New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1928, Page 6

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AN AUDITORIUUM FOR HARTFORD New Britain, which has “dis- cussed” the possibilities of possess- lng & public auditorium for many years—and is as close to having one as when the discussion started—is wore than mildly interested in the %o0d fortune of Hartford, which i 10 obtain such a public asset with- out the expenditure of discussion or noney. That means, of course, that Hart- | tord is to get the auditorium as a gift. That is the easiest and best vay to obtain such things, relieving 4 city of certain necessary and oner- ous details; and certainly does not | increase the precious tax rate. The auditorium-to-be in Hurt(ordl will be a gift of Mrs. Appleton Hill- ver, in memory of the Rev. Dr. Horace Bushnell, her father. Mrs, jlillyet set aside the tidy sum of | $2,000,000 for the project, of which $1,500,000 will be expended upon the erection of the luilding at! Trinity street and Capii-1 avenue. As work will be begun in a few wionths, the auditorium will be com- pleted in about a year and a hait. Hartford then will not need to| look with envy upon the good for- tune of Bpringlield, which bullt one of the finest public agitoriums in New England. For years Hartford * has had reason to boast of its prog- ress and prosperity; and it certainly has been more prosperous than Springfield. Yet all the progress and prosperity it could muster did not provide an auditorium—any more than it does in New Britain. It would seem that something more | than material affluence is needed to obtain such things. ‘The man in whose honor the Hartford auditorium will be named was one of those rare personages that bring honor and real progress to & community, and this irrespect- ive of the bank balances. He was pastor of the North Congeegational #church in Hartford from 1833 to 1559. It d said of him that he “fostered every influence which tended to the improvement of the ininds, habits, manners and prin- ciples, as well as the surroundings, of the people.” It was he who advo- cated setting aside the land around the etate capitol for a park, and despite the opposition of commer- rinl interests his aggressive cam- paign overcame all opponents of the plan. The park later was named in his .honor. The daughter of this ecitizen of | “Hartford shows that practical public | service remains a watchword in the ramily. The city is entitled to con- gratulations upon its coming good | cver a stranger conres to the city for | MeNt, purticularly as regards taxes fortune, and also upon numberinz the public-spirited donor among its sitizenship. % New Pritain also has been aided ite further in its development by public philanthropists, ifield than the fathers. That is how the city acquir- ed Walnut Hill park; bhow it is ac- quiring, iR the the Alix W. Stanley property for park purposes; and in- stitutions ohtuined equipment who saw slow-plodiing civie years to com -public ~ how qua of stinctive value as community as- sets, The same innumerable 15 heen told of story other cities, Nothing snecewds like public ift 1T LASTED 57 YEARS Thumbing inte the past, the of the inde that “great Te Ans in 57 years ago there was Joicing” among dweliers in the Con- north- Direams neeticut hinterlands the of the western part of st were coming A built to tap the virgin territory, to irue, rallroad was open ¥t up, to facilitate comtherce and trade, perhaps to be a factor in developing important citivs, Starting from Hartford.” suys 11t Bentinel, “it went northward through Bloomficld and Sims- bury 1o what is now Tariftville, then sharply cu north iy N W Insted Iwest- v Hart- “inally Capaan 4 Salisbury and over the Con- nectient line 1o Milisrton. 1t was A feartul and wonderful road, but " it did react ‘rural Inestricke — when ne. ward again tord and on through Norfolk ro: the i wae worl “ {uilt somewhat on the same plan— !and quicker eervice | lin’s home state, have without excep- Now 1t is with “mingied emetions” over to buses. The milk trains, it is assumed, will continue to wend thelr way parallel to the fence posts along the right of way. Perhaps now and then another freight train will keep the rust off the rails; but the the most part the great railroad ad- venture of 57 years ago has been a failure in 19 The year 1871, when the line was opened, is not 80 far in the rear for many a memory to turn back te the excitements of those times Many railroads had been built, and the ad- | vantages to the towns enjoying this marvelous means of transpStation was conceded on every hand. Pro- moters of new lines were never out ot sight. Stock was sold to trusting individuals by the bucketfull. Build- | ing new railroads was the “sure| thing” of the period; “nobedy could lose,” perefaded the promoters. In those days the worst fate for| a town was to be “off a raflroad.” Nobody paused to consider that towns and cities had grown to fair proportions even before railroads| were invented; the outlook was| changed to one that without a rail- road no town could continue to progress, and the town not linked with other hustling communities with rails