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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08

winter and are boarding with Mrs,
Bernie c. Parker on Park street.
Arthur Lyman is quite i'll with the
grip.
Horatio Baker is at home for few
days, visiting his parents, DR.. o. C..
Baker and wife.
In the basket ball game Thursday
night between Brandon and Bristol the
score was q to in favor of Brandon,
and between the fats and leans the
score was Ia to in favor Of the fats.
The funeral of Mrs, Ellen Backus
took place Saturday afternoon at the
w. NJ. church at Forestdale, Rev. Mr.,
Hayes officiating The interment was
in Forestdale cemetery.
Leland Parmalee is home from West
Virginia where he has been working as
a tree expert for some months.
Loyal Kelsey has gone to Brattleboro
where he has position.
Mrs. Henry Briggs, her daughter,
Alice, and Miss Bessie Sessions left here
Sunday, December 2, for Florida where
they VIII spenu the winter
Mrs. w. r. Sessions was given a sur
prise party on the anniversary of her
birthday Saturday evening by few of
her young friends. Games were played,
refreshments served, and on leaving a
few appropriate presents were present
ed to her as token of their regards.
Margaret Griswold is home from
Crown Point for few days
Rev. George A. Kerr has returned
from his trip to Ballston Spa, N. Y.
Helen and Hazel Hack have returned
to their school work in Barre.
The time of the R. F. D. carriers has
been changed. to 10 a. m. for leaving
with the mail.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Martin have
closed their house on Pearl street and
will live in Albany this winter.
Miss Carrie Bennett gave whist
party on Monday night to number of
friends in honor of her young guest,
Miss c. D. Mills.
Philip Welch left Wednesday for
Florida, where he will spend the winter
The funeral of Mrs. E. Worden was
held at the Congregational church on
Saturday at 2 p. m. Mrs. Worden died
at the home of A. A. Beckwith at Lar
rabee's Point in her Slst year. She will
be buried in the old cemetery on Center
street.
The Royal Workers will meet on
Wednesday evening at the M. E. chapel.
Lunch will be furnished to the gentle
men from five to seven.
Mrs. George A. Kerr left on Tuesday
for Amsterdam, N Y, where she &C.
companied her daughter, Mrs. H. c,
Gilbert, who will have an operation
performed at St. Mary's hospital.
Colonel Reeves gave a lecture on
Tuesday evening on 1.-The Part of the
Vermont National Guards on the Bor-
der" under auspices of the D. A. R.
Mrs. Margaret Jenney, wife of Irving
Jenney, died on Saturday morning in
her 5lst year, after few months i'll
ness of tuberculosis of the lungs. She
is survived by two daughters. Margaret
and Sarah, and son, Thomas, her
mother, two brothers of tt. Edward,
N. Y, and Montpelier, Vt. The funeral
was in St. Mary s church Tuesday, Rev.
E. c. Cray officiating and interment in
the Catholic cemetery.
The Businesses Mems association are
now negotiating with parties to operate
the garment factory, who will operate
it for all the year, and prospects are
fair now for the factory to be in opera
ton by January l.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08

Will Predeger has returned to Spring
field, Mass, from his hunting trip to
Rochester,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08
BRANDON.

Will Predeger has returned to Spring
field, Mass, from his hunting trip to
Rochester
Leander Bird shot large black bear
this week that weighed about $50 pounds
and sold it to Arthur Pond.
w. A. Atwel has returned from
Middlebury where he spent Thanksgiv-
ing with his family.
William Bailey brought handsome
eight-point buck to town this week that
he killed in Goshen.
The funeral of Miss Bessie Bickford
took place Friday, December /, at 200
p. M, with the interment in Pine Hill
cemetery.
The Graded school closed on Wednes-
day until Monday for Thanksgiving.
Smith Germond is in Hartford. Conn,
where he is attending the marriage of
his brother, James to Pauline Scavlan
of that city.
The Parent-Teacher association is
planning for one of the best concerts of
the season to be given December H.
Some of the best musical talent of the
State will take part in the entertain
ment.
The losing side in the Grange contest
gave a supper to the entire Grange
Saturday night.
Ernest Poolin has moved from the
Knapp house on Carver street to the
Rowland house at the lower end of the
same street. Arthur Bird will occupy
the tenement vacated by Mr. Poulin.
Reginald Ray, who was home from
Albany for Thanksgiving, has returned
to his school in that city.
Moses Demo has moved from the
Arnold district to the Maynard house
on Carver street.
S. w. Jones and wife have closed
their home on Conant Square for the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08
Painful Coughs Relieved

