darling, William, Rye
gate; Dunnett, d. H., Ryegate;
Hartwell, G. l., Newark; Heath, H.
! c., Groton; Kittredge, o. E., VALID
en-; Legacy, John, Sutton; Osgood,
| Herman, Danville; Mcqueen, Mel
vim, Kirby; Peck, William, Sheffield;
Stewart, J. r., Hardwick; Miles, Ira,
Wheelock; Rodger, Fred, Wheel
ock; Russell, w. E., Kirby; Russell,
w. S., st. Johnsbury; Sargent, Wes-
son, Ryegate; Shaw, F. G., Peach
am; Smith, w. j., Sheffield, Weeks,
Carl P, St. Johnsbury
A elf-GOverning School.
Principal futile of the Bellows
Falls High School is the first of the
Vermont High school principals to
try out self-government in the High
school in a sweeping and systematic
way, giving over the entire admins
tration of discipline to the student
body. Under his direction the High
school has organized a model Evil
lage'' government, eIecting it's mod
orator, trustees, clerk, treasurer and
constables. The trustees have their
own president" who presides over
the session of the trustees, and this
body within a body considers all
questions of infraction of rules re-
ported by the various constables,
there being two constables in each
room occupied by the High school.
New and varied forms of punish
ments are devised by the trustees,
and there is always a special effort
made to fit the penalty to the Of
Tense, and at the same time to be
so fair in the penalizing as to carry
with it the school body in it's innate
love for fairness. This scheme has
been at work a week now, and has
thus far proved an admirable sue
cess. It seems to entirely relieve
Principal Tuttle and his associates
from the work of discipline, and to
leave them free to devote themselves
to the work of instruction, and
then to enjoy watching the schookI
govern itself. Needless to say, the
scheme is creating great interest in
the homes of the place, as well as
among the student body, and it is
probable that outside institutions
will be greatly interested to note it's
progress.
Troy-Waterbury Railroad.
There we're 1OS present at the
at Waterbury, Nov. 10, to
consider the proposed new railroad
from Troy to Waterbury. The meet
ing was called to order by President |
B. B. Blake of Eden. Briefly he gave
an outline of the inception and pro-
gress of the movement for better
railroad facilities for northern YER
mont L. P. Thayer of the Morris
vile Messenger was appointed secre-
tary Reports of committees were
read by Secretary Minard of Water
bury, showing the outgoing and in
coming business of the several towns
The officials of the G.. |
V. railway present were Vice Presi-
dent C. w. Writer'S, General Mana
ger C. c. Jones, Chief Engineer J.
M. Morrison, and "Cy'' Warman of
the Grand Trunk. Lowell is send |
ing out approximately 319 cars an
nually, exclusive of the asbestos in
dnu Ids L ,OVO@ al % I'll VII
gin forests. Eden has an output of |
about 800 cars and 10 in. Her
summer business amounts to about |
$4,000, which could be quadrupled |
with a railroad. There are two de-
veIoped asbestos mines in Eden and |
one with a complete set of buildings
ready for machinery, with people
ready to buy and work them, if a
railroad was built.
Westford furnishes 800 cars of |
freight now, mainly lumber and |
farm products, has thousands of
acres of timber lands, valuable iron