The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-23
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.



Did you ever stop to estimate the
value of of day at school, in future
earning power, to the child? 1t has
has been estimated to be more than
ten dollars. At this rate how many
days can your child afford to miss from
school? How often can it afford to be
tardy?
| The excuse problem is one Of the
most difficult the teacner has to con-
tend with. They are required, that
the teacher may know that the pa
| rent knows where the child is when it
is supposed to be at school and is not
| there. 1t saves the child punish
ment to have the parent say the nOn-
attendance is not the child's fault. An
excuse does not make the child'S at
tendance perfect. nor does it any
sense make up for the work the child
has missed. The average attendance
the last two months at the city schools
has been the highest in the history OF
the school. But there are by far too
many requests to excuse children for
hardness and to let them leave school
before time for diSmiSSiOn.
What think ye of days work at
school? 20 parents fully realize that
the child has really cone days work
when it leaves school in the after
noon? Or is the idea still prevalent
that the Child must be given arduous
tasks evenings and Saturdays. to keep
iU from becoming lazy and forgetting
how to work? No lazy man ever be-
came scholar. The child who does
conscientious days work at school is
entitled to the same respect as father
or older brother who has toiled at the
shop. They have earned funds for
the family's present need. The child
at school is providing for the family'S
future.
Some parents send their children to
school that they may, by acquiring
book learning. be able when they are
grown to keep out Of work" l have
heard them say so. Wouldn't it be far
better to tell them you are sending
them to schonl to be trained that they
will be enabled to do more work and
do it better? Away with that edu-
cation that seeks to make drOneS OF
our young men and butterflies Of our
Young women. Tell them that labor
is noble and that the greatest lives
have been those of service. 1t is the
''littie learning" that is the danger
Gus thing
Did you ever hear father say
'you know more now than | do, my
son: you have been to school more
than ever l went, You have gone
enough. made success in life. /
made money. You can do the same
now.' Well, the father is we'll
meaning, but is neither looking to his
own best interest nor his son. Who
has said in the first place that he is to
be taken as a standard? Again
is he Jealous Of his sor. S path that he
should wish to limit his opportunities?
Does he remember that it takes four
fold better equipment to make Sue
cess today than when he was a bog?
The struggle for existence is becOm- |
ing harder all the time and a High |
School education is as essential today |
a few years ago.
About $50 have been enrolled to |
date in the city schools. Attendance
has been fine the last two months,
and now that every department is
completely organized, teachers and
pupils are doing fine work. Our boys
and girls get their lessons at nights
and are seldom seen at entertain
mentss during the week.
Recently, new teachers desks and a
number of splendid maps have been |
installed. The High school Literary |
Society organized in this town, is prov
ing to be source of much pleasure as |
we'll as profit to its members. Be |
sides they now have a splendidly
equipped society readng-room, with
more than dozen current magazines. |
Friends and patrons of the school are
invited to come and visit any and all
the depart mentS.
Won can't he we'll if YOU have |