Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-12-11

follows: President, Merritt d. Chit
tenden; vice president, H. B. Shaw
recording secretary, Mrs. George w.
Wales; corresponding secretary, Miss
Elsie Brown; treasurer, Rev. Charles
C. Wilson. An executive committee
will be appointed later by the presi-
dent.
w. c. Bosworth Wins Rhodes Scholar
ship.
Wayne C. Bosworth, Middlebury,
| IL, was the unanimous choice of the
committee as Rhodes scholar from
Vermont for the three years beginning
next October. He received his A. B.
ter's degree in 1912, and at present has
position with the Chase National
bank in New York city While at
Middlebury he maintained high rec
ord for scholarship and was college
tennis champion for two successive
years. He is member of the Delta
Upsilon fraternity. Mr.. Bosworth
pas sed the qualifying examinations for
the Rhodes scholarship two years ago.
His examination papers were of such
a igh average that they created very
fav orable impression with the Oxford
examiners.
Offers Farm for State School.
Henry Copeland Of New York, a
banker who is a ma tive of Middletown
Springs, has offered to give to the
state of Vermont his farm at the
| Springs, said to be valued at SIP, 900,
| to be used as school of agriculture.
The matter has been called up to the
attention of the proper state authori-
ties but little information has been
given out upon it yet. The farm is
said to contain over 300 acres, is near
the village, and one of the best in the
township. 1t is well equipped with
buildings. The townspeople favor the
proposition and several of them stand
ready to subscribe freely to fund to
equip and help maintain the school
should the state accept the gift. A
condition is that the school be called
the Copeland school.
Waltham Man Shot at Three Times
Wednesday evening, Slayton Ward OF
Waltham was shot at three times,
while returning from a visit to the
home of Town Representative George
Hunt of Waltham. Mr.. Ward had
taken short cut through lots, wher
passing the residence of Mr. Dunshee
on the farm formerly owned by Ben
Fisher he was fired upon by mar
wearing a mask, who had apparently
been looking into the window. The
first bullet passed through the frock
that the young man had on and the
second struck the watch in the pocke1
of his trousers. The man ran, aftel
firing the second shot, and as he turned
the corner of the house he turned anC
fred at young Ward again withou
effect. 1t is surmsed that the motive
of the man was the robbery of Mr.
Dunshee and that Wards appearance
caused him to fear apprehension ant
caused him to do the shooting so tina
he might escape No clue has yet beer
found as to who the man was.
Governor Picks Commission.
Governor Fletcher today appointed
the nine members of the commission
''to inquire into the entire educationa
system and condition of this state, ,
created by joint resolution, intro
duced Friday, November 8, and EN-
bodying the suggestion made in an eX
; ecutive message of the same date
The members of the commission, TIVE
of whom according to the terms of the
resolution must be educators, are a:
,, follows:
Judge John H. Watson of tn
supreme court, chairman; Nichola;
Murray Butler of New York, presi
: dent of Columbia University; Theo. N
Vail of Lyndonville, president of tn
American Telephone and Telegraph
company; the Hon. Percival w. Glen
ent of Rutland; State Auditor Horac
F. Graham of Craftsbury: the Hon
Frank Brooks Of st. Johnsbury, presi
dent of the Fairbanks Scale company
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