Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-04-28
PARENT Teachers
Association

A very good attendance was re
gi9tered at the meeting of the Par
ent-Feachers Association last Mon
day evening in the High School
auditorium. The program proved to
be both entertaining and profitable.
The demonstration by Miss Bess
Wilson and her class of Third Grade
pupils was a revelation in modern
educational methods. The children
dramatized or acted out a primary
reading lesson, demonstrating that
they were actually getting the ideas
conveyed by the words and that read
ing for them was something more
than parrot like recital of an ar
rangement of words.
Mrs Maude Gregory Adams, who
is State supervisor of instruction in
Home Economics under the Smith
Hughes Law gave a very clear and
informing idea of the purpose and
achievements of that department
of education in Ohio making her
audience understand something Of
the value of this instruction and
training to society and the need of
its extension to the girls and women
who are outside of the schools as
well as to those who are pupils in
the schools. Mrs. Adams spoke in
very complimentary terms of the
Home Economics Department of the
Wauseon Schools and professed her.
self we'll pleased with the instruc-
tion being given by the teachers in
this department, the Misses Hutt and
Kugel; but held forth no promise
of Wauseon schools receiving the
Smith Hughes aid for this work
next year. There are 80 applications
for this aid now on file; only those
schools that approximately meet the
requirements of the Federal law as
to room and equipment can be con-
sidered.
Wauseon is now assured of the
Smith Hughes aid in the agricul-
tural Department for next year; this
is due to the persistent efforts of
Superintendent Bowsher and the
members of the Board of Education
and as we'll the splendid work that
has been done during the present
year in that department under the
teacher, Mr.. Ralph Howard.
Bryan Heise in very force
full manner presented the value of
physical education as a part of the
High School training. More and
more educators are recognizing the
value cf this training in fitting boys
and girls for successful and efficient
life.
Mr.. C. F. Orth of the Board of
Education announced that the Board
estimated that the deficit at the end
of the present school year will
amount to $4,000. This is for the
running expenses of the schools for
the year closing September first
1921. This will necessitate vote
on a mill tax levy in Wauseon at
the election next November.
There will be no question as to
whether or not this tax levy should
carry or not. This is a debt which
must be met and we cannot afford
to lower the standard or lessen the
efficiency of our schools by cutting
out any of the courses of study now
offered or by employing poorly
trained teachers because they are
cheap.
Education is not luxury it is a
necessity, the continued life, pros
perity and progress of community,
State and Nation depend upon it
and it cannot be TOO good.
The music on the program was as
usual of a high order, it was fur
nished by the High School orches-,
ira, the Junior chorus and a vocal
solo by Miss Celia Fouty.
The Parent-Teachers' Adsociatton
is a valuable medium for building
up the social structure of this com
munity and insuring the future of
our political, industrial, social and
religious institutions. It should have
the hearty cooperation of all in
telligent citizens.
w. H. S. 10 A III. S. 2
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