New Britain herald., 1924-02-23
ROCKWELL SELECTS SLATEF0R
 BRISTOL BRASS CORP. BOARD;
 WOULD ADD SAGE AND ROBBINS
.COOL|DGE'S TEACHER. AT E. l. INSTITUTE.
Rev. E. (. Carpenter Taught
 Future President in Vermont
RED HAIR AND FRECKLES

New Haven Minister Says President
 As Boy, Was Quiet But Had Dr, Sense of Humor-Father Compared
 to Old-Time Squire.
 Calvin Coolidge is a red-haired | freckle-faced, blue-eyed product of an old, crude, field stone schoolhouse at ! Plymouth Notch, Vermonth, boy
 who stood among the first five schol-
 ars. a steady plodder. punctual and
 reliable, but who in his boyhood days
 indicated no particularly promising
 abilities such as would be likely to
 elevate man to the highest honor in the gift of this countrys electors.
 This is the recollection of lev. E. c. Carpenter, Americanization director in the city of New Haven. who is at tending the Winter Institute of the Epworth league at Trinity Methodist church and who during the winter of
 1884 and 1885 was Coolidge's school teacher at Plymouth Notch.
 Mir. Carpenter is an ardent sup porter of the president. He ap- proved the executives stand in the present oil exposures. believing that Coolidge has adopted the right policy in remaining cool and going into the problems of his office in methodical manner rather than striking at every head that appears above the surface. Mir. Carpenter ayers that Coolidge will win the country's approval by the manner in which he will handle the oil land expose and its developments.
 No "Littlc Red Schoolhouse'
 The schoolhousc in which the presi- dant first took up his studies was re. placed shcrtly afterward by white wooden building and it was in this structure that Mir. Carpenter had Call win for a pupil. Coolidge was not. at any time, an attendant at the little red schcolhouse," Mr. Carpenter ex4 plains.
 The Now Haven man was born in the same town as Coolidge. He de- scribes it as a village of some $50 inhabitants, with no graded school, the nearest school, the ono attended by Coolidge, being two miles from any train or trolley and several miles from the Coolidge home. It had no organized church society, though itin- erant preachers did occasionally conduct services in a building used for that purpose. Until MT. Carpen- ter was a grown man and went to n county fair. he had never seen drum ken man, and it is his belief that the same holds true Of the president. There never was a saloon in Plymouth Notch. No Illuminating gas was avail able in Plymouth Notch during boyhood days and electric fly was unknown to them. oil lamps furnished what illumination there was.
 Coolidge Had Twang And IIuniot
 Mir. Carpenter had grown into man hood when he returned to his home village and accepted q place as teach CT in the school attended by Cool idge who was one of about 25 pu- pills. The teacher recalled that Calvin had a peculiar nasal twang. which he still possesses and had dry brand of humor.
 Calvin was a boy who said little and MT. Carpenter notes from news paper reports that the president has not lost this characteristic.
 The president has inherited the 1 political characteristics of his father, | an intimate friend of Mir. Carpenter. | and has added to them the benefits of | an education, which his father did not ! possess. and by blending the two has made a great success in public life, ] Inc New Haven man says in cxplana- [ ton of Coolidge's rise from a small , town boy to president of the United I States.
 Coolidge's Father Like Old squire
 John Coolidge, the father was shrewd politician. He was not. how syer, one of the type that slaps his on the back, passes out .igars and treats the boys. but one yho went about doing an occasional yood turn and maintaining the respect ,f the electors. As long as Mr. Car center can remember. Coolidge has 5ecn an office holder. He was school superintendent, col- ector Of taxes, etc. sometimes hold Hg ono, sometimes several offices at ! time. Though not at attorney-at- aw, he was often called upon to traighten out estates, draft legal doc iments. etc. for his townsmen. He esembled in many ways the old- ashloned squire. At very nearly every .iection, he zas up for office. and hree out of four times he would be iected.
 When Coolidge grew to manhood ie left Plymouth Notch and in a few cars was prosperous in the practice f law. later entering the political eld and repeating his successes.
 Mir. Carpenter has not seen the resident since the days when he was is teacher. He has followed his in politics and is an in- crested reader of whatever concerns Is former pupil. Following the Lin oln Day address in which the presi- ent outlined several of his policies. IT.. Carpenter wrote him commenting i'm for his stand on several impor- int problems now before the coun- 2 -y. He anticipated a formal reply
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