Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-10-25
ELECTORS CHOSEN
IN HIGH SCHOOL
Students Will Vote on Presiden-
tiaI Question Oct. 81
Practical Demonstration Of one Branch
Of Civil Government-lively Interest In
Probable Outcome.

Political affairs are now engaging
almost as much of the attention OIL
the pupils of the high school as IL
the value of the unknown quantity the
date of the fall of Troy or the chemical
ANALYSIS of a pint of water from the
town supply. The reason why poltlcs
have Jumped to the fore in school ac-
tivities is because next Thursday, oct
a. at II o'clock, the pupils of the school
will vote on their choice for the electors
for president and vice-president of the
nation The three leading parties, Ike
publicans, Democrats and ProgresslVes,
have nut electoral tickets in the field
and representatives of the three parties
are trying to enroll doubtful voters In
their columns. Buttons distinctive OF the
parties are being worn by nearly every
one in the school, Principal E. b. Smltn
has taken advantage of the present
presidential campaign to impart prac-
teal knowledge of branch OF ewes 10
the boys and girls in the school, anu
caucuses and minor elections have been
held.
At the close of scnool Friday the pu-
pills were assembled in the main room
and Principal Smith explained the
principles of the laws by which the
president and vice-president are elected
and outlined the duties of the electors.
Then the members of the various par
ties went to different rooms and held
their caucuses to name electors. the
following electors were chosen Repub-
lican nominations-Paul A. Chase, God
frey Crosby, Jacob p. Estey, William b.
Haskell; Democratic nomnations-Rob-
ert Angler, Harold l.. Cook, Philip b.
Putnam, Paul Whittemore; Prohibition
nomina tions-No nominations filed; Ma
tional Progressive OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
b. Brockngton Elmer A. Gray, Gerald
A. Rice. Ray c. Sanders; Socialistic
nomina tions-No nominations filed.
4. When 1t was learned that the Prohib-
'ition and Socialistic parties would not
appear on the ballot Principal Smith
notified the pupils that If four members
of either party would organize, their
names would go on, but as these par
ties appear to lacking in the school no
nominations were made.
Another meeting was held Monday
after school and a board of civil au-
thorty a board of selectmen, county
clerk, justices of the peace. ballot clerks
and other officers were elected.
These officers were elected Monday:
Moderator Robert C. Chamberlain;
county clerk, f. b. Smith; first con-
stable, Harold l.. Cook; second constable
Jacob p. Estey; ballot clerks. Enrol w.
Richardson, Elizabeth Hildreth, Gretcn-
tn Goldsmith, Margaret f. Root, Ben
jamin +. Bingham, Viola A. Harris,
Irene NJ. Atwood Marguerite r. Ban
croft, Raymond w. Geddis, Carlton w.
Falladay. Ralph C. Root, Lawrence g.
Sherman; justices of the peace the bal
lot clerks and Raymond j. Harris Ray
ID. Adams and II. Verne Adams. The
beard of civil authority consists of the
selectmen and justices of the peace.
The interest in the coming election is
net participated in by the male men,
bers of the school alone, but the girls
have taken an interest in it. The Pro-
gressives, a plank of whose platform
calls for equal suffrage, have nominated
one young woman eector and other
young women have been elected justices
of the peace. One of the blackboards in
the main room has been given up to the
campaigners and is covered with pos
ter pictures of the candidates. cartoons
and slogans of the parties. In the main
room next Wednesday campaign speech
es will be made to the pupils by mem
bers of the three parties.