The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-07-09
The A. S NJ. Normal.
A. & NJ. COLLEGE, Miss,
June 80, 1909

June 80, 1909
DEAR WEEKLY:
I think you are entitled TO a few
notes from the summer normal here.
/ cannot give you a write-up of the
affair as a whole, for it takes all my
time to look after my own little part
of it.
Since l am under DIR. Bailey l shall
tell you about him first. Besides his
work with the institute conductors,
he has delivered two lectures. On
Monday his subject had four heads:
| :. Conservation, y - Correlation, >
Concentration and "Conseora-
tion." On Tuesday he discussed four
other heads to match the
first four, thus "Rennovation versus
Conservation Reciprocation YER
sus Correlation" Relaxation YER
sus Concentration, y and Recreation
versus Conservation" A man of or
dinary caliber would get a very dry
speech out of such subjects, but DR..
Bailey's speeches were inspiring. and,
| might say, 'perspiring, also, for
there is hot time in the old town
this week.
On Monday night the real, living,
genuine Joe Cook gave us a lecture
on Values" He apologized for TAX
ing a subject that teachers know so
little about, noting the fact that if
values mean dollars and cents, the
subject is beyond the grasp of most
teachers. The burden of his speech
was plea for teachers training
school.
DR.. Lowe, the State Geologist, gave
the conductors meeting an instruct
i've address about the geological sur
vey and the resources of the State.
His talk was very encouraging. 1t
showed that there are great opportu-
mites for US Mississippians which we
can utilize just as soon as somebody
wakes up to them.
Professor Barnes discussed Good
Roads from a statistical standpoint
He gave facts instead of theories. /
think that if the several boards of su-
pervisors could hear Prof. Barnes it
would be productive of much good.
Since coming over here / have a
| more exalted opinion of the teachers
of Monroe county than ever before.
We have been discussing rural school
problems in our conductors meetings
and ! have observed the fact that
these city superintendent don't get
ut of I1e I,ar
our Monroe county teachers got out
the same subjects last year; and when
it comes to school Improvement our
county teachers are far ahead. /
think the teacher who labors under
all the disadvantages and inconven-
fences of our rural schools should take
pride in the fact that he knows more
about his business than the city teach
ers can tell him.
Miss Susie V. Powell has delivered
one lecture on the School Improve
ment Association, and will deliver
others to the institute conductors. 1t
is treat to hear her We intend to
ask the Legislature to appropriate
twenty-five hundred dollars to help
this movement, on the condition that
the Association raise ten thousand
dollars before the next legislative
session. Legislators who read this
viii please make up their minds to
say yes" or mo- when they are
asked by some one interested. An
swers will be recorded.
Superintendent Powers lectured to-
day on his favorite theme, Industrial
Education. He is entertaining and
very much in earnest.
The following teachers are repre-
senting Monroe county here in the
manner indicated: Misses Viola
Grace and Fannie Smith in the Nor
NAL; G. B. Egger, W.B. Stanford, and
E. H. Walker in the Campus course
Tom Sykes, Peyton Jacob and your
scribe, in the conductors confer
ences. Yours respectfully,
ID. H. STREETMAN