Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14

Sunday nights meeting brought out
the largest audience in the series and,
like that of Friday night, was marked
by tangible results. The musical pro-
gram included orchestral selections, Kip
ling's "Recessional," sung by the glee
club, a male quartet number and a solo
by f. H. Miller with violin obligato.
Rev. r. NJ. Houghton, secretary of the
campaign committee read a Better Brat
tleboro platform which had been pre-
nous vote. He said 1t kind of
civic creed and was an entirely new
idea, no community anywhere ever hav-
ing set up such a platform for itself so
far as was known. 1t was as follows:
Better BrattIeboro Platform.
We believe that a community as well
as an individual should have an ideal and
that its citizens, by continued and united
action, should resolutely work for the
realization of that ideal. We seek
community in which nothing shall hurt
or destroy, but in which everything shall
! bless and build up.
l. Morals-A community of high pri-
vate and public morals, where all insti-
| tutions and agencies that degrade indi-
vidual and community life are excluded
| and where boys and girls may grow to
| strong and true manhood and woman
| hood.
g Education-A community where
| every citizen shall receive an education
| which will fit him physically, mentally
and morally for the work in life that he
is best suited to perform, and for the
| sacred duties of parenthood and citizen
ship.
3. Governmental community whose
| government is strong and beneficent,
| built on the intelligence, integrity and
cooperation of its citizens, free from
| every faint Of corruption, whose officers
serve not for private gain but for the
| public good.
| 4. Business-A community of business
| prosperity, where leadership and capital
| find full opportunity for profita BILE invest
ment, where business is brotherhood,
conducted for the service of the many
rather than the profit Of the few.
5. Labor-A community of opportunity
| for every man-and every woman who
must-to labor, under conditions of
physical and moral safety, reasonable
and the highest wage each industry can
afford, and where there is the wisest
restriction of child labor
6. Recreation-A community where
adequate facilities are provided and the
| leisure secured for every man, woman
and child, to enjoy wholesome recreation,
and to obtain the most thorough physi-
cal development.
| T. Health--A community where the
health of the people is carefully safe
guarded by public inspection, securing
pure food, pure water, proper sanitation,
| and wholesome houses.
| 8. Remedal-A community where the
strong bear the inhrmities of the weak,
the aged, and the sick, and where
thoughtful provision is made for those
who suffer from the hardships of indus
trial change or accident.
O. Social Life-A community where
welcome waits every visitor and where
none shall long remain a stranger within
its gates; where there shall be no class
spirit but where all the people shall
mngle in friendly interest and associa-
ton.
10. Reigion-A community where the
highest manhood Is fostered by faith in
God and devotion to man, where the
institutions of religion which promote
and accompany the highest civilization
are cherished, and where the public wor-
ship of God with its fruitage of service
to man is maintained in spiritual power.
Conscious of our shortcomings, hum
bled by our obligations, trusting in AL
mighty God, we dedicate ourselves to
labor together to make Bratteboro a
city beautiful and righteous, a city OF
God among men,