Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-02-10
County SUpeTinIeOde0IS


<AANAsAAA DEPARTMENT. AAAAN~~
This space il edited for the benefit q
the teachers and to advance the cause
OF education in Marion county. | trust
that no teacher will fail TO read each
week what this space contains.
ALICE ExNERr,
County Superintendent
The true test of civilization is
not the census, nor the size of cit
lee, nor the crops-no; but the kind
of man the country turns out.
Emerson.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
There is decided improveme nt
in the schools of Marion country.
The majority Of the white schools
have grown in numbers, the attend
ance is better and more interest
is manifested on the part OF pa.
irons. May such interest increase
hundred fold. 1t should increase
until no father will allow his child
to remain out of school, even for
one day. Childhood is the time to
gain an education; the remainder
of life can and must be devoted to
work. Do not deny your child his
right; the right to become an edu-
Gated citizen.
sUPPLEMENTARY READING,
Teachers should see that the pu.
pills read the classics as outlined 10y
the Course of Study"
Pupils should be encouraged to
read outside Of school hours, The
books can &c obtained by ha wing
pupils purchase five cent classics
The following Is a classified list,
First year, Aesop's Fables, Sto-
ry OF Washington, Little Plant PEG
pie,
Second Year. Boyhood of Wash
ington, Wings and Stiugs. Stories
from Grimm,
Third Year, Greek Myths, Puss
in Boots, Story Of Glass, Story of
Franklin, Selections from Hiawa
tina.
Fourth Year, American Invent
ors. Whitney and Fulton, Story OF
Eugene Field, Stories of the Back
woods. DeSoto, The Great Stone
Face,
Fifth Year, Story of the Morse
men, Story of Root. E. Lee, King
of the Golden River, The Golden
Touch, History in Verse (Sheri-
dams ride, The Blue and the Gray
etc.
Sixth Year, The Snow Image
Rip Van Wrinkle, Three Golden
Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher,
The Minoteau, Thanatopsis, The
Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Seventh Year, Black Beauty
Courtship of Miles Standish. Evan,
geline, Snowbound, Robinson Cru
soc, Hiawatha, Patriotic Poems
Eighth Year, Enoch Arden, Wis.
ion of Sir Launfel, Cot,er's Satur-
day Night, The Deserted Village
Rhine of the Ancient Mariner, The
Merchant of Venice, Poems. The
Chambered Nautilus, To q Water,
fowl, The Ship of State
Most Of the above selections can
be obtained from G. A. Bryant
Dallas Texas; price, &c post paid;
or from Orville Brewer, Chicago,
Ill sc post paid.
BOYS CORN CLUBS.
The Boys Corn Club moveme en-
has gained until it has become pa.
ton wide and is acknowledged by
leading business men to be worh
that will accomplish wonders in
turning the tide of i'm ..igratior
back from the town to the country
This is as it should be; our cities
are congested and valuable land il
left uncultivated. In Illinois hun
dreds Of boys compete for prizes
offered for the best corn grown by
a school boy
Certain counties ia Texas are en-
couraging the work. The teachers
of rural schools should pay atten-
ton to the teaching OF agriculture
and encourage the boys to join the
corn clubs.
TEACHERS READING CIRCLE
The books chosen by the teach
ers at the Institute can now be
bought at w. j. Sedberry's. Ma
ture Study, price 81 90
Send for them at once. Books
must be read before the close OF
the sch elastic year