Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-02-24
CHESTERFIELD CENTRALIZED

The A. H. H. girls Club of Ches-
tabfeau "The Bachelors Dream"
and a one act play entitled, ''TheI
Revolt Thursday evening, Febru-
airy II. The roads could not have
been worse. But roads are not a.
matter of Importance when the
school puts on an entertainment
Two hundred of US paid admission to
enjoy the evening in our school audi
torium.
The roads, as was stated bfeore,
were about impossible for even our
fiivvers SO Old Dobbin was brought
out. After cobwebs and other indi-
cations of long continued disuse,
were removed, he was pressed intol
service
Well, it was worth it. The tableaui
wss something unusual and we all
thoroughly enjoyed and applauded
it. The girls were assisted by our
Principal, Miss Stuempel, Donald
Ham and Leon McQuillen, Leon act
ing as the go-er-the bachelor. Then
came the play. The star in the
cast was the Ideal Husband ~
While he lacked backbone, we think
that he played the part well. In
fact, every part was well acted. The
girls showed an ease on the stage
and an ability to interpret parts
that was most pleasing. Several
have asked that the program be re-
peated and this will probably be
done
Wednesday evening, February %
the girls will present the same pro-
gram at the Cleaners Hall at OF
tokee.
Rev. Manahan, pastor of the NJ
E. Church at Moreno, has accepted
the invitation of the English "
Glass to be present at class discus
sion of problems raised in the study
of Churchill's Inside of the Cup ;"
Many vital questions concerning our
moral and religious standards will
be brought up and discussed. Every
effort is being made to prepare the
students to meet these problems
with open eyes, clean minds and un-
Navering courage and faith.
One of the problems which the
school must meet is that of giving
boys and girls the power to use our
language correctly and effectively.
tial factors, first, a knowledge of the
correct forms; second. continued use
of these forms, WITHOUT EXCEP-
TION until the habit is fixed. All of
which brings US to our problem.
We find that, quite often, pupils
seem ashamed or afraid to use cor
rect grammatical forms or the cor
rect pronunciation of many words.
| What can be the cause of this fear
Children often say that it is because
older brothers or sisters in the home
and sometimes the parents) laugh
at their attempts to use correct En-
,,isn. Much of this is probably the
result of imagination on the part of
/ the pupils They take too seriously
many of the remarks made in a
! jocular manner by members of the
family. But this very seriousness
is one of the characteristic traits of
child life. The play of two year
old babe is as real to him as is our
work to US in adult life. Watch the
| face of a child as he hears that won
derful story of "The Three Bears. .
He feels all the fear of "Goldinlocks'
as we'll as the sorrow of the "Wee
Bear" Thus it is with the pupil as
he hears, if he does, the remarks
mentioned above.
/ Parents have no desire to hinder
their children in gaining a command
/ of the English language Parents
/ are in position to know
whether children are deliberately
using incorrect forms because of
reasons stated above. There is an
other side to the question, however,
| children, upon learning new thing
are very desirous of having the fact
known. They are also, at times,
7 greatly pleased if they are able to
detect an error made by someone
else. They sometimes show this in
a manner which, on the fact of it, is
somewhat unpleasant. This is pure
ly the result of a kind of thought
lessness, another characteristic o1
childhood. Working together the
home and school may do much to
eliminate this. All that is nec-
essary is for US to understand the
problem and each other. To teach
disrespect for parents, on the part
of children, is farthest from the
mind of any teacher worthy of the
), position she holds. To interfere with
the growth of their children either
) mentally or morally is, of course
is farthest from the minds of the
: parents. Let US each understand
these facts regarding the other anC
work together to provide every boy
l. and girl with the opportunity tt
make the English language an ever
ready and obedient servant.