The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-03-03

Lyndon Arnold said the town and
county had violated all the deeds Civ
en- by Jonathan Arnold and that
neither the town or the county could
give warranty deed.
On motion of Mr. Carr it was voted
to leave the matter with the select
men, and if they deem it advisable
that they call special town meeting
to report what the town could get for
their interes and to see if he voters
wan to dispose of said interest.
The article in relation to paying
$50 a year tuition at st. Johnsbury
Academy was supported by very fe-
fictitious speech made by Edgar r..
Brown, who said that he believed that
this was a very modest appropriation
and that the town had very peculiarly
benefited by the Academy.
Judge Slack said that the Acad-
envy asked the town fol. more tuition
for the same reason that everybody
else is asking higher prices. He said
in addition to the tuition, and the in
come from the endowments the deficit
the past year was between 81 900 and
S1,700 The coming year it would be
omre. Even the advance the Acad-
envy asked for would not permit their
treasury to break even, but the Acad-
envy was willing to take chance.
Rev. DR.. A. P. Grint followed with
an endorsement of Mr.. Browns mo-
ton and the article was passed with
out dissenting vote
The article in relation to establish
fishing a high school in st Johnsbury
brought Harry H. Carr to his feet
again and he spoke at length on the
article. He said it would cost the
town $4,000 in 1920 to educate $50
of its children at the Academy. He
said that a large number of the acad-
emles of the state had been converted
into high schools, and that our Acad-
cmy serves as high school for St.
Johnsbury and vicinity. Mr.. Carr de-
clared that many Academy graduates
were conditioned before entering col
lege and that some had to take a
course in another school elsewhere
to properly fit for college after they
had graduated from st. Johnsbury
Academy.
Nh. Carr then presented figures
showing the cost of tuition for Sec
ondary education in various cities an
towns in Vermont. At Barre it was
S45.5S, at Bennington S56.24 and at
Bellows Falls $72.35. He said a ten
room building would cost 100000
and then there would be also the ex-
pense of maintenance.
Mr.. Carr said that out of 1927 stu
dents at our Academy there were $50
from st. Johnsbury, and that the rest
with two or three exceptions came
from the surrounding towns that paid
the pupils tuition. He said that St.
Johnsbury has nothing to say about
running the Academy and that they
had property worth 100000 that
would be taxed were it not used for
school purposes. The member of the
school board on the Academy trustee
board had little to say and knew moth
ing of what is going on. He quoted
DR.. Hillegas as stating that nothing
had been accomplished or could be
accomplished until the schools of St.
Johnsbury were all under one man
agement. He further declared that the
heirs of Erastus and Joseph Fair
banks had quit-claimed their rights
under the charter to the trustees of
the Academy. At their last annual
meeting MI Carr said, the trustees
had considered whether it was ad-
visable or not to continue to educate
the ST. Johnsbury town pupils. Mr..
Carr then moved that the article be
laid on the table to be taken UP at
the next town meeting.
At the conclusion of Mr. Cars re-
marks Judge Slack asked the modera-
tor if this TRADE was debatable. The
moderator asked Judge Slack if he
wished to speak upon 1T and Judge
Slack said that he guessed he had
better not. The motion was then pass
ed.
In supporting the -'''''- to accept
from Charles Weeks the title to the
"All Wright" spring on the North
Danville road, A. F. Lawrence said
Mr.. Weeks had made'a most generous
offer and he moved that it be accept
ed and that the town maintain 1t.
The article was passed unanimously.
The salary of the town clerk was
fixed at COCO The town clerk, Char
les G. Braley, explained that the new
law provided that this must be voted
and incidentally reminded
the voters that the town was only paw
ing 5 per cent on its borrowed
money.
On article providing for raising the
tax for the year 1920 Nh. Lawrence
said the selectmen recommended a
tax of 80 cents on the dollar, plus the
40 cent state tax. This was 20 cents
more than in 1919. There was no OPP
position to the adoption of the article.
The school tax of S1.25 on the dol
lar was recommended by DR.. w. G.