Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1916-05-11
STORY TELLERs LEAGUE

Inc Story TellerS League of Cooke
vile was organized about one yeal
ago with membership of seven. L
has now membership of twenty
two. The growth and progress OF
this organization has been very mar
ked, and the efficiency of its mem
bers for the work which they have
undertaken has been proven.
The special line of work upor
which the league has centralized It's
efforts has been the Story Hour IN
the City School, which has been con
Quoted regularly each week in botn
primary and intermediate depart
ments, thus onstituting story hour
department which our capable ano
progressive school superintendent is
pleased to call one of the best de.
partments of his school.
The children joyfully look forward
to the time when they shall be as.
sembled for Stoey Hour which
Mable Lee Cooper, one of the South-s
best educators, and one VINO has
learned to know and to love the ma.
ture OF children, has called bright
spots along the way in the lives of
little children. Miss Cooper has al
so said after many years of success.
full teaching and constant associa-
tion with children. chat stories are
the avenues through which the grown
up comes in closest contact with
child life.
The Story Tellers League is di-
rect outgrowth- of the Parent Teach
ers Association, having grown out of
the appointment of story hour COM
mittee two years ago with Mrs. J.
c. McDearman as chairman. The
work was faithfully carried on in
This way for period of one year
and Mrs. McDearman made an enyi-
able record as leader of work that
was destined to grow and become an
indispensable department of our City
School, filling a long felt need and
marking another milestone on the
road to progress
After one year it was decided that
to better enable those contributing
stories to carry on the work syste-
matically and efficiently, a Story Tell
ers League should be organized, the
years work outlined, and year books
published and furnished to members
thereby enabling each to keep in
touch with their respective engage.
ments. Another advantage derived
was that of placing equal RESPONSE
',non all members of the Lea
que, it being obligatory of all mem
bers to contribute stories.
This plan has worked out beauti.
fully and the splendid cooperation on
the part Of the entire membership OF
the League has enabled us to do far
more efficient work than formerly.
The League has set up as stand
ard only the very best stories, pref
erably those with a lesson; a lesson
hidden down beneath the petals OF
some beautiful flower or concealed
within the shining robes of Prince;
lessons that will go through all the
coming years and make OF those
who listen stronger and nobler char
acters.
The present officers of the League
are Mrs. J C. McDearman, president,
DR.. w. S McClain, vice president.
Mrs. Quimby Dyer, secretaryttreas-
urer. Program Committee are Mrs.
w. M. Shanks. chairman, Mrs. c. E.
Wilson, Miss Leona Byrne.
The League holds its regular meet
ings in the city school library the
second Tuesday of each month at
2:15 p. m. AT these meetings excel
lent programs are often rendered
lectures, sketches. stories, round ta-
BILE discussions, poems, readings, etc.
que instructive and entertaining to
it's membership: