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iiftlEST MANIFESTED III
ISIiTE MI IS KEEN
IC TF\CHERS REAI.IA GET SOMETHING OUT
™ nF THE INSTITUTE WEEK SPENT HERE IN
THESTUin OK METHODS OF TEAC HING THE
children. !
IISTITUTE PROi MOST UNIQUE
stead of General Assemblies and E\erybodv Talking
a Definite Program Has Been Arranged and Teach
ers Get Much Good Out of Section Meetings as Well
as From lectures by Educators.
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m county teachers met in gen-'
session for the third day at
u. o'clock. The lecture delivered
U section by Dr. Henderson was
l unusual interest because it np
*d especially to geography of Tex
Minv teachers heard the type
Ion tor their first time and all
flIH«sed themselves as being de
iigkted with it. The subject of the
Mure was "Texas Geography.” He
Mtfd in the outset that the prob
lem was: How does the geography
of Texas influence or affect the de
velopment of the public school sys
m 0f Texas? %8aid that material
on this question could not be found
in text books. It is his opinion that
a good teacher of geography first
state his problem and cluster the
facts about the problem.
In discussing this type lesson Dr.
Henderson said it was composed of
three parts: (1) Soil; (2) climate;
fj) people. He took up soil first
to show how this affects the wealth
of the state. He divided the soils
oi Texhs as follows: (1) Sandy,
found in east Texas, a very poor
soil: (21 red clay sub-soil, found im
mediately west of the poor sandy
•oil; (J) black soil, the richest iu
Texas; (4) tight loam, which is a
medium grade soil, and, (5) the
gravel or rocky soil, found In south
west Texas and without doubt the
poorest soil in Texas; (6) the
coastal plains, which is exceedingly
rich.
Next Dr. Henderson took up the
climate, showing that it consists of
two things, namely: Moisture and
temperature. He showed what the
elimate was of the various soils,
, then made the statement that soil
and climate alone would not produce
very much without the third factor,
people. The three together make
thrift and thrift calls for school.
He stated that the soil and climate
affect people very much. The peo
pie who settled east Texas came
originally from the old south. They
ame from a place that never had
public schools, therefore the* settlers
in east Texas were opposed to taxes
lor school purposes, as a result east
Texas has no good schools except
those which «have been produced by
industrial conditions, such as Mar
shall, Longview and Tyler.
The middle western people of the
Tniied States came to the north pai t
ot Texas. These people were accus
tomed to schools, therefore they
built up a good school system. In
the black waxy land belt of Texas
the best public schools of the state
>re found. This is due to the fact
th*'. the people have a great deal of
t«»lth and are eager to have good
schools.
"8st Texas was settled by people
*ho desired to raise cattle. They
one from Montana and the Dakotas.
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They were not accustomed to schools
in their native states, hence they had
no desire to establish schools in
west Texas. Their object was to
gain wealth, which they did to u
large extent.
The people in the Uio Grande coun
try came trom New Jersey and other
northern states. They believe in
good schools, therefore the country
along the Itio Grande has some of
the best schools in Texas.
At the conclusion I)r. Henderson
stated that it takes soil, climate and
people to make money, and it takes
money to make schools. He said,
“and what effect does the geography
of Texas have upon our schools?”
Section Meetings.
The teachers from the various sec
tions report that the best work is
being done this year that they have
ever seen, in fact each teacher is so
anxious to get to his section they
will not stop in the hall and talk
to you about anything. Moreover
at the close of these section meet
ings there seems to be a great re
luctance on the part of the teachers
to quit. This has never been observ
ed in an Ellis county institute be
fore.
The high school section meeting
[was presided over by Superintendent
Mallard of Milford. Principal P. J.
[Herndon discussed the first topic,
[namely: The Function of the High
School. Undoubtedly he made the
jspeech of his life. He said the most
valuable asset to any community was
!its high school because it reached a
jgreatei per cent of the people than
any other educational institution.
'Mr. Herndon -aid a recent demand
Was being made on the high school
in that the community was demand
ing a preparation thut will enable
pupils to make a living. He said the
high school was of great value be
cause it prepared for a lile of bet
iter citizenship. Moreover the high
school gives good discipline because
it is a democratic institution. He
said there was no better place for
a boy or girl to learn to respect
others’ rights than in the high school.
