The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-01-29
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Community t the Teacher" was de-
tanned at home on ccoun OF the i'll
ness of her son, who is threatened
with pneumonia. However. she signi-
fed her willingness to AXE the same
subject at some future meeting.
Prof. Frank Carroon put in a strong
He had prepared his notes with the
idea that there would be only the old
familiar faces of the teachers pres
ent and that the matter would be ta-
ken up Informally, with the asking
of questions, etc. However, he would
offer some thoughts on the subject as
they might occur to him. By supple
mentary reading he meant reading
outside tbs textbooks, extending the
general ideas taught and broadening
the child's mental experience. The
object was to rationalize the feelings
of the child, to let him know that
there was more to be learned than is
written in the one or two textbooks
of a term, to enable him to discover
the relations of things taught to the
things read and observed. He be-
lieved it necessary to awaken a moral
sense in many children, especially
bows on5 mould IAo1-a +h0ro rAo1 cfo
ries of a character to create or vivify
this moral sense. Reading should TO-
Gus and unity the child's purpose
train the butterfly nature out of him,
teach industry and create high ideals.
He would cultivate a taste for good
literature, and recommended the
reading of such books as bear a NOR
al Interpretation. A few hundred dol
lars spent by the school board for
books to be used in supplementary
reading would, he believed, be of
great benefit to the schools.
Walter Davis played a piano solo.
He is quite a finished performer.
County Superintendent J. M. Reid
was unable to appear, but will be put
down upon the next program.
Upon the call for general discus
sion, Mrs. j. J.. Beck was the only
person to respond. She had been a
teacher in Iowa at the age of sixteen.
and explained for the benefit of Mr..
Day that at that age she was large
enough to satisfy the school trustees
that she could handle the worst of
en-. She was from Missouri, and felt
prouder thar ever Of Missouri whe
tendent the state had given the Ros-
schools in the person of Prof.
She considered health,
and prosperity among the
best aims of education, and accord
ingly viewed the climate and re-
sources of the Pecos Valley as a lib
eral education in themselves for a
person with eyes and mind properly
developed in the elementary schools.
In closing Prof. Thompson stated
his belief hat such open meetings
of teachers and patrons should be
held often, perhaps once a month.
He said hat if the teachers had
on education of their own, they might
safely have made up a set of ideals
from what they had heard. On behalf
Of the entire faculty of the schools
wished again to thank the patrons
and to invite them all to visit the
schools. He said that the teachers
under great difficulties at times,
md often feel that they have been
by the very persons who
should take the most interest in the
work of he schools. This meeting
thoroughly demonstrated that
there vas plenty of sentiment with
them, and they would all feel encour
aged with the thought that their eff
forts were appreciated by SO many
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Greatly In Demand.
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