East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-19

l. Noulu De petNeE To consult WITH liS
supervisor or the county superintend-
ent before purchasing, as these Off
GERS know best what is needed in the
schools, are acquainted with the pri-
oeS of the different kinds of school
apparatus. and know where the same
can be procured to the best advantage
Speaks on sanitation.
DIR. White spoke on school Hy-
giene and Sanitation" He showed the
dangers in the common drinking cup
and open water pail, of poor drinking
water, neglected outhouses. and the
dust nuisance that is so frequently
met with in the country school-rooms.
He emphasized the importance of hav-
ing a good janitor and in seeing to it
that he does his work properly. After
all, the health of the children is the
first consideration, and the speaker
laid great stress upon the Importance
Of proper lighting. heating, ventilation
and cleanliness. He emphasized this
by saying that he believed it would be
better to have one month less of
school, if it were necessary to do so,
in order to have clean, sanitary build
ings.
In the afternoon, Superintendent AL
derman gave splendid address on
Industrial Work in tSe Schools" He
showed the Importance of training the
hand, as well as the mind of the
child. He believes that it is Just as
important for the girls to know how
TO sew and make good bread, as it is
to know how to work decimal frac-
ton and to parse verbs, and that the
boys should be taught to take an in
terest in the home and in the farm
work. The speaker was applauded
when he advised teaching the dignity
OF labor, and overcoming the foolish
noEons that many people have, that
the principal purpose of education is
to teach children how to make a liv-
ing without work.
Rural Supervisors.
superintendent Alderman spoke
very forcibly about the new system of
rural school supervision. He pointed
out that supervision in the country is
needed more than is supervision in
the cities, because as a rule the young
into the country to teach. He showed
that the whole cost of the two super
visors in Umatilla county will be ap-
proximately the same as the amount
expended in the Pendleton school dis
trict for supervising thirty teachers.
He stated that in Marion county. and
in other counties where he has in
vestigated carefully, he believes the
efficiency of the country schools had
already been increased fully fifty per
cent on account of the work of the
supervisors. Many directors took part
in the discussions which followed
With one exception, the directors who
spoke favored the plan of having ruraI
supervision, and told of the benefits
1t had been to their districts. One
speaker who lives in Pendleton, and
who owns much prorepty in the wheat
section north of Pendleton. believed
| that 1t would be more economical To
| close the little country schools. to get
along without the rural supervision
and send the children to the cities and
towns for their schooling. This plan
met with storm of protests from the
country directors, who declared that
they wanted their children educated
II the country, where they would be
away from the many temptations OF
the cities.
At the afternoon session Mr.. ]. B
Saylor of Ferndale, was elected chair
man, and Mr.. J. F. Wallen of Adams
secretary of the convention. Before
adjournment longer session mex,
year was urged as some of the i'm
portant topics on the program had to
be omitted for want of time. There
was such great interest manifested
that the meeting was loath to break
up, and it was after five O'Clock be-
fore the meeting adjourned The dis
trict officers left for their homes feel
ing that the day had been very profit
ably spent and that much good had
been accomplished.