Dr. Kings New Discover! is soothing,
healing remedy for coughs and colds
that has stood the test of nearly fifty
years. For that cough that strains the
throat and saps the vitality try Dr.Klug'>
New Di-covery. The soothing pune bal
SANS and mild laxative ingredients soon
,iirve the cold from the system. Have II
bottle on hand for winter colds, Group,
rippe and bronchial affections. AT lour
Druggist. SOC. lady.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08
Good Calk For Horseshoea.

The Scientific American in illustrat-
ing and describing n toe calk for horse
shoes, invented by w. Gordon Of Phil
adelphia, says
The invention relates to improve
ments in caIk attachments for horse
shoes and has for an object to provide
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08
Rouahaqe For Gown.

Under most circumstances the COW
should be fed all the roughage that
she will eat up clean, adjusting the
grain ration to the milk production.
Only when the COW tends to become
oyerfat should the quantity of rough.
age be restricted.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08
OUR CLUB LIST

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The Register and Mirror and
Farmer, an excellent FARM
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The Register and Tri.Weekly
World popular with every
body, and taken largely.,.., 81 60
he Register and The Country
Gentlemen, old, conservative
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The Designer and Register for, 81 80
The Deineator'and Register for So 90
The Womans Home Compan.
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Modern Priscilla, Ladies World
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Good Housekeeping and Mid
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Middlebury Register, and
Christian Herald. ........,. So 90
MiddIebury Register and Gath.
Ollie News .................. 81 so
Middlebury Register and Farm
and Home. ................. 81 35
Pictorial Review and Register so 10
The Register and Rural New
Yorker, weekly Of great
value to farmers. ISL 90
TIE ABOVE RATES are for subscrip-
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% cents should be added to outside the
State subscriptions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08

