The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-08

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Moral
To afternccn program ~ the 80
oad DAY ~ the Ellis county teach
! 81 iaseitute brosshs the teachers
| n sttsndance 70 : fan realization Of
1.-THE fnct that teaehers' institute mo-
Iments are laden with : golden har-
sest Of know1edxe. and. that 70 make
| the most Of the opportunity. ont one
Isihgle number on the program must
~ missed. and the closest attention
| paid TO what IL said b. The more ex-
! pertenced teachers.
County Superintendent W $. Ely
has also Impressed those attending
With the idea Of being on time
when the opening hour rolls around
the teachers are In place and the
program il promptly begun The
session Of yesterday was most In
tesexfiug one
The Latin section under Dean
Gordon IL doing very effective work.
Tuesday afternoon was especially
interesting session. Mr. Gordon
gave MS an outline for the amoant
of work the High school teacher
should strive to accomplish In the
FIRST rear Of Latin. also model ex-
animation questions on first year
xork. The teacher Is very forum
ate who has such q fountain OF
knowledge 10 draw from and should
not lose one opportunity 10 hear
Mr.. Gordon ON methods in Latin.
Or. Thomas Fletcher OF State Uni-
sersisy made a very helpful talk up
on the requirements for afsiliation.
pointing out the common errors in
Teaching Latin
/; Primary Department.
The discussions Tuesday afternoon
we're confined 10 Language aud
Drawing Miss Jones OF Ferris con
Quoted the discussion OF Language.
/ Special emphasis was placed on ac-
curacy. eorreet spelling. and on the
assignment of lessons and the man
ner 81 preparation Of fiae lesson as
signed. that would lead 10 correct
habits of speaking and writing the
, English language.
Drawing Was ably discussed -
Miss Erwin
Mrs. r. NJ. Harris, teacher OF Dor
nestle Science In waxahaehie High
school, gave very helpful discus
] sion on the meaning and value Of
such departments In the Rural High
Schools Of Ellis county Mrs Harris
showed that tho organization OF Do
nestle Science clubs in the eonInuHi-
ties would result Id the organization
Of Domestic Science departments in
the school.
Mrs. Harris Interested the teachers
in the possibility Of establishing
lunch roolns a, small expenditure 10
the community and 81 the same time
giving the pupil one hot dish al
small cost. not exceeding three or
ave cents. II was proved that this
would be All economy in supplying
the school boy and school girl With
s-s4
than is obtained by the assimilation
Of a cold lunch. Mrs. Harris spoke
al II as being sense OF shame and
regret that the Waxahaehie public
schools had not already established
Iunch rooms.
Mr.. Scott. teacher Of the manual
lrrainlgg department. reviewed ae-
complsshmaenss in northern and east
ern schools. showing that growth
had come to vocational, continuation
ard night schools He then took MP
course OF study Of larger high schools
OF 400 and down 10 rural high
schools. He discussed equipment
and course Of study for last two
years, dealing with methods Of pre-
senfing work, character Of models
used lie showed that the uniyer-
slty on Texas only ailows two units
Of credit. therefore not necessary 10
give 4 years course III smaller
schools. lie spoke Of qualifications OF
teachers. showing that he must be
full 81 general as veil a. practical
knowledge. as there Is very little
written on this subject, al least there
Is no uniform system Of text books