The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-28

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Last week ffom Monday N1orniug
TO Friday 81 neer the. feather In
stiiute OF Eilis rounty whs IN session.
II was a body Of men and women
who. for intelligence and integrity.
compares very fa,orably With an as
scmbly Of two hundred that could
probably he found anywhere in the
state. Earuostnose and eaEerness To
obtain all the good possible charaC-
terized the conduct of every one
present The lectures delivered and
papers read cvinced depth OF
thought and width Of Investigation
and some Of the papers were even
classical IN idea and diction Three
or four days with the directors OF
the education of tho boys Of Ellis
county convinced ne that they Were
, reasonably Aet educated body o.
men and women deeply interested IA
the purity and intelligence Of the
men and women of the next decade.
| hardly think one can adVisedly say
that these institutes are not benefit
cial TO the teachers. 1t naturally fol
lows that their pupils viii reap the
benefit derived by the teachers.
However, in passing upon any kind
of an institution 10 the thoughtful
mind the question is presented Us
il worth what it costs?' Does the
benefit derived Justify the outlay Of
the labor and money? Some object
to anything while others go to the
other extreme and do not consider
the cost If good is accomplished. DO
the results obtained from the meet
ing of the teachers In the institute
Justify the amount 1t costs to main
tain the system? is a question that
should be carefully considered by
every one having the welfare of the
education of the children at heart.
In order that you may have some
figures as basis from which to
compute the cost | viii state there
were approximately 200 teachers
taken from the school room for one
week, the average salary OF these
teachers during the week was prob
ably $500 or about $4,000 the in
stitute cost the school fund of the
county. Estimating the per capita
for a child OF scholastic age at $3.50
per year, $4,000 consumes the school
money OF four hundred children or
enough to make five or six country
schools. | talked to several Of the
the institute being worth what IL
costs do not propose to give an
opinion myself but suggest that a
careful study OF school journals and
treatises on pedagogy would prob
ably result in giving teachers as
much aid in methods and govern
ment as they obtain from the insti-
tute work However, | do not much
believe in outsiders deciding what is
best for any occupation until they
have made thorough investigation.
30 l Suggest tndl IL tHlS dIti''t III
terests you that you discuss the mat
ter with your teacher and listen re-
specially to what he has to say, AT
ter you have heard all the evidence
exercise your best judgment and
talk and act accordingly.
Tuesday morning upon coming to
Waxahachie I found the following
letter awaiting me: IS ,g
Petrolia Texas, Dec. IA, 1908,
Dear Bill; Yours received several
days ago. Find enclosed check for
800 subscription to the Enterprise.
Please have 1t sont to Petrolia in
stead OF Henrietta AZ ! am now at
Pstrolia. Buster and myself ~ n,
husine@ here and have = nice bssi-
mesa - the candidates are S0Aas