St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-01-03
MARRIED ARE
BETTER THAN
" UNMARRIED
TEACHERS
THIS Is THE OPINION OF SUPER
INTENDENT OF NEW
YORK SCHOOLS.
sTuOY MADE Of ia
MARRIED TEACHERS
Day Not Far Distant When Schools
80 viii be Entirely in Hands
Of the Women.

Of the Women.
Superintendent Maxwell, OF New
York City schools, after careful
study of ia lady teachers before
and after marriage. AYERS that mar
ried ladies make better teachers than
the unmarried. II true, why7
Mrs. Ella Flag Young has been re.
instated head of the Chicago city
school. after some stormy scene. 4
the board sessions. She owe; hel
reelection to the power of the wo-
mems clubs in that city, working
through Mayor Harrison, who could.
not stand the pressure and called on
board members unfriendly to Mrs
Young to resign.
The day 10 not far distant when the
school field will be almost entirely
In the hands of women. Whether
the condition .s one to be des red is
A,nother matter.
The Hammond high school has a
report in the December Louisiana
School Work. published at Baton
Rouge, that Is interesting. There
are l15 in the high school depart
ment against 50 four years ago and
l6 In this years gradual ng class
against fourIyears ago. The gan
per cent in the attendance is $50, or
- IL per year, while the Increase
In the graduates is 800 per cent.
And Hammondis handicapped n her
building facilities. She will vote on
the 18th OF January on bond NJ the
district $50, ,000sfor new building.
The total enrpllment for the h r.
school department in the Coyinston
school last year was SO against 62
this year, a gain Of 10, or about 20
per cent. This Is fair showing this
year. but with l new building next
year, look out for 100 high school
students. You wonder where we are
going to get them. Well, let us
show you We can depend on so Of
the present enrolment Of high school
pupils to return. The seventh grade
Will be promoted. at least 20 strong.
That makes 20. We hear Vaudeville
will send US Is who finish the highest
grade there this session, There you
get IS. Now. Abita Springs and
other communities can be relied up
on for the necessary Is. And we
viii have 10 in tho graduating class
next year. against two this year.
.Whife we are on the subject Of
school growing, let us remark that
Cov.ngton stands il q most favorable
position to become typical school
town. Experiences has shown that
nothing excels schools as town-buiid-
ing enterprises. The class of people
brought to a town hy schools is the
dependable and desirable class. We
do not care to have substantial farm
ers break up and leave their farms
for the benefit Of the school, Too
much Of that has been done already.
But we do want their larger boys and
& E'rls, when they have finished the
grammar schools near them. And
we expect to get aagoodly number
Mrs. Daisy Fuller instructor in
music and art in the Sl'dell school.
has articles in current numb bers of
the Louisiana School Work. dealing
with the. value, OF the subjects she
teaches and presenting some good
methods ,of teaching them. Mrs.
Fuller Il" good writer and her
articles are largely sought by the
publishers Of the School Work.
In a recent conference of county
superintendents Of Mas 'ssippi. State
Superintendent Powers points out
that It is up to the rural school
to carry out the ideas Of the agrl-
cultural colleges and experiment. sta
tions. The clubs are the most sue
cessful agency. and supt. Lyon and
Mr.. Lewis are to be Congratulated
upon tn rapid progress beng made
In this parish. and the ch 'lirea en-
couraged in the work.
School opened Monday. after nine
days vacation. 1t usually takes about
all the first week after 1 vacation to
get down to study again, really max
Ing A break OF two weeks in school
work. 1t is debatable question
whether long holiday mcations are
good for school or not
We are glad to note that most of
the pupils are back in SCHOOL Those
who lose a week expect alike lessen
ing in their grades. for the reason
they have lost rs per cent of the in
struct.on and work. Our average
attendance will be considerably
smaller than common. Those child
rem who come regularly aud do their
work. and render proper discipline,
are they who give stability and tone
to school. Proper work and be-
hnv'or are what count in school.
4 teacher learns from the behavior
and work rendered by the pupils
where the real school friends are.
It 9 hard to consider narent OF
child real advocate when that mar
ant will rot have hts or her children
nrompt everv morning. With some
nome work done, and flll AZ detarn,-
nation to help carry on tie school.