Putnam patriot., 1926-10-15

Hartford. Sept 4-Dr Albert 5 Meredith. the State Commissioner 5t Education. has found it necessary Q notify bT letter, town school commit tees throughout the state that they have 60 power b vote them selTes sal aries Tor their services. lie points 8at. ln his 0Nn clear. lucid style. that his statement Is in accordance Sith the Attorney Generals interpretation of the law. and that t is based on a de- eisi8n of the supreme court. Dr. Mere dIth dses not cite specific instances 0f the violation of the statute by com nitteemen. but f .say seil be assumed that he has a warrant for ms notIficz- tion In the existing practice ln some towns l. is within the right 9f any taxpayers in the town or school dis trict 70 bring action at law against ans school committeeman who vi0lates the statute t5 recover the amount of salary voted by d committee The pra-- tIce against which Dr. Meredith warns ene comm itteaueu is one of those abuses which have crept Into the school
 5f fae ztate and which for taars 5ears remained gaeBEreeted, l. mas. perhaps. hs chaFitabIy assumed AHAAH H#sAa Hat AAgAA eAAAaf lHts#A NHa lrigIr IH a mistaken notion ef tEe re- si1Irernants z tH# las Since the sehuM sysem Nas radically changed about a decade ago more intelligent attention E gwen by the state b the rsral seho0l- and t9 their bus3ness 1IaH aEem-nt than formerly.
 ader tte new las tns State Board 4f Education has a greater degree of
 a sH.. eise 1f that control the rural schools have been appreciably improved and ths h1Fs and girls attending them have had the benefit of the improve upr. There is now corps 0f well educated. efsselent supervisors In the tmai4e af tna tate who secure for the schools a system Of -ch0aling which 8nszres for tha children attending them aH education tu no way inferior ts thF city schools Indeed wheu some af the frliiz H the city sehoois aHa sas-H mo account Ehe education 5r tHH rarai schools Is ia some resFeet= superior t4 that which is provided iH tre m4r= raFalsas eeHterss nere is z1. tf4aE certain. ths essentials of ed =lHat#aH afs taught and with ef'i- eirrcF t8a fH Che little red school
 tH.#afHf ffAsifh aNA tsacter- ao longer depe d gH the ia ef 1f mm5ttremeu The family re- asIausHIH na longer determines the appointment 1f teacher.
 Hs ali remember fhr abuse and un- fsir criticism e which the former secretary # th+ State Board of Edu- cation. tHe Iate Charles b lime sas subjected more than thirty years ago shra q RI annual report. he exposed the drawbacks in the common school ssztera af education IH the state. l. seas revelation which shocked many people who sincerely appreciated the importance to the sfate of an efficient rural school system. but an irritating annoyance te others who were person aig interested In continuing the eX- istlng condition. Through no fault of his. Mr Nine failed t0 bring about reform The credit of bringing about The desired change Is due Co Senator r < Luther, who. when he was sen ate chairman of the committee on ed uc4tion. laid the axe to the root by SC cHring change m the system. No more important service WIS rendered the state in many years than that which Senator Luther performed.
 Republican. United
 T. is seldom that the Republican par ty in the state has been s0 solidly unit