Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-02-02
School. Notes.


Four months more in our school
year.
The snow this week has added
great deal to the enjoyment of the
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. John 1. Heneley
visited.in the High School Friday
afternoon.
The grammar room pupils gave
their program with the High
school Friday.
Mrs. Riley Bruner and Mrs. Par
rot visited the exercises in the High
School Friday.
Miss Emig's and Miss McAnich's
pupils are constructing log cabin
for their respective rooms.
Miss Case, FIRST grammar room
teacher was unable to attend to her
duties last week on account of a
threatened attack of pneumonia.
The primary pupils executed the
carnation in water colors this week
in memory of Mckinley's birthday.
The carnation being his favorite
flower.
All on the programs in the sec
ond grammar and High School
rooms, we're prepared Friday, ex
cepting one boy. He gave his part
Monday.
Rachel Brown took charge of the
intermediate room Thursday and
Friday and Miss McAnich taught
in the First grammar room in the
absence of Miss Case.
Miss Keith's room takes the ban
ner for January in havisg the least
number of tardy marks, there be-
ing but three late in this room for
the entire month.
Senior Girls Debate.
Last Friday afternoon the seniors
| debated the following question for
their regular literary exercise: RE
solved that development of the
physical side of life is of more inn
portance than the mental"
This was an enthusiastic debate
and in many respects the best we
have had.
The affirmative was upheld by
Gertie Bruner, Grace Hensley and
Bertha Young. The negative by
Mertie Bruner, Lucille Herrick and
Bessie Ide. The argument and de.
livery on either side was about ev'
emily matched and each debatel
showed much care in preparation
The affirmative maintained thai
the physical is the basis of the
mental, hence the more important
The mind plans but the body exc
cutes. The realizing of mind pic
lures in material form and usefu
construction depends upon muscle
If the brain had nothing to direct
nothing to carry out, it's we'll laie
plans would all be fruitless. A
sound body must accompany {
sound mind; the healthy working
of the mind depends upon heal
thy brain, and healthy brail
could only be found in body wei
developed and free from disease
The education of a child in poo
health is impossible, hence phys
cal development is the more impol
tant since all else must bow to il
All men who have been great il
tellectually have also been grea
physically.
The negative maintained that t
argue the body was more impol
tant than the mind, was to say tina
the agent was more important tina
the principal. 1t is the mind thu
has brought order out of chaos
civilization out of barbarisrn, Jus
t1ce and right to rule over injustic
and might. 1t is the mind of ma
that distinguishes him from tn
brutes and makes him divine, L
the mind of man must be accredi
ed all that the world has accom-
plished in inventions. art, science
and government. We recogniz
the preponderance of mind owe
matter, itsimportance as compare
] with the physical, by ablishin
our system of common schools an
colleges instead of prize fghtin
4 schools. We make all things tn
instruments of our minds an
4 souls instead of conforming a
things to muscle and bone. Atl
ems developed mind, Sparta deve
4 oped muscle, Athens left an und,
ing legacy to civilization, Spart
4 nothing, but an example of war,
ing to mankind.
The decision of the judges wa
for the Affirmative.
No home.should. be, without packa,