Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-07-19

school district mo. 2, at least such Of
them as are interested enough to ex-
press their preference, Is against adopt
ing the provisions Of the teachers PEN
sion law was shown conclusively In the
annual school meeting in the high school
room Tuesday night. 1t was the para
mount issue before the meeting, was
argued ably on both sides, except that
a few undignifed remarks were made,
and the pension proposition was lost py
a vote of III to 49, Three times,
therefore, the district has registered It's
opposition to the teachers pension law.
The first time was in the annual meet
ing July is, 1911, when the article was
passed over by vote Of 80 to g. So
Ion A. Richmond, the head Of the labor
organizations in town, led the opposi-
ton The vote was SO small that
special meeting was held two weeks
later, Aug. /. This time the article was
lost by a vote OF 225 to ITO, Mr.. Hcn-
mond again speaking against IL he
was the principal speaker opposed TO the
idea in the meeting this week, when the
question was upon a resolution onereo
by Judge James NJ, Tyler allowing MIS-
Stella s. Elmer a pension OF $2l2'oO, tne
equivalent OF one-fourth Of her average
annual salary the past five years, she
having finished teaching in the nign
school after more than 36 years OF SER
vice.
A resolution offered by Lyman E. Hol-
den was adopted without opposition, rel
active to tuition pupils. 1t was as toi-
lows:
Resolved, that the prudential COM
mittee of school district No. are here
by instructed to take only such tuition
scholars as the present high school
building will accommodate, unless said
pupils are taken at the same rate per
scholar as ii is costing to school the
pupils in our own district"
Mr.. Holden referred to the school re-
port, in which 1t was stated that the
building was crowded and that new
building was needed and he said the
expenses per pupil here were 90 per
cent more than in other towns and that
the district could not afford to go on at
that rate. 1t is true that the building
il crowded and has been several years,
But the tuition pupils have been ac-
comodated in the building and will be
the coming year, so the adoption OF the
resolution will have no effect at pres
ent, according to the prudential COM
pittee.
DR.. H. d. Holton, moderator, called
the meeting to order and Clerk Will b.
Smith read the warrant. DR.. Holton
was reelected moderator. The report
of the treasurer and prudential com
mittee as printed was accepted and
Member of the prudential committee for
three years, DR.. A. /. Miller. to sue
coed himself; clerk. VIII B. Smith;
treasurer George c. Averill collector,
William A. Shumway; auditor, Fletcher
X. Barrows. Under article Mr.. Hol-
den introduced his resolution relative to
tuition pupils Under article it was
voted to employ a supervisor OF grades
as heretofore.
Judge ]. L. Martin Of the prudential
committee spoke in opposition to the
article relating to having medical in
spection in the schools, because OF the
authority given the state board Of health
in the matter. He said the committee
felt last year that II favorable action
were taken they would have authority
to employ a first-class nurse, which would
be better than employing a physician as
= it would avoid friction. But the law
N}rovides that the state board OF health
shall have authority to make all regu-
lations relative to medical inspection,
and they might direct that regular
physician be employed. He said he had
board, of which the moderator was Sec
rotary but he felt that in educationa
matters the school officials should have
full control and that the board Of health
should be a consulting board and not q
commanding board. He understood tha
the board of health would Insist tnat
regular physician be employed, therefore
he moved to pass over the article.
In putting the motion DR.. Holton SAID
it was moved to pass over the article
so as not to interfere with the dignity
Of the prudential committee, and thu
question was carried in that way, al
though Judge Martin rose to question
of privilege, stating that that was no
his motion.
Then the pension matter was takel
up and Judge Tyler introduced thi
resolution and moved it's adoption:
BE it hereby resolved. that under tn
authority of Act No. Sc Of 1910 and tn
unanimous recommendation Of our pru
Dental committee, a pension of $212.50 {
year be granted Mrs. Stella S. Elmer OF
account Of her faithful and efficient ser
vices as a teacher in the Brattlebor
high school extending over period o
more than IS years"
Judge Tyler said the granting Of
pension to Mrs. Elmer would be a tokel
of recognition of long and faithful ser
vice, that she had no other income
that Mr.. Elmer had an affiiction whic
incapa citated him from work and tina
his only income was a Civil war pen
sion. He made a forceful appeal. stat
ing that there was no real ground 70
opposition and he hoped the support Q