New Britain herald., 1923-06-23
THE OBSER YER
Makes Random Observations
On the City and lis People

/ aNiet conscience p Ihe PEST assurances
81 eeainesS Hat discovered, We re-
fuse 10 advise people who AsgeF take
anN exercise anyway for they deserve
/ 10 he hot and 20 snffsF, As for lhOst
a no play baseball or gelf there are
sure cures from heat suffering. Ia
baseball play an erFoFless game and
hil over see ANA sou won't netiee
/ the heat az ALL In golf beat y0uE
own record, dub no shots, and Fsr
strain yauF vocabulary, fOu'll swear
E that yau love the hot weather and
can't play golf uAlsss u - hot, sim'
pie, isn't ~
We'd never know
The eamfoFt OF
A dollar in our purses,
IL We had not
on some sad day
Experienced FeYeFses,
And 50 we'd ne'eF appreciate
The joys OF dear December,
II We had not the sizzling heat
or summer 10 remember,
The suggestion is made that the
city meeting board resort 70 It's habit
OF resembling action previously taken,
as u did in the matter of the school
bonds, This time the matter OF the
building commission is the point un-
der discussion. The point was raised
al the last session Of the city meeting
load that tho city needed no more
commissions, Little was said on this
subject, but the suggestion OF the
building commission is not unlike that
OF having a purchasing agent for the
city The building commission would
be selected, undoubtedly. with the
idea primarily that IL was commits
sion which would be engaged in build
ing, selecting plans and supervising
the actual work, As "A matter OF fact
the different boards. such as the
school board, know what sort OF a
building they want and thus the
boards opinion should take prefer
ence over the opinion OF the building
commission in the selection of plans
And rs a matter OF fact It has been
customary TO have the actual work
OF building supervised by a practical
ran as IL went on. Thus neither in
the selection OF plans nor In the
actual building would building COM
mission seem TO be needed any more
than a purchasing agent Is needed 10
buy supplies for the different depart
ments, which departments know
what they want and. through prac-
tlce, have learned pretty well where
they may get the best bargains. oc-
casional looking into the buying of
the departments, as has been done,
all purposes and has brought
good results.
However, there is certainly a place
on the school accommodations COM
mittee, for instance, for practical |
builders. just as there is very big |
place on the school board for prac-
teal men who understand the practice |
and theory of education.
But the point that is significant |
about the plan to "rescind action" is
that the actions Of the city meeting
board will always be of a sort that |
rescission will be contemplated just |
as long as people are selected for
that board who do not take interest |
enough in the affairs of the city to
L''tSiio lio iiiSS]iH5s' iHcic uidy NC
some question as to whether or not |
the acts of the board would be repre-
If all the members attend
ed regularly. But when less than a
third of the members go to these
there can be no question but
that If their action is representative
It is only by chance. The city meet
ing board is not much more than
Joke as it is now. 1t will be stale
joke--a dead joke-if new life is not
Injected into it.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men;
But nonsense isn't worth a cuss
If it is taken serious.