The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-14
POLK COUNTY
 TEACHERS MEET
Eighty three Tcaehers. Represent ing Fifty two Schools Attend the Semi Annual Meeting-Planned
 for OratOPicaI Contests.

 as the pupils and patrons program given Friday night, was equally as interesting, and more closely touched the problems confronting the public school teacher than did the first meeting.
 Dr. H. C. Rushing addressed the teachers briefly at the opening ses- sion along the line of starting a musical and oratOrical contest among the pupils of the country schools, pointing out the benefits and the interest in school work that would result in such a movement. He suggested also that if the leach- CTS and pupils would look after the matter of contestants, the matter of prizes Co be awarded would be taken care of by public spirited citizens. in the general discussion which fol- lowed the address, R L. Thrailkill, Prof G M Woods and Supt w. Homer pigg and others heartily favored the movement The dis cussion resulted in the appointment of a committee to formulate plans, and rules and regulations for the contest and as such committee, President Woods named w. Homer Pigg, Tom J. Wilbanks, Dr. H. C. Rushing. Miss Louise Durham and Prof J NJ. Tomlin.
 President G. NJ. Woods in his ad- firAga IiGnarega1 af greater efforts or the part of teach- CTS pupils and friends of education to the end that Arkansas may be brought higher in the list of states | in the matter of education, and he pointed out that meetings like the one being held will do much to ad- vance the educational interests of the state, and inspire the teachers of this county
 Prof w. R. Shnn, in discussing some of the problems that confront the rural school teacher, suggested that the rural school teacher must give satisfaction to the patrons by giving them tue best service that is in his power that thru cooperation with the parents he must seek t0 overcome all hindering causes
 Prof Tom J Wilbanks, in discus sing the compulsory school laws, suggested the great need of the en- loreement of the law, but thought that more could he accomplished by the spirit of persuasion than by ! legal prOcess or thru force
 Prof R. B. Dodd, in his discussion of the amount of High school work that should be done in the schools icarrylng one and two years beyond the grades, rather discouraged the doing of high school work, but in- stead suggested that it would be | better to do more thoro grade work
 in the round table discussion ! lopened by the County Saperinlen- dent the question of the consohda- | tion of rural schools was one of the | topics and i, was urged as the prae- tical thing Co do wherever possible
 The compulsory school law came in for Ils share 0f discussion, the con- census of opinion being that under the present conditions it was almost impossible to enforce the law in Polk county Chas Burnett, repre- sentative elect in taking part in the discussion, encouraged the uniform fly of text books to be furnished free by the slate, and when that IS ac- complished he would favor com puisory edueation
 BU,F n ffrbr.fII-tl1 n..F rr vr Hanby and Mrs Ola Tmuell. the committee on resolutions, made re- port and the resolutions were adopted as read
 Col D. A. Shaw lyceum lecturer. and editor of the poteau Sun. was on the program for a lecture, but found f impossible to be here greatly to the disappointment of the teachers and those who had outlined the program.
 One of the encouraging things of the meeting was that it was attend cd hy S3 teachers and that 32 dis irlCts were represented. Among the teachers in attendance were:
 Tom J. Wilbanks, Ozark; W. A. Hathaway, Holly Grove: Mrs. Ola Tunnel, Wickes; Miss Ozie Sullivan, Baker Springs; Wayman Grain, Bowman Spur; Miss Irene Thornton, Hatton; Haskell Young, Bog Springs: F.. w. Hamby, Grace Hamby, and Otus F Henderson, Nandervoort: 1 Ruth Hamby, Womack Spur: c. NJ Woods, Misses Louise and Mayme Mullins. and Miss Mayme Grady. 1 Cove; Miss Ella Fets. Westview: R. 1 B. Dodd, Mrs N R. King, and Misses Nada Harris and Ola Littlepage. Hat field; Miss Zua Taylor, Pleasant Hill; Alex Parsons. Brushy; Amos Museraves, Two-Mile; Mrs. Amos l Musgraves, Lone Valley; NJ. s. Bates, | and Miss Zella Cole, West Valley: w l R. Shinn, and Mss Amy Butler, Pot | ter; Roy Holder and Miss EulalIa l kilbury. Old Potter: Ray Ogden. 1 Shady Grove; Bert Ogden. Mountain 1 Fork; George pottorff and Miss Bcs- sic Board, Rocky: J. NJ. Tomun. | Rich Mountain; ] N. Waterfield. | Eagleton; \. o. White, Howard: l Misses Floy Clinton. and Arizona | Reed, Acorn, J. E. Darroueh, Spring dale; Miss Florence Darroush. High- | land, w F. stephens. Lower Big i Fork; Vernon Miller, Boar Camp. John Harper, lillard, Miss Beulah | Hughes and Fanny Wise, Dallas: j.. H. Stephens OnaI. R Hilton i