The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-11

substitute for Il in the schools the
deadliest, truest, and when rightly un-
derstood, the most telling punish
ment known to any society, suspen-
sion or expulsion. The parents II
|any community should be taught to
know II they do not realize It that
II their child will persist in bringing
something to that society known as
a school so hideous as to demand
. lash, the lash must be lifted In the
home or EXPULSION will be the end.
Methods and management are be
ing studied and unified by teachers
meetings. special comparison Of
grades and many other means, un-
It'll scarcely mismanaged room or
|mistaught class is found in the
schools Teachers are usually OF the
very best metal of which woman.
hood and MANHOOD are made. So no
wonder II soon dawns on them that
uuibbing, distrust, laziness, CLOSED
appearances, musty diplomas. idle
chickering's, shoddy planning and mar
rowness Of spirit will prove their un-
doing. not only for school teaching,
but for the life they are to live. Hence
with the nobility We possess in Ard
more's teachers little If any of such
stuff is found and It makes presenta-
Bile, interesting and more inviting ev-
cry school room.
Here are some of the movements
on foot this year:
To make our curriculum work sur
er, stronger and more finished
To especially strengthen our whole
work in arithmetic and higher math.
ematics.
| To make better readers.
To fill in all gaps and lift the in.
termedlate grades to a finer basis
To develop every phase Of expires
sion in all grades, but especially in
high school.
To make the school room ccnters of
social power, points of delights for
the pupils and spots wnere tle beau
tiful in nature and art were priced.
The first has been done by making
more varied the course OF study, by
adding a half year more in algebra
and an extra science. Also by i'm
proving our methods.
The second has been done by hold
ing special meetings time after time
with teachers in all grades interest
ed in arithmetic, by competition OF
grades, by getting back to fundamen-
tails, by demanding Goth century oper-
ations and by many other processes.
If nothing else were done this year
except the advancement scored By
the teachers and grades in mathe-
MATES Ardmore would be head on
the money invested h@ public
schools.
Reading is the hardest thing to
teach. We believe we are improving
in most places and we know we are
in some.
The intermediate grades have net
from time to time. Criticisms has
been poured in upon them and the
result has been food. They are siren.
gthened
The expressive element Of school
life Is a third of the tree of educa-
tion. but 1t is usually Topped off and
stunted thing is the result
You should have been at the Moot
congress OF the United States in the
high school room yesterday afternoon
to have seen what that scheme of
resolving themselves into a deliber-
ate assembly, governed and working
upon the plan of the United States
congress, means to those boys and
girls. There were speeches made by
high school girls and boys which
came out Of their very natures and
were rich wit hstudy fire and refine
ment. Grammar, reading, literature.
grace and power We're all enrolled in
to one. This part of the years plan is
moving on with vigor.
Window boxes, potted plants,
brushed walls, well framed pictures
and seeds going into the school
grounds bespeak the teachers care
about this purpose Of making the
school rooms and grounds social cen
ters. spots of beauty in nature and
art.
Everything. gentlemen, seems up.
on the upper trend, May | not invite
your attention here to the kind state
lments the candidates for mayor Of
our city are making concerning what
their policy toward the public schools
shall be If elected? There is no pre-
Itpusp ahOut that M man who calls