El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-15

spirit OF healthy rivalry among the
boys and girls as to who viii have the
best garden. They talk OF their gardens
at recess; they come to their teachers
with their garden problems and have
much now to talk about besides ball
games. hoop rolling and playing in
, the streets. in danger from the auto
mobiles and wagons.
This work is being carried out in
the same manner in which the manual
training work has been done. The
children were interested in this 10
such an extent that they wanted to
keep at IL after school hours. and
many OF them did. They have put up
benches under trees about the school
grounds, they have built slides and
1eeter boards. and have constructed
and erected all manner OF athletic
apparatus on the Fairgrounds. They
found a great deal of fun in this be-
cause they were building for their
own amusement afterwards and were
absorbing the methods of doing IL at
the same time.
There is another thing at Beau
school that is in line with this
Il is the system by which the brighter
children are made to teach those less
fortunate \ bright boy or girl IS
made teacher" as q reward for his
or her work. and he or she is given a
group OF four or five who are not so
proficient. The teacher" takes this
group out into the open air on fair
days and stands them up in some cor
ner or has them sit at some cOnven-
tent place and helps them to get their
lessons There is always a rivalry
among the brightest of the pupils for
this honor and the teachers have
found that the grade as a whole does
much better with this method OF teach
ing than in the old way when the
teacher herself had to struggle long
and patiently with the backward
pupils.
There are many ways OF teaching
children without 'ramming q 'rith-
metic down their throats," and Miss
Prater has hit upon one Of the most
successful Of these.
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The army captain who got seaslck
IN his flight from FL PasO TO COlum-
bus in an airplane. could get the same
sensation in an automobile ride over
the socalled pavement on AiagOffin
avenue from Cotton avenue 10 Ala
media.
Another step forward IN the beauti-
fication Of FL PasO has been taken in
the completion of the parking work
on MagOffin avenue eastward as far
as the T. K P crossing, an extension
OF about half a mile this year. Trees
and shrubbery have been put out
grass planted and the soil properly
mulched- We cant have too many Of
NAANsN PAL n SlGfES dADAl6 the GALEELas
e. Pasoans are going to see a new
bank at Wilcox. AriZ-. when thev ar
rive there next week on the Pep. Push
and Progress excursion. The Wilcox
Bank and Trust company formally
opens its new home Saturday OF this
week and FL PasOans have received
invitations to be present or to drop
in next week when they get there.
The galley boy saws II Tom Lea's
pep put the push in progress. who put
the FL in FL Paso2
Proud boasts, / opposed voting
bonds for Ell Paso schools
Our idea OF a snap: Getting an an
pointment to substitute for somebody
who has already paid his SIPS for the
Pep Push and Progress special. (Some
such snaps are now OPEN.
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Things to forget: That we have
any political differences in the United
states, now that we are on the verge
u the most momentOus international
dispute in our history