Mr. Herndon touched upon the
course of study, saying he has chang
ed his opinion in regard to vocation
al training. He said it was his dream
that every countv would support a
vocational school where the boys and
girls might be taught the practical
side of life. Mr. Herndon said the
ultimate purpose of the high school
was to teach boys and girls to think.
Supeiintendent Rehy of Midlothian.
His topic was the organization of
work in the high school. Unfor
tunately for the section he was un
able to discuss this subject fully be
cause Mr. Herndon only left him
three minutes in which to deliver
his speech. Mr. Rehy said the first
necessity was to create interest on
the part of the community, so that
a large amount of taxes might be
secured. Another step toward or
ganization was definite assignment
made to the different members of
the fatuity and then a definite classi
fication of the pupils.
Foreign Language Section.
The foreign language section this
year misses the very genial Gordon.
It was he who first prevailed up
on Superintendent Ely to establish
foreign language sections during the
institute. He did his work so well
that others found out about it and
called him to a greener field. For
eign language is presided over by
Mr. Wolfe, teacher of modern lan
guage in Trinity university. Dur
ing the first part of the session Mr.
Wolfe took up a few minutes in rec
ommending text and reference books
for teachers of Latin and modern lan
guage. Mr. Wolfe delivered a veri
scholarly address during this so
sion. He first spoke of, the close
relation between the different lan
guages. In a very interesting man
ner he then told the -tory of a Ho
man family. He stressed the im
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portance that the Unmans gave to
their ancestors and to their God. He
spoke of the different names of a
Roman and explained their meaning
The teachers of this section are in
deed enthusiastic about his addresses
and regret that lie was not put on the
program for each day.
Primary Section.
This section was under the direc
tion of Miss Elizabeth Carson. An
instructive talk was made by Miss
Maud Harris. She showed the ne
cessity of discipline and gave many
suggestions with regard to how it
may be secured. The importance of
the careful seating of the pupils and
the necessity of keeping system in
everything were emphasized. She
suggested that few rules should he
made and then only after consider
able deliberation.
Intermediate A Section.
Principal B. F. (Tews led this sec
tion. Ways and means of carry
ing out the provisions of the com
pulsory attendance law in good faith
were discussed. An interesting pa
per was read by Miss Julia CoHl
son on the departmental plan in the
grades. Why? The advantages
(1) Give system; (2) each teacher
is a specialist; (3) there is rest so
that they may change grades and
teachers. Disadvantages of the de
partmental system: (1) Too much
work is given; (2> no time for in
dividual help.
Special Primary Section.
This section was led by Mrs. Crav
en. The subject was “Arithmetic.”
Work for the forenoon consisted in
I giving demonstrations and how to
I teach children to count by the dect
!mul system. This is done by means
Jof pictures, cards, games and straws
j First, child is shown a card that
has one picture on it, then one that
! has two, and so on until he has
readily learned to visualize to nine.
The next step is the use of cards
I for flash work, that is the teacher
| flashes the card before the card,
[teaching him to vosualize rapidly.
! There are four sets of these cards,
one showing dots and other lines, a
third figures and the fourth the
names of the figures. As the cards
aro flashed the child says “five dots,”
“five lines,” “the figure five" or the
“word five,” whatever the case may
be.
The children play a number game.
The cards are given out to the chil
dren and the teacher calls on a
child to come to the front. He
holds up his card as lie does so and
ail children having cards correspond
ing to the one held up must run on
their tip toes and stand by the first
child. One figure is taught each
day in this manner. By the use of
the group the figure aud the word.
The filial step is the use of straws.
They are arranged in bundles of teu.
The child makes the bundle himself
and counts aloud as he does so. Ten
largo glasses are placed on the ta
ble, and by the side of each one a
small glass is placed. Then the
child having been taught the mean
ing of the word “units” places the
bundle of straws in the first glass,
saying. One, ten and no units,"
and the the teacher writes the fig
ure “10” on the hoard. Then he
puts another bundle in the second
glass and places one straw in the
small small glass, saying, “One ten
and one unit," then the teacher
writes the figure “11.” This con
tinues until the child reaches one
ten and nine units. Then the teach
er introduces the teen family and
teaches him to call their names. The
same method is used in teaching
front ten to one hundred.
Common School Section.
