St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-11-18
PRESS COMMENT

: that the people of the state have i'm
posed a very definite duty upon them
Not only should they study the
pledges of the republican party as
expressive of a genuine demand on
he part of the people, but they should
read the platforms Of both the demo
cratic and former progressive parties.
There are three or four matters on
which all parties are agreed. They
are as follows:-
A better primary law than most
states have;
A simple workmen's compensation
act;
Simpler and cheaper justice;
The budget system for state ap-
preparations;
A Legislature limited as to tenure
and salary;
Practical training in our schools.
These are embodied in the re-
publican platform, but the reform of
the state insurance department, the
abolition of a half score of orna-
mental commissions and a general
reorganization of the state machin-
cry on a business basis are just as
| lively issues and should be faced by
the members-elect without delay.
The report of the governors edu-
cational commission will be in the
hands of every member of the House
and Senate shortly and should be
read carefully and fully, something
that had not been done by its critics
at the time it was presented to the
governor.
Beside these questions, there will
be an astounding amount of neces-
sary routine legislation, due to the
:ecent constitutional amendments,
and much other unpreventable mat
ter of considerable Importance.
Instead of waiting until they reach
Montpelier and are entered in the
beginners class of legislators, it
might be we'll for the members-elect
to send for the reports of the au-
ditor and other state officers and
begin to info: M themselves on Iegis-
lative problems.
1t would save the teachers time
mmensely.-Rutland He:ald.
Extension of University Education.
The influence of university
should and does reach far beyond
it's IS. it is true or should be
of every institution of learning and
universities and colleges, both pub
lie and private in every state of the
union are reaching for. instruction
not only those who come for the
regular college courses but also
thousands of other men and women
eager for additional opportunities
through these consistently increas-
ing university courses.
Though elements of the university
extension work appeared as far back
as 1881 the real beginning of the
nnk In 1897 70
rapid development has taken place
in the last half dozen years. In
1891 twenty-eight states and terri
tories reported university extension
teaching, mainly - in agricul-
ture and since 1905 twenty-eight
unive: stiles and colleges have intro
duced the work while twenty-one
others have reorganiZed their ex-
tension work on a basis of separate
divisions or departments.
AS the result of the movement the
campus of the state university has
come to be co-extensive with the
borders of the states whose people
tax themselves for it's support and
still larger areas are served by the
endowed universities in this popu-
lar way. 1t is as DR.. Claxton.
United States commissioner of edu-
Versity sees its duty and opportunity
wherever men and women labor in
the heat or toll in the shadow, in
field or forest, in legislative halls |
or executive Offices, in society or in
the home or at any task requiring |
exact knowledge of facts, principles |
and laws
Rutland and other towns in Yer
mont are beginning to get benefits |
of the extension work of the uni
versity. The time will come when
practically all of the usefulness of
this educational institution will be
carried to the principal cities and |
towns of Vermont so that there will
be little or no advantage in a stu
dents residence in Burlington, the
seat of the institution and the site
of its buildings, except for labora-
tory work, which requires expensive
apparatus and equipment.-Rut-
land News.
DnIingham's Reelection
Withstanding the most vigorous
political assault sustained in his
long public career, William P. Dill
bingham emerged today a winner in
the contest for the United States
senator's seat which will be vacant |
on March 3, 1915, by reason of the
expiration of his own term of Office.
Never has Dillingham; been forced to |
fight, and fight hard, for a position |
as he has been forced during the |
campaign just concluded. He: eto-
fore, official preferment has come to |
him with comparative ease because
of a well-inclined constituency as
well as because of the recognized fit
ness of the man for the offices he
sought. So Dillingham's capabiIi- |
ties as a hard campaigner in the
face of a doubtful situation were
put to a most trying test. However,
as a campaigner he rose to the oc-
casion we'll and by virile effort swept
away much of the opposition which
had developed through the compe-
tition of another able man in the
person of Charles A. P:outy. In
deed, the personal appeal was the
political salvation of Dillingham;, for
it gave him a chance to explain
away, and explain away satisfac-