The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-11


clans who treat such cases are required
to report them to the secretary of the
state board of health Immediately or be
fined not to exceed 5000 The state
board of health is required to enforce
rules and regulations for quarantininS
and treating such cases.
The governor has signed the joint
resolution providing for the acceptance
of the gift of Speedwell Farms to the
state by Theodore n. Vail
Gen. Nelson A. Miles is to, address
the joint assembly at 2.30 0 clock this
afternoon. s-ezse-s5s4sssa
Senator Powell reports that the com
mittee on final adjournment has agreed
to advise a final adjournment on March
lbs.
| The Bible and the Schools.
! \ public hearing on the bill provid-
| ing for the reading of the Bible in the
public schools before the committee on
public schools was held last even
ting. Rev d. j. o Sullivan of st. Adams
was the first speaker and stated that
| he did not question the honesty or
Isincerity of the advocates of the bill
that they no doubt felt that people
were drifting away from the moral and
religious teachings of the Bible, but he
did not believe they would accomplish
what they sought by having compul-
sorry reading of the Bible in the public
schools He said he honored the Bible.
bat it was the occasion of more dissen-
ton and dispute than any book ever
written. That it was asserted that only
moral precepts that do not touch on
doctrines would be culled for such read
ing, but he thought that if they were
from the Bible at all they would
raise a sectarian issue as many reject
Tits divine origin, the Jews repudiate
1.-THE New Testament and Christians are
divided as to the meaning of its doe
trinal or disciplinary precepts. He
lforesaw an element of disorder, CON
fusion and source of disunion and re-
Iligious discord between children now
living in friendly companionship if the
provisions of the bill were carried out
Mr.. Phelps, the member from Fail
Haven, stated that he was a protestant
and had been brought up to have tht
Bible read daily in his home. He
thought the Bible was a great anC
good book, but that it should be care
fully interpreted. He thought that
as the constitution said that no mar
can be compelled to attend religious
worship that the legislature should no
put on the statute books anything tina
: could be called a sectarian measure
that it was unjust and that he hope,
every member of the committee would
carefully consider the measure befOr
making a report.
John Senter appeared for the Jewisl
element and attacked the bill on con
stitutional grounds. He thought Their
was no bill that would do more harm
than this one, that we had got alon
; for 1873 years without compulsory read
$ ing of the Bible He thought it
= question of conscience and asked if W
$ must all be made to kneel to the ma
I iOritv of conscience that this coul
e not be brought about and would be a
j. iniquitous act if it could be.
e F. L. Abbott, a seventh day Advent
c est, opposed the bill as unconstitr
s tional because no person can be con
= Ipelled to erect or support a place O
worship and ne read a letter attacldn
/ the bill from T. W. Sprague, field SEE
Il rotary for Vermont of the national II
It ligious liberty association.
l. Mr.. Black, the member from Burlin:
ton, expressed regret that it had bee
9 bill. He thought it would breed
< spirit of discord which it was desiri
n bic to prevent. He said that in til
e. eyes of the law, Protestant Catholi
At Agnostic and Hebrew were equal, al
IS he was opposed to the bill as unjust.
'e Senator Powell said that when Il
or bill came up in the senate he eXpresst
le the belief that it would breed sectal
'd anism: that it was not fair to Jews
te Catholics and that if it came up in Il
senate again he should oppose it.
Ii Rev. !. b, Reardon of Barre in o
rs posing the bill stated that there we
st so many versions of the Bible that t
he passage of the act would cause gre
tie dissention. He stated that 30 differe
90 legislatures had similar bills befo
I'm them and advised waiting to see VIII
1t. action was taken on them. There we
he 10000 citizens in Barre, he said, a
IL all the children attended the pub
schools, and he thought the propos
IN law would cause great dissention a
division in the schools.
lot w H. Jeffries favored the bin, |
no said he had been impressed with
. fairness of all the speakers against
He thought it possible to prepare
syllabus of the Bible which VOL
be fair to all sects, and did not c;
what version of the Bible was used
the purpose. He thought that if
public reading of the Bible was
constitutional that the constitution V
violated every dav in the house cha
Der by its reading by the chaplain.
pleaded for a wider knowledge of
Bible. for the boys and girls of Y
mont.
Rev. w. A. Shaw of Montpelier '
in favor of the bill and thought t
whatever you would have APPEAR IN
whatever you would have appear in
public schools, that the Bible m
than any other book has been the
spiration of all the masterpieces of
and literature and that no system
education is adequate unless we h
provided for the moral training of b
and girls. He thought that we wo
h have to 90 far beyond the Holy B