St. Tammany farmer., 1921-12-31

development. Here we can take a
lesson from Mississippi in those
counties like Tate which have
brought great prosperity to the farm
communities by making agriculture
the basis of their educational sys-
tenn. Let no one make the mistake
Of supposing that an agricultural
education is inferior. On the con
trary, no matter what business Or
profession a. boy or girl may choose,
the best foundation for 1t would be
that possibly only in the up-to-date
type of agricultural school where,
instead of being cramped at a school
room desk over a book which is
meaningless to the child and makes
it dislike school, its mind would be
stimulated by contact with real
things, its understanding awakened
by doing some work which ltilizes
the daily lesson in arithmetic 'or
other study, and at the same time
discovering in the child by develop
ment and realization telents which
will assure success in life. The
farm is greater laboratory, con-
tains in house and field greater
amount of school material, than is
obtainable in any but the most rich
learning. The agricultural school
from the primary grades through
the high school alone has the oppor-
tunity to use this. After the meet
ing at Bush one or two persons con-
frmed the statements Of the speaker
by relating their personal expert
ences in such schools over in Missis |
sippi. At Central the schoolmaster.
Mr.. R. w Kemp, who addressed the |
meeting with some eloquence in voic.
ing the needs of that community Of |
farmers appeared to have the spirit |
which is especially needed in a rura |
teacher, and his disposition to voiun- |
teer in helping to plan a co-opera-
tive farm movement there gives
promise Of the great development
which can come to our parish thru
the School Board, who by carefully
choosing teachers with agricultural
putting the rural schools l.
on the basis of agricultural e1uca-
ton, and assisting in employment
Of farm agent and home demonstra-
tor, can do more than any other one
agency to develop the wealth Of the
parish. AT the present we ara edu-
eating our more capable sons ard
for employments they can
not carry on in this parish, with the
result that they are leaving here IN
large numbers every year to our
great financial loss.
At Lacombe and Slidell Mr.. Briggs
had the apparent approval of his
audiences for his distinction between
4 booster and knocker. He said
in the many places he had visited |
1 chad never met so m any-knockeFs
Is in st. Tammany parish. When he
vas looking about to purchase res
denct property in Covington and
Vaudeville over a year ago, as soon
IS he was seen looking at a plao2
.or sale and it was known he was
intending to purchase, he had the
experience of receiving Gov
inuous voluntary delegations to ad-
Use him concerning the bad nelnFs
# each property No one told h1T
NV good qualities, and more fre-
,uently than not the knocker was
mistaken. He does not think there
S any more actual i'll will or malloe
lere than anywhere else. 1t IS ]us1
bad habit which we must get TIL
#. for more by far than all other
Disadvantages put together this
.nocking disposition ho'ds back oar /
development. We must create ehe
pirit here which has made Cali
ornia great. California people real
ze that they have climate for sale
which attracts tourists and tourists l.
ring wealth to them, and the re- /
ult is that it is os dangerous to be (
knocker on local conditions n {
'alifornia that no one dares to say
nvthine there in a crowd Wh1Gn
mounts to an admission of anything {
0 the discredit of the country. Ie
.ven the Little children are com
rmed boosters, for that is all they
yer hear. We have in every way {
1ore desirable climate than Cali
ernia, more beautiful country.
onntry of far more opportunities, i