The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-17


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! On Friday evening, Dec. 4, 1914,
1.-THE patrons, pupils and teachers
fmeetiag was held at Union Liberty
church. A large audience, was pres
ent and enjoyed the following PRO
gram; ,..t ...
song-Glory for Me. d
Prayer-Mr. Joe Dunsmore.
Song-sweet Byeaand Bye--B class
Recitation y Raggedy Man, Archie
Garden. T. -..,-s a.&... n
Recitation-More Answers, Jennie
Shaw 20 3t,
Recitation--And So Was /, Gerald
Dunsmore. -J-t
Recitatlon-My Brother win, Macy
May, NJ .s~.. 81. ..
Recitation ~ Grandfather's Dream,
Pearl Covey. .. 49, IA ,...
Recitation-Life's Other Side. Ea.
Iora Blake, r, Id. : ..t.s .........-'
The Children's Hour-Helen Pat
rick. Ill.,.
The House by the Side of the
( Road, Annabel Clark "a. "a
Counting Our Hired Girl--Helen
! Chapman.
The STANDARDIZATION Haven
err.
Cutting a swatl-Edith Scott
LittleaJosie-Eliza Nickle.
Two OrphaAs-Otto Moline.
The judges We're Mrs. F. L. Tuck.
err, Mr.. G. w. Parker and Miss Edna
Tucker, and they reached the fol-
lowing decision:
p. Glass
First--Macy May -~ ~''
SecOnd--Gerald Dunsmore.
A Class-- ."t..a. .-... ...
! First-Helen Chapman
Second-Eliza Nickle.
The patrons and teachers part OF
! the program then followed, several
patrons and teachers who were on
lie program We're not in attendance,
tbut good program was given by
those present and all enjoyed them
selves.
Miss Maude Martin spike about
the Decorations of the School Room.
Along with her plea for better dec
OratiOns she emphasized the need of
a well at each school house, thus
insuring a supply of drinking water
and plenty of it to do the scrubbing,
thus making our school houses more
neat and sanitary.
Mics Fern Stanley spoke of the
School Social-or more Social rela-
tons between patrons and pupils.
She very plainly pointed out in her
discourse that it was the duty of
the teacher to meke herself acquaint-
ed with her patrons and she consid-
cred the school social a potent fac
tor.
Miss Pearl Goble spoke of Man.
ners and Morals, which are some.
times neglected, bot hat home and
school She left a decided impress
sion that the teacher should set q
goo dexample in manners as we'll as
in morals. 5..,.-
Mr.. Joe Dunsmore gave a few COM.
Parsons on the school of today and
twenty years ago. After declaring
that he could hardly remember So
long ago, he launched & bravely out
and declared that the schools of to-
day are not up with those of We old
len time. Said the present day
school maam" was very much OPP
posed to a little noise and kept a
record of the misdemeanors of each
pupil, which per cents for the same
were deducted from his department,
until the average youngster forgot
20 learn anything from his books, !
but Wondered Where am al"
Along with the humor of the dis
course were quite number of
things worthy of reflection. 4
Miss Belle Robertson gave good
paper on More and Better Social Re-
lations among the rural people Her
paper pointed all along that the bet.
ter way for those concerned was to
aave consolidation OF schools; also
the church should prepare a com.
munity center
Miss Hattie Ewin gave nice talk
in the Ideal School, in which she set
forth very blearly her idea of an
ideal school building, having assem-,
bly, rooms, class room, and various
other equipment.
Mrs. Martin Chapman gave good
paper in Consolidation of Schools
which she affirmed was the only so.
ution of the rural. school problem.
She also said that it was only a ques
ion of time waen the problem of
mud hindering transportation OF pu- I,
Ills would be oyerpowered by the II
advancing march of civilization,
Miss Mabel zelgler spoke very in.
on the. I subject. How i
much time does Teacher Sell when
he Contracts to Teach a Term of II
'chool2" In her remarks she made Ii
plain that the interested teacher
ives Ia reality all of her time, al 4
hough not In the school room all OF