was bound to pass into traftio rules and regulation is re- markable compared with New York, where nobody seemingly pays the slightest attention to such regula- tions; and the chivalric spirit that animates many of our cilisens is an asset of the greatest value, one that is s0 common, perhaps, that it re. quires the observing eyes of a stran- ger to notice. To the stranger who took the trouble to tell us about his reactions on his visit to the city many thanks re due. The criticism was con- structive, and the approval, we hope, well merited. FARMS IN NEW ENGLAND Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, in one ¥ his publications, recounts a motoring trip he made through New England last summer and does | much to dissipate the view pretty generally held in the west that farms in this tier of states are most- ly “abandoned.” The penator writes that he didn’t find any at all. He passed by thou- sands of agricultural plants and found the buildings and equipment comparing more than favorably with those in the middle west. He made allowance for the difference in ob- Jectives, for differences in the aver- age plots cultivated and the lack of great wheat farma in New England, But he found farms, and plenty of them, and if there was a greater proportion of truck and fruit farms hereabouts than in his native state, oblivion. Thus it was common,_ in bullding railroads. to turn and| squirm to the right and left, espe- | cially taking care to “tap” those | towns which were most adventurous | in providing security purcRasers. At a later time trolley lines were the trolley between New Britain and Meriden, for instance, which instead of going direct “takes in" numerous | other towns to the west of the logi- cal route before making an east- bound dive to Meriden. | THhE tendency today is for more direct trivel. The buses have no dif- ficulty at all in beating the rail- roads and trolley lines that gyrate as they go. The buses take the short- est highway between any two points; and of course, they can give a better if the owners operating them do not also happen to own trolley lines and railroads and are willing to permit them to do their best. The Waterbury Republican wants to know if anything is more useless than a set of false teeth to ariyone but the rightful owner, Well, a glass eye might be. | that did not detract from the fact that the farms were being cultivated. To look upon New England as de- funct agriculturally is & mistake which the senator easily proved to his own satisfaction. As for New Englanders themselves, they have known® all along that the country- side does not look particularly abandoned, and in the summer time the offerings of fruit and produce along the highways are too many rather than not enough. ASK FOR POLICY OF NON-INTERFERENCE Committee Says Must Recoguize| De Facto Goveroments Havana, Jan. 21 (®—A declara- tion against international interfer- ence in the affairs of another coun- try has been written into a state- ment of ptinciples by the public committee on international Taw of| the Pan-American conference. The declaration also makes recognition of de facto governments obligatory. Whether this would bring into One result of hasty lawing ajout the Swift and Ware river project | | will be more costs than was esti-| mated; and the lawyers will get the | extras, | THE RELIGIOUS ISSUE | Numerous special writers have | taken pains to declare that Benator Heflin's recent outbreak has brought the “religious issue to the fore,” or words to that effect. The newspapers in Alabama, Hef- | | tion lambasted him ments, One editor remarks that Heflin | represents only a minority opinion in the state, and the particular sen- timents he expressed “only a minor- ity of the minority.” How Heflin's failure as a wild- cyed political techniclan can els where have the effect of emphasiz- ing the religious issue ig difficult to determine, PETSEE A A STRANGER’S OPINION w Britainites naturally read the | {1etter of the Brooklynite which ap- | peared in yesterday's Herald. When- | for his state- "the first time it is customary to ask | lim “haw, do you Jike the town.” | Here was one who anticipated the jaquestion and told us fankly of a few shortcomings and added much of a conMliatory nature. The ap- | ! praisal had the ring of franknéss, | | The criticiem of the railroad sta- |tion must shock the New Haven | railroad, if its officials ever see the | has just got through expending mev- ercl thousands of dollars in “re- pairs.” It is fortunate indeed that the Brooklynite did not visit the the money was spent on the station. That the station is still in necd of paint is evident to all The of the railroad tracks passing over Main street at grade heart of one of | the local difficulties; but the Brook- not been iy of the smaller New city before criticism reaches the Iyw man evidently has laround in ms [ England citic tions obtain. where similar condi- The avoidance of ex- pense ssary in building bridges or conduifs in the carly history of | railroads this ticr of states was T th neee in widespread; cities were too railroads, not car- tracks bi- ;. the main streets at grade. And I" must be remenibered