New Britain herald., 1927-11-26

man with the wisdom and faI
 sightedness of Edward F. Hall
 chairman of the board of finance and taxation.
 This fact is emphasized by the delay in the sale of city bonds for schools, water department expan- sion, sewers and subways, which was consummated this week. The bonds could have been disposed of several months ago but MT. Hall who is a student of the stock and bond mar ket, advised the administration to proceed slowly or in fact, not to proceed at all at that time. The market was soft and Mr. Hall was convinced that the city could obtain a better price for its bonds within a few months. His policy was justi- fled when the actual sale took place the price being the highest obtained for bonds in the history of the city.
 In another respect Mr. Halls ad- vice was capitalized. If the bonds had been disposed of when action was first considered the city would have had to pay the interest which would have accrued between that date and the present. When you estimate the interest for several months on bond issues of $575,0 ,000 you have pretty penny. That amount is now in the city's Coffers.
 Colleges and universities throughout the country are attempt ing to cope with the problem of how to limit enrolment in such a way as to keep out young men and young women who do not intend to put to the best possible use their advanced training.
 Although he would be certain to be submerged eventually in a mael- strom of propaganda that 'every day spent in school represents a pos tive increase in earning power," 1t would be enlightening if some leader would come forward and suggest that the same principles be applied to the New Britain High school, and that those who are willing away their time there be required to be- come producers.
 Without attempting to discount the fact that an educated communi- ty is a progressive one, 1t must be admitted that education is wasted in a great measure on some who man. age to get through the high school Ji1,l1p,o n n In formal discussion of the question just the other day, a man prominent in local and state governmental cir cles commented:
 Wouldn't it be far better for 8 boy who plans eventually to be- come a mechanic to start right in and learn his trade? If he does so he becomes a tradesman sooner and has an opportunity to improve himself and advance earlier to the higher paid jobs and the foremanships of industry. If a young man doesn't in tend to use his education to advan- tage then he shouldn't be taking up the time of teachers, putting expense on the city and taking up the place of some boy who really wants to study and advance himself. New Britain doesn't need a new high school; what it needs is to weed out these fellows. I believe one-third of the pupils in our high school could be taken out without causing them selves or the city an injustice"
 Perhaps tho best way 10 approach this problem would be to make the entrance requirements more severe and the courses harder so that only those who are really interested would continue.
 But then, you don't always find the most successful men were the valedictorians of their graduating classes, on the other hand the plod ders usually stand up very well with the grinds when it comes to tackli g the complex problems of life and commerce.
 Watching the steel workers erect ing the framework of the new building on Main street proved to be the most exciting pastime of the past week for those possessed of suf- ficient time to lounge in doorways or against show windows of build ings across the street.
 The work is now child's play; that is evident even upon casual observa- ton. A representative of the Herald I from non-eXistent winds as the men walked casually along the mar row beams which were put in place four or five stories above ground. The prospects did not appear to be bright for the unfortunate who might lose his footing.
 But it was all in the days work for those men. They sauntered across the beams with as much dis play of concern as the average citizen employs in walking along the etreet. Heavy beams which were swung within the grasp of those sure-footed individuals by means of q giant derrick were caught and eX- ncrtly made fast by a corps of "hu- man flies" If anything went wrong with the derrick, if the cables be- came damned or some such at tent brought 8 pause in operations. one of the men nonchalantly climbed the mast and remedied Condi tions, many times surpassing the most dauntess of circus acrobats as he endeavorcd to ascertain the cause of the tie-up.
 One of the phases of the work that seemed to attract the most at- hn1sn nnly a few minutes Soon he