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

special meeting Of the teachers o.
Charles county was held at the Nc
Don0ugh Institute on Friday. Marcel
18th, for the purpose of meeting Mis-,
A. Bunnitt (Colaboratary who has beer
appointed to organize and direct the
Girls Canning Clubs In a few countien
Of Maryland. OF the six counties is
which this work is TO be pushed
Charles county Is particularly fortu.
nate IN being selected as one Of them
We understand that In the selec ion Of
this county as the first on the list is due
to the excellent services rendered bv
Mr.. Walter R. Linthicum, State Demon-
stration Agent, who so successfully
operated the Bows Corr Club during
the past year The state Superinlen-
dent Of Public Education is in hearty
cooperation along this line Of work
and is lendidg 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 successful tinality to this impor-
tant work. Parents should take an
active interest 10 this work. should aid,
encourage and stimulate their girls, for
to them perhaps will IL yield greater
fruitage than TO al 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. It is high time we have awak-
eutd TO the fact that education as we'll
as giving capacity TO the enjoyment
Of life shou 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 step in the right di-
rection, when we consider the great
problem which now conironts us. how
TO keep our boys on the farm, hardly
one Ia twenty are willing to remain un-
der present conditions, hence it 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
u 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 IL, that opportunity comes to him
on 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
loca ion but upon himself, not upon his
dreams but upon what he actually does
aud in giving and demanding a square
deal 10 every act OF life. The present
day rural schools should strive to tit
itself into the needs o. 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- leader in the |
every day Agricultural life or 1t will
fail to accomplish the aim OF the pres
ent day. Boys Corn Clubs and Girls |
Canning and Poultry Clubs are sue
cess'ully performing the functions for
which they were established. They |
we've organized as an outlet fer activi- |
ties of boys who wish to become de-
of better methods of farm
ing. to encourage more boys and girls |
70 become actively interested in the |
practical side OF farm and home prob |
Inns, TO create wholesome cooper
alton among members OF the family
and the clubs and 20 furnish TO teachers !
The connecting link between practical
a Agricultural and home economies and
the school.
THOS. NJ. CARPENTER, Supt.