The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-14

ties have been organized among the
high school students, in which they
are given practice throughout the year
in one of these things. Already the
rivalry between these is very keen
and it is expected Of the high school
students that they will give a better
account of themselves next spring, in
these contests than they have ever
done before.
one of the greatest cooperative
forces in the Ardmore schools is the
organization of the Mothers CluD.
There is a Mothers Club in each of the
ward schools and Federated Mothers
Club composed of all the mothers in
the city, which meets at the high
school. A. their meeting they discuss
matters of interest TO the teachers, 10
the pupils and TO the school. They be
come acquainted With the teacher and
the teacher with them By this means
an understanding ami sympathy
springs up between parent and teacher
which is very beneficial to the cn ID IN
school Whenever the school usels
anything that the board Of educatiCl'
is not able to provide. these oMthers
Clubs always come to the rescue and
supply these things Last year the
j,rnayti. goiaD1, 6arart.r,put v-ac in
troduced in the grades, 1t was nee
essary to have equipment in each of
the ward schools before the subject
could be taught successfully. The
Mothers Clubs came forward with the
funds and provided this equipment
This year Superintendent Richards is
introducing systematic course in pic |
ture study which provides for the stu
dy of one picture a month in each
may be done successfully, it is neces'
sary to have the best prints of these
masterpieces of art. This will be nine
to the grade, and seventy-twO TO the
buildings, which means an outlay of
something like $4,000 The Mothers
Clubs have generously and enthusiast
ically set about to provide the funds
for securing these pictures. Superin-
tendent Richards says that he knows
of no force that means quite so mucl
to the public schools of Ardmore as
this working force that is found inI
! the Mothers Clubs of the city.
The activities of the public schools
are many.sided. One of the most graft
| flying activities of the high school isl
the publication of the school paper.
The Criterion" This paper is edited
and managed entirely by the student
body. 1t is published three times a.
year The last issue which is publish
ed in May is the Annual" This pa
per, as published by the high school,
has been pronounced as being one of,
the best high school papers in the i
United States.
State Superintendent Wilson visited
these schools during the past week and
inspected the high school and the
grades very carefully. He said that
il had been three years since he was
in Ardmore and that in that time the
= Ardmore schools had made more prog
ress than any other school system in
the state
Every citizen is justly proud of our
I, public schools and we should continue
to give them the most liberal sup
port possible in order that hey may
continue TO make the rapid progress
they have made in the past
superintendent Richards statistic
al report for November. 1913:
l herewith submit the following re-
port upon the work of the schools for
the month of November:
The report of the schools is as fol-
lows: The total enrollment'was 1860;
the number belonging at the end of
the month was 1897; the 'erage daily