The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

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weeds coves1ng our sidcwalhs- IN
/ sA& eosntry district there Is noshtas
needed worse than this idea Of beau
tifyine. Make your school houses
attractive. have flowers growing ev-
erywhcre. Every man should vote
| for the uplift Of his community. HE
thinks that Il Is all hosh for teach
Ter TO say he can't vote because he
IL afraid he viii lose his position.
Keep your manhood NJ all tines.
llay Ne realise the opportunities
land responsibilities which are ours
and BE- strong regardless Of how
hard the bastles may BE-.
During the opsninE exercises this
morning Mr.. Royce Farrar gave .
reading. Quo vsdts. The time OF
the story Was during the reign OF
Nero. the place Was Rome. He told
how the Christian Giant Ursus came
into the arena. In few minutes
the great German bull was turned
loose in the same arena vita a young
queen tied TO its horns, ursus chas-
ed the bull around the arena. finally
catching him. then with q mighty
effort seixed the horns Of the bull.'
breaking its neck and removing the
queen from the horns. Both ursus
and the queen plead for mercy. So
great was the admiration Of tina
crowd for the feat OF the young
giant that the cruel and crafty Nero
was forced to grant the few Chris
sisns their freedom.
Mr.. Snyder OF this city gave a
very excellent rendering of THE
Trumpeter by Dix The audience
was 50 well pleased that Mr. Snyder
was called back His second selec-
ton was entitled A, Dawning' by
caiman The accompaniment was
played by Miss Vera crisler
Thursday Afternoon.
Mr. Shepherd OF Tarrant county
rural schools spoke for some five
minutes in regard to plan whereby
Ellis. Hill. Tarrant, Dallas and Dem
ton counties might combine and Sc
cure ehaufauqua speakers to adj
dress the institutes of the said coun-
ties He proposed the teachers from
these counties contribute a half of
one days salary to fund which
shall be used to pay for the services
of speakers OF national reputation.
His proposal was referred TO COM
mittee on resolutions.
Superintendent coghian of Ennis
followed Mr.. Shepherd. He called
especial attention to the fact that
the teachers responsibility is the
greatest one ever put upon the hui
man race. He said that teacher
who does not prepare himself in ev-
cry way possible cannot accomplish
the greatest results and that teach
ers who think continually about Sc
Touring an Increase In salary never
Iamount to much. Speaking from
| his own experience he said that he
had never asked the board TO raise
his salary, yet his salary had been
raised every year during the last
ten, with possibly the exception OF
| lone year He put great emphasis on
1.-THE fact that teachers should not
keep company too often during the
time they are teaching school lie
said he did not think teachers should
play society and expect the school
board TO pay their bills. He believ-
ed from his own experience that this
company keeping has caused more
J teachers TO lose their places than
iany other one thing. Give your
| best service 10 the community and
you viii receive pay Tor it. If you
do not some other school will en-
| ploy you, as superintendents and
principals are ever ON the lookout
/ for competent teachers. He plead
1 for students and teachers to keeI
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