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IOKE SMITH
SPOKEJODAY
Governor-elect Delivered an
Able Address on Rural
Education.
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(From Thursday’s Dally.)
The climax ol the Convention of
the State School Commissioners
and the County School Boards came
at 11 o'clock this morning when
Governor elect Hoke Smith was In
troduced to a very large audience at
the county court house. All of the
seats in the court house were taken
. and the gallery "as filled many
1 ladies and men standing In the open
' spaces on each side of the court
room.
The High School adjourned at 11
Vclock and the teachers and pupils
•went to the Court House to hear the
address. Mr. Smith was given a
cordial greeting when he was intro-
duced by State School Commissioner
Brittain and his discussion of rural
education and other matters along
•die same line held the closest atten
tion of the audience, which seemed
to be 1= sympathy with all that the
speaker was saying.
It Is Impossible to give a full
-eynoposls of what the speaker said,
but the following covers the ground!
about as thoroughly as It could be
covered in the hurry incident to get-
-tlng up a report of other matters
connected with the convention.
I cannot too strongly urge the pos-
•sibillties for service which the offices
you fill give.
New and. Improved methods are
•dally being Introduced Into Indus
trial pursuits and city life.
Our city schools, supported by lo
cal taxation, are well equipped for
•efficient work and contribute greatly
to the progress being made In the
•cities.
Our rural schools should seek to
accomplish the same results for
those at work upon the farms, but
the task Is more difficult because the
rural schools depend almost entirely
upon contribution for their support
frotpfthe state treasury, and are fur
ther naiiOici
our rural population Is sparse.
The possibilities of the farm In
Georgia are unlimited and the task
ol helping to develop those who are
to handle these possibilities Is Inspir
ing.
The Ideal school system will not
•exiBt until each county through local
taxation establishes one system of
schools for the entire county, but this
condition will come slwly and the
task Is largely on you to see tnat
progress is made with the schools as'
they now exiBt,
I wish to make a few practical
suggestions for your consideration.
The work of the rural school can
not be accomplished by mere In
struction ii, readme writing, arith
metic, grammar, geography and his
tory.
The chi Id i en must he taught tnise
things that pertain to rural life
that theirpowers' of observation and
creation may be stimulated with {it
erance to those things which will he
connected with toetr future.
The rural school house and the
rural home muat be brought closer
together.
The rural school house should he
made as far as possible toe center
of amusement and study for the par
ents as well as for the children.
Our rural school teachers must be
aroused and filled with a greater de
sire for accomplishment that they
may be alble to stir the children and
cause them to long for knowledge
and for thorougn preparation for life.
The County School Commissioners
and the rural teachers must them,
selves feel the deepest Interest In
rural life and be ready to acquire
and to teach all knowledge possible
with reference to It if they are to he
successful workers In rural schools.
I commend to the County Com
missioners the necessity for frequent
normal sonool meetinga among the
teachers.
At these meetings not only better
methods of teaching the ordinary
courses of study should be consider
ed. but all prohlema connected with
rural life should be studied.
Revolutions are taking place all
over the world In agricultural meth
ods.
Those entrusted with the conduct
or our rural schools should seek to
acquire and to teach all available
knowledge which will improve farm
conditions throughout the state.
I wish especially to commmend to
your consideration the value of boy*'
corn clubs and girls’ domestic science
Club*.
You should Intensify the Interest
EDUCA
HAVE
as the Place for the Meet
ing Next Year.
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NORMAL COL4EGK
VALDOSTA.
of every teacher under your direc
tion in such work.
I wish every white boy and girl
In the rural schools of Georgia
would Join these clubs.
The rural teachers under your di
rection should encourage and advise
the boys and girls In this work.
The time taken from the ordinary
school work for instruction on these
lines will not lessen the proficiency _ .
of the children in their regular Indian Springs was Chosen|
school studies. On the contrary. It
will make them realise that the
school bouse is preparing them for
life and It will stimulate to higher
effort on the part of the children In
the regular school work.
I believe that the boys acre of cot- *
ton or corn and the special work of ♦
the girls done at home under the *
leadership of the rural sc.iool teach- +
er will bring better results than any + Whereas the need of trained *
effort at a school garden immediate- + teachers in South Georgia Is *
ly around the school house. 1* urgent and Is growing more *
The uBe by the rural teacher of + urgent; and +
stories of good work done In farming + whereas, In 1908 there was *
and of Improved methods around the + i es ully established an Agrlcul-
bome, to be read to the boys and ^ tural Mechanical and Normal +
girls and studied by them, should + CoUego at Valdosta for the ♦
prove a great help and bring the pra-l^, training of such teachers; and +
ents closer to school work. I ,j, w j, ereag> f or BO me untoward +
It is my purpose to recommend to + reason thIg 6chool waa never *
the legislature a liberal approprla- + flnanced aQd actua , „ er _ +
tion to the state college of agricul- + v | c0
ture for extension work among- the
grown men and women engaged in
farming. By the distribution of bul
letins carrying valuable Information
to the grown framers, Immense good
can be accomplished. . ., .
Tne rural school teacher should' 4 * tance lf P r °Perly financing this ♦
also read and study upon these lines. 41 school 80 that It may early be- *
The rural school teacher should bej* come operative; and
Informed upon the progress that Is * Resolved further, that we do *
being made In agriculture and * urge the citizens of Valdosta ❖
j should 'be informed upon the pro- * and Lowndes county to take 4*
gress that Is being made in agricul- * such steps as will assure the 4*
ture and should Introduce a system | * Legislature of the state that 4*
of reading among the children of the!* this city and county are In *
many Interesting publications now * earnest in their determination h
being made on home hygiene, on'* to make this schools great and *
poultry, on cooking, on butter mak- j* useful institution, so far as In *
ing and on farming generally. * them lies.
It would be admirable while the ♦>
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on,
Loan & Investment
Company
Georgia
Be It resolved, that this con- ♦
,♦ ventlon of County School offi- ♦
:♦ dais do earnestly urge upon ♦
+ the members of the General *
\* Assembly of Georgia the irapor- ♦
father Is reading At home a bulletin
from the State College of Agricul
ture on corn raising for the teacher
to read the same bulletin and ex
plain It to the child at school, and
while the mother la reading at home
a bulletin on some subject connect
ed wjth her household responsibili
ties ffor the teacher to read it and
explain It to the girls In school.
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■ The County School Commission
ers and the Boards of Education
held several very 'Interesting as well
ag beneficial discussions yesterday
afternoon. The position of county
school commissioner was discussed
by leading members of school
Thomasville, Ga., April 29th, 1911.
THE WILLIS GO., Genera! Agent,
Empire Life Insurance Company,
Valdosta, Georgia.
GENTLEMEN:—
Through jour agency, I have today received the Empire Life
, . Insurance Company’s check for $3,000.00, insurance on the life of my
late husband, Robert H. Shell. You have my sincere thanks for this
check. Mr. Shell had been an agent of the Empire Life for the past
three years. During that time he had some very flattering offers to
work for other companies, but his confidence in the Empire was so
great that hepreferred it to any other company. I have insurance on
my own life in the Empire and it gives me pleasure to recommend it to
anyone.wishing a safe and sound insurance company.
Respectfully,
MRS. MARY ELEANOR SHELL.
i It Is my purpose to recommend. hoards and by leading commlsslon-
the appointment of a number of ru-1 er b while the board of education
•chool supervisors to aid the wag discussed by members of school
V-aj^-tjxJtoarda,and also byjcjiool commm-
asslst the coinu/'scliool commlslon- RlonerfK"" Hon. J. D. BradWell, of
era in devel ping the rural schools.. Fulton county delivered an Intereit-
My hope is that these rural school j lng address on the county school
supervisors, if created, may help commissioners from a view point of
you in your normal schools to teach. the members of the school board,
the teachers. May help you to bring and the discussion was led by Hon.
the home and the school house close
together and Intensify the interest
In that progress which can only come
When you make the rural school
h uses to a large extent, the center
of pleasure and instruction tor par
ent and child.
With knowledge of the great op
portunity which the soil of Georgia
offers to those who cultivate it in
telligently and Industriously, with
knowledge of the splendid achieve
ments that are being made by the
most successful farmers of the state,
what splendid service is open to you
when you realize how greatly can be
J. S. Weathers, of Grady county
and Hon. C. S. Mvldox, of Butts
county.
Hon. W. C. Wright, of Putnam
county, one of the best known del-
egaves In attendance of the conven-
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prosperity for tho
state.
It will cause the development of
more Individuals of splendid capacity
to servo themselves, their families
and their localities.
Let us all determine to realize the
value of this service and during tho
masses
our
increased the number of the very'next twelve months to set high our
successful through the work in the standards and work with unbounded
rural school house. | energy, enthusiasm and self denial
It will ibring in Georgia good to accomplish the best resultB.
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If not you are losing money by not
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Farmers Line Department
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE Q
& TELEGRAPH COMPANY!
33 South Pryor St, Atlanta. Ga.
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