New Britain herald., 1922-03-28

At special meeting of the fire
 district held last year it was voted 10 install 12 more lights in the Worthington section of the town Som" of these were to go on Berlin street as well as on Lower Lane. The speaker also explained that it
 was not necessary that the district sign a five year contract but if this were not done, additional lights would not be installed on the committee would not be assured of the same prices each year.
 Some of the people in town do not agree with the attitude taken by the Connecticut Light and Power Co.,, in asmuch as when the lights were first
 installed the company refused to
 agree to any contract for a term of
 one year or longer
 It is thought that the company evi- dantly was afraid that prices would change in the meantime and if they should increase the company would
 be the loser. Even a the present time, | if the contract is not agreed to the company states that the prices for the maintaining of the system are liable
 to vary each year.
 Install Lights Cheaper One benefit which will be derived from the signing of the contract is the fact that if any additional lights. with the exception of the 12 already mentioned, are wanted in the district which is already covered by the com pany, they will be installed for s17 a
 piece. The wteve lights which will be installed will cost s30 q piece. i8 Lights in District. At the present time there are 46 lights in the Worthinston district. and
 the cost of their upkeep for one year is s1.3S0. With the 1o additional lights the district will have 5S, and 1 the cost of upkeep for one year will bc s1.74o.
 School Standardized Tests. i During the past few months much i has been said of the work which is | being carried on by the Merden | schools in regards to the so-called 1 Standardized tests" The tests, ac- 1 cording to Dr. David Gibbs of that | city. have proven to be of great bene- l fit to the pupils as well as to the | teachers.
 B. R. Showalter. superintendent of schools in this town, has said that the tests have been given to the pupils in | Berlin for the past two years and he | agrees with Dr. Gibbs in the state l ment that they have proved bene- | lcial.
 | The standardized tests in reading,
 writing, arithmetic and reasoning are given to all pupils above the fourth grade. The tests are oral as well as written and give the teachers an op-
 portunity to pick out the various
 children in the room who are able to grasp things more quickly than oth- CTS and those who are bit slower.
 Special attention is given those of the
 latter class. Kcnsington Fire District. A grand display of verbal fireworks is expected at the meeting of the l Kensington fire district to be held this
 evening at the Foresters' hall on
 Pennington road The people of this town WILL utClup the Idtt Ol t1lt WdltI question, as far as Kensington is con cerned, at this meeting. The question has caused quite a stir in town for the past several months and especially since the time that the legislature passed bill granting New Britain the privilege of selling water to both the Worthngton and Ken sington fire districts
 P. and T. Meetings. A meeting of the Emma Hart Will lard Parents and Teachers association of Kensington, will be held at the
 Grammar school in that town tomor-
 row evening at o'clock. A member of the standing committee has ar
 ranged an attractive program to be
 presented at this time.
 Berlin Bits.
 The regular weekly meeting of the ! board of selectmen will be held after
 the special town meeting tomorrow
 night.
 The weekly Epworth League pray CT meeting will be held at the Ken sington Methodist church this evening at 7.3o o'clock.
 St. Paul's T. A. B. society will hold