The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17
ONE DAYS WORK ON A
 COUNTRY SCHOOLHOUsE

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 It took just one working day of eight hours to transform a Tennessee rural schoohouse that was in very lad cofditfoh intosa building of which was Accomplished in this instance by connInunity co-operation could be carr Tied out enectively by ny county si1- perint tendef1t, teacher. or school inn pfovement assoc5a tion-
 This unique and practical demon sfration in public school Improvement was erigineeEedsvby Prof. D. Riley Ha- wort h. of the East Tennessee State Normal school Prof. HaWOFth first secured the cp-operation of the county board of education Of McMinn county, in which the demonstration was car ried out He also secured the eo-op- eration of the public school teachers of the couty and of the patrons of the Neil school, the plan being to- show W hat any neighborhood can do in one day by united action in the improve raent of seIrool buildings and grounds.
 band Of teachers. school patrons. and normal school Students marched out to the Neil school early in the morning to begin operations An of hsfal pho1oerapher was. taken aion g he-- made photograpils of the school grounds, tlre sbl1fl ding, and interior at s a. In Before work began. and again at 4 b m, when the days work was |completed. The Before and tAf- ter, pictures made it look as if a mir acIe had taken place
 The building af 3 a. m. was in as disreputable a condition as it could be The workers We're armed with shovels hoes axes, ,g'carpenterss tools. paint, wfiifewash and soap. They nailed on naM boardss where they were needed. painted the building built a chimney cfeaned up the ru bbish, Scrubbed the feas constructed a bookcase for the teach CT, tinted the walls a pearI-gray color and hung pictures. The old desks were removed and new desks, supplied by the school district, were placed in the building
 The outlay aggregated, in cash, s33 It included 12 gallons of paint, five gallons of linSeed oil. four paint brush ess one-half busfle1 of whitewash, $2 worth of weather boarding and lath-. ing two pounds of nails four win dow shade es, material for sash cur tains. four pictures, a number of books to start a school library, and one American flag. When the work was completed the building presented as attractive an appearance as the best Eone-room country schools.
 One of the most delightful features of the day was the. social enjoyment that resulted from the gathering to- gether of such large group of work CTS. At noon picnic dinner was served by the people ill the neighbor- hood of the school It is planned 10 repeat the demonstration in many oth- CT parts of the state.
 Institute for Teachers, Farmers and Patrons.
 Thos. M Sattler, commissioner of schools for Jackson county, Mich, has been holding series of interesting in stitutes during the past month for teachers, farmers and patrons. At each institute sessions were held in the morning, afternoon and evening. one Iday only being given to each town. The program began at 1o.30 a, nn., with a talk on farm management and econ- omy by an expert agriculturist fol- lowed by a reading or music by local talent. After dinner a program was given consisting of another talk on az riculture and one or two education. In the evening program consisting of music and reading supplemented two lectures, one on agriculture and one on education. All of these meet ings were attended by patrons and the public school-teachers. One of the most enjoyable features of the pro-