The institute then went into sec
tion meetings. The common school
section was led by County Superin
tendent W. s. Ely. The first speak
er on the program was E. B. Key
nolds, Inmnctor in farm crops at !
A amt M t'otlc^c He distasted j
farm Implement . taking up the hat |
row and tts u««\ glting the different
kinds of harrows, such as the cut
away. ihe spring tooth, etc He gae
Die details *>f types of farm houses
and their arrangement* ns to water
upplv and otiher conveniences,
dressing thnt they should l>e built
to harnioitlie ti the surroundings
Then he gate “otto interesting dl- j
reel ions as to feritliration of soil and ,
Ihe rr(|tllmnefttti of the different j
stills, hon to eohsrrve plain food hy
I rotation of crop* He sngp.eflted ro
tation plans, terracing, manuring
Mini how hod tn do it. lie dls
joucsiut animal feeding, emphasizing
the need of a balanced ration, rorn
and other grain* with hay. silage
and the rtdative value of each. He
-poke of the types of silos which
are ptcferahle for ordinary farina
and how to put up ensilage. He dis
cussed ensilage crop*. such as
foterita. corn, cane, malre. kaffir
and the grasses, such as Sudan.
Johnson, and others. n
The attendance at this lecture was
large and was enjoyed very murk
hy the teachers who were so fortu
nate ns to he present.
Imlf|i<>n<lrnt District Sisiioti.
Tills section was led by Karl C.
.tones. The subject discussed was
“What the Grammar School Should
IV) for the Child to Prepare Him for
I lie High School." Miss Glenn then
gave a very Interesting discussion In
regard to the subjects which the
high schools should export the pri
mary teacher to teach the child.
She thinks routing is the most Im
portant subject for the primary
grades.
Superintendent Mallard of Italy
discussed what the high school
should expect the Intermediate
teacher should do for the child. In
addition to reading and spelling
well, he believes that the Intended!
ate child should understand the fun
damental principles of granunur and
be able to write paragraphs.
Mrs. Dixie Taylor had a most In
teresting discussion on correlation
of primary work to that of the high
school. She believes that teachers
from the primary grades to that of
the high school should have a uni
form method of labeling papers, uni
form requirements of form and rec
itations.
Miss Dora Varner discussed the
question of what the intermediate
teacher should try to prepare the
child to do in high school work.
Lack of time cut this morning in
teresting program short.
The institute then adjourned for
lunch and rest.
Wednesday Afternoon.
The institute met in general ses
sion at 1:30. The first speaker on
the program was Superintendent
Winn of Waxahachie City schools.
Mr. Winn made a very brief talk in
which he stated that, he cast the de
elding vote w'hich carried tlie State
Teachers’ association to Fort Worth
instead of Houston. He mud© a
strong plea in support of the asso
ciation, asking all teachers present
to become members. He said that
a teacher would never grow unless
he came in contact with other teach
ers who are working at the job. He
said it was worth a teacher’s time
to go to tlie Slate Teachers’ associa
tion whether he learned anything or
not. The association that he gets
there with the best teachers from
tills sate is indeed worth while. He
raid that if Ellis county would have
an enrollment of forty teachers the
association would give them special
budges with Ellis county printed on
them. His talk was so effective that
a large number of teachers in Ellis
county gave him their names for en
rollment in the association,
running t’lult Work.
One of the most interesting speak
!ers in Hie whole institute program
was Mrs. R. H. Davis, Ellis county
home demonstration agent, who
talked for some half hour on can
ning cluli work in Ellis county. She
briefly reviewed the history of the
Work in the state, saying Ellis coun
ty was tlie thirty-fourth county In
Texas to hike up canning club work.
She organized her lirst dub in Feb
ruary pr this year. She has sixteen
classes with an enrollment of 117
girls. The girls must cultivate one
tenth acre of tomatoes. The reason
the tomato is selected is because the
cultivation of this plant will teach all
the principles in the cultivation of
any plant. The girls for the first
year cannot cultivate any plant ex
cept the tomato. Second year girls
may cultivate any plant. The can
ning club work is strictly for the
girls who live in rural communities.
The advantages of canning club
work are many. Other than that of
canning fruit, meats and vegetables.
It enables the teacher late in the
lull, after canning work is over, to
leach the girl to have system in her
home. The fireless cooker will be
introduced and other labor saving
devices, such as scrub brushes and
butter worker.
