Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-25


form ~ an elegant SIX o'cloek din
ncr served ~ seyenI prepared by
Mrs. McCrcary and Mrs Dave Ham
him An hour later found them
again unloaded Al The W1yland
School
The first 20 greet the campaign
PARTY here was old Glory Tapping
cbeerlly from a sturdy flag staff just
inside the school ard gate: within.
Ian vas Hight and cheer ! wish
every father and mother In Texas
could have seen that rural school
that night The smooth floor Of the
large auditorium was scrubbed M
al II almost glistened. Every opera
chair was w it, exact place. The
xas light plant was AT liz best. The
! high window castings of this beauti.
/ fol concrete building were bank I'd
with canyon cedars which filled tho
room with their spicy perfume. The
stage WAS decorated with maiden.
hair ferns and the full flower yucca
rtalks from the canyon NO artistlcal-
~ arranged that one felt tempted "a
pull them up To see whether or not
they grew there and the room wai
filled with waiting expectant audi
ence.
The meeting was called Ia order
by the chairman, J. W McCreary.
After singing America with Miss
Viola Wilson ~ Claude as organist
prayer was offered. followed by ~
address of welcome by ID, W McGe'
hee. The first speaker on the pro
gram was Dewitt McMurray VIII
gave his talk on "The Home and m,
Farm" after which Miss Stolizfns
gave her illustrated lecture on t1'
/ Developments of the Rural Schoo'
In this lecture Miss Stoltzfus shows
by the use of lantern slides tho
steps OF progress from the dilapi.
dated little old one room rural school
to the modern rural high school ' I'm
it's first class buildings. model ep lip
ment. large play grounds gro Wing
agricultural plots aud their hacks
and automobiles To gather up the
children. Miss Rich completed % o
night program with her Illustrated
lecture on Muster Piece Of Art
By ten o'clock the next morning
Everybody was back and many U0tc.
II was the day for the Tri-Couuty
meeting when the Vigo school 200
Swisher count and FairyieW sDhI'.
In Randall county met with the Way-
side school csides the three rI-
raj schools. several auto loads came
out from the Randall county capital
land representatives we're present
from Claude. Llano and l.akcyiew in
Armstrong county The first speak
er Friday morning was Prof llill ot
the chair Of History at the W T. $.
81 Canyon. Prof. uil gave an excel
lent ,rddrcss hn the pa,t and pfo--",
In jlucation and the Slation u our
OVID State Normal 20 The Panhandle.
Isolsted M we all are IN these broad
plains OF the Panhandle, We can
scarcely realize that IN our brand
new county we have a State Normal
In our own midst with nearly six
hundred students enrolled now. pre-
pairing themselves for the education
nj work Of the Panhandle Would II
not be- a good plan for us 60 rccog-
nize and patronize home grown,
home trained teachers more than We
do? The remainder of the day =
program included Miss Stoltzius talk
on the Department of Extension of
the state University needs aud pos.
sibilitics of the rural schools and the
mothers club IN the school. Miss
Rich GAGE talks and illustrations or
foods and school lunches for child
rem aud Mr. McMurray talked on tho
schools of Texas. and the social cent
cr movement. of which Waysidc Is an
excellent example
The diversions OF the dae were IN
early morning auto ride 10 the flow
ing well at vigo In Swisher county;
a hountiful dinner served by the
Wayside ladies and short auto
drive 70 the park where Happy AMI
ralo Duro canyons meet.
The days meeting came Ia a Close
with plan presented by W u. Me
Goheo Of Wayside for an Education
al Encampment To be- held each year
some whore In the Palo Duro Can
Won