The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-24
THE TEACHERS MEETING AT LITTLE
BAHaLA.

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3 being present at the meeting bel
! for the public school teachers c
3 district No. 2, at Little BahaIa las
I Saturday. Supt. Green, alway
I practical and progressive in schoc
! matters, has not only Urged ant
encouraged monthly and quarterl'
meetings of the teachers of th
) several supervisors districts O
the county for the purpose of dis
cusgng practical school subject
{ and methods; but he is encourag
ing the patrons to attend and tax,
an interest in these meetings, anC
! to add to their value by making
; exhibits of their best farm anC
garden products for mutual in
strqction and improvement
1t hasn't been so long since oul
experience in school as to make i
real ancient history, but the ad
vancement made since then along
many lines is truly inspiring anc
full of bright prophecy for the
future of our common schools anC
the great cause OF popular educa
tion. On our arrival about l.
O'Clock, the school room was
found filed to its capacity with
teachers and children, patrons OF
the Little Bahala school and visit.
Ors from other communities who
had come to enjoy and profit by
the days program. The walls OF
the commodious school room were
gracefully festooned with ever
greens and decorated with pic
lures and drawings, and, bouquets
of beautiful autumn flowers and a
few fine samples of horticultural
products produced by some of the
Little Bahala patrons, were dis
played on the rostrum. Later it
was discovered that the ell of the
school building contained an art
exhibit from the PearIhaven Grad
ed School, an exhibit of school
decoration and school gardening
by the Heuck's Retreat High
School, and several fine specimens
of farm and garden products by
patrons of the Little Bahala and
Heuck's Retreat Schools.
The meeting was presided over
by Prof ". G. Williams, the
handsome and scholarly principal
Of the Heuck's Retreat High
School. Before our arrival, Miss
Junie Graves had read an interest,
ing paper on School Room Dec
oration, " and Prof. a. Green, the
talented young principal of the
Little Bahala school, was in the
midst of an address on School
Gardening" a subject never
heard Of in cur school boy days,
thgugh we learned q good 9esl
about planting Irish potatoes,
sticking peas, transplanting cab
bage, hoeing onions, picking
strawberries, etc., in the oId=fash-
Toned way that we have never for
gotten, The value and Importance
OF cooperating with teachers and
supplementing their work by in
structing the boys how to farm
and garden successfully and to
practically apply the principles
they learn at school on these sub
iects, was specially stressed on
the farmers present by Prof.
Green. A practical demonstra-
ton in grating was a specially
interesting feature Of Prof.
Green's address.
Miss Lucy Conerly read paper
on Some Simple Lessons Ia Ex-
preston" and both by thought
and grace Of manner exempIfied
the beautiful art she discussed.
The last subject on the program
before the dinner recess was
School Libraries" By Prof. Bra
Gle Campbell, principal Of the
fourishing school at Harmony.
Prof. Campball's address was
literary gem practical sugges-
tion, eloquence and humor com
biDed and marked Elm as both |
an orator and a thinker.
An elegant basket dinner, for
which Little Bahala is famous,
was spread during the midday re-
cess and Of which all present par
took with zast. It was the writ
er's good fortune at this time to
fall into the hospltable hands of |
Mrs. J.. NJ. Girault aud her two
accomplished daughters, Mes
DANES Lee and Geo. Fur, who
are all practical graduates In do
inestic science and the culinary
art, and our every want was more
than supplied By these excellent
ladies'.
This reminds US that one of the
first things at the afternoon ses-
sion was a talk on domestic science
by Miss Sarah Love, OF Brookha
ven, who took this course at the
GirPs Industrial College at Co
lumbns, and explained in a most
engaging manner. how scientific
facts and knowledge may be ap-
piled to advantage to SO prosy an
occupation as every day cooking
and housekeeping, giving variety
and greater attractiYeness to such
work and insuring better cooking
and fewer cases of dyspepsia in
the average home. When this
young lady had finished her adj
lress with q modest blush. every
young man IN the audience wanted /
70 engage her on the spot as a
house keeper.
4 very timely talk was also
giYen at the afternoon session by