a simple construction which can be
easily applied to and removed from
the horses hoof and will, when In
place, be securely held against dis
placement in any direction and will
embody means which will aid in the
adjustment Of the attachment to hoofs
Of different size and shape.
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the programme Of physical training to
be introduced in the schools mex
month, but the foregoing words Of
Gen. O'iiyan are offered ~ indicating
the conception Of the only soldier
member Of the Military Training Com
mission of what Is good Tor boys dcvel-
oping into citizens. These Y. W. arc.
shared ly the other commissioners.
DIR. IInl'y and Dr. Fisher. and ais, lay
DR.. storey.
For many years there las existed u
y W YorH state law enforcing in all
public schools the study Of the effect Of
alcohol and tobacco ON the human
system. Two years ago there was
passed a Jaw requiring medical cNamj-
nation of school children by family
physicians or school medical uStruct-
ors once a year. These have been the
only laws which could in any way he
said To touch on the matter of physical
training. The magnitude of the prob
lem 10 which the commission Is now de-
voting itself is therefore obvious.
The commission" DR., storey said
To thu interviewer, 'iS Interpreting
physical training in terms Of health
education. r. helicyes that anything
affecting the health of schou, children
may logically fan under the definition
of what the Welsh hil requires. There
fore II H. planning to Quit c a course
In physical training in whlth the work
VIII he cJrrcl ltrl with the medical in
spcction and at the same time s,cur"
for the child instruction ~ the care Of
the body and the facts Of hygiene.
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as to efficiency in this helpful en-
dedvur.
"Thcse young health officers will be
Of great service DR.. Storey said.
For example, every morning before
scloO begins. AZ the end of each Pc
riod and during the setting up dr!ll.
they will throw open the windows and
soc that the room is thoroughly aired.
They VII soc that fragments OF chalk,
scrap paper and other liter are re-.
moved from the halls. stairs and yard.
They Will keep an eye on the Their
mometer and help the teacher in main
tanning the proper temperature of be-
tween Ga and 6S degrees Fahrenheit.
In winter they will assist in the re-
moval Of o
las the directing health officer. the
teacher. 10y doing her best to see that
each child is healthy and clean, might
eve DO the means of averting an cpl
demlc. She will have a copy Of the
State law requiring medical inspec-
ton " each child once a year., II
will see to it that no child is allowed
to come to school without his health
certificate.
THE next phase Of physical train
ing will consist OF a setting up drill!
directed by the regular class teacher.
This will occupy a five minute period
al least four times "A day. 1t will he
gin with simple marching. including
only half "A dozen simple movements.
Next VIII come postural exercises.
teaching the children to stand. sit and
walk properly. There will be exercises
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we keep no records as to the COM
parative scholarship attainments Of
children whose parents are American.
Irish, German, Italian. Syrian or Po-
fish. yet one thing stands out unuucs-
toned. And this is that in point Of
scholarship the child OF native Ameri-
ran stock by no mems measures up to
h child of immigrants
This Is Il matter of such interest
and Importance to society as a whole
that an inquiry was started among
those who come in close contact with
pubic school children. who have on
stanta and close relations with them in
various parts of the city. And there
is almost complete agreement in the
opinion expressed: 1t may be sum
married. as follows:
THE American child falls down on
his job at school because neither he
nor his parents regard IL as OF serious
Importance.
"The foreign child. especially tho
Jewish child. drives ahead in his
studies because to him. to his parents.
to brothers II sisters and cousins
and aunts and grandparents and every
viz e'ot ih'Ni'SAti al MS Wfllht' lb'
school is the most important thing on
earth for hat child. Nothing must
be permitted to interfere with 1t or
TO lessen the child's interest in his
work.
There Is the situation In n nut
shell. The foreign child is in earnest;
the American child isn't"
SO far SO good; but the next ques-
ton Is as to why the foreign child is
in earnest and why the American
child isn't.
Once more the answer follows log
ically: 1t is the result nj homc en-
vironment. Of the example of fathers
n mothers. More and more .\mcri-
can parents are engaging in activities
which take them from the home. The
old time family circle Of common in
terests does not exist now. barring ex-
ceptional cases. Parents may be as
deeply Interested in their children's
welfare as ever, but they do not take
the time 10 show this interest by prac-
teal means. The boy whose father
merely inquiries once in a while how
he Is getting on at school somehow
feels hat in his fathers eyes school
isn't a place of any special importance
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years Did. lie VAS graduated from
Stanford University and the Harvard
Medical School. and has diplomas from
the Boston. Long Island College and
he Boston Children's hospitals. Fol-
ten years he "a "A member of tho
Stanford faculty. teaching hygiene and
directing the gymnasium. For the last
ten years he has lone the same work
at City College. He was secretary
general Of the great International Con-
gross IN Schoo! Hygiene held in Buff
falo In 1913. For eight years he was
secretary of the American School Hy-
giene Association. He is a member of
all sorts OF societies. none Of them mil
itary.
The standing that his department in
the City College has acquired during
his professorship is responsible for the
selection Of DR.. Storey as inspector Of
physical training in the lower schools.
In the last eight years more than
10000 boys have passed under his
eyes. In the college gymnasium the
boys aren't merely told what to do TO
preserve or better their health. Tn"
college has a ~follow-up system of med
zeal inspection which other institutions
have accepted as a model.
When a reporter for THE SUNDAY
Sun asked DR.. Storey the other day
what sort OF Interpretation vas
likely to be made OF physical train
ing" as prescribed by the Welsh
bill, he replied that a study OF the
personnel Of the Military Training
Commission might be enlightcnlng.
la ,naYnlac1 If thtc nnn1nISSinl arc
DR.. John II. Finley, state Commas
sioner OF Education: DIR. George j.
Fisher. director OF physical training of
the International Committee of the
Y. NJ. Z. \. and chairman of The COM
mittec on awards and scout require
ments Of the Boy Scouts Of America,
: and Major-Gen. John +. O'Ryan of the
New York National Guard.
: There is nothing I'm the records OF
DR.. Finley or Or. Fisher at which even
a pacitist need shy. AS for Gen,
organ. he is Il professional solder, but
note what he said recently when the
commission was planning experimental
training camps for boys:
The character Of the instruction Is
formulated not for the purpose of at
tain!ng perfection in military drill. ON
the contrary, military drill VIII he
recognized by Us merely as a means
ono of tho many means to he adopted
for character building and the develop
ment OF physical fitness. The boys arc
to be taught correct posture and walk,
d%ircctncss Of speech, importance OF
truth telling, fair dealing, p~nnctualIty.
attention to duties. thoroughncss. cour-
tesy. consideration for tho rights OF
others. the value OF cooperative effort
under leadership. personal hygiene,
sanitation. tho value Of correct living,
the effect Of diet on physical fitness
and longevity. and they will h~ ris.dly
developed by physical exercises
The summer training camp pro-
grammc has no immediate relation =
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and he is inclined to minimize it in his
W horizon.
1t is such a common. everyday fca-
ture of life too-thc public school. Why.
it's always been here, and millions
and millions Of boys II girls have
passed through the course since il was
established. Perhaps it Is natural
that the American boy declines TO get
excited about his school work. To
him II * ordinary. commonplace and
In countless instances for one reason
or another he becomes tired Of It's
routine. lie regards his last two or
three years in sch ol as al. evil that
must be- accepted. unless indeed Il may
be avoided. Surrounded NY Il great,
busy. electric world of action. where
men are huStl.n-. where they are talk
ing ~ great deeds and great sums Of
money, where the boy secs cyidrHc" of
what money can bring In u" way "
luXuries and amuscments, II Is not
surprising, say those familiar with
schoo. conditions, that too often this
type of lad ChafCs and frcts under
school restraint and finally persU tdcs
his father t. let him OUT and 60 into
business.
The foreign child. on the other hand,
from the day he lands IN New York
lives in an atmosphere entirely Diff
fcren,-so different in fact that he
miGst well he living ia another world
tlom the American chill. Especially
II he belongs to Il jewish family is
this difference most marked. such "A
child is taught that here in New York
for the first time ne will have adj
vantaces such as may lie found no.
where else in the world. Here there
Is no distinction between races, be-
tween rich or poor. great or humble,
so far as opportunities for education
are concerned. Here in This great,
wonderful city are provided the most
beautiful BUILDINGS f"r boys and girls
10 study In; books. ~lenclls. S%tltionery.
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DR.. Storey Expla al ms Methods andAims
of Physical Training for Pupils

