The Springdale news., 1917-11-23

ton has started campaign for new members, and The News is this week publishing two of the talks made re- gently before that organization at 2 meeting held at the High School. In this way 1t is hoped to get the needs of the school before the people. Fol lowing is the talk made by Prof. W. A Woodruff on "The Needs of the Cram mar School":
 The needs Of the Grammar School are so varied and numerous that if would require the greater part of inc afternoon to enumerate them. shall therefore only give the few l consjd- CT foremost and most important.
 l shall only mention the new build ing which is needed so badly: for I can not even solve the problem. how the School Board has been able to have an eight months term with the small amount of finances at their com mand In rooms Nos.I, 3, 1, and 6 we are greatly in need of modern single desks and seats; the seats in the rooms mentioned remind one of the younger children in a large fam fly: they truly represent the style of the regular "hand-me-doWns." some being too large, others too small. Most of the desks are fearfully and wonder fully carved and many children whose feet can not touch the floor and oth CTS who have to sit in a eramped po- sition, somewhat like the proverbial jack-knife, can not develop a per feet spine nor good physique.
 These conditions to be appreciated must be seen, and extend special invitation to each and every parent to come and see for himself some times have faint hope of starting the Manual Training work. but when I look around for place in which to keep the necessary tools for this line of work l find every nook and corner filled to oVer-flowing. We, as teach CTS owe much to the S. L A. for the Dictionaries. Supplementary Readers. Pictures and other aids too numerous to mention, and We assure them that we greatly appreciate what they have done.
 The attendance of this organization has been very small as We teachers at the Grammar School with the spe- eial officers have been exceptionally faithful; we teachers could not es- cape and many times the High School teachers were detained by unavoidable circumstances at their building. be- leve 1t is the duty of each and every parent to become an active member of the s. l. A. and thereby aid this or ganiZation in the good work by secur- ing the best educational advantages for school children of springdale
 l have also, dream of Music be- ing taught in the Grades; what a great benefit 1t would be to the gen eral public if We could teach each child how to curb his voice and read music readily
 The last need of which l wish to speak and the one which l consider the most important is The need of cooperation of every parent We feel this need far more keenly than one would think We need your en- r1 1{ray nj nyl +A that you visit us during our regular work
 In room of fifty pupils, teacher has at least two hundred different dis positions with which to contend. We may think we have Johnny" silenced today but he may develop an entirely new phase tomorrow During my four years work in the Springdale Schools have had just two patrons who have come to me and given me an insight to their children's physical condition and peculiarities.
 If we can have your earnest coop eratlon, we know that our work VIII De greater success than without It. We therefore ask your cooperation and thereby make this the most prof ltable years work in the history oi the Springdale Grammar Schools.
 Rev. Will A. Piper followed with an address on the following subject;
 Your School and My School.
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