" ltitigs acouiidished in Kills tottit
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and supervision of the American Automobile Association proved an
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ty me worthy of note. One girl has
sold $•>•' worth of products. The
girls have canned many things other
thun tomatoes. They will soon take
up meat csmiing. Next year the
girls of Bills county who belong to
the canning club will huve every
thing on the pantry shelf that Is
wanted in the fanned line. The
girls clubbed together and bought u
steam pressure canning machine
which costs some $25. By means of
it one girl in an hour can put up
eighteen three-pound cans.
All work and no play makes a
gill a dull one. To overcome this
three rally days wore held In Kills
county this year, at Ennis, Waxuhu
chle and Midlothian. The girls wore
caps and aprons to the rallies, A
program was prepared which bore
directly upon canning work then
came picture shows, Iced drinks, au
to rides, etc.
Dr. Horn beak of Trinity Univer
sity has been so kind as to offer a
scholarship to one girl in the can
ning club work who mukes the high
est record and who has completed
the ninth grade. Five scholarships
are given this year to girls of Kills
county to A. and M. Short Course
last summer, t'aek, uniformity of
the jar, etc., constituted the basis
on which he girls were chosen for
he scholarship. Thirteen girls from
Kills county went to A. and M. the
past summer. Kilts county having
the second largest crowd or girls
present.
Scholarships are orrerea to four
girls of the canning club. These
scholarships include a trti» to the
Dallas fair with all expenses paid.
The girl winging the first prize In
the state will receive a $1,500 schol
arship to C. 1. A.
To make her talk more “practical
Mrs. Davis had with her three girls
from a rural community who be
longed to her canning club. Each
of these girls told what they hud
accomplished during the past year.
Elah Glenn of liristol told in u very
Interesting manner what she had
canned. She stated that people for
merly bought canned goods from the
merchant, hut In a short time the
merchants will he buying canned
goods from the farmer. This girl
canned 300 quarts this season.
The next speaker was Nina Dump
kins. She showed that the work Is
not only worth while now, but will
give value In after years. She stated
in detail exactly bow she cullvated
her plants. She has sold $50 worth
»t tomatiea, h>*r tomato plants bore
i.irly and ure still hearing.
The third young lady. Miss Mattl'*!
Roberts, of Walnut Grove, slated i
that she made her hot bed on March I
(Ith, had ripe tomatoes Juno 2#th.
Since then she has had over I,$00
pounds. She has sold $24 worth.
I Mrs. Davis closed this most Inter
esting program by stating that she
hoped to organize* many canning
clubs in Kills county during the com-!
ing year.
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By WILBUR «. FORREST.
United I*re«H Staff Correspondent.
LONDON, Aug. 1H (By mail).—
Great Britain is preparing to Insti
tute* some almost socialistic reforms
after the war.
Before parliament has formally
ratified pence terms, it became
known today, n bill will have been
prepared with the Munition of tha
cabinet, striking a blow at pre
ventable poverty and limiting
wealth.
Premier Asquith Ib a loading ad
vocate of a new social era for Great
Britain, those* In cIubb touch with
him announce. The entire cabinet,
la Mal<! to share hla views.
The prime minister's flrat Intima
tion of the government's plan was
made in the house of commons
iturlng the recent discussion of the
Purls Economic Conference resolu
tions. Asquith declared the gov
ernment had in view certain reform*
which ,’would distribute the fruits
of Industry mon* evenly over the
community.
From Influential sources It la
known that a tentative measure ia
being discussed giving the state com
prehensive control over the distri
bution of profits, preventing, it I*
hoped, the accumulation of va»t for
tune* In a few hand* and guaran
teeing to the worker a wage equal
to or more than that paid to work
men anywhere.
The radical war moasurea which
allows the government to take 77
per cent o| excess war profits may
crystallite into a peace measure to
limit profits generally, it Is stated.
Tha reconstruction committee of
the house of commons, of which
Premier Asquith la chairman, ha*
charge of the problems of postwar
social Improvement.
Farms for Sale
We have fifty of the finest farms in Texas
for sale at great bargains and on easy terms.
The high prices of cotton and other farm prod*
ucts and low interest rates will certainly en*
hance the value of farm lands. Now is your
opportunity to buy while you can get such
favorable terms. •' • '
T. J. Cole & Co.
Waxahachie, Texas