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

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row and ia use. giving the Different
Kinds OF harrows. such a. the cut
away. the spring tooth. etc. lie gave.
the details OF types Of farm houses
and their arrangements as TO water
supply aud other oo~nvculcnces.
stresslng that they should be built
10 harmonic to the surroundings
Then he gave some Interesting d.
/ rections as to fertilization OF soil and
the requirements 81 the different
soils. how to conserve plant food hy
rotation % crops. lie suggested 70
tatloa plans. tcrraeinE. manurink
and how hest 20 do IL. lie dis
GUESSED animal feeding. emphasizing
the need of a balanced ration. corn
aud other grains With hay. silagc
and the relative value OF each. lie
spoke OF the types OF slios which
are preferable for ordinary farms
and how 70 put up ensilage. He dis
cussed ensilage crops. such as
feterita. corn, cane. maize. kaffir
and the grasses, such as Sudan.
Johnson. and others. N
The attendance Mt this lecture was
large and was enjoyed very much
by the teachers who were SO fortu-
nate as to be present.
independent District section.
This section was led by Karl G.
Jones. The subject discussed was
What the Grammar School Should
DO for the Child to Prepare Him for
the High school," Miss Glenn then
gave a very interesting discussion in
regard 20 the subjects which the
high schools should expect the pri-
mary teacher to teach the child.
She thinks reading is the most inn
portant subject for the primary
grades.
Superintendent Mallard OF Italy
discussed what the high school
should expect the intermediate
teacher should do for the child. In
addition to reading and spelling
we'll. he believes that the intermedi-
ate child should understand the fun
damental principles of grammar and
be able to write paragraphs.
Mrs. Dixie Taylor had a most in
teresAing discussion on correlation
of primary work to that of the high
school. She believes that teachers
from the primary grades to that of
the high school should have n uni
form method Of labelling papers, uni
form requirements of form and rec
itations.
Miss Dora Warner discussed the
question OF what the intermediate
teacher should try to prepare the
child TO do In high school work.
Lack Of time cut this morning in
teresting program short.
The Institute then adjourned for
lunch and rest.
Wednesday Afternoon.
The institute met in general SEES
sion at 1870. The first speaker on
the program was Superintendent
Winn of Waxahachie City schools.
Mr.. Winn made a very brief talk in
which he stated that he cast the de-
Gliding vote which carried the State
Teachers association to Fort Worth
instead OF Houston. He made a
strong plea In support of the asso-
citation, asking all teachers present
to become members. He said that
a teacher would never grow unless
he came in contact with other teach
ers who are working at the job. He
said it was worth a teachers time
10 go to the State Teachers associa-
ton whether he learned anything or
not. The association that he gets
there with the best teachers from
this safe Is indeed worth while. He
said that if Ellis county would have
an enrolment of forty teachers the
association would give them special
badges with Ellis county printed on
them. His talk was so effective that
a large number of teachers in Ellis
county gave him their names for en-
rollment in the association.
Canning Club Work.
One of the most interesting speak
ers in the whole institute program
was Mrs. X. II. Davis, Ellis county
home demonstration agent, who
talked for some half hour on can
ming club work in Ellis county. She
briefly reviewed the history OF the
work in the state, saying Ellis coun-
ty was the thirty-hourth county in
Texas to take up canning club work.
She organized her first club In Feb
ruary of this year. She has sixteen
classes with an enrolment of III