that #n those day was slight compared | With the present. Chiet criticism to- fact that the lack of | Fager to have ing much whether the s Iday lies in th | foresieht practiced by a past gen- | cration 1e aliowed to continue, and largely same reason or for the course, our schoels compare | tavorably with those in Brooklyn, or s obedicnce to the public debate the policies of the United States in Latin America was being discussed by observera today. No U. 8 Objections It was stated authoritatively on the behalf of the United States delega- tion that they would interpose no objections to such discussion. The position of the delegation was that Washington feels that there is noth- ing to hide, nor is there anything to regret in the American govern- ment's stand. There has been no in- dication so far that any delegation ‘would bring the matter up. The Washington government, however, has not changed its posi- tion on many fundamental points of national policy, regarding which its delegates here will, at the proper time, doubtless be adamant. Specific points were not mentioned but it was generally understood that pro- hibition under all conditions of in- ternational intervention was one of them. 8 Recommendations Made The public international law com- mittee recommended, in principle, that: “No state may intervene in the internal affairs of another. ‘A government is to be recognized whenever it fulfills the following conditions: “1—Effective authority with a probability of stability and consoli- dation, the orders of which govern- and military service, by the inhabitants. “2—Capacity to discharge pre- existing interndtional obligations, to contract others and to respect the principles established by interna- tional law.” The project for the codification of {international law prepared by the | conference of jurists at Rio Janciro last April recommended that these pdinciples he incorporated in treaty | form. Objection to this was raised, are accepted communication, seeing that the line | however, and the recommendation | lot the points in principle was ap- proved. They will be submitted thus |to the conference. Placing of disputes between the Amercas before a non-American | tribunal, was advocated in an inter- {view by Gustavo Guerrero, !man of the committee on interna- | ticnal law, and by repute hostile to |the United States. He said he would seck to have Ithe conferenc: adopt conventions making compulsory arbitration in ases of international dispute, such arbitration 1o he conducted with the world court at the Hague as a me- dium, Guerrero said he strongly disap- proved of any move for the esiab- lishment of a Pan-American court for such arbitration, declaring that siich a board could oniy be obtained at great expense and would be nse- less comparatively the Hague court y existed with ample cacilitics. The Hagus too, he could assure impartiality in adjudic cation which & Pan-American conrt conld never attain because a Pan- sinee conrt, American court’s interest would be | hound strongly to the subject under discussion Only two committees wers called 4. !0urries in cxtreme north portion on “Al and Hoover,” says the office cynic; “food and drink." Think how horrible Uncle S8am's conduct would be if the people of Nicaragua were Armenians, At $26 a weck you pay cash; at $76 a week you pay on the first of the month; at $1,000 & week you leave the bills for your heirs, Fitty cents’ worth of material, plus §2 worth of style, plus $35 worth of reputation. and you have a $37.50 hat. Some men are born rich; some ac- quire riches, and some are Repub- licans as a matter of principle. The advantage 4n occupying a house instead of an apartment is that you can't emell better dinners while eating yours. It Coolidge whittles, he won't be. the -only one. Most of those who know just how to rum thg country have nothing to do but whittle, 8till, capital punishment is no more brutal than life imprisonment it juries are going to persist in say~ ing “Not guilty.” Frec speech shows that the Fath- ers had a nice sense of values. At any other price most of it would be unreasonably high. ! Americanism:: Belfef in the infal- tibility of @ majority if one is a part of it. Automobale insurance rvates are higher, and {t's the dealer's fault. He should have allowed a trade-in val- , ue equal to the amount insurance | companies allow for a “stolen” car. Bandino is typical. Fighting for freedom, and killing those of his subjects who won't accept his stand- ards of morality. A man who knows to assemble numerous Composer: enough about music fragments stolen from popular scores, Women® seem to wear fewer clothes, but a married man still is limited to three hooks in.the closet. How does the fiction burglar es- cape detection? Anybody with such good manners would be mighty con- spicuous. “Plumber mistaken for robber,” says a headline. What do you mean, “mistaken”? Normal times are those in which eople who puy land expect to pay or it The influence of Christian natiens slowly but surely transforms the Leathen. The Chinese have adopted poison gas. Corract this senteree: “Diamonds are so beautifui” said the girl; | “I'd wear one if they