The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-20
Children of Public Schools to
Begin Systematic Cam
paign After Christmas
MONEY TO BE USED
FOR WORTHY PROJECT
Reformer Has Arranged With Junk
Dealer to Buy Old Papers at Csc
Hundred and Magazines at 8Oc -
Prizes to be Awarded Each Month

In an effort to do its part toward re-
ilevlng the paper shortage which exists
throughout the country and at the same
time interest the pupils of the public
schools IN the value of thrift The Re
former has arranged with the school super
intendent, Miss Florence Wellman. for a
systematic collection Of old newspapers
and magazines by the school children. The
money from the sale of the papers and
magazines will be turned over to the
school authorities, three-fourths of it to
be turned into the playground fund and
the balance to be divided into three prizes
to be gwen each month to the room in
each building which secures the greatest
number OF pounds OF paper and magazines
per pupil during that period
lhs plan has the hearty endorsement
OF the school authorities and there is no
doubt that teachers and pupils alike will
enter into 1t heartily. The Reformer has
arranged with a Junk dealer to make col
iectlons of paper from each of the three
school buildings on specified day each
week beginning after the Christmas vaca-
ton. This dealer also has agreed to nav
90 cents a pound for old newspapers and
50 cents pound for old magazines, these
prices To be subject TO change depending
on the fluctuations of the paper market
The children will bring to their respec-
tive schools on a designated day each week
all the waste papers and magazines which
they have been able to collect, tied securely
/ IN bundles. The paper gathered by each
! room Will be credited TO that room and as
soon as 1t has been weighed and delivered
to the junk dealer the standing of each
room will be published in The Reformer.
which will help in every way possible to
make the plan a success.
! There will be seventeen rooms in the
competition-eight in the high school
building, SIX in the Canal street building
and three in the Oak Grove building. The
| high school building division will include
grades 3. T, 3, g, I, 9 and two grades S;
the Canal street building grades l and .
combined, 3, 1, ). q and I: the Oak Grove
division grades | and combined, and :
combined and grade 3. As soon as the first
collection is made The Reformer will pub
! llsh box score of the result by rooms,
and from then on will give the batting
average, so to speak, of each grade show.
ling the relative standing, the total in
pounds, money, etc
Waste paper at the present time is a
very valuable commodity, and there is
every reason for believing that it will
grow more valuable as time goes on. II
would be impossible, of course, to make
anything like an accurate estimate of how
i much OF 1t Is accumulated in Brattleborc
homes, but nearly ton of Reiormers alone
Is distributed IN town each week, besides
!, the tonnage produced by out-of-town pa
pers. The average weight OF Boston anC
New York sunday papers is more than
pound to a COPY, and hundreds of pound.
of these come into Brattleboro each week
not to mention the daily papers
With yiew to making this collection ;
success The Reformer suggests that til,
school children devote part Of the Christ
mas vacation to gathering the old news
papers and magazines in their own homes
and putting them in shape for delivery a
} school. No doubt the children will ast
be able to interest their friends in savin;
papers from day to day to help along thu
playground fund
All the money from the sale OF paper
and magazines, it should be understood
will go to the schools. The Reformer'
chief interest is to help conserve the pane
supply OF the country and at the sam
time assist IN raising funds for worth,
; local cause by means of a plan that vii
inculcate thrift among the men and VIC
men OF tomorrow