The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22

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ouoy. the expense and
81 bnving so many gay coiofs, tue
bad taste of coiored hair ribbons tlS.
Then We let them select q PLAIN callto
school dress. select any pattefii ena'
thay want then we order it for them.
They are then instructed as to the
fitting Of patterns and he cutting 50
ac 10 prevent waste. For example, We
have tried this winter to get thesi -
get a neat blue calico dress. SIMPLY
made. with white turnover collar.
Most Of them got these dresses ana
,n,aa them themselves. We. also, try
to get them to avoid extravaganza
in reakish hats, and to wear heaA
checked priscilla s~un-bonnets to
school. Not a girl IS allowed to wear
a rat in school.
we have physical culture every
day. We study sanitation Of home
and school: the cure and prevention
Of tuberculosis; the care OF springs
and wells, the evils OF patent n'edi-
cines. soothing syrups, cigarettes,
snuff and alcohol. These are given
as lectures, illustrated on the board
The pupils take notes. Also, oanu-
age cutting and fitting, antisepti-
dressings. r emergency nursing arc
taught.
W. have a well organized dra-
matte club. composed of high
school pupils: Il library and reading
room, With a circulating library OF
magazines and periodicals: u literary
society, and a small paper puDllsheu
| in school once a month.
The kindergarten work, the pialt-
ings OF mats and paper weaving; the
! cutting cut Of work; pictures from
magazines.
.The intermediate work: Paper
| ,GAaiHng and weaving; the fnakins
of paper hats. overs and foliage,
fra, I,.,l n ~ vi O.. color work miro
duced.
Advanced: Free hand drawing:
water color Work-studies from Ma
ture. stenciling-coloring combina-
tons and combinations and mediums
left IN individual pupils; the cutting
and titting-of patterns-tne choice o.
goods: seing( Eve have a new $50
machine). This work is in its infan-
cy. The selection Of pictures; the
proper mounting and framing Of pic
lures, the meaning of pictures and
their place in school and home (Wlth
the beautiful ciays here. with their
great variety of coiorings) IS to be
taken up a little later.
Saturday morning dawned bright
and clear land the teachers were hap
py once more. BY eleven o'clock the
large room was full and the we'll
trained young voices were ringing
out a fine professional hymn. Cor
della Wiseman read a composition on
Beauty In the SchoOlroon.' and
Lindsay HoIlifield spoke on THE Edit
cational Advantages Of Today in the
Mountains" Mr.. Hollifield expects to
enter the A. & NJ. College next fall.
} Civi engineering appeals to him. II
would not be surprising If the new
+, railroad lthe c., C.. e o.. Itself a
magnificent piece Of engineering,
: should inspire many q mountain boy
} into this line Of work.
q .r--- $500 1890
among the pupils-young women who
attended the institute last summe
taught public schools, and then en-
e tered school again.
q 1t was therefore with especial in
4 terest that the visitor listened tc
r on How a Public School Teacher
7 May Be Benefited by a County High
J School,
4 A large United States Flag. giyer
the school by Judge Cooke in mem
g Dry OF his son, DIR. Frederick Cooke
WAS presented to the school by Miss
: putnam and accepted by the prin.
y cipal
As the audience sang america,
a new meaning enriched the word.
from every mountain side, let free
3 dom ring"
q Outside. a flag pole sixty feet i,
neisht had been erected. AS the fla
= slowly rose and floated out on IN,
/. ar. the school sang The Red, Whit,
y and Blue waving long branches O
spray as the chorus was sung. Jus
= as heartily "Caroiina' was hung an,
G then the crowds gathered for . Mo
q nae dinner the aides had spreaf
such q beautifully prepared an,
~ ~bonntifnl dinner might be eo1a1le
elsewhere in North Carolina. but
u could not be surpassed.
re After d;nnar +La.S
y ABOUT betterment work, and an on
tnasiastic association was formed fo
= the Spruce Pine High SchooI Wit
a large nbership. The nfR.a,
are: o0eet
President-Mrs. Tom English
q Ffce-TfeEidznt-Mrs. Charlas o.
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