South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-17
OSCEOLA TO HAVE SOCIAL
CENTER ORGANIZATION
Farmers to Have Get Together
Meeting Thursday - Dedi-
cate New 0SCeOla School
Saturday.

i plans Of farmers and residents
OF Osceola and the surrounding com
munity mat,..-..1e, the newly CON
structed school building at Osceola
will not only serve TO educate the
youths OF the town and country side,
but will be used after the plan OF
the cities and more advanced com
munities OF the country where such
buildings are being utilized as social
OF community centers. IL Is the plan
20 hold a big rally or meeting next
Thursday evening in the building and
20 organize and perfect "a society or
social center for the Osceola com
munity. At this meeting officers viii
be elected and a program outlined for
the year. one Of the purposes of the
organization Will be 10 advance the
agricultural features of the country
side. The school building Will also
be utilized by the Parent-Teachers
club OF Osceola. The club will hold
its meetings in the building as we'll
as social affairs. The following are
the officers Of the club: Mrs. Claude
Zeller, president. Mrs. Henry KiZer,
treasurer. and Mrs. NJ. l. Pancake,
secretary.
The new school building, which has
Just been completed, was appropriate
~ dedicated Saturday afternoon in
sisting of the pupils, parents and I
others. The ceremonies were con-
Quoted in the community gathering
hall, which is located In the north
half Of the main floor. Leslie Q.
MorehOusc. principal of the school !
acted in the capacity Of master OF
ceremonies The exercises opened |
with the invocation by the Rev. W. +.
LOvelace OF the OsceOla Methodist
church Following the invocation sew
eral grades Of children marched into
the room and formed a semi-circle in
the front, which was followed by the
singing Of America" by the entire
audience. The classes then sang a
flag song.
Dan Pyle, county attorney. was the
first speaker of the afternoon. His
subject was The Value Of Educa- /
ton" He spoke at length on the |
scheme OF rural amalgamation OF !
schools, which the township board |
had followed in the present new
structure. He stated that If this |
scheme was eventually successful IL !
would mean greater efficiency by the
teachers and the pupils alike in all
communities where IL would be in
augurated III would also be I'm keep /
ing with the times; it would be in I
PRODUCING into the field of education /
the same methods being employed in |,
the business world at the present /
time meaning a concentration of 7
forces He advised the boys and girls !
20 stay in school as long as possible /
and TO get all they could, including I
high school education, and if posi- /
bic college education. He illus |
trated the power of his talk 20 the |
young folks by giving statistics COM /
piled by the greatest educators of the /
country. showing that the average
days school work covering nine years /
is valued at So while the work of I
every day in college was valued at
$25 TO the student. He also advised I
the students to attentively apply |
themselves to a general education, un- /
iii they had reached period OF UNI |
derstanding OF their abilities and then /
90 study 20 develop them.
Mr.. Pyles talk was followed by |
solo by Mrs. Mae Duckwan after |
which remarks were given by K. II. /
I.ongfeld. county superintendent of 7,
schools, and Miss Grace J. King.
county supervisor OF domestic science. /
The program for the afternoon closed !,
with the singing of the star Span I
gled Banner" by the audience.
studies Begin Monday.
The first classes for the school Will /
he held Monday morning. The old 4
school closed Friday afternoon as did /.
'
ton OF the township The students /
OF the Vesey school will, beginning /
Monday morning. attend the new
building at Osceola. The distance be- I
tween the two schools is several miles I
80 that the pupils viii he conveyed T.
back and forth in a recently pur- /
chased covered wagon Tor that pur-
pose with the . pupils of the Nesey |
school together with the pupils of the
OsceOla school the enrolment at that
building viii exceed so. The follow /
ing comprise the teaching staff of the
new school: Leslie Norehouse. prin- /
cipal. Miss Elsie Rogers primary: /
Mrs. Mae Duckwal intermediate: ,
Miss Maude Zeller music. and do I
nestle science under the supervision
of Miss Grace L. King
The new building is now finished F.
and is one of the hest i'm the com
munity. To is the only building OF It's
kind among the township schools and
ranks with any buildins in South
Bend or AIishawaka for modern con-
~truction for school purposes. The
estimated cost OF the building was
$4,000.
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