St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-08
TEACHING OF BOYS
Hannibal Hamlin Speaks To WO-
mans Club-MOre Stock of
Club House Taken.

The April meeting of the Woman S
Club was attended by large num-
ber, the teachers of the public schools
and of the Academy being the guests
of the club that they might hear the
speaker of the afternoon, Mr.. Hanni-
bal L. Hamlin Of the Boys Industrial
school, Boston. After the report of
the secretary, read by the secretary
pro tenn, Mrs. Edith N. Flint, the
president announced the following
new members: Mrs. James S. San
born, Mrs. Thomas Good of St. Johns
bury, Mrs. ChaBles S. Dole, Mrs. Les
lie Hardy, Mrs. H. L. Pache, Mrs. Nell
son A. Dole, Mrs. Harvey S. Dole and
Mrs. j. e. Tinker of Danville.
The nominating committee to pre-
pare ballots for the annual meeting
was appointed and consists of Mrs
Anna d. Pearl, Mrs. Charlotte K.
Moore and Mrs. Lena K. Woodward.
The dance planned by the club has
been given up out of courtesy to the
Club House association which had
already made arrangements for a
ball. The music committee had ex-
ceeded its appropriation of $4,000
by $1.75 which the club voted them
without a dissenting vote. The
chairman of the social science COM
mittee, Mrs. G. Minnie Tolman, re-
ported that the district nurse has
found this the busiest season in the
nine years she has been at work, hav-
ing made ISL calls during the month
of March. Mrs. Flint showed some |
excellent photographs of the antique |
handicraft exhibit, taken by Miss |
srar I, so1, 4
the club for inspection.
An announcement which was re-
ceiVed with great applause was that |
a generous friend of the Lyndon I
Union club and the st. Johnsbury
club had purchased ten shares of
stock in the Club House association
to be the property of the Lyndon
Union club. Miss Alice Wilcox of
the Museum called attention to the
Health Education league which has
100000 booklets on subjects of
health in circulation. She will re-
ceive applications for membership at
$1.0O which entities one to all the
of the league.
The committee which proved so
efficient in giving a luncheon showed
they likewise possess ability as finan-
ciers for after paying all expenses, in
cluding the music, they turned $500
over to the club treasury. Mrs. Gray
spoke of the card sent her on st.
Patrick's day bearing the sentiment
''The Commercial Club, the Woman's
Club, God bless 'em."
Before the speaker, who was pre-
Sented by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks of
the ciVics committee, began his talk,
the president asked the ladies to re-
move their hats, thus introducing a
custom which all the occupants of
the rear seats would rejoice to- see
made permanent. Mr. Hamlin is a
in the Boys Industrial school,
started three years ago in Boston,
and told of the work done there for
boys. The aim of education is to
teach a boy TO become a proficient
of society and the trouble
with the public school is its uniform
ty which does not take into, account .
he fact that the child is not uniform.
He criticized manual training because
when the boy finds that the thing he
IS doing is of no value he loses all
interest. In the industrial school
he boy is taught electricity, machine
shop work, wood working. metal
working, printing, ETC., and when the
lew building is completed 600 boys
an be accommodated. Each boy when :
le enters the school is given the :
hoice of two activities and it is found
hat the ones who make a success of
heir work are those who are allowed
o try the line of work they select.
rhe boys save the city considerable
money by doing electrical work on
school buildings, and none month
lave done $500 worth of printing;
md have also made all the furniture
or a girls school in Roxbury.
He criticized the idea of educating
Ill children with a view of their go
ng to college, said he would send
hild to school at seven years, then
1t IL put him in charge of a wise
ounselor who would help him decide