St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-03-20
Probation Commission Meeting


The state commission of proba-
ton, consisting of Judge w. H.
Taylor of Hardwick, Judge q. S.
Stanton of Roxbury and Gen. L. S.
TillOtsOn of st. Adams, held a meet
ing at Burlington, March 6, to dis
cuss the various problems which
have to do with making the proba-
ton law in the state efficient. No
special work was done but the
difficulties were discussed in a gen
eral manner, and as this is one of
the first meetings of the present
board much was accomplished.
General Tillotson, secretary of the
commission, announced himself as
being we'll pleased with the law
but thought there was room for
improvement, and the shaping of
some recommendation along this
line to place before the IegisIa-
ture next fall will be a part of the
commissions work. The probation
officers of the different counties will
also be gotten together in the near
future and it will then be ascertain
ed if there are any abuses of the
present law and just what the Off
GERS themselves are doing. The
commission was created at the last
legislature and consists of two SUI
perior court judges with a third
member to be selected by them and
to act as secretary. The late Judge
A. A. Hall was member and the
vacancy caused by his death was filled
by the election of Judge Taylor
For various reasons the commission
could not get into operation until
last June but the figures kept since
that time by General Tillotson show
the law is to be a valuable one.
Including the cases which are pend
ing at that time and those added
since, 562 cases are recorded. OF
these 129 have complied with the
conditions and have been discharg-
ed; that is, they have reported to
the probation officer regularly and
have committed no new offenses. |
Twenty-seven fell down in one of |
these two ways and were surrender
ed so that they went back to jail. |
That leaves 4O6 who are at present |
under the eye of the probation Off
GERS. Washington county has the |
largest number of cases.
The Women Teachers Club.
The Vermont Women Teachers
cluD now NUMBERS over lUU women
and has accomplished a good deal in
two years of it's existence. An i'm
portant thing accomplished is the
of the Teachers Re
,irement Fund association for the
purpose of receiving donations and
requests and distributing the reven-
lie for the aid of deserving teach
ers. 1t has taken steps towards the
of a State Teachers
Reading Circle Another impor-
ant thing accomplished is securing
recognition in the State Teachers
association in which seven women
low hold Office while two years ago
very office was held by men. In
! letter sent out by the ex-president
# the club, Miss Caroline S. Wood
uff of st. Johnsbury, the aims of the
lub were we'll stated as ID. To
improve the general character of our
chools and to raise the educational
tandard in our state, (2) to use its I
influence in favor of a minimum sal
ry law and CD to work to aid de-
CRYING teachers who are incapacita-
ed for further work. Every woman {
eacher in Vermont should be proud {
o be a member of such an organiza- ]
ion for it's objects are those which ]
hould interest every teacher in the {
tate. |