Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12

for those going into the Professions II
should endeavor to provide an adeuuat.
education for the great mass of boys and
girls who ought to remain and grow up
with the country. We would like to see
connected with the high school. besides
other equipment. a green house. the dairy
laboratory. the domestic arts Department.
and the work shop. Were we not so
modest "" would say watch Murrisvillc
and see her develop model country high
school. our high schools are the center
o! the rural districts and large part of
III" population is interested in these
things. 1t Is conceded by most of the
high authority of the day that the farmer
i ho reaches the requirements of his &C.
equation, Is engaged in business that
requires moro brain work than any other
profession on vocation.
Vermont has been too conservative We
hay" To look to the newer States for uJ-
vancrd IDEAS along many lines. We re-
Gently visited the new Lewis n Clark
school in Spokane. Wash. a building with
equipment that cost si5o"o. with accom-
modations for 2,Cpp scholars, and this in
section where little over twenty years
ago the land was open to anyone to file "A
homestead. Boys and girls graduating
from this school are prepared for their
chosen field of life work. Thos. who 90
to the farm are prepared to make in
tensiHe' farmers. They will not only
know but they will know why they know.
They will know good seed from bad, right
cultivation from wrong. and the why's
and wherofores OF climate. soil. fruit,
.,ft
Gus questions with which they have 10
deal.
We have great hopes for the Page vo-
cational educational bill, so-callcd. now
pending in the Congress OF the nited
states. We believe this bill. If enacted
into law. will touch more interests than
any other measure ever proposed by
Congress. 1t Will prepare teachers, give
agricultural extension work, and train
boys and girls Tor life work Ii will do
another thing, II will reach the 50 per
cent. of our children who never get into
the high school. We believe it would re-
duce. after few Years. the number who
remain below high school as il would
make the school life much more interest
ing. When visiting the Lewis a. CLARK
school. and seeing all the equipment tina,
the boys had to work with, the wood
working shop, drafting and pattern room.
the foundry, and everything necessary
tor the making of a gas engine. we wish.
ed that We might be permitted to 20 To
school again AS We understand il. Con-
eress has hesitated about passing this
bill because Of the appropriation it calls
for. Let them take a small fraction from
our war expenses Now % per cent. o.
all our national revenue goes to prepare
Tor war or as the result of war Wo
would ask every subordinate and pc.
mona lecturer to procure a copy Of tho
Page bill and devote n session to It's dis.
cussion. If the merits of this bill were
understood by the people Congress would
he compelled to pass it at an early date.
Personal letters and resolutions to con.
gressmen will help.
The agricultural school at Rand olph
Center is proving a success and We be.
lieve 1t should be given sufficient aid to
properly equip 1t and that a similar school
should be established. at an early date,
on the west side of the State. We are an
agricultural State ana need schools TO
train our boys TO become producers. rath-
er than armories to train them to become
consumers. Our State should not spend
money FOR war purposes with the mil
lions that the government Is putting
into st.
In the line of cooperation We find our.
selves about where we were one year
ago. Several subordinate Oranges have
saved quite a little In buying in car lots
OF In large quantities. Some of the State
Oranges have a committee. elected at tho
annual meeting. which has been able to
arrange with various wholesale houses
for different articles in car lots We spent
some time last spring In trying to arrange
for the agency I'm the State. with COM
pany that manufactured a fun line of
farm machinery and claimed to be indie
pendent Of the trusts. We had plan all
worked out which We feel could have
been made practical II we could have
gotten the company to sign 1t. For "A
while 1t looked as though we would sue
coed. We went To Albany, y. y. to con-
fer with them and when We left We thought
they, would accept the terms, but their
board of directors turned It dywn.
We Investigated thoroughly and ne
ACOn1nued mn mana Sluhi.A