The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-16
JOCKEY SCHOOL HAS
IMPORTANT SESSION
Parents Teachers Plan for Important
Work Remainder of Season.

The Parents -Teac cheers Association
of the Joseph B. Jockey School met
Tuesday. January II. with an atten-1
dance of fifty mothers besides the
teachers. The session proved TO be
the most interesting held during the
school year. The cooperative working
of mothers and teachers, made posi-
BILE by the Parents Tea cheers organ
izatior., has proven to he the foremost
element IN building up one hundred
per cent schools.
The meeting Tuesday was featured
oy interesting talks from Miss Ger
trude A. Roberts. public health nurse,
A. r. c., Mrs. A. c. Binkley, chairman
Of the civic committee of the Woman's
club. and A. s. Edwards, county SUI
perintendent, of public instructions.
Miss Roberts interestingly discussed
the free clinic which is to be estab-
iished by the Red Cross and empha-
sized the necessity of the cooperation
of teachers and mothers in making
the clinic supply the needs for which
it is designed. One purpose of the
clinic will be to give physical exami
nation to school children and to aid
III preventing Tue communication VI
contagious diseases.
Mrs. BinRley gave the association an
instructive and able talk on civic
movements, urging the cooperation of
all organizations in the promotion of
any movement for civic improvement.
More physical training was advo
Gated in the public schools by Mr..
Edwards who also addressed the as
ISOLATION on the other school matters
of Importance.
The association decided to secure
a. physical director to instruct the pu
pills in the school and a committee was
appointed, composed of Mrs. Sam
Pasco, Mrs. Joe Roth, Jr., and Mrs. A.
j. LaRare to secure the services of
an instructor. The services of Alex
gagged and the classes will be organ
lied Immediately Glasses will be
held twice each week. The large and
firmly erected pla form on the grounds
on the grounds of the school will be
used by the physical training classes
Mrs. w. B. Crawford, principal of
the school, has placed in the hall of
the school building, exhibit curtains
for the purpose of exhibiting the work
of the various grades. This has
proved an excellent method of placing
before the public the work of the
pupils and the faculty has expressed
the hope that parents and patrons of
the school will avail themselves of
this opportunity to keep up with the
work Of the various pupils.
The classes in agriculture under the
supervision of Mrs. William Brown
have been doing excellent work
throughout the year and the coming OF
early spring has brought about the
planting of the school garden which
is in splendid condition. Some excel
lently prepared and instructive agri
cultural charts made by the pupils
have been placed on the exhibition
curtains.
The boys of the Joseph B. Jockey
school have been organized into a bas-
ketball league. The following sched-
ule has been arranged.
Monday, Jan. 17--8. B-2 VS.. B-1.
Thursday Jan. 20-7 BE- VS.. Rest
school.
Monday, Jan. 24-S BE- VS.. Rest
school.
Thursday. Jan 2727 BE- vs.. Z B-1.
Monday, Jan. 31-8 BE- VS. b.
Thursday Feb. 81 B-1 vs. Rest of
school.
Monday. Feb. IS BE- VS.. Z 81.
Thursday. Feb. 10--7 Beg VS. Rest of
school.
Monday. Feb 14-s BE- VS.. Rest of
school
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