The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-20
HOUSE HAS LIVELY TIME.
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to attempts made by members from va
rious parts of the country to legislate
something out of nothing, or, as he
expressed it, ''you can t wave your
legislative wand over an empty hat
and take out a live rabbit He did
not believe that high-tiown oratory was
of any particular use at the national
capital except to individuals by send
ing home copies Of speeches made by
them on the floor of the house, but
did believe in the simple, old, homely
New England maxim that if one start
ed in by not airing all he thought he
knew and was willing to sit by and
listen one could learn something al
Washington as one can learn some
thing at Montpelier He stated that |
it was said by travellers who had Wis |
tied the various parliamentary bodies
all over the world that the Vermont |
legislature was the most orderly and |
dignified of any. The average man |
who comes to Montpelier to serve his |
town does so at a personal sacrifice |
| and this sacrifice is as worthy of es- |
TEEN as is that of the soldier who far |
i{the last 1877 years has followed the |
| flag to war.
Congressman Greene stated that it |
| had been suggested to him that he
make a speech and send home to Yer
mont and that he replied that if he
were to do so the people of Vermont
would be offended. ''My people up in
| Vermont have been to school and You
can catch them with that kind Of
stuff. - he replied. ''and it is great
satisfaction to represent a constitu-
encv that cannot be fooled
Congressman Greene s address was
! listened to with close attention and he
was greeted with applause at its con-
| clusion
An act relating TO the creation of :,
live stock commissioners and providin"
,(among other things for certificate of
| health for registered cattle sold for
! BREEDING PURPOSES, kind of "eueen-
ir' cattle bin in fact was passed in
the house after being amended on mo-
ton of Mr.. Graham Of Rockingham
by making the annroval Of the govern
or rereSsarv in the matter of expendi
trres hv the commissioner for clerical
and other assistants The house also
passed II $50 an act to exempt real
estate of charitable organizations from
taxa tion for 10 wears.
The bin providing for the reading of
the Bible in the public schools was
nasSed in the senate after Senator
been prepared with a view to avoid
sectarian objections and that similar
bills were before the LEGISLATURE Of so
states for enactment. lie asked for n
yea and nav vote on the passage Sen
ator Powell stated that he should vote
for the hill. bat feared that section >
which allows a child to be excused
from attendance at such morning read
ing, would feed the fame of secta-
rianism. The bill was passed by i
vote Of % to >
The third public hearing on the edu-
cational bin as it effects colleges. nor
NAL schools and other state educational
institutions was held last night in the
: hall of representatives. Principal Ad-
ans of CastletOn was the first speaker.
and he spoke in the interest Of the Cas-
Teton normal school He said he had
no desire for anything but the truth.
but he thought the Carnegie report did
not embody any conception Of the spirit
of the school that Dr. Eliot Of Wiscon
sin was the only man on the Carnegie
Foundation who had any knowledge of
normal schools and that he thought that
he differed in personal opinion with
the Carnegie report. He stated that he
had a letter from Dr. Eliot in which he
said there were great opportunities for
normal schools in Vermont. I'm reply to
the objection that the normal schools
were unable to furnish sufficient mum
Der of teachers for the state he said
that no state in the Union was supplied
wholly with teachers by normal schools.
He stated that it costs the normal
school at Castleton $3.50 to graduate a
teacher, while in Massachusetts il costs
$500 and in Maine from 5000 to 500
i If the normal schools are abolished il
will mean q lower standard Of teaching
and will force out Of the state girls who
idesirc q normal school training, am
we need every agency possible fer put
ting girls into training for teaching il
the state.
President Spooner of Norwich uni
versitv was satisfied that the Carnegi,
report as presented could have beer
written Just as wen in New York with
out q visit to Vermont. He cfiticiSe,
the report of the educational commits
sion on several points. among them tn
passage which states that lat Norwic
things military are not incident 20 hu
the primary object by answerin
that the military was merely an apper
dix to the other educational feature:
lie read a number Of letters from men
bers of the body Of alumni of NOrwic
university from the years 1S45 to 1917
speaking ia high terms of what it ha
accomplished, among them one fror
Cen. Simon P. Preston, who was Dor
at STAFFORD, Vt
Attorney Fred B. Thomas of Mon
srelier thought that the argument this
the condition of the common sehoc
was such that the state could not a
ford aid for other institutions was n,
valid. The colleges and common schoo
have come along side by side in ever
New England state. ''Will il help Il
common schools to strike down the &C
leges 20 he asked, and he did not tmr
the state too poor to support its sehoo
and assist its colleges also. As to voc
tional training be doubted the poli'
of limiting educational opportunities
giving to boys, for instance, Q pure