The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-05
STATES MANAGEMENT
or VAIL school, SCORED
Poor Methods of Handing Complained
of at Hearing in MontIelier TO See
About Continuation ,f School
BY State.

BY State.
whether or not the state of Vermont
should continue to opera TO yhe Vail |
Agricultural school at Lyt ,don was the
question before the .Hou.,o committee
on educational lhstl uctlo n in Repre-
sentatives' hall last evel';rg o. d. |
Mathewson, principal OF 1.gndon insti- |
tute, and w. N. Hubbard, manager of
the farms at the Vail $ obonls gave
facts regarding the presel,t condition
of the school, expressing No sentiment
that the state should eitt ,ar annropri-
ate enough to put the ss,hooI on the
basis that Mr.. Vail intendl .d and main
tain it there or else surropder II and
allow it TO be taken owe hy tbe in
stitute in as good conditiq n as nossible.
He thought it would take from Ss5. 900
to $4,000 year to carry ON the school
as Mr. Vail had prescribf "A
Mr.. Mathewson protests al AGAINST the
way IN which the van lhool had been
carried on by the state al a said.
"If an individual. or cornoration
had handled this property "a the state
has handled it, we should have brought
suit against them"
Question as to whetheir +ho Iypdon
institute would make q lain or ~4 he
state for the depreciation ON the Vail
school. which Mr. Hubba "A estimated
at about $4,000 since the} sta+a took il
over IN 1910, IN case lhe Aoresent legis
lature should decide to Give nm the
school now, Mr. Mathews On would not
say what would be the at t;tude of the
institute He said that hs thouoht the
state was normally res ponsihle for
turning over the school iI3 ID good con
dition as they had takent Il but there
might be a question about the law on
the matter.
| After Mr.. Cushman of II och4ster ond
! Fred A .Howland OF the ate board of
education mad continued he question
! ing along this line, Mri Mathewson
said that personally ne Would be will
| ing to have the state turn II over as it
| ia and have rhe matter cld aued ~. but
he would not speak for ,e trustees.
After it had been intim afed that the
/ state board of education l,vas responsi
BILE for the way the sch ool had been
carried on, A. w Hewttt of plainfield
member of the state bod ,rd defended
! the boards supervision III the school
| He said that the school vi "a NOT turned
over to the board until III II two wears
after it was taken over nv the state,
and that the equipment was then sound
in anything but good shapGp
With the appropriation ff only s3Z'-
500 from the state annually and the
rapid rise in everything, Mr. Hewitt
said that il was not to be wondered
at that the equipment at the Vail
school had deprecated $4,000 in the
last four years.
/ O. l.. Martin of Plainfeld, master of
the state grange and chairman Of the
committee of the legislature of 1919.
which investigated the matter OF ae-
eepting the gift of the Vail school Tor
the state. read long letter ttvrn Mr.
Vail received at that time, which set
forth Mr. Wallis plans for the school,
II taken over bv the state. Mr.. Martin
also read the report of the committee
recommending the school be accepted
He said that the question to be de-
cded bv this legislature = whether or
NOT the state needs two agricultural
schools and if she does enough money
should be appropriated to. operate them
nroperlv, or they would be in the same
. condition that the normal schools are
in now.
l. Rolfe Searles Of st. Johnsbnrv
spoke in favor OF retaining the Vail
! school as did Mr. Simpson, representa-
tive from Sheffield. who now has bill
in the legislature for this purpose.
Mr.. Cushman OF Rochester declared
that II was mistake for the state 70
: have taken over the Vail school and
since the meager support given by the
state had allowed the school TO deter
crate. II should now be given up before
il becomes a greater burden, and the
money spent in some better cause.
Mr. Blood Of West Windsor took eN
ceptions to this statement and asked
Mr.. Cushman what could be done witt
an agriculture school when il had beer
So poorly managed as the Vail schoo
had been.
Z II the gentleman wants me 10 answer
{ that aue,tion. ! will try to do 50, said
Mn Cushman. Il would turn il into q
! rendering plant to take care Of con
demned tuberculosis cattle Laugh
terl.
Mr.. Blood maintained that the state
board Of education was really respon
, sible for the present condition OF th'
school because practical farmers haC
, not been placed in the management
there. Tie thought that with proper
management the school could be made
, to pay
y la- nnnXrIT DIJI TIE"