The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08

this section. Miss Msuic Davis made
"a few remarks about tho Federated
Cube then a raand table discussion
was participated IN by many Miss
Carson gave a valuable discussion ON
school room aud yard games. Miss
Carson suggested nat music makes
games more attractive. especially to
children of foreign p~arcntaee.
Lectures.
Or. Henderson gave a very in
rtructive lecture on mathematics.
briefly reviewing the history Of meth
ematcs. II Is his opinion that our
schools have o many mathematics
This is due to the fact that the
schools are following an cid system
established some 400 years ago.
Then he outlined an excellent course
in mathematics. lie concluded this
lecture by saving the teacher should
leave off those things that are use
less.
In his next lecture pr. Henderson
discussed Methods in Mathematics.
lie prefaced his remarks by stating
K is a bad thing to give that which
is destructive e you have nothing
10 give In tho place of that witch
you destroy. He said that in The for
mer lecture he had torn down our
old system OF mathematics and 1t Ia
now his purpose to offer something
TO take its place. lie called special
attention TO the weakness observed
in the teaching of mathematics. such
as the lack Of knowledge OF subject
matter, following the book too slay-
ishly. no definite method. asking pu-
pills to prepare lessons without any
previous help on the part OF the
teacher, assigning too many poorly
selected problems, failing to build
one lesson upon another. a failure
to have the pupil apply the princi-
pie of mathematics which they are
studying. lie suggested the follow
ing order of procedure in teaching:
/. Announce the problem. ,. Ana
lyze the factors given. 3. Observe
and clearly each step taken
in the solution of the problem. a..
Evaluate every question carefully.
5. Verify the conclusions.
In his next lecture DIR. Henderson
talked about the Birth OF New Sub
jects in the Field of Science. He
stated that philosophy Is divided i'm
to three fields: Mental, moral and
natural. He proposed to discuss
natural philosophy. which formerly
included all nature. Astrology was
the first science taught, then came
astronomy, later chemistry was
taught, then geology, physics. zool-
ogy. botany, all of which are divisions
OF nature. He said that really old
Grandmother Philosophy mad many
children. He suggested the follow
ing course for II public schools
Nature study in the grades, then fol-
low this by geography, physiology,
agriculture and general science.
The next lecture was given up
principally to the naming OF the ed
ucational journals and books which
would be of great assistance TO all
teachers, be they rural or high school
teachers. He called attention TO the
fact that the University of Texas had
several bulletins for free distribu-
ton 10 the teachers of Texas. The
object of his lecture was to show
teachers that they could never hope
to rise in the profession unless they
read The best educational magazines
and books.
The last lecture delivered by DR..
Henderson dealt with science. lie
first outlined a course In science as
follows: Nature study and agriul-
lure for the grades. up to the eighth;
eighth grade, general science, ply
seal geography, physiology, agri-
culture; ninth grade. biology, zooi-
ogy. botany, agriculture. He called
attention to the methods used In
teaching science: /. The descriptive
method-the pups look at en- ami
NAL and then describe II. 2. CLASH
fication method-all plants and ami
mails were classified. This system