The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-07

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in their native states. hence they had
no desire to establish schools In
west Texas. Their object was to
gain wealth, which they did to a
large extent.
The people in the Rio Grande coun-
try came from New Jersey and other
northern states. They believe in
good schools, therefore the country
the Rio Grande has some of
the best schools in Texas.
At the conclusion DR.. Henderson
stated that it takes soil, climate and
people to make money, and it takes
money to make schools. He said,
."and what effect does the geography
of Texas have upon our schools?"
Section Meetings.
The teachers from the various sec
lions report that the best work is
being done this year that they have
ever seen, in fact each teacher is SO
anxious to get to his section they
will not stop in the hall and talk
to you about anything. Moreover
at the close of these section meet
|ings there seems to be a great re-
Iluctance on the part of the teachers
TO quit. This has never been observ-
ed il an Ellis county institute be-
fore.
The high school section meeting
was presided over by Superintendent
lMallard of Milford. Principal p. j.
|Herndon discussed the first topic,
namely: The Function of the High
School. Undoubtedly he made the
speech of his life. He said the most
valuable asset to any community Was
Its high school because it reached a
greater per cent of the people than
any other educational institution.
Mr.. Herndon said a recent demand
was being made on the high school
in that the community was demand
ing a preparation that will enable
pupils to make a living. He said the
high school was of great value be-
cause it prepared for a life of bet
ter citizenship. Moreover the high
school gives good discipline because
it is a democratic institution. He
said there was nj better place for
IA boy or girl to learn to respect
Others rights than in the high school.
MIR. Herndon touched upon the
course OF study, saying he has chang
ed his opinion in regard to vocation
al training. He said it was his dream
that every county would support a
vocational school where the boys and
girls might be taught the practical
side of life. Mr.. Herndon said the
ultimate purpose of the high school
was to teach boys and girls to think.
Superintendent Rely of Midlothian.
His topic was the organization OF
work in the high school. Unfor-
tunately for the section he was I'M
able to discuss this subject fully be-
cause Mr.. Herndon only left him
three minutes in which to deliver
his speech. Mr.. Rely said the first
necessity was to create interest on
the part of the community, so that
a large amount of taxes might be
secured. Another step toward or
eanization was definite assignment
made to the different members 81
the faculty and then a definite classi-
fication of the pupils.
Foreign Language Section.
The foreign language section this
year misses the very genial Gordon
1t was he who first prevailed up
on superintendent Ely to establish
foreign language sections during the
institute. He did his work so well
that others found out about 1t ana
called him to a greener field. For
eign language is presided over by
Wolfe, teacher of modern Tau
guage in Trinity university. u
ing the first part of the session MI
Wolfe took up a few minutes IN rec
ommending text and reference books
for teachers of Latin and modern IAN
suage. Mr.. Wolfe delivered a very
scholarly address during this ses-
sion. He first spoke OF the close
between the different Ian
guages. In a very interesting man
ner he then told the story OF a no
family. He stressed the i'm