St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-31

degree In our courts, and now that
mftted els much the demand win not
lessen until this reform has been ac-
compIished.
1t is no uncommon thing for
case to be tried and retired and then
once again be sent back for trial
But unless some substantial error
has been committed by the trial
judge in admitting this or excluding
that bit Of testimony, it cannot be
said that the cause of justice has
been farthered by such a course
Justice and technicalities are not one
and the same thing, by any means;
they may be, and in many cases are,
as far apart as the poles. Surely
here is a piece of reform that is
needed, and with all due regard for
the Montpelier lawyer, the demand
for it is not confined to editors and
politicians looking for jobs, by any
means.-St. Adams Messenger.
AbOIishing School Boards in Cities.
In view of the fact that the Yer
mont Legislature is considering the
control of public schools through
state school board, 1t is interesting
to note the comments of Professor
John Dewey of Columbia University,
a Vermonter, in favor of the aboli-
ton of school boards in large cities
and the trial Of state system of con-
troll. In the course of an interesting
article in The New Republic, Profess
sor Dewey says:
Getty boards of education are an
anomaly at present. They are a
symbol of the haphazard
IN. soI, - H..
cation is carried on, and of fatal
of initiative and direc-
ton. They are historic relics of
theory of state control which does
not exist in fact. They are the mid
dleman of our educational organiza-
ton, and like the middleman in other
fields they divide instead of bringing
together. They are supposed to
check and enlighten the professional
wisdom of educational officers by
bringing to bear the advice of other
specialists and the general fund of
common sense. In small
towns they render this service In
our large cities they have as much
representative capacity as any other
accident"
If Professor Dewey is well advised
Vermont is in the right track in re-
lation to state control of Vermont s
public Observation-Disclosures Free
Press.
Rumors of Peace.
Evidently an impression is wide
ly spread in financial circles that the
war will be sover by midsummer.
There are wagers to that effect in
Wall Street, which has ways and
codes of it's own for communicating
with the leading exchanges and
bourses of Europe. There is a kind
of freemasonry among operators on
stock markets which even war does
not place wholly in suspense. There
fore it will not do to poohpooh the
reports in circulation among brokers
as being entirely inspired by the wish,
as points" and tips" put out as fea-
lures of the game. Certain knowl-
edge of peace would be the most prof
liable bull point" conceivable. The
operator who shall first obtain it will
be in a position to make millions.
Naturally hundreds of brokers the
world over have their ears to the
ground to catch some assurance that
the warning Powers are weary of the |
strife and ready to patch up some
kind of settlement. 1t has been said'l
that the possibility of profit makes
even dull men keen, and there are
plenty of instances of the stock mar
ket getting advance news of great |
events. This is not saying that the
operators who are now predicting
peace in June are right; it is written
only to remind readers that a report
IS not to be thrown into the discard
simply and entirely because brokers
give it currency. The public is sus-
Dieious of all men in the stock mar
zet, and in it's suspicion often for
gets that Athey have great risks at
stake in the accuracy of the infor-
nation on which they operate.