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Vol. VI. No. 1 MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1908. 20 Pages Three Cents. 
JOINT INSTALLATION DEPENDS ON PUBLIC OPINION 
Officers of Post 67, the W. R. C., and Sons of Veterans, installed in The Degree of eis of a Sennol System, 
Manchester Town Hall last night. Fe nye See eG 
Depends on the Public. 
** The Educational Policy of the Com- 
munity ’’ was the subject of a very in- 
teresting and instructive talk by Supt. 
of Schools A. L. Safford of Beverly, 
Monday evening. The talk was given 
under the auspices of the Municipal club 
of Beverly Farms, at a meeting held at 
Marshall's hall. It was the second such 
meeting held under similar circumstances 
within the past month, to which the gen- 
eral public was invited. 
Although the bad weather prevented 
many from getting out, nevertheless a 
good sized audience greeted Supt. Saf- 
ford and heard his talk with. much in- 
terest. Mr. Safford spoke in part as 
follows: 
*“ Dr. Chancellor, Superintendent of 
Schools, Washington, D. C., says in 
his book entitled, ‘Our Schools.’ 
“The hope for good schools does not 
rest in boards of education, butin the 
educational policy of the general public.’ 
The degree of success of a school system 
depends in the long run and without es- 
cape upon that intangible but irresistable 
force in our social and political life called 
public opinion. 
““Many features of educational policy 
are determined by the public statutes of 
the Commonwealth or by the city char- 
‘Few events in the respective histories camp 149, S. of V., have been marked 
of Allen Post 67, G. A. R., Allen Re- with more pronounced success and in- 
lief Corps, and Col. H. P. Woodbury Continued on page 9 
Continued on page 17 
VITAL STATISTICS, MANCHESTER 
Deaths, Births and Marriages for 1907 
We are printing in this issue the vital 
statistics of the town of Manchester for 
the year 1907. There were 32 deaths 
recorded during the year, 58 births and 
22 marriages. The death rate is, as 
usual, very low for a town with the pop- 
ulation of Manchester. The most 
noticeable increase is in the birth rate. 
= 7 eperis2 “atone In 1906 there were 36 births; the. past 
‘James: H Fis eotits eaten year there were 58, an increase of over 
Commander Massachusetts Division S. of V., who was at Manchester last night 60 per cent. . 
ey to install Officers of Col. H. P. Woodbury Camp. Continued on page 4 
