The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-05-18
Convention of Federated
Clubs i'm Sank Centre This
Week a Splendid Success

bright, brainy men and women to re-
come teachers unless we provide an
adequate salary for them. The par
ents too, do not always give the prop
federation can be of a wonderful help
for the school program in helping to
obtain proper employment. Women
now have to share in the administra-
must now think of our responsibility
in the way Of sacred duty.
Some schools have one and one half
years in citizenship training. That is
splendid thing. The Boy Scouts and
Camp Fire Girls are wonderful ad Ii
tons to the school life. The young
people of the country must be fitted
to the next generation. Parents mus.
set an example for them, who look 10
them for legislation. which must in
fuence them later. Some of the
things mthers might work for are bet
to maintain the public schools and to
give the teacher and student fair
show. If you will do your share, I
am sure the teacher will do hers.
At the close of the afternoon, the
home of Mayor and Mrs. w. M. PARK
when over 100 guests were served.
The decorations in the dining room
were lavender. Lavender tulips be-
ing used in the dining room
and on the porch and other
rooms the color scheme was carried
poured the tea in the porch while
Mrs. Parker from the dining room.
Another social entertainment, which
was given for the delegates and their
Junior High School Cafeteria by she
members of this Women's Auxiliary Of
the Robert Swift Post. Covers were
laid for over 100 guests and through
out the rooms, cut and wild flowers
could be seen in rofusion. AS CEN
of flowers were used.
The Junior High School auditorium
decorated in Senior and Junior colors
of the school was crowded with both
men and women at the evening session,
Tuesday night. The audience. appre-
clative and pleased. were entertained
from the moment they entered the
building until they left for their
homes. The members Of the program
committee deserve much credit for
their judgment in selecting the speak
ers and entertainers.
The ever-famous Elks' Quartet Of
ST. Cloud which has gained fame
throughout this section Of the country
presented group of songs. They
were accompanied by Miss Matte
PoSSSSSOS
ability as well as her whistling talent.
Miss Houston. following the Elks'
Quartette played several selections on
the piano and whistled two solos. The
spicy, snappy, humorous numbers OF
the st. Cloud Four were unusual and
were welIAreceived by the large aud
fence.
E.. A. Edwards Of Sank Centre, sup
erintendent Of the Sank Centre schools
gave short talk prior to introducing
Dean Haggerty of the University Of
Minnesota.
The Dean. is one Of the most brill
liant and noted educators in the coun-
try Mr.. Haggerty talked informally
of matters of interest in the education
of children. He gave experience of
years and compared statistical repoets
of the same. 40
''Dr. Judd few years ago pointed
out the fact that in 1910 the average
person attended school on an averasc
OF 248 days, that being as many days
as a child attends II i'm now IN in a 1rn ns
States, taken from an educational
standpoint, was q second class nation.
do not mean by that, that there were
none Of the people educated. But
there were many OF them that had 10
schooling Of people today has almost
treb1ed that Of 1910. There is very.
much better training in this land as a
whole.
with the ftremendous extensive ed
ucation to study certain problems as
they come to use is the regular routine
Of the program. I wish to give you
the history of the work Of some OF
the clinics we conducted in the Uni
versity in the study OF the chiid's
the nervous type Of children and the
overly bright children as well rs the
feeble minded. Those are all prob
lens. We are trying to render the
service we can for all classes. We
now have the causes Of the various
Intelligence of child and the treat
ment OF such. Minnesota has made q
provision whereby the lesser intel1f-
gent child 10 taken care Of. There ~
no state in the union that has q better
st ates would use Minnesota's law 80
an example, children would be letter
cared for The funds for this is TAX
en- from the state treasury.s public
school fund. This has been made q
state problem and not local one.
liant child and the less intelligent one,
traced their home influences through
out their school career until they had
reached the age Of maturity. There 10
a disadvantage OF fitting q child for
the wrong kind OF training. a ~ Iar
IuOIC SOAiOuS " WASNN -
that way than to allow other children
to go on and not get what the school
might do for them. To my mind the
gifted children are far more important
than the child with lesser intelligence.
1t is difficult for US to recognize the
gifted child They may not show 1t by
intelligence and 1T is not the child that
talks all the time. nor is it the one
who looks most brilliant.
Some teachers are good judges OF
children's Intelligence. while others
are hopeless. This is true of all OF
USE There IL man I know who 10
the best Judge OF human intelligence.
He can pick out men or his office who
reach the top. have never kown him
to Jail in any way. He had the ability
to select men, the ability to under
stand. It is q gift to some people. but
to very few.
1T Is only in recent years that
through the intelligent test we have
been able to place children in theefr
right class. It Is not easy to think of
intelligence as human character. It 10
q difficult, delicate problem. There ara
many low intelligent children as there
are brilliant; also the average.
One Of the greatest losses to chill
dren is the loss OF talent before he