The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-17

the afternoon session and after several
attempts at further amendment tho
bill was ordered to Il third reading.
amended so as to allow the taking Of
any wild deer except fawns during the I
open season of 1915.
The special committee on a budget 1
system have reported bill to create
a commission on budget consisting of |
the governor, state auditor, state treas |
urer, chairman Of the finance commit |
tee of the senate, the chairman of the
ways and means committee and appro- |
priations committee of the house, and |
the state purchasing agent.
Another Education Hearing.
At public hearing on the cduca
tional bill held last evening. Hon.
Warren g. Austin of St Adams, one
| Of the trustees of the University Of
| Vermont appeared in opposition 10 the
| bill. Mr.. Austin opposed the hill on
one main point-that it undertook To
revolutionize the policy of the state
which had been consistently followed
since l11T concerning higher cduca
| ton, because il refers i'm the preamble
/ to the report of the commission defiH-
| ing the status of the University Of
| Vermont to he that of private cor
poraton. aud in the first section dcfnesI
the public educational system of the
state excluding from it the University
of Vermont and other institutions Of
higher learning. Mr. Austin presented
manuscripts. lcttc~s, articlcs in the
public press and 80 forth, which had
Ibeen discovered bv Secretary of State
Guy w. Bailey, and which did not come
to the notice Of the educational com
lmittee which showed four different at
ltempts by the citizens Of Vermont To
have the state university established;
finally after the question had been aei
tatcd for II years came its actual cs-
Establishments.
| Mr.. Austin spoke at come length on
the influence of Dartmouth collie g in
Vermont politics and claimed that the
omission of the clause in the ronstitu-
ton of 1856. referring To the state uni
Versitv of which the educational com
mission had made much was due 10
that influence. He claimed that there
was not to he found any satisfactory
> lCVIdenrc that the government of Yer
mont had ever ropudiated the uni
Z IVersity as 4 public institution and that
|. the passage of the bill would he an
! act of disrcspect to and contempt for
the institution which would materially
affect is prosperity. No greater blow
tcnnld be struck at the common schools
tof Vermont than to cripple AMI I'M
lpair the state university. He proph.
/, leslcd THAT with proper recognition ST
! 1.-THE university and its functions ia
! the educational system the character OF
u manhood and womanhood and citizen.
4 ship in Vermont would continue To dc
velop in the future more rapidly than
in the past.
t Senator Simonds of Caledonia fol
e lowed Mr. Austin and made stronc
e plea for the good points of the bill
{ which he said were admitted by all tho
{ prominent educators and newspapers Of
, the state. He thought that the com.
q lmittee should get together and present
} isome bin which would embodv these
!, good points so that the members OF
Il the legislature could pass such bill
Q and go home and look the children -
: the face
v President John NJ Thomas of Mid
e dlebury college traced the educationa
5 history of the state and declared thai
c the resources of the state should stan,
behind the educational system of tn,
/ state. He thought the present bill
d went too far in destroying control q
q towns over school matters Prcsiden
Thomas said the interest of,the town
o should bc kept alive IN the same wa,
It as it has been in road matters nv tn
- law which makes the town share Will
the state the control and responsible
II tiles of road matters. He thought j
II would he wise to have two more mei
II in the central Office. one who shoul,
II make q specially of the rural school
II and one who would devote his atteu
II item to the high schools. lIc outline,
II 4 plan whereby supply of teacher
H might be obtained. Asked to speak ~
II the college President Thomas said h
II hoped that they would he given thei
II place in the educational system of FL
II state lie said Middlcburv college ha'
II attGplpted to- be of service bv turnin,
II ont, teachers. The teacher traiuin:
II course in Middlcbury was cstabIishe,
II and maintained by the state and h
II hopcd it would be continued
II Z. Burr Smith. principal of tn
II Rrattleboro high school. believed tina
II there should he two men on the boar
II Of education Of experience in educa
II tonal work and objected to the claus
Il in the present bill excluding individ
H Hals otherwise employed in educationa
II service. lie commended the clause re
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