The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-11-10
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
. IN N.aURt COUNTY
Z AND lis GUUD WORK
WHAT is EXPECTED AND WHAT
is BEING DONE BY OUR
TEACHERS.


cussing Practical Things> and Re-
aIizlng Some BENEFITS Therefrom
Permanent Grading Considered.
The Tennessee Improvement Asso-
citation as a part of the great South
ern Improvement Association was or.
gained in 1903, with Miss Virginia P.
Moore as superintendent There are
now several thousand mothers who
belong to this association and VINO
are doing very active and beneficial
work toward the general welfare OF
the schools. That the cooperation of
each county in the State is absolute.
ly necessary for the greatest progress
is entirely obvious. Even one lag
ging lazy county impedes the prog
ress to marked degree.
The following is clipping from
Miss Mcore's annual report: The
purpose of the county school improve
ment association is: First, to foster
interest in the improvement of all the
public schools and educational life in
the county, to secure longer terms for
the schools and a more regular and
prompt attendance; to improve
school nd hp
ing them more healthful, comfortable
and beautiful, and 10 establish ana
maintain school Libraries, and TO or
ganize local school improvement as
ISOLATION in every school and commu-
nifty in the county; to run school
improvement column in the local pa
pers, where local S. |. A. reports are
printed, or anything else that will aid
the various committees of the local
associations.
Each teacher should be a member
of the county association, and anyone
else may become a member"
lllo NuOldlIOu SuOulu give al dn
idea of the function of the associa-
ton. Is Maury county doing its part?
Madison county leads with forty as
sociations and an enrolment of three
thousand members.
At the first meeting which was held
the first Saturday in October, the
president made some very valuable
remarks on ventilation, light and eye
testing. 1t is not what is said that
will do so much good but the amount
we assimiiate and apply to the good
of our individual school.
Concerning ventilation, it was said
eral windows and that fresh air
hould be admitted at all times. The
air is, of course, to drive the foul air
out. This necessitates there being
small space both at the lower and up
per divisions of the windows. The
foul air full Of carbon dioXide that e.
cape sfrom the lungs, is heavier than
ordinary air, and therefore goes out
the lower division while the fresh air
rusbes in at the top.
In a school room where good health
is to be enjoyed every person should
have 600 Gu. it. of space. Figure
yours out and see how far you are
from the health standard.
Concerning light, it was said that
school rooms should be well lighted
but that the pupils should not be per-
mitted to look at walls that glisten on
account of the reelection. At home,
school or elsewhere pupils should not
read with either natural or artificial
light shining in their eyes but rather
the light should be upon the cook,
coming over either shoulder. How
do your pupils read at school.
In regard to eye-testing, it was said
test card-possibly the Snellen test
test card. Directions as to how to
use this card were offered but it ,
would be at the expense of being te-
dious to give them here. What nave
you done in Nthis important matter?
Defective eyes possibly bring about
more diseases and causes for lag
CARDS than any other one thing with
which the teacher has to deal
The committee on contest was ask
ed to report. 4 reply was given that
although there had been no special
work done, there seemed to be a good
outlook for a record-breaking contest
next spring The president exalted
all to begin early in the training OF
pupils for this contest.
Mr. Hill, of McCains school, re-