cost but a| nickel each,” Copyright, 1928, Publishers Syndicate 25 Years Ago Today (From Paper of That Pate) The first anniversary of the hold- ing up of the reappointment of Post- master Judd is but ten days off and the interest in the situation is being| renewed. Captain Hicks is out against the present incumbent, and his friends say the delay Is to be interpreted in his favor. Every scat in the Opera house was filled last night for the performance of “The Girl in Blue,” which was to be given despite the revoking of the theater's license. The show was not given by the girl in blue, however, but by two men in black with an Injunction. They were Attorney William €. Hungerford and City Sheriff John B. Brink. The license committee has expressed itself as willing to grant one-day licenses for individual shows in the future. John M. Curtin has gone to New York to attend the furniturc exposi- tion. Manager Andrew Robb of the New Britain basketball team secured last mght the signatures of Peter O'Don- nell and Leon Gladding to a contract to play with the local team. They have left Chicopee, where the game is played differently. The city of New Britain seems to [tion go by default. A bill has begn introduced into congress calling for the expenditure of $100,000, but lo- cal opinion is not actively behind it. Alling, N. B, H. &, "02, {5 playving on the Dartmouth basketball team. Frank J. Porter, the furniture man, has returned from Grand Rap- ids, Mich, where he has been pur- chasing furniture for the spring and summer season. He hought several carloads. He says he has never seen lsueh fin as on this trip. | The price of furniture has steadily advanced and is still going up, he goes on. Nobody knows just when the limit will be rr" hed, Observations On The Weather 21 (B—Fouth- Vair Saturday aturday. ally fair pt Washington. Jan. ern New England {and Sunday, colder istern New York: Saturday and Sunday, ex Saturday. sfghtly colder in extreme [cast portion Saturdav. rising tem- perature in north portion Sunday. Conditions The disturbance that was centered inorth of Lake Huron Thursday ev ning has moved to the mouth of the vere the ones and to meet today. Th dealing with communications economic problems The secretariat general 18 hopeful “¢hat 2 plenary session of the confer- cnce will be possible on Monday I8t Lawrence | Indications are for mostiy fair !weather in N England Saturday iand Sunday. The temperature will he lower Saturday alone the Atlantic {coast i | \o!l I [ feller's lefts. be letting the public bullding ques- | snow | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, —THE QBSERVER— New Britaia's financial siabllity s |president and ‘Btanley Traceski as |abo recently in ‘connection with annual 'meetings. In every instance a healthy and steady Was showa, gains in depy sound- ness of all banking institutions be- The almanac of used-to-be Hus disappeared entirely, But the humor-knack is with us yet And needed more and more you-| bet! made statements which are gratity- ing and which increase the confl- dence of the public in organisations which {mmediately or remotely m:\.wfl ene of/ us. ~ Sound banking principles are vital to a community. In New Britain those principles aré examplified by the men who direct the affairs of the banks. Check off the names of the directors, trustees or incorporat- ore who are responsible Yor the suc- ceds of the banks and you will find there, men who are intensely inter- ested in preserving the bes tradi- tions of a conservative New England city, The same holds true of execu- tives, .the men actually in contact with the people, whose names and — Real Estate! Henry: “Keep a little corner in ‘your heart for me?" Harriet (realtor's daughter): “You must remember that - corner come high!" ~Dorothy Rothman THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY Financial J. P. Morgan's boss of steel; That doesn’t make us sob, We've worried lots about that organization in Connecticut, which 3 §:i: vé courses include history, took place recently at the aumual [t nvention in Hartford, It is redog- nigpd that the vote of the residents of Polish birth or extraction in this ¢city is of paramount value in loeal elections ‘but few who do not follow events closely realize that the Polfsh vote' in the state is & matter to (be. considered carefully by party lead- ers. Actually, there is no such thing a3 the Polish vote any more ‘than vote or an Itallan vote, . National ties fail to bind citizens on election day and votes are cast in deflance of geographical boundaries. . But directors of political policies make an attempt to interest large national groups either in a spirit 6f patriot- ism, believing their party to be the better, or for the more praotical pur- pose of electing their candidates. Republicans have made a strong bid for the Polish vote in Connecti- cut, They have turned their atten- faces'are familiar to thousands and who rub elbows, daily with the human streams that wend their ways in through the doors of the banking houses. ‘The statements jssued'this year indicate that New Britain is thrifty and progressive. Bavings accounts are growing in spite of industrial