Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-03-20

A special meeting Of the teachers Of
Charles comfy was held at the Nc
uonough Institute IN Friday, March
18th, for the purpose Of meeting Miss
A. Bunnitt (Collaboratary who has been
appointed to Organizs and direct the
Girls Canning Clubs 10 few countien
of Maryland. OF the SIX Counties Is
which this work Is 10 he pushed
Charles county is particularly fortu-
nate in being selected as one Of them.
We understand that Ia the selec ion Of
this county as the first on the list is due
to the excellent services rendered BY
Mr.. Walter r. Linthicum, State Demon
stration Agent, who so successfully
operated the Bows Corn Club during
the past year. The state Superinlen-
dent OF PuDlic Education is in hearty
corporation along this line OF work
and is lending his aid to its successful
Accomplishment and begs to state that
hearty cooperation along the entire
line to the school room will produce
the stimulating effect necessary TO in
sure a successful tiuality to this impor-
tant work. Parents should take an
active interest in this work. should aid,
encourage aud stimulate their girls, for
fruitage than to all others and to do so,
no doubt, that they will; when they
pause, think and realize how vital it is
to the future welfare Of the rising gen
GRAFTON. II Is high time we have awak-
ensd to the fact that education as well
as giving a capacity to the enjoyment
of life sh0u O prepare the child to cope
with its environment, we must teach him
something Of house economies and bust
ness management. The organization
OF the Boys Corn Club and the Girls
Canning Club is a step in the right d.
rection, when we consider the great
problem which now confronts US, how
to keep our boys on the farm, hardly
one In twenty are willing TO remain un-
der present conditions, hence 1t behooves
us to put those forces in operation
which will cause him to abandon his |
present impulses and look upon nature
as being more beautiful than the works
Of man, that an outdoor life with the
earth is the natural life of man. the
work of nature is more inspiring than
work with the most intricate machin-
cry, that the dignity of labor depends
not on what you do but on how you
do it, that opportunity comes to him
90 the farm as often as it does to the
boy In the city, that life is larger, free.
er and happier on the farm than in the
city, that success depends not upon any
locafio but upon himself, not upon his
dreams bat upon what he actually does
and in giving and demanding a square
deal 10 every act Of life. The present
day rural schools should strive to lit
itself into the needs Of the community,
where it is found, when the schools OF
the OPEN country fail to root itself to |
the soil is no longer worth the while.
The school must be a leader in the |
every DAY Agricultural life or It will |
fail to accomplish the aim OF the pres
ent day. Boys Corn Clubs and Girls |
Canning and Poultry Clubs are sue
eess,uliy performing the functions for |
which they were established. They |
wee organized as an outlet for activi- |
ties of boys who wish to become de-
monstratofs Of better methods of farm
ing. to encourage more boys and girls
co become actively interested in the |
practical side Of farm and home prob
lens, TO create Wholesome cooper
alton among members OF the family
aad the clubs and TO furnis h to teachers
the connecting link between practical
Agricultural aud home economies and
the school,
THOS. NJ. CARPENTER, Supt.