The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-11-01

teacher? We expect them to have a
nice little program at least once a
month and invite the patrons to be
there, take pride in keeping the school
house In order, keep the windows
clean, keep the desks clean. keep the
grounds around the building clean, in
, other words make the school an at
tractive place.
The school boards should put locks
on the doors and screen the windows
and require 1t to the building to be
kept locked Again. -oards should re-
quire their teachers to be on the
school ground at recess and super
yising plays, boards should provide
some sort OF playground apparatus,
these cost very little and viii mean
much toward keeping your boys and
girls in school.
Now, gentlemen, want you to put
IN your estimate lething for this
playground eQuipm IT. Buy a base
hall and bat, swings and tee-tertotter
etc.
You should acquaint yourself with
the school, that is why | want you
here, so as to get thoroughly soaked
with enthusiasm. that you may go
bsck home more determined than ever
before to be a better board member
and that as long as you are on the
board you will put forth every energy
possible to do something for the chill
dren in your district
Gentlemen, l want you to arrange a
cleanup day in your district Have
the teacher advertise this meeting
through the children. have the ladies
bring dinner and then clean up the
school house. want you to arrange
in your estimate, and if you can do i
this year, do it, Paint your school
house inside and out See that the
outhouses are kept in more sanitary |
condition. spend 40 cents for a sack OF
lime to be used in these houses. Men, !
il is dangerous. Fumigate the school
building and scrub and oil the floors. !
We do not expect you. personally, |
to do this. but arrange it in your in
cidentals when you make your esii-
mate.
Another thing that is neglected. q |
flag of our great nation Isl absent in |
SO many of our buildings That is re-
quired in section 274 of the school law. |
Children should be taught the history !
and meaning of "Old Glory It will
make better citizens. more loyal, and !
SO many children never saw a United !
States flag, or have any conception Of
wha il means. know you have never
thought OF it, but | say again this
meeting is for that purpose. to wake
US up. to open our eyes to this great |
question Of developing the youth Of |
our fair land, free from the desolating
hand of war
We must continue to develop level /
headed men such as We have today at
the head of affairs. refer especially |
to our great president, Woodrow
Wilson.
Have your teacher to put special
stress on agriculture. Have them CO.
operate with the county agent in or
ganizing the boys and girls clubs. You
know what it means TO your child
to let him have colt. pig or calf or
even a chicken. and generally it is one
that has Just about passed into the
other world. What if you would give
him a good one, or let him work foif
it, and then make his report to she
department of what he has done. Let
him receive some personal mail it will
teach him grammar, spelling. arith-
metic. writing. history. and above all
things 1t will teach him to be a bust
ness man What is the matter with
our boys and girls today? Not one out
of hundred can calculate what 1s0
pounds of pork is worth at seven and
quarter per hundred.
1t was a wonderful sight to see the
two hundred club boys and girls here
last summer at an all-day picnic. Then
at the County fair, it was wonderful
what our bovs and girls had done
Now. this should be thrashed out