conditions which have not been worth bragging about. Checking ac- counts likewise show an incline, a fact of which any Chamber of Com- merce should”be proud. Manufacturers and business men who contemplate changing locations might do well to read the signs of the times in the statements for 1927 issued by New Britain banks. man— We're glad He's got a job! Sports Boaton is to have a new rallroad l.?on with a great arena. The arena, we take it, is for the benefit of . cruel-hearted persons who want to watch the red-caps de- scend upon the travelers! st Presidential They're talking now of draftli Cal— Our humble rhythm-craftamen Rise up and say the guy who does Will have to be some draftaman! —— Oradit Ice cream to the extent of 321, 719,000 galions, repiesenting an an- nual business of $400,000,000, was produced in the United States last year. Itallans should be proud of the fact that §t was Columbus whé made this possible! ng '/ Once more modern dancing comes in for criticism and this time, as in many times in the past, from the Senior High school where most of the younger geweration are begin- ning to see the light. Our dancing expert has often wondered whether or not high school dancing is as bad as it is painted. In his trips about the city, and in assoclation among all kinds and all classes, he has been able to observe all iypes of dancing. He has &cen the type in the cheap dances and that in exclusive balls and clubs. He has looked in upon high school dances at the Burritt hetel, at the inns, and at the lttle gym- nasium of the Benior High achool. If one is to criticize dancing he would do better than start on the high school type. In the first place three- quarters of * the - boys and girls at the achool do not know how to dance and uny.“toddling,” “shoul- der shrugging,” ‘“wheeling” and oth¢r awkwarg dances are the re- sult of inexperience on the floor. It a person wishes to observe ob- jectional dancing, he . sbould viste koie of the halls in this Jocallity. | He would think the world had gone back centuries to an uncivilized age. Conditions in some places are Tres markanle, It is well that someone spoke to the high school boys, not for what they are doing now, but what they would be doing should theyfrequent some of the dances in the future when they are."“steNping out.” Crime Kidnapping cases now absorb The public's mind and view; The man who walks the floor at night Is a kid-napper too! Described! Lewis: “What kind of people are the Bordens?"” Roberts: “Usual kind, everywhere, know everything, owe everybody!" Thiy ge and ~—Celie Moran THE DECLARATION OF INDE- PENDENCE As Will Rogers Would Have Written t 1 (Tmagined by Mildred Ritt) - All we know i® what we read in the papers. We don't like to make trouble, but we figure a feller ought to stand up for his rights, or chances are he'll go down under the other The whole trouble, King, is that you've been carrying this king busi- ness too far. You wasn't satisfied with being king, you wanted to be a royal flush, with little casino and black-jack thrown in fer good meas- ure. We ain’t done nothing without no fair warning. A long time ago we started asting you to do different. From now on we don't ast, we tell you. It reminds me of one of tife worst stories I ever heard, and that's say- ing a mouthful, and no false teeth | either. It seems there was a woman and a man got married—and 1 don't mean companionate marriage. They got hitched. And when they had company the man started talking about “my house” and “my cattle” #nd my this and my that. Well, after the company had gone his wife call- el him into conference. “From now on,” she said, “what's yours is mine, get me? You say ‘our this and that’ Not ‘my so and so.” Get that to aging in your wooden head.” So the next time there was com- pany he yelled' downstairs,” “Hey, I.\lilIiP. T can't find our pants."” i So from now vn, King, there ain’t no such thing as “our,” meaning you and us. You go your way and we'll | ga go ours. Don't get us wrong. As king, vou're done, as far as we’re concern- ed. Shucks, you're #0 rotten we'd rather be ruled by Congress! And you know how rotten THAT ‘Will Rogers, Button Gwinnett, John Hancock, Tt al, —a Twenty-five years ago: The idea of sitting in one's home and listening to music being played in.a New York concert ball woula have been regarded as the figment of a slightly unbalanced mind. Coffee cups were for coffee and not “tea.” “He men” didn’t emoke cigarettes, The man who appeared at a dance in a slightly inebriated condition was shunned. Automobiles attained the um- heard-of speed of 16 miles an hour. Dreases all but covered the shoes, Jee cream was a big treat, to be fndulged in on szpecial occasions only. . Mustaches were quite un! worn—by men. The young bloods took their lady | friends for trolley rides. The person who stayed up until midnight was regarded as a *roun- der.” | Comparatively few made trips to Canada. “Post Office” was a pretly iversally Americans | wia | me. New Britain had no traffic cops, | motorcycle policemen or liquor squad. Moving pictures were regarded as an unstable novelty. A woman with bobbed hair was either eccentric or an