The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-11
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n, Eli. County Teachers IN ;,
tossed Friday afternoon all
FOR the teachers in atten-
rs,s institute was without
Ero'' host n ever held in Ellis
se''' IN addition to the excel
T anr. given each day in the
assembly the teachers re-
vast amount of good from
H'' .arssions in the various sec
hs feelings. In these section
..stlnss problems were o'seuss e,i
,ore directly upon the WORK
s''' ...sser will rave to deal with
s',ss the coming year.
institute this year was I'M
Nv interesting because the en-
staInnsnt feature was stressed ,a e
- extent. Mrs. Biard, teacher
mpsic in the city school. gave
:. most delightful programs each
= On Friday afternoon she va
"a her program. Songs we're rem
,s,sd by Misses Margaret watson
= sarah VIM. Readings in ne
dialect we're given by Boyce Far
| "a
and Miss Corrine Sladc. A very
sushable reading was given by Mrs.
4, F Edwards of the Sterret'
-.sool The quartet rendered
NJ Messrs. Scott. Foster, Moore
and Edwards was unusuaiis
olsasIns. in fact the audience asked
,hsm to sing for them a second
.ime. Mrs. Biard then sang Annie
Laurie" she has a splendid mastery
. her art and is in every way quail
,sd 10 head the music department
Of the city school.
The success Of the institute this
var is due in a large measure to
| tvo men, DR.. J. l.. Henderson and
County superintendent w. S. Ely
The sixteen lectures given by DR.,
Henderson throughout the institute
we're inspiring and helpful in every
vsy. DR.. Henderson is a man OF
pleasing personality and in every
| way qualified to deliver lectures tc
any institute in this state. Ere
rrently universities send out lectur-
es TO Institutes who are in no wise
qualified for the work which they
have in hand. Many university
teskhers are skilled when it comes
&c their " work in the university
but they know nothing whatever OF
rural and high school problems. Not
50 with DR.. Henderson. He began
his experience in the mountains OF
West Virginia many years ago. He
cane 10 this state in 1894, since then
he has served as a grade teacher,
ss.d principal, high school principal,
city superintendent and professor OF
education of Texas and Columbia
university. These twenty-five years
Of experience coupled with his rare
scholarship make him without doubt
the best lecturer in Texas when it
comes to county Institutes.
10 ". S. Ely a great deal of honor
is due for the success of the Ellis
County Institute. Mr.. Ely saw fit
IBIS year to deviate from the old
institute program. For months this
sprng he racked his brain trying to
ind something that was entirely
new and finally hit upon the plan
q having DR.. Henderson to deliver
. series OF lectures. These lectures
we're remarkably successful as EVIL
oenced by the statements of the vari-
Gus teachers in attendance.
Mr. Ely has served this county as
saperintendent of schools for some
ufee years. During the first year
Y TWO. the schools made some
f'0s'ess even though Mr.. Ely was
molly inexperienced in this kind of
Saool work. So efficient is his
'aA at present that Ellis county
al0Ois are making progress second
none In the state. The president
que OF the best universities in
.slas remarked some time ago that
me county superintendent of Ellis
"aa'y has increased his capacity as
"un'y superintendent fully so per
'a.' curing the last two years"
NJ. Ely is a self-made man in
FL LMu.