Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-03-01

eloquently discussed by Pro Robert
D. Molyneux of the Hillsgrove high
school. Prof. Molyts ux prefaced
his remarks by this assertion 81 be:
lieve in vaccination in rural schools;
though the compulsory phase of the
law should be modified. His renlin-
iscence of rural school work was
patheticly associated with Whittier s
poem 'In SchoolDays and contrast
ed with his latter efforts in high school
work, the rural schools are and ever
must be the foundation for our intel:
lectual system and when perfected by
the adoption of uniform course of
study will be patronized by the more
conservative element of our city
population, their environment is fitted
for better work in the development
of both soul and body than in the
village high or city private school
Miss Olive Plots of the Bethel
school next read paper in which
She gave appreciative views of the
teachers WORK. Among the general
aims were enumerated the training of
young children to meet naturally and
socially with others IN social inter
course; the providing of rich and var
led material as subject matter to stim
ulate the mental activities of the child
to bring the home closer in contact
with the school, and the school into
fuller sympathy with the home; plans
must be formed for our work and
plans when formed must be worked
plans alone can never make success:
full school; good teacher would fill
her plan with that which is of value,
while poor teacher will reduce the
best laid plan to a dull grind. The
key to the situation is, teaching must
be spiritual work, and the more we
give of our true selves the richer our
lives will grow. Truly, ther
nobler work to be found any a.s>A..
Miss Jewel o Brien of the Forks
vile primary school, spoke on the
subject of agriculture in the rural
schools. Her appreciation of the
value of practical utility in mental
training is apparent. The social,
economic, political and industrial
features must be the fundamental
basis The trend of education in the
rural district is to educate away away
from the farm; this is radically wrong
and must inevitably prove disastrous,
The problem which presents itself is,
how can we make our rural life of
which the school house is always the
center, sufficiently attractive to re-
tain the hopes and aims and ambitions
of the rural lads and lassies. The
solution seems to be in enthusing the
life of the child with an intelligent
understanding of agriculture. Agri:
culture intelligently taught would
mean more intelligent management
of our farms, consequently a more
happy and contented rural life.
At this point i'll the program the
chairman announced a chicken sup:
per served at the home Of J. W.Rogers
Esq, and the wants Of the mind was
for a time forgotten III ministering to
the demands of the innerman.
Program of the evening session
will lie given next week.
The funeral services of George
Hall who was fatally injured at
Sunes' camp about two weeks ago,
was held at Point Bethel M. E.
church near Glen Mawr, on Tues
day morning. The services We're
conducted by the Rev. Thos. +.
Ripple of Laporte, assisted by the
Rev. G. w. King of Picture Rocks.
The funeral was largely attended.
a special train was run from Sones'
camp to Glen Mawr. A delegation
of the p. 0. S. of A. of MontOurs:
Vile, of which Mr.. Hail WAS life
long member acted as honorary pail
bearers. Mr.. Hall was born at
Strawbridge, Pa. Sept. 15, 1869, and
died at Sones' camp on February "a,
1906, aged SO years, months and
8 days. He had been in the EN-:
ploy Of Mr.. Sones for the past four
wears as foreman on his extensive
lumber operations on Kettle Creek.
He was man of distinct moral
stamp which was bound to find rec: