The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-23

Tie obtained from
 them statistics of children with weak
 eyes and their opinions concerning
 the probable effects of the suns re-
 rlected rays on the glaring white
 walls. The publication thereof with
 MT. flasg's article finished the plain
 White walls in the school room. Newspapers throughout the United states reproduced the School News article, and the publicity increased by leaps and bounds the circulation of the magazine. But what was more important, the reform the little paper advocated was adopted uniformly so
 'nat tooay there are no .more white
 walls in the school room.
 School News also was the first pub llcaton in this country to advocate the establishment of vacation schools. The article in advocacy thereof was
 prepared and written by Miss A. B. Clarke, & teacher in the Brown School, of Hartford. Vacation
 schools soon followed, not only in
 Hartford but all over the country and today they are as much a part or our educational system as the grammar school itself.
 School News thrived. If attrac+ad the attention of the city editor Of the Hartford Telegram. and he sent for Spellacy and offered him q pIace as reporter. It being a morning paner 3peliacv could work on it and still at teno school So he became a cub reporter.
 At Holy Cross College.
 One year later he went to worces- ter and entered Holy Cross College ochool News was turned over to otb- CTS and numerous changes in man agement followed. Spellacv desired an education more than he did noonN ey which the paper was earninp ,,r der his mana cement, so he stuck +o ms studies and finally gave un +be PuOhcat1on, returning to subscribers the unearned portion of their snh- scriptions '"'
 During vacations for the fo1Iovine i've years Spellacy worked on +be Ieiesram, filling every post on that paper. '11a'
 MT. Spellacy also attended Georpe- town University Law School Wash stoh' D' C., from which he was sraouated In 1901 when he was 21 years old' He returned to Hartford ana accepted steady employment on the Telegram. He had no idea tben or becoming lawyer. Newspanar work appealed to him and he vae sausIled to make that his profession
 Forms Partnership.
 MT, spellacy made good as renorter ana editor. He received numerous oHers to work on other papers. in cludlns several in New York Civ put he stuck to the Telegram. One hlgnt in 1902 Spellacy happened to he | at the Police Station in Hartford and 1 to meet Augustine Lonergan who | represented client under arrest Mir | Lonergan said he was about to onen | law office and urged MT, SpeIIacv | to join him, The latter a few dave ater decided to take the bar examin- | 1tlohs and to share the office with Mr Lonergan. MT. Spellacy was admit tea to the bar in January, 1903. inst [ TWO months after his converse tion with Mr. Lonergan,
 In November, 1903, Mir. SneIlaev married Miss Nellie Walsh, of Mid and MT. Lonergan was best man at the wedding. MT. IoDerga,, and MT. Spellacy remained in the same omee as, law associates until lso7, when MT. Spellacy moved into he offices of Judge L. P. Waldo Mar Iln, who had been elected Judge of ProDate for the District of Hartford md thereon had retired from prac- ice.
 Mir. LonergaR later was elected to 1ongress. representing the First Con lecticut District,
 Elected to Senate,
 In 1906 MT. SpelIacy was norninat- d by the Democrats for Senator from he Third District He was elected 'y s1 votes over Frank A. Hagartv Lfte=ward Postmaster and Mayor of hartford. MT. Spellacy was the only Democrat elected in Hartford that 1ear. In 1910 he was reelected to he State Senate, winning by 432 otes in the same district.
 In the session of 1907 Mir Speilacy Tas the youngest member of the Sen : te. He had had legislative exper- ance as a reporter and was familiar with the details of legislative work nd acquainted with the men who 5ere active in the Legislature, There Iere eight Democratic members of ] he senate in 1907, out of a total of
 Mr. spellacy at both sessions was n active working member. He miss { d but one session in his two terms ' nd on that occasion attended the ] uneral of an aunt in New Haven. He lvested his legislative work with in i anse interest, became corfversant ( 'ith every bill that was voted upon. ( erved his District and the State with ] Idelity and demonstrated qualities of ( in no uncertain man. C CT.
 Battles With Judson.
 In 1911 the late Stiles Judson, of tratSord, was the Republican leader, nd Ehose familiar with legislative latters recall vividly the debates be- HeeE MT. Judson and MT. Spe1lacv. I he latter frequently carried the Sen te With him, although there were 21 | republicans in the body and only IA | emocrats. / In that session Mir. Spellacy person. C fly drew and presented Sto the Senate i
 Dill for every matter advocated in T lc Inaugural message of Governor t aldWin. He hoped to draft the t 'orkman's Compensation Bill. which a asset the Senate that year but was c efeated in the House and became a r w two years afterward. e In. the meantime MT. Spellacy had t stabiished an enviabIe reputation as
 lawyer at the Hartford County Bar. Ie has had a successful and varied V