The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-08
Opening Of Bobbitt School.
Communicated.

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Bobbitt School opened with colors
flying and banners waving" The thor
oughly active principal and assistants,
. Miss Villa Davis and Miss Minnie Ross
were not satisfied with just opening the
school doors to the children but made
an effort and a successful one to have
the parents present the first day. A few
days. before the school was to begin,
they made a house-to-house visitation
to every patron and personally invited
each one to come and bring his family
and friends TO Parents Day on the after
noon of the first school day.
Thus delightfully."- importuned almost
all the patrons OF this live school pre-
sented themselves at the appointed time,
eager for whatever was to come. The
school rooms. which by the way. are
best equipped in Vance county, were
and blazing golden-rOd 1t looked CAV
enough and the bright faced children sit
ting at the front looked as if beginning
school, had lost it's distastefulness when
father and mother were there to see
them.
A program of readings, songs, and ad-
dresses had been prepared, everything
bearing on the relation that should ex-
list between home and school. After the
opening song by the school, Home, Sweet
Home, and some very cordial words of
welcome by Miss Villa Davis, a paper
was read by Miss Nettie Allen on '"The
Relation of Home and School" This was
an address delivered by Mrs. Martin Har-
din of Charlotte at a recent meeting of
the Primary Teachers Association. and
brought out the ideal relation from a
mothers standpoint. After another
song. Superintendent j c. Kittrell intro
duced Mr.. Bennett Perry, of Henderson,
who was exceedingly happy in his i'm
promptu remarks on the topic of the
afternoon-Home and School. From
the standpoint of business man. he
spoke to the patrons about school as a
serious business and pointed out most
strikingly many leakages due to incon-
siderate meddling here, thoughtless crit
icism yonder, and most of all lack of pa
rental authority in the matter of enforcing
regular attendance, etc. All he said was
timely and to the point. Superintend-
ent kittrell made the address of the oc-
casion on Home and School-Their Mu-
tual o-operation.' In beginning he gave
teachers and parents many encouraging
words-spoke in highest praise of the
work these devoted teachers had done
the past year and of the manner in which
the parents stood by the school.
Mr.. kittrell's address was full of helpful
thought and suggestion along the line
OF mutual helpfulness on part OF home
and school, teachers and taught. 1t
will do much toward building a better
sentiment OF cooperation.
After the exercises were over, light re-
freshments were served by the teachers,
aided by the large girls of the school.
Good will and cordial greeting made the
hour slip by all too quickly and all dis
persed with d frmer determination to
make Bobbitt School one CT the leaders
among Vance county schools. AS
direct result OF the meeting, the teachers
propose to form Mothers Club to meet
monthly for the sole purpose of discuss
ing questions of interest to them and the
teachers OF their children This-a long
step forward in the direction of saner
school methods.
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