Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-07-05
PLEASANT entertainment
AT HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY
Music, Recitations, Whistling and
Numerous Interesting Talks by
Teachers and Others.


school building Friday night brough
out a godly audience and most en-
joyable evening was spent. Their
were numerous musical numbers, reel
tations, interesting talks and gener
al atmosphere of socialbility prevadeC
the meeting from the start to finish.
The whistling by Miss Lulu Walker
community worker at Vandever, wa:
particularly pleasing and entertaining
The talk by c. E. Keyes on the gen.
eral outline of school work, along
with brief statement touching the
general history of the establishment Of
the public school system in this state
was very interesting and enlightening
]. S. Reed, chairman of the County
Board of Education, gave very inter-
esting talk in which he showed briefly
the amount of funds available for
schools and the several avenues thru
which it will be expended. He espec-
tally urged that the teachers and pat
rons lend all possible aid in providing
needed small things for the schools
and at the same time urged that COM
munity effort be extended in an en-
ergetic manner to the erecting and re
pairing of school houses. He showed
how it would be impossible for the
county to provide the necessary means
in all cases and made it plain that
unless the citizens lent a ready and
willing hand in a substantial way,
there would be several schools in the
county that could render very little
or no service to the children of those
sections this year.
He stated that some preliminary
work would be done at the close OF
the institute in selecting teachers, but
that the real work of engaging teach
ers would begin July 20 and that the
schools would open for work July 81.
A paper was read BY Or. w A.
Reed that was of particular interest
as it tended to break down some old
ideas relative to proper consideration
for the health of the individual. 1t is
so good that we fell that Chronicle
readers generally will enjoy it and be
benefited by it. We give it here.
1t is styled,
PHYSICALLY FIT.
"By this I mean keeping fit for the
best possible service as teachers,
doctors or whatever it may be that we
are capable of rendering. The young
person who fails to use every means
to secure this fitness of body and
soundness of mind is guilty of the
greatest folly.
"The fretful, impatient teacher, the
wayward, intractible child, are often
the results of the abuse or neglect OF
flesh.
1T is not the devil but dyspepsia,
makes us morbid and gloomy. We
take excellent care of our automobiles
and neglect our bodies and the body
is far more important machine and
with the same care would give 100
percent efficiency and fun.
Ford, the automobile man, stated
in his testimony before the Industrial
Commission that he gets more and
better work out Of men at eight hours |
than at ten.
'It is law that holds good every !
where, the first duty of worker is !
to keep himself fit, and an hours la
Dor when he is up to the mark, bright,
keen, and enthusiastic is worth three !
hours effort when he is tagged
Keeping everlastingly at it brings
success, "iS a lying motto;' it rather
brings poor results, and slip-shod pro
ducts.
"Rest and recreation are the best
parts of labor. They are the height
to which the hamer is lifted, and the
force of the blow depends on that
height. To go ahead without let
up is to deliver only succession OF
feeble, ineffective blows. Get all the
sleep you can. Have plenty of sweet,
fresh air. Open wide the windows.
That night air is bad for you is an
ignorant superstition. If you can't
sleep out doors, come as near to 1t
as you can prepare mind as well as
your body. Whatever is intensely in
teresting to you is fatal to sleepiness.
as you lay off your clothes
so lay off your cares, worries and en-
thusiasms undress your mind ii
"A good dose of out doors would
cure almost anything. Go out doors
and find an appetite-its out there
somewhere.
"Go out doors and get rid OF nerves;
they live in the houses; so does dys-
pepsia and insomnia, liver complaint,
and so do pepless men. Children thrive
out doors and pine in the house: God
made outdoors. Man made indoors.
"The pestiferous "work-while-you-
.est" apostles are ever after US to
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