The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-16
PARENT:TEACHER
ASSOCIATION MET
SPLENDID MEETING OF LOCAL
ASSOCIATION HELD YESTER-
DAY AFTERNooN.-ADDREss
DELIVERED BY MISS BLACK
BURN ON HEALTH CRUSADE
WAS MOST INTERESTING
NEW SCHOOL DISCUSSED

yesterday dlVSIHooh hpoiNo oiAS W
the most enthusiastic meetings of the
local parent-teacher association yet
held. Ninety-nine mothers with Col
E. c. Horton to make the even hun
dred were present.
The first feature of the meeting
was an entertainment in three parts
delivered by the pupils of the sixth
grade sections. The first was an old
fashioned spelling lesson taught by
one Of the boys of the sixth grade
impersonating an Ichabod Crane type
of pedagogue. The spelling was ac-
cording to sound and the definitions
according to the pupils Imagination.
For instance 'stomach-ache" was
spelled "p-a-i-n
The next feature was a typical
meeting of sewing circle in home
where the bad little boy of the house
got into the circle while his mother
looked after the refreshments. When
the little boy finished telling different
things his parents had said about the
members of the circle there was none
left but the boy to partake Of the
refreshments. John Harrison as the
bad boy was very good indeed and
must naturally fit the part to some
extent in order to have taken it off
so we'll.
The last feature was a beautiful
butterfly dance in costume by Miss
Floride CAN'T. Miss Floride was very
graceful in movement and bewitching
in manner both of which contributed
toward making the dance take we'll
with the spectators.
Miss Chauncey Blackburn of Col
umbia, was the regular speaker of
the afternoon and was very compli-
mentary in her Introductory remarks
regarding the Abbeville Parent
Teacher association stating that this
was the first association she had ever
requested to be allowed Ito speak be-
fore. She explained this statement by
saying that she had read and heard
of the wonderful things the Alb, eville
association had been doing and she
was anxious to come to see for her
self.
Miss Blackburn illustrated her lee
ture by the use of charts and draw
ings which were especially interest
ing. She is connected with the Tuber-
culosis League of South Carolina, an
organization working to prevent the
white plague and not a department Of
the State Board of Health whose work
is curative rather than preventative.
1T is too late to do this work
through the adults" said Miss Black
burn, $50 we decided to make our
crusade among the thousands of
school children in South Carolina"
The idea is to help children to live
clean lives, eat only nourishing food.
take better care of their bodies, and
to be 100 per cent hygienic. Miss
Blackburn did not talk over 20 min
utes but her simplicity was charming
and her tense enthusiasm in the
great work she is doing soon won her
a respectful and attentive hearing.
Her only request Of the Parent
Teacher association was for the ap7
pointment Of committee composed
of teachers and parents to investigate
the Modern Health Crusade and to
decide whether. the association could
afford to endorse the crusade in Abb
beville County and particularly in the
Abbeville schools. The president ap-
pointed this committee which is COM
posed of-Miss George OFT, chairman;
Mrs. C. H. McMurray, Mrs. Lamar
Gillian and Miss Susie Lown. The
committee was instructed to give a
report of their investigation at the
April meeting of the association.
The roll call was next taken of the
parents representing the various
grade sections. A tally showed that
in the graded school building Miss
Harriet Coan's section of the second