for all the larger muscle groups and
a stirring Of the respiration and blood
circulation. Each drill will end with
"A few breathing exercises.
Five minutes Of this four times a
day is enough. II will teach the child
TO obey commands and as the drill
will be varied at short intervals II
will give him a change from the rou-
tine of study and recitation, which he
will welcome.
Twenty minutes a week for forty
weeks in the year. from the time the
boy or girl is S years old until gradual
ton from high school. will benefit tho
pupils UNNECESSARILY. IL is reasonable
to suppose hat the habit Of regular
exercise once learned will persist. In
the big cities many a man or woman
who needs exercise Is restricted to
home calisthen!cs. Often such n per-
son wants to exercise. but doesn't
know how to 90 about it. Hereafter
all this will he part Of the life Of every
school boy and girl.
The third phase OF the physical
training programme may we'll be in
struction in the care of the body and
the facts Of hygiene To this may he
devoted two periods of ten OF fifteen
minutes each week. 1t VIII be part
of my work to draft a syllabus for
each grade TO be followed by the in
structor, who will usually be the
regular classroom teacher. We shall
not go too deeply into physiology: en-
phasis will be placed on habits of liv-
ing rather than on structure and func-
tons. There are simple things that
every child should know. and these
will be taught. lie should know, for
example. hat the air spaces Of the
nose are connected by passageways
with the eyes, ears. throat, lungs,
stomach and bones Of the lhcad, be-
cause through these passageways
disease may be spread. lie should
know the truo value OF cleanliness. OF
the influence OF cheerfulness on health,
the relation between c~heerfulness and
digestion,
The success OF such teaching will
depend on the teacher. Mere dry re-
citals Of fact will have little effect.
The live teacher will set forth the les
son of health in terms that fit into
the ch!ld's experience.
THE commission is asking each
school what it is already doing in these
directions. The schools that have
sound systems OF physical trainin.
will find that they are not interfcred
with. Our aim Is to disturb the edu.
cational machinery as little as posi-.
BILE"
Organized and supervised play was
described by Dr. Storey as tho fourth
phase OF n new programme recon-
mended to the Military Training Com.
mission. Quoting Dr. Joseph Lee ol
Boston. Dr. Storey said.
1.-THE boy without Il playground I,
tho father Of tho man without a job
DIR. Storey continued:
III wo can organize the play spir.'
70 that 1t Is part Of the school func
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MING FOR BODY AS WELL AS