actress. \ One dollar was enough to pay for iany shew. Sunday was a day of rest. Mayor Weld was quite a young fellow. Ro was Councilman Sablotsky. Chaperones accompanied youn‘i ladies to danc2a. | " High school puplls took | books home evary night. | Checkers was quite a game. Dime novels. were an evil infiu- {ence and were-read surreptitiously | by the youth of the land. | The Observer was teething. Srothrasa] < Significant of the importance et ! New Britain as a center of Polish * | political influence is the re-election to office of Htanley Karpinski as ~ * I himself, wa ain’t going to stand for him sending any substitute:” —L. 8. H. R-R-R-REVENGE! The Wall Street broker, having finished his bath, smiled contentglly and put one foot out of the tub— and then the other—then crash! He had slipped on the soap! He sat down suddenly in the middle of the bathroom floor, bumping his head on the edge of the tub. “I'll get even,” he groaned in a ifury, and throwing on a bath-robe, he dashed to the telephone. “Hello'” he barked, “this you Harry? Well, eIl 6,000 sharos of Amalgamated Soap—get that? Sell, {and keep sclling until the company 18 ruined—ses?"* d 1 | | ' Miss Giraffe 18 having those un- | siehtly freckles removed? Blocked? Manager of Small Town Theater: “What Jo vou do in this show to- night 2" Actor sar.” “T represent Julius Cae- t % —B. A. Lunsford thelr“ {houschold or practical tion to cities where there are large Polish communities and the total number of voters in whose veins the blood of Poland flows who have be- comeé affiliated with the republican party is large. There is no guaran- tee that they will retain that political status because the Poles are, as & rule, independent thinkers and aré more interested in principles than they are in parties. The-G. O, has had no little success in attract- ing the younger element among the Poles in this city and as b result New Britain has wide influence in the state Polish republican organization. The two most fmportant offices are held by local men, their re-election coming as an endorsement of their Jstewardship during the past year. ‘With the possible exception of those directly concerned, in other words those who were to be on the recelving end, the action of the com- mon council in almost unanimously rejecting recommendations for 13 salary increases, seems to have met general approval, i With only a scattering of negative votes, the council members decided Wednesday night that this is not a year for jacking up the pay of municipal employes. No attempt was made by the salary committee to Jjustify its action on the floor ot the council and in fact the committee, with a few possible exceptions, voted against its own recommendations. Beveral elements entered into the unfavorable view taken on higher pay this year. Perhaps one of the most telling * is the industrial con- dition ‘which fias brought about & lessening of the earning capacity of many taxpayers who naturally‘felt it to be “rubbing it in” when city hall workers, assurcd of full time and full pay, attempted to get higher wages. Another was: Mayor Weld's insist- ence that no increases be given this year. The mayor went before’ the committes ‘at its first meeting and dellvered a ukase which, although disregarded by the committee, was a statement of the administrative policy and was assured of strong backing. This being election year, a hue and cry set up by the general pub- lie, such .as was raised this year against salaries would make both parties hesitate to loose the purse strings for city employes. The move to incrense pay was sponsored al- most entirely by the demodcrats, but they, too, seemed to fall in line when the final word was to be spoken, PUTS HORE NUSIC INTO SCHOOL BELL Plainville Makes Education At tractive for Boys and Girlg (Spectal to the Herald) Plainyille, Jan. 21—A high school education for every boy and girl in Plainville is the goal fixed by Su- perintendent of Schools Leon C. Staples and the school: committee, which recently adopted a complete new program of studies for the high school and voted to inaugurate the junior high school plan in Septem- ber. The program of high school studies “has been prepared to meet the needs of 100 per cent of the boys and girls of Pliinville after they have completed the junior high school,” 'Mr. Btaples says. “Through a program of guidance, a wide choice of courses, and differentiation to meet individual nceds, it is expected that every student may find a place in the school and eventually com- plete the 12 years of work offered by the schools of the town.” It is the contention of the super- intendent that the failure of Btu- dents to complcte high school s caused by lack of interesting courses more often than by cconomic neces- sity or other outside conditions. To this end he has arranged a five course program which covers a ‘wide field and which was adopted at the last meeting of the school commit- tee. - The college and normal prepara- tory course is designed for those in- tending to proceed further In aca- demic study, the required subjects including Latin, French, geometry and advanced algebra. The practi cal arts course includes biology physics, history, chemistry and arts. The commercial course contains biology, Jookkeeping, _shorthand, typewrit- ing and office practice. A general course with no requirements other than three years of English and a full program also offered. Eng- lish and physical education are re- {auired i all courses, with an hour of auditorium and one of “guidance’ | | | | each weck. It is also stipulated that ' each pupil must belong to a school club. In addition to these four, the principal will arrange a cooperative course, beginning in the last year of | Manage:: “Say, you ecan't pull ithat stuff on us' If he can't come i (Copvright. 