The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-03

him a sunny faced boy, with yer.
rarely recurring intervals of the oil,
scowl.
The training of the voice is one q
the great duties of The school II
make the speech distinct without be
ing loud. sweet. but still clear and
modulated to suit the place and the
occasion, is no easy task Our good
Or. Hewitt. writing of his visits here
and there complains repeatedly Of
grave failure in our training OF the
/ physical habit Of distinct speech
/ Many Of the practice teachers in my
f department having heard what an
excellent thing a low voice is in q
woman, fail first to set the example
Of precise clear tones and then iail
through music, breathing exercises
and drill in enunciation. to train the
voice of the child want to empha-
size here that the suggestion received
through the teachers example out
weighs all other training
Self respect is one of the founda
ton stones of a strong character and
the bearing of the child. erect well
poised and well balanced should re
fleet a proper personal pride ana DIG
nifty The tendency Of pupils to slip
down in seats or to loungo in slpshod
attitudes when standing. should be
overcome, through example and sug
gestion but better still through sys
tematic physical exercise. The pos.
ing, marching and stepping TO music
tend to establish habits of bearing
| remember the dear little first grade
people who performed in their sober
stately fashion the old mnuet ON the
chapel platform last winter as theil
exhibition of physical culture Later
one OF The number was called forward
alone TO perform some other duty in
relation to the program, and the wills
per. What gracefulness,' ran
around the audience
One of the comments of the stu
dents who observe the work daily in
the training school and watch these
pupils at work, is that restless az
they sometimes are. they are rarc.
in bad position al their seats.
Manners are defined as a com
pound of form and spirit, spirit acted |
into form Beautiful manners learned
in childhood form the basis for beau
tiful graciousness IN later life which
is such a powerful factor in the in
Guence any individual may exert
They must be habitual from child |
hood TO become an unconscious part
IT tho daily living Example comes |
FIRST as means of training good man |
ners and suggestion is powerful, but |
one of the best methods | have ever
tried in teaching fine manners is
How can they help |
learning To express through be |
hayiour the lofty sentiment of the |
Wagner stories and the stories of the |
poets as they play them: wish |
could show vou q mite of bow who |
stepped up and opened door for me
ne Otner day when my hands were !
full, bwing as he did SO, and murmur |
ing Permit me- Intrinscally anG |
we are what We do, and |
80 the world judges us.
Cleanliness Is next to godliness"
the old proyerb runs Sometime |
when look over a room full of chill |
lren think the cry Of some of the |
-eformcrs that these are goddess
lines must be justifiahlc. if lack Of
cleanliness. is any true sign. Con
ieious physical cleanliness is. be !
ieye a great and powerful factor IN
moral cleanliness. based as il ought /
% be on self respect and persona /
pride find great help in cutiyating |
he desire for physical purity in the
story of The Greek boys who regard /
I'd their bodies az gifts from the gods
10 be used in the service Of their |
'ountry. and therefore kept them as
,lean and as pure as possible. going /
At times before tho great shrine tc
show the god what care had beer
aiken Of the beautiful body Their
here IS the story of the king and
his wonderful castle. just reprinted
BY the Public School Pub Co. which
iscd to be in the old Appleton reader
think telling the tale of this won
lcrful organism and its cares | al.
ways close the series of stories by
quoting the Bible statement We are
he temples of the living God.
In cases where example and sug
sesticn fail. there is only one alterna
i've loft and that is TO personally su
1eriutendend the cleaning NJ. The
school bathroom in large schools and
n poor districts is bound TO como
shall never frgct the eff ct oi one
good scrubbing given twelfe-year.
,ld boy by tho city superintendent OF
schools think il turned The boy
lalf way around In his tracks and
headed him away from truancy Ia
ward decent life ] sometimes
mink A pocket comb. looking glass