or other symptoms of health disturb
ancc is detected the child will be sent
home or 10 the principal for his scru-
tiny. Most of the teachers will have
to bc taught the rudlments of medical
inspection. For this purpose the state
normal school and the medical inspec-
tors Of the Department Of Education
Will lie utilized.
Cooperation from the boys ana girls
themselves WI hc an important fea-
turc. Each week. or possibly in rota-
t!on. a certain number of pupils Will
be detailed TO act as health officers or
sanitary inspectors. At the end Of
their term Of office they Will he rated
The sun., 1916-08-27

ested In a great many other things
than their scholastic work-in ath-
letics, ADJUSTMENTS. clubs, outings, and
so on. They prefer to spend a large
portion Of their time in "a multitude Of
activities. which to the earnest chill
dren OF seriously minded immigrants
would appear to he $50 much wasted eff
fort and time. Then. too. American
children Of to-day are not accustomed
to eXertion such as their parents
knew a generation or two ago. They
are o Injured even to comparative
hardship. such as long walks to and
from school. In this single particular
the foreign children show their will
ingness to do anything possible rather
than miss a session at school. Hun
dreds of them, 1t Is said. walk daily
between their homes in Long Island
City and the DE Witt Clinton High
School at Tenth avenue and Fifty
ninth street. tramping that distance
rain or shine. starting away from home
early in the morning and returning
home late in the afternoon-and right
glad TO do so for the great privilege
of securing II high school education.
one of he men in the Department
Of Education whose work carries him
into oil parts OF the city does not
hesitate TO lag the principal blame
on American parents. The average
American boy, says this authority. is
boss OF his father, his mother. and
everybody else in the family. including
himself. lie has little patience with
long years of study; he becomes tired
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garment workers. In order TO keep
their children in school these people
undergo sacrifices which native par
cnts as "a rule would be very chary
about facing. They live with the ut
most fruga.ity; they deny themselves
a~musements. clothing, eve ordinary
comforts. rather than take a promis-
ing lad out of school and set him to
work. Some of the sacrifices they
gladly make would scarcely be con-
s!dered as possible by the average
American. In Dygone generations
many a mother and many a sister in
New England scr.mped and saved.
even going without sufficient food and
clothing. SO the son and brother could
attend college. but such examples pale
into insieniticance before certain in
stances brought To light among fam
HES of immigrants living In New York
to-day. Some OF the stories vouched
for as true seem almost incredible.
1t Is no wondcr that the child OF
foreign ~parcntagc regards school in "A
light far different from that in which
II Is seen by the average American boy
or girl. The foreign child does not
possess larger intellectual capacity. or
greater physical strength which would
enable him tn endure better the strain
Of continuous study: hut he has the
ambition to succccd. as well as appre-
citation of the opportunity OF public ed
ucation.
As one experienced observer puts it.
the American child is coddled so much
at home that he loses the power of
initiative. he fails to develop the gri,
which means determination TO stand
on his " feet. to face unflinchingly
the miniature world wherein he lives
and wrest from Il a share Of its VIC
tories. opinion Is practically unan!-
nous hat American youngsters in the
New York public schools prefer to &c
through, year after year, with as little
trouble ~ possible. They are inter