1928, Reproduction Feibidden) i junior high school, for a few boys who desire to take trade training in high school. All subject choices will be conditional on the approval ef there is an Irish vote or an English |the principal, as guidance is a rec- ognized part of the school curricu- lum., Junior High School The Junior High school, embrac- ing the seventh and elghth grades and the present freshman year in High school, is a distinct departure in /Plainville. This and the Senlor High will use the same building, makng full use of its facilities and relieving the pressure of overrowd- ing in the primary schools for at least thiee years. In connection with the announced program of studies the school department states, “This program of studies is an attempt to make clear to parents and pupils just what we shall try to do with this new school. It is not a per- fected plan but one that is work- able and can be easily adapted to the present school building. All pu- pils .who have completed the sixth P. | grade will enter the first year. Since there are few electives this year, the pupils can easily adjust themselves to the new plan. The work will be departmentalized but there will be no lack of teacher, guidance and direction.” English, social studies and guld- ance, mathematics, science and na- ture study, health and physical edu- cation, practfeal arts or home eco- nomics, assembly and music, club, music and art are required for Grade 7. With special English classes for those lacking in this respect and with art or music work for especial- ly talented puplls. The same sub- jects are continued in Grade 8, with electives to be picked from practi- cal arts, home economics, general language, music and art, The Grade 9 electives include algebra, junlor business training, commercial arith- metic and introduction to businese, Latin, jnechanical drawing, practical arts, home economics, music and art. 4 The seventh grade practical arts course i8 one of the most novel and interesting. In this thers will be tryouts in wood working, metal work, electricity and printing to de- termine any special adaptability which the boys map. have, It is purely a test course and will aid in helping the boy choose his future course. For girls there will be try outs in food, clothing, decoration and nursing. A similar test course will be the general language offered in Grade 8. This will include an introductory study of forcign tongues and a thor- ough review of English. Pupils who do not do well in this will not bc recommended for the college course with its Latin and French. Courses like these are distributed all through the Junior High school period in an effort to allow the pupils to find out their own likes and abilities and pre- vent them from wasting their time on subjects which might be dis- agreeable and useless and might eventually lcad to their leaving school. - The whole plan, as said before, 1x an attack on the conditions which lead puplls to leave school before completing high school. Mr. Staples believes that this existing condition results largely from the lack of in- terest in subjects now offered, and the new plan is designed to catch the interest of the boy or girl and hold it and the student through jun- ior and senior high. The wider the field of subjects, the more possibility therc is of a child finding something of real interest, hegays. He put this plan into effect in Suffield, where he was Dhefore coming to Plainville, and states that the greater cholce resulted in a large increase in the number of high school students. Children of several of the newer immigrant racial groups, who pre- viously were going to work as gwon as they finished grammar school or became 14 ycars of age, were at- tracted by the new courses and r ‘mained for the full 12-year course, . Staples says WAGES ARE CUT Central Village, Jan. 21 (M—The Ashland Cotton company at Jewett City, yesterday received a small wage reduction which it ascribed t¢ competition in the textile markets as making necessary. COBHAMS START AGAIN Malta, Jan. 21 (UP)—Sir Alan Cobham, who with his wite, started a flight from Rochester, Eng., to Africa on November 14, departed at 7:45 a. m. today for Benghazi in northern Africa. They had ‘been held here for several weeks after their airplane had been badly damaged in two gales. 24 Hours New York to Florida The only Double Track Rsilresd between the North and Florids. FROM PENNA. STA., NEW YORK TEEMIAMIAN GULF COASTLT®. 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