Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-13

 the state normal school, Providence, officers were elected as follows: Will l lard H. Bacon, superintendent of l schools in Westerly, president; Pro- ] lessor Stephen S. Colvins of Brown 1 university, William S. Steere princi- | pal of Laurel Hill grammar school, | vice presidents; Richard D. Allen, as- sistant superintendent of schools for vocational guidance, Providence, sec retary; James H. Case, of English High school, Providence, treasurer; Lester W. Boardman, of Kingston, Guy F. Wells of the perintendent of the state home and school A. Howard Williamson. prin- cipal of the A. P. High school in East Providence, committee on educational progress; William T. Peck, principal of Classical High school in Provi- dence Harry l.. Koopman of Brown university, William E, Foster, librar- ian of the Providence Public library, committee on the Barnard club library.
 Dr. Payson Smith, commissioner of education, Boston, spoke on the sub ject, Readjustment of Education Dur ing and After the War. He strongly urged the adoption of uniform na- tional standards of teaching, the standardization of methods of train ing teachers, and said that twenty per cent. of the children in the country will he going to school to untrained teachers unless something is done now to attract the best types of men and women into teaching and to standard ize education. Dr. Smith emphasized the value 0 fthe school medium for teaching democracy, patriotism and service for the government
 Then there was general discussion. during which there were brief talks by President W. H. P. Faunce of Brown university. and Walter E. Ranger, Island.
 The fourtI, quota of students from the Rhode Island State College. at Kingston, for instruction to fit them for the Fourth Officers Training camp, will report at Camp Grant. Rockford, H., on or before May 15. Captain w. D. Dove, who commands the student battalion, was, called from the college by illness, and will make the desig nations on his return. Heretofore the Rhode Islanders have been assigned to Camp Devens or Camp Di.
 At citizens caucus held in the town hall at Hope Valley, candidates for the various offices of the town of Hopkinton. to be voted for on June 4, when the Australian ballot will be used for the first time, were nominated as follows: E. Adelbert Witter. town clerk; Silas R. Richmond, town treas urer Elisha R. Bitgood of Hope Val ley William H. Durfee of Alton, Gard rer c. Barston of Canonchet, Edward 1 Murray of Potter Hill. Frank c. Bur 1 dick of Rockville, councilmen; Silas F. Main of Hope Valley, Samuel NJ. 1 Roberts of Alton, Arthur K. Collins of Alton, justices of the peace; Gardner B. Kenyon, of Hopliinton town ser i geant; Amos l.. Kenyon. of Alton, ov- erseer of the poor: Amos L. Kenyon, 1 superintendent of town farm; Eugene D. Wheeler of Hopkinton assessor for 1 three years: E. Adelbert Witter, mem Der school committee for three years; 1 Gardner B. Kenyon, of Hopkinton, moderator for district No. 1. Gardner c. Burtin of Canonchet, for district No. 2; William L. Greene of Hope Valley, clerk. Gardner C. Burton, Si- las E. Main, Nathaniel S. Lewis. Ed ward Murray and John s. Fenner were elected as the town committee.
 Orders for recruiting Rhode Island's large increment Of 1263 Class 1 men who will be sent to Camp Upton, N Y, about May 9, have been prepared for issuance to selection boards A to- tai of 1880 men. instead of 1263 vii
 be called to insure the raising of the latter number, the quota. Includins these additional men the revised quo
 tas from the second district will bt as follows:
 State Division No (which include. l --N Q B1,
 4. 123; No. 5, 10s6; No. 6, 101; Provi
 dence, 81e: Cranston. 14S; Pawtucket 6: Central Falls. S1; Newport, 118;
 Woonsocket, 115 all of the men found
 qualified and able to leave of the 135t
 total will be sent to camp.
 J. Fred Barber. an experienced au
 tcnobiIist. met with an accident whil,
 driving his automobile on the Nortl
 Stonington road near Tillinghast'
 Corners. Friday evening. He was ac
 companied by Mrs. Barber. Mir Bar
 her was driving toward Westerly ant
 the accident occurred as he attempted to pass an automobile going in th, I same direction and which was travel
 ing at the rate of thirty five miles al
 hour. MT. Barber ewerved his ca well to the left in order to get clea
 room in passing, and in so doing hi
 car went into a ditch, plunged alon! for a few feet and crashed against
 rock. Mir. and Mrs. Barber wer
 thrown out. Mrs. Barber received
 severe scalp wound, but Mir. Barbe
 escaped serious injury. The acciden was due to MT. Barber avoiding strilx ing the automobile of Nathaniel Chap
 man, which contained several chil E dren MT. Barber claims that tn l ko ,, , response to his signal, and then cam P back into the centre of the highwa
 as he was about to pass. The forwar part of the Barber car was wrecked,
 "Fox hunters, so it is said, are eve
 more envious Of each other than ar
 professional musicians" according t r Tom Brown, one of the most success
 tul fox hunters in this section of tn country A year or more ago Tom oc
 cused Orrin Harris. of Ashaway, (
 being a pick-and shovel fox hunte Q and declared that he never could ge 2 a fox on the run. and in turn Harrt has accused Tom Brown of smokin n out the fox and getting him with e club.
 ' Now Tom Brown says that orri q Harris has laid aside the pick-an6
 shovel and hunts the foxwith an ax V During the past week Mir, Harri V while on a hunt was led by his dc d to a large tree stump decayed in u = centre. and there located a fox an s her young. He went for his axe ar q commenced to chop away at tn; f stump. The mother fox jumped ol V and Harris shot her with revolve n He then reached into the cavity ar - hauled out four young foxes, and the, : is a bounty on every nose. It was tn
 unusual and profitable catch. tn;
 probably renewed the envy of To