The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-09

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terpres them.
coasidsrtng the subject Of the
cverleaening boy on the school
ground ,. G. Chambcss said the
teacher should study the child On
the 9round. because thern he II him
self. his good and undesirable char
aeterissics vii BE- shown. Pupils
who cause TROUBLE should be prompt
y rcprimanded. isolated or suspend
ed. u necessary. The school ground
should BE- well organized, for there
the cAild learns that he must play
with all.
Discussing what constitutes order
IN the school room Miss Clarkie
Patton stressed the point OF be-
hasicr Of the pupils In the school
room. She said Il necessitated the
teacher being systematic. She said
stiffness Is essential TO good order,
bat claimed the rights of the pupils
should not be abused. That fore
thought on part Of the teacher was
essential II Is necessary to begin
early with the enforcement Of order
regulations. II this training is neg
lected in the primary grades Ii will
mean q waste OF time TO teachers
and pupil in future
Rural school Sertion.
The teachers Of rural school sec
tion we're given q short lecture on
the reading OF school journals. The
teachers who read the best school,
journals are the ones who love their
work aud stay with the profession
Those who fail TO read professional
papers teach for awhile and quit the
profession. This lecture TO the
teachers came from G. b. Vim. and
we believe he meant every word
Mr.. VIM also urged the teachers o!
Ellis county to attend the state
teachers association at Corpus Chris
til
Sapt. Ely continued the work ol
Wednesday on instrueting the teach
ers in making more perfect reports
j. Henry Phillips. former county
superintendent. was present and
made the rural school section a
short talk, He impressed the teach
ers TO teach the children TO read
He said children in rural schools
should be good readers and spell
ers He also gave some valuable
suggestions as to how to teach
arithmetic. Mr.. Phillips remarks
we're appreciated By the teachers
Intermediate Section
The session OF this section was
led By Karl c. Jones. The first pa
per. q most excellent one, was or
geography by Miss Holland. whose
classification was practical A sec
ond paper by Mr.. Summerhill on this
value OF history in the grades. HI
said the amount Of history depended
on library equipment Mr. Keile,
discussed clvics. laying down tbs
proposition that child should b.
taught the essentials of ciyics.
Miss Mary Caldwell gave mos
excellent discussion OF geography
which included new methods o
teaching Mr. Crews made good
talk on history.
MIR. Cocker opened discussion on
iciyics that became spirited dis
eu&8lon OF suffrage before the end.
"Wednesday Afternoon.
In the high school section Mis-
Maud Roark discussed history Shs
divided the assignment into thres
parts. namely, subject matter
methods and class mechanics, ane
the tax showed that history Is val
liable study. She stressed the fac
that history should be continuous
she said facfional history does MOI
develop reason. History should
show cause and effect.
She further said there Was ne
such thing as method. Histor,
should be a full one. DO not givs
the child an abundance Of dry facts
correlate history with other sub
ieeis. Require children to mem
prize only few important datet
Make assignments definite. Have on
standard for recitation. another fo'
reviews Have pupils study paper
for eurrenf events
Glass mechanics would suggesl
that you use note and map book