The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-15

for the music students were not ''seen
when the campaign was waged, so that
the student body was materially reduced
which makes the record stand more bril-
liant as compared with the other schools
whose student body is considerably larg-
er than here.
Commissioner of Education HiIlegas
leaves to-day for Boston to attend a
meeting of the Massachusetts Teachers
association and organizations which
gather generally at the same time on
educational matters. Friday morning he
will deliver an address upon Organization
of Junior High Schools in Rural Com
munities" and in the afternoon he APP
pears in discussion relative to Chang
ing Educational Systems The educa.
| ton department has completed survey
of the sewer system from the Randolph
state agricultural school, the purpose be-
! ing to avoid a repetition of the occur
renee which took place at the home for
feeble minded when buildings were con
structed there. The health department
has investigated the conditions and when
construction is commenced on the new
dormitory there will not be trouble after
ward from the sewer system, as occurred
at Brandon. Prof Clyde Hill has gone
to Craftsbury, where this week he has
been employed in the work in the junior
high school in that town, and will do
work along similar lines in Greensboro
before returning to his office here.
r. W. Simonds, commissioner of indus
tries, has gone to Brattleboro and Wind
sor on matters connected with his de-
partment.
Among the names suggested by the
city council at its meeting Wednesday
evening as candidates for the courts
commission to lay out street on the
land of FL. G. Bodies were j. Ward Carver
and n d. Phelps of Barre.
Z. o. Gould is employed in the office
of the commissioner of education on spe-
cial printing work.
Major Stephen Cushing has received
the corrected figures relative to the mum
Der of men which Vermont is below it's |
quota as sent to Camp Devens. This |
shows that the state is 65 men short of !
the S. per cent which the government |
has called. There are three men who !
have been credited to Vermont which is !
taken into consideration. 80 that until |
located in the states where they have !
been assigned brings the number to IS /
persons. At an early date these 65 men
will go by train to Camp Devens. Wash
ington, Grand Isle and Bennington coun-
ties have their total number credited !
These figures do not include the Is per
cent which the government has not as
yet called All other counties, excepting
those named above, need from one to Is
men to complete their quotas.
Gov. H. +. Graham went this morning
to Woodsville, n H., where he speaks
day at the exercises at the opening
of the new highway bridge across the
Connecticut river between that village
and Wells River. Governor Reyes of
New Hampshire will be another speaker.
This bridge is a few rods below the rail
road bridge underneath which is a toll
bridge for teams and persons. The new
bridge will materially reduce the traffic
on the toll bridge.
Gov II. +. Graham has issued his war !,
rant for the arrest of John Lowell, now
in Franklin county Jail awaiting trial on
the charge of burglary. Lowell was com