St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-10-06
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the above NUMBER the SlQell Branch
has furnished $50 pieces, and anoth-
er shipment OF about 25 pieces will
go forward in the next few days.
The Priscilla Club met this week
at Mrs. F. B. Richardson's. The
good work is still going on and the
ladies belonging to the Club are to
be Congratulated Next Monday the
Club will be entertained by Mrs. G.
o. Salassi. .
Next Friday, October II, picture
OF unusual interest. will be shown at
the Clio picture show, for the benefit
of the Slidell Auxiliary Of st. Tam
many Red Cross, who are in need OF
money to cover local expenses in
Cured in handling the large number
of garments and surgical dressings
which have been forwarded since or
ganiZation, and it is hoped that
every one will attend to show their
appreciation OF the splendid work
being accomplished by the local aux
Hilary.
There were forty garments and
four dozen pieces of gauze work
shipped this week.
Miss Ethel Heatherly has started
class in shorthand and typewriting
last Monday evening at the Slidell
high school. Miss Heatherly is we'll
qualified to teach these subjects and
we hope to see large class enrolled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Salmen re-
turned from six week stay at White
Mountain, N. H.
Mines. F. Salmen, F. B. Richard
son, B. J. McGinty and C. Cunning
ham motored to Covington, Wednes-
day, to attend the Red Cross meet
ing.
Misses NJ. Lam, U. Frazier, Salye
HALEY, SIbyl Nelhs and Mrs. w. E.
Eddins mOtOred to BOgalusa, Sun
day.
Slidell School League.
An unusually large number attend
tended the School League meeting
Tuesday, October 2. Nineteen reg
ular members, the faculty of the
school and the following guests were
present: Miss Mamie House, Mes
danes Paul Gardere, S. C. Jenkins,
G. v. Wharton and Rev Sturgeon
Wingo
Upon application for membership
Wharton were unanimously voted
members of the League.
The president, Mrs. Swetman, APP
pointed Mrs. Caroline Cunningham
as our local chairman OF Child Wei
fare. Mrs. Cunningham name vii.
be sent to the La. State Chairman,
who will forward instructions and
literature to her.
Mrs. Swetman also appointed the
following committee to collect good
books and magazines mot older than
May to send to the soldier boys at
Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La:
Mrs S. Wingo, Mrs A. V. Hover,
chairman, and Mrs. G.. Abel.
Contributions will be greatly APP
preciated. Please deliver the BOOKS
and magazines to the home of Mrs.
A. v. Hover. Let every one do his
bit in this direction for our ow1
Louisiana boys.
After the regular business meet
ing the following program was rem
dered:
Paper. "a Few Ideas for an Ideal
School," Mrs. Wigginton.
Piano Solo, Miss Isabel Swetman.
Paper, what Can Our League
Do To Increase the Supply of Sap
Elementary Readers for the Pupils, I"
Mrs. Cunningham.
Violin Solo, Miss Theobald.
Reading, Miss Adams.
The next meeting of the League
will be held October 10th.
''What Can The League DO 10 Sup
ply Supplementary Readers
For The SchoOl?''
(By Mrs. C.. Cunningham
To most of US the use OF supple
mentary readers in our school is
new thing. The word supplement
tary gives us an idea Of being some
thing extra, added or supplied.
Many Of us remember using one
reader a whole school term, until we
knew the contents backward and for
ward. with our eyes shut, but now it
has become q necessity, as we'll as
q requirement, that an pp-to date
approved high school, such as we
have IN Slidell, carry a supplement
tary library for the use Of their
pupils, to supply the extra readers
needed. The Pedagogist tells us by
using different books the brain be-
comes more active, the child gains
q wider knowledge of words and
their meaning, and dawning sense
of literature, and they stay more
interested in a new book than in one
they have memorized. Especially is
this so in the primary grades, where
the books are very thin; it would be
cruel to keep a child OF average in
tellect reciting and droning out, for
nine whole months, such twaddle as
did the dog rum" or "does the bird
n.y." etc. Hitherto it has been the
custom, when new books are neces-
sary, the parents must dig down in
their pockets and get them, and to
most parents this question of buy
ing books becomes rather an ex-
pensive one, and many people are
not able to buy an extra book, even
IL any, and such children are depriv-
ed Of this advantage; SO, II the
League can relieve this strain upon
the pocket book of the parents, and
give the children the free use of
these books, 1t will not have lived
and struggled in vain. So it we are
convinced, as abody, that We must
have these books it is clearly up to
the League to get busy and open up
Its heart, and out Of the fullness
and abundance thereof give them to
the school. And how is this to be
done, Is the question before us.