Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
OMMENDS
NEW SYSTEM
OF EDUCATION
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.ormed at present. although Vermont is
spending more for its higher institutions
of learning according to it's property
valuation than any other state In New
England: the proportion being IL times
as much as Maine three times as much
as Connecticut four times as much as
New Hampshire, eight times as much as
Massachusetts, nine times as much as
Rhode Island and "a times as much as
New York.
The recommendations are emphatic In
respect to suspending State appropria-
lions TO the University of Vermont, Mid
dlobury and Norwich Colleges save for
specific services. until the public schools
are brought up to standard one eff
cient agricultural school at Randolph is
recommended rather than partly efficient
schools elsewhere. School to teach man
ual training, carpentry, masonry and
hlacksmithng to agriculture
TH1RTY-FIvE YEARS OF FAILURE.
In recommending teachers training
curses in the secondary schools, the
commission points to "35 years of fall
ure" IN the normal schools. 1t also
recommends higher salaries for teachers
and tenure of position during good be-
haviour. 1t does not recommend CEN
trail teachers training school at present,
but favors a compulsory unlonlzation of
schools, State supervision by trained as
sstants, and a State board of education
composed of laymcn, which shall name a
trained commissioner and have plenary
administrative powers
In determining that the State agricul-
tural college has failed to perform its
duties and obligations as to agriculture,
the commission notes that the trustees
have already in contemplation a strength
onins of it's agricultural work and rec.
ommends such aid as may he necessary
to equip the University of Vermont and
Agricultural College for training teach
ers in agriculture on condition that a
radical change Of policy is made.
TOO MUCH MILITARISM."
TOO much militarsm" is the verdict
on Norwich University, which, nevcrthc-
less is rated with West Point MS train
ing school. The commission finds it not
strong enough in higher education to re-
ceive State aid, and that it is a private
institution and that elementary and sec
ondary schools must be first provided for.
1t finds that u. V. NJ. Mddlebury
and Norwich are duplicating effort, for
example, in their engineering courses
and, after reiterating that the public
schools first he provided for, declares
specifically against scholarships
which are declared to be 80 objec-
tonable in tendency to leave nothing
substantial in their favor" The com
mission consequently recommends that
appropriations for scholarships should
not be made even after the public
schools are provided for Ten pei
cent. tax recommended.
For revenue the commission recon.
mems: %, 10 per cent. rather thar
eight per cent. state tax; 90, direc'
appropriation Of $4,000; so, income
from permanent school fund, totalline
substantially s750,000. Distribution
tables are appended and the history
If the state school funds is given lr
letail.
The report is signed by John II
Watson of the supreme court Theo. n
Vail of Lyndonville. Percival w. Gle
nent of Rutland, Horace +. Graham
State auditor, Frank II. Brooks St
'ohnsbury, Eli II. Porter. Wilmington
James p. EStee Montpelier, and Al.
ison t. futile of Bellows Falls
ieorgc L. Hunt Of Montpelier, sign:
rs clerk