The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-03

Gu W give me Cduocu my ldhufe HI
life" with this phrase "The training
you gave me caused my success in
life" and see how you would feel if
either should be said to you in later
years by former pupil.
The Bible should be a textbook
(but not denominationally) because it
may be the only chance some children
may have to know anything about the
Bible. The Judge strogly asserts that
it should be the main textbook. He
states that large percentage of the
illiterate of their parents are so.
The new school law is to compei
negligent parents to send their chill
dren to school. Teachers should re-
port non-attendance Immediately.
Should report as often as each week
anyway, the first month of school.
He admonished the teachers again as
to their duties and said that a mis-
take made by teacher may ruin tnc
life of a child.
Miss Jessie Akers then very cred
itably gave us demonstration les
son in teaching writing, She said to
first teach the child to hold the pen.
The best time to take the writing les
son is in the forenoon before any vio-
| lent exercise is taken.
Mr.. Firmin T. Halle of the Bonnie
Terre Farming and Cattle Co. talked
on the cause of malnutrition in chill
dren. He says it is the lack of milk
in their diet.
The Bonnie Terre Farming and Cat
tie Company offers to furnish pas
teurized milk to the shcools at cost.
The main object of Mr.. Haile's visit
was to reach the conclusion as to
whether pasteurized milk is to be put
into the schools and at what price.
The superintendent discussed this at
some length, few remarks follow:
Superintendent Alternately of Es-
ther suggested that pasteurized milk
be furnished at market price of or.
binary milk if possible. Supt. Akers
suggested that the milk should be
furnished at &c glass and those un-
able to buy be given theirs free graf
is, Supt. Melcher of Bonnie Terre
proposed that the milk be brought to
the building during the morning re-
cess in order to allow those who have
not had enough nourishment at
breakfast to get it when most needed.
Mr.. Halle then left US to bold own
these and other suggestions in order
/ to reach a definite plan.
Second Day
Opened by singing "The Star
/ Spangled Banner"
Prayer by Judge Tucker.
Supt. Akers urged US to enroll in
the State and District Associations.
He stated that approximately 35 per
cent of the increased salaries are due
to the work of the State Teachers
Association.
Supt. Matthias Of Desloge held us
spellbound while heetalked of the per-
sonal element in teaching. He says
that counts for most "As the teach
err, so is the school,. The success of
the school depends on SIS per cent per-
sonality, the other Is per cent on
buildings, equipment, etc. He COM
pares the elements of personality to
the three legs of a stool and names
them. Sympathy, Sincerity and Dy-
manic knowledge. You should have
| nedTu HlHl uildGS VII tHeSe. ne IOlu
us the biggest pay check ever drawn
was the opportunity for service, ard
condemned the teacher who would re-
sign a position for one that paid
| better salary.
Hon. H. B. Leadbetter was called on
| for an impromptu speech on "Train-
| ing for Citizenship" One among
many good thoughts he put before US
was: that the teachers govern the
thought of the community by what
they put in the minds of children now.
Miss Baker came again with talk
on the Health Crusade work. Duty of
the teacher to see that the Twelve
Health Chores" be performed Also
to get the parents interested. Supt.
Akers suggested that it should be the
duty of the teacher to detect any spe-
cial disease. The obeying of health
rules should become habit, that the
law of habit should be our greatest
blessing, but we so often make X our
greatest curse.
Mrs. O. w. Bleeck, in her pleasing
manner, gave a talk on the Salvation
Army and Home Service Program.
By vivid illustrations she showed us
how the Salvation Army managed to |
help humanity when the need was
greatest without leaving some one to |
die of neglect while lot of red tape
is gone through as SO many Of our Or
CARNATIONS do.
Supt. Reaves of lockwood, chair
man of the Committee on Resolutions, |
then read the resolutions, which for |
mally adopted by the Association. An
important resolution was that we are
to have our Association meet on Fri |
day and Saturday of the first week of |
school, 1921.
Now, school boards, patrons, bust |
ness and other professional people, |
aren't you very envious Of those Of |
us who did attend and aren't you GO |
ing to turn over a new leaf and oe |
with US heart and hand in 1921?
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