The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-11
Aided BY Novel Plan u Cuperinien.
dani Newell to Be Carried to
Rnral Districts ii Grady
County
LYCEUM COURSES
FOR COUNTRY SCHOOLS
Among Good Things TO Come Nc
Nabh 10 Be Among Lecturers
Illustrated Lectures
10 Be Feature

President Brooks y he siats uai-
yersity has taken up lie slogaa ef
Bring all the people to school nat
you can, then take the school 10 ths
rest Of the people.
County supt G. r. Newel has A..
eepted the slogan and is not only doing
all in his power to aid the university
e1tention department in their work.
put is also planning an extension al
partment Of his own FOR the rural com
munities whereby he hopes to make
iife in the country both more profit.
able and more pleasant.
In aiding the university work Prof
Newell win divide the one hnudres
school districts Of the county into
about thirty larger districts III eaeh 81
which literary and debating club win
9e organized and run under the super.
vision Of the university.
Twice each month the state school
will send out to eoch district ii n.
county questions for discussion on such
subjects as ARE now occupying tile pub.
lie mind and such ones AZ direesl,
affect those or the rural districts nt
oniy win such questions be sent Is
the faIaners' societies. but also bulla-
tins and arguments viii be sent there
through the county superintendent
office as distributing point, on both
sides OF al questions. By this means
the university, aided by the county
school office hopes nor only 10 get
ihe parents Of the school population
70 meet together at least twice
month, but also to educate them on
alli subjects Of public interest.
The societies win be partly under
The supervision Of the rural teachers
who will be expected 50 make detailed
reports Of each meeting. Higher school
authorities will visit the different o.
eanizations as often as possible to see
that the clubs are run in the propse
order.
II all this supt Newell is working
in conjunction with the University sf
Oklahoma But in Ike same connse-
ton he is planning work OF his own
that promises to be more far.reachire
in results than that in which he i
aiding the state school Ne will sstaa.
lish a series OF rural lyeeum courses.
embracing both hom sl and nun
bers by professors ia he state schools.
through which he expects to reach
every rural community in CRAZY
county
The thirty debating districts win he
combined into about fifteen rural esa.
ters. IN each one Of which moi lsss
than five numbers viii be given ts
the people at a cost Of next to nothiak
Professors OF the state university ana
the agricultural and mechanical
school as well as The other schools
OF the state, many Of whom are re-
cognized as among the best platform
lecturers in this section Of The aoua.
try. can be obtained By paying their
EXPENSES to and from .he place whsra
the lecture is 10 be given These mea
as well as prominent business men Of
Grady county, win be secured to sneak
70 the farmers On subject ef dlfeet "a
terest to them One number at each
center will consist Of lectures .by axri.
cultural expert McNahb, and County
supt. Newell, where lantern slides viii
be used to teach home sanitation
feasibility Of the consolidation Of
schools and the Identification Of rural
districts
Messrs. MeNabb and NeweIl have
been collecting many photographs for
this purpose from Grady county. and
they are now having the slides made
for use IN November
Not only win the Iyeeum courses
be made Instructive. but they will niso
be made entertaining bY the usa ~