The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-18
SCHOOL RALLY . .
 ATTRACTED MANY
u;,,n Note of Program Was a Plea for the Interest and ,,' oO- o,eration of the Parents in
 Educating the Children


 work, and some inventive genus hos conceived the idea of one grand noIlv dav for the purposes of bring inc pupils. teachers and parents to- o na7ber dm7 for their mutual benefit. This day was celebrated Tn Mena 1rh1rsdav in the afternoon III the Go1ibside and Central schools, ana ot inc High School building In the "yonine If might be well to add in tbis connection that, though some m visitors were seen at the Central school, yet at the Southslde, school, where a well rendered ana elaborate program was prepared moi one visitor appeared.
 IT. S. Commissioner of Education D p. Claxton is the originator of the day.
 The object of these meetings, as exnlained last night the idea cele- brating a students day each year is to create an interest in and help make better schools, and for thls nnrpose is to be observed through cut the country.
 An Educational Rally.
 Quite an interesting program was prepared, which was heartily en- loved by a representative gather ing of Mena citizens.
 Piano solo, selection from Wal lenhaup. by Miss Emily Pipkin was well received. It is rare that a young school girl has so beautiful a piano touch.
 An essay, The End of Educa- tion." was read by Tom Brogan Of the Normal department. The High school boys, who were there III a body. showed their entire approval of Brogan and whatever he might say before he said 1t. He gave as the chief end to produce good citizens" there being three separate kinds of training required for this mind. health and character. He said that the trained mind demands the highest pay, while the lowest wages go to the man i'll work that requires muscle, not brain. He has n grasp of affairs that an uneducat- ed men cannot have. He can trace inc causes of the successes of other men. We cut various studies at first: when we begin to master them a light dawns upon us. We see that they are not tasks set before Us just to annoy us. Education has lifted farming from drudgery into high CT business In the training for health, Mr. Brogan said: "A well trained mind can accomplish but little if burdened by an unhealthy body" In reference 10 the bearing of character he said: Without a good moral character, any other training is apt to show very poor results
 Character Important in Teachers.
 We see how important it is that teachers should have a full sense of their obligations to themselves and society before they begin to teach. The question of the parents CO., operation was brought in by the work being carried on at home when the child is not in school This is the reason that the parent and teacher should get together oft ener if the children were to he taught, at any cost He declared that it must be the balance of training of body brain and soul' to make the perfect man or woman.' The young man closed by a prophe- cy that in some golden age, the greatest age, parents would visit schools"
 Miss Kathleen Holt gave a read ing that labels her a distinct little comedienne, and when her laughing audience encOred she responded tC the entire satisfaction of the little folks present. as we'll as their el- ders.
 Prof. Dean, superintendent of the Mena Schools, gave an interesting address, after which Messrs. Ligt Horner and Cline McCay rendere6 a duet "Hark to the Mandolin" by Henry Parker, Mrs. Dean accom- panying. The team work of Hornel and McCay in this respect is wei known to the citizens of Mena, anC the fact that they sung is 'nun said" Of course they received ar encore, and the response of Max weton" closed the exercises anC sent everyone home in a thought ful, happy mood.
 Prof. Deans Address in Part.
 Prof. Dean made a plea for high CT standards of higher manhood and womanhood around our boy. and girls. As long as I am teach CT I shall continue to make thii speech. try to provide new sub. ject every meeting, but it is th' same speech. The thing I want tt do tonight is simply to get at tn, facts in the ease. See if what w, are doing for education compares to what we are doing along othel lines. It seems that the people from an educational point. are ava. of from what they first intended t do. According to our state consti tuition, the system of free school was established in order to giv gratuitous instruction along tn lines of education, of true citizen ship-instructing the mental am inculcating the virtuous."
 The story of a foreigner win once wanted to find the secret O America's greatness, was related:
 Landing on the New Englan coast. he first decided it was tn