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THOMASVUXE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1903 THOMASVILLE TIMES. VOL. 30 Miss Nettie Sampson rendered a selec- i tion on the piano and the next paper, “Physiology and Hygiene in the School. < Should we have It? "What, each Grade?” was given by Prof. J. L. Copk, of Cen ter Academy, near Ochlockonee. ^Mr. Opok's paper was a most interesting one and he discussed in short, pithy sen tences his important topic. He said emphatically that we should have these studies in our schools and told how to make the study interesting. He divided his subject into three parts: Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene. He took for example the bones and told how to in struct the child in the three branches so as to mkke the study both practical and interesting, and one that would produce results, and summarized his conclusion in these words: “Ever remember that the primary object is to better under stand the laws of health.” Prof. Cook’s excellent paper brought J. T. Wilder to his feet. He made a spicy speech, in which he concurred heartily with Prof. Cook’s conclusions. Hesaid that the fault does not lie with the teaching, but with the home people, who ignore the instruction given to the children. “We eat too much,” he said, “children fill their little stomachs'with a potYullof cucumbers, and back, it up with a mess of cabbage, and top it off with fat meats and then kick the shin gles off the roof afr night.’ AFTER FORTY YEARS. Complete List of Teachers Registered at the Thomas County Institute. PLANS, OF THE THOMASVILLE TEACHERS AND GRADUATES. THOMAS COUNTY TEACHERS MEET HERE. Messra-D. L. Redfeam, S. L. Heald and J. L. Cook, Thomasville. Miss Zeola Hand, Messrs. W. H. Sear cy, A L.O. Stephenson, Robt. Davis, J. P. Swan, T. F. Graves, Henry Waldron and W. H. Hudson, Cairo. Mrs. J. B. Lucas, Miss Annie Lucas, G, W. Threlkeld and Miss Elia Butler, Ochlockonee. MisS Maggie Stringer, Metcalfe; Mr. J. W. Mathews, Merrillville; Mias Erie Hand; Mr. J. S. Searcy, Meigs; Mr. M. Pope, Abridge; Mr. R. L. Redfearn, D. H. Redfearn, Berwick; Miss Elie Quails, Susiha; Miss Lawson Vann, Miss Ona Neel, Mr. Q. JBL* Rice, Boston;. J. H. Stephens, Opelika, Ala. AUXILIARY ORGANIZED. Thomasville Library. June 11th, 1903. : The Daughters of the . Confederacy have not been able to get all the Crosses of Honor because of some fault in proper signing of applications, which fault Oi.pt. C. P. Hansell will-have remedied when he goes to Atlanta. When the other crosses come will let it be known through the papers. But if the follow ing gentlemen will call at library or send note, or responsible party we will be pleased to give them their crosses: Messrs. J. W. Sparks, B. E. Chastains, J. A. Stanaland, J. F. Brown, P. W. Bradley, Edward A. Yanlandingham, M. H. Scott, S. W. Prosser, Joeeph Oha- son, William Singletary, J. D. Nelson, J; J. Rafon, J. W. Braswell, J. J. Co- merson, Joseph Berwick, W. P. Dunlap, W. B. Dasher, W. N. Wethersby, W. 9. Howard, D. W. Murphy, H. 0. Cone. Ladief Will Aid in the Work of the Young Men’s Christian Association,. An enthusiastic woman’s auxiliary to the Y. M, O. A. was organized at tho library yesterday afternoon. No move ment can be a complete success Without the co-operation of the ladies, and the Y M. O. A. is fortunate in eecuring- theiraid. Mrs. Jas. Watt was elected President, Mies Rena Bonchelle, Secre tary and Mrs. L. H. Jerger, Treasurer. The Auxiliary will visit the association rooms in a body tomorrow mornpv’' J will findout the needs of the £-aifza- tion. They will meet again on Friday afternoon to discuss Claris of work. He gave the following excellent advice: easv at night let your supper be light.” tic protest from Miss MoJlie Smith. She Along this line Prof. Woof ter interposed said “I am a retired teacher and I am the question as to how many of us could not afraid to say what I think. The old make out a well-balanced bill of fare if books aro best. McGuffey and the blue we found it necessary to do so. black speller are good enough for any Ijjrof. J. SJ3earcv, the genial secretary one, and I would hot dare to stand up of the Institute, puXeverybody inagood like that young man and talk about books humor by a witty and deeply thoughtful being infinitely superior. And Georgia paper on -Foods, Digestion and Cook- doe* appropriate enough money 'for ing.” Hesaid that he would let the education. The trouble is, that there is foods come first, odokingnextand digee- too much absorption of finances between tion last. “In this age of carelesmeas -the appropriation and the teacher. They men disregard too much the laws of say she must have normal instruction^ health. A man is What he eats, and She should go to Athena and pay $18 for a man should eat vegetables.” The six weeks board, but they don’t say any- Professor is somewhat of a vegetarian, thing about the^$18.00 for incidentals and named as an ideal diet the fare of and collaterals/ By the time the book 1-10 meat, 5-10 vegetable and 4-lOcereals. agents get through with he^ the poor He shattered many of the ideals dear to thing doesn’t have enough left'to pay a the heart of the gourmand. Cnions, doctor’s bilL” cucumbers, veal, and last but not least, Miss Smith’s words suited the spirit of the cherished buckwheat cake and lasses the assembly, and were greeted by a fell under the ban of the witty speaker’s storm of applause. Prof. Stephens de- displeasure. fended his remarks with vigor, but join- When the 12 o’clock bell rang the ed Miss Smith in her condemnation of Professor decided to allow his audience the politicians. “They have too much to obtain a ( practical illustration of the sway,” he said. benefits of eating, and cut his paper Capt. Maclean announced that be- short, to be resumed at the afternoon fore the adjournment of the institute he session'. would at Supt. Merrit’s request, take up , the question of school laws, textbook uniformity, etc. As it lacked only four minutes of the time of adjournment Prof. Woof ter was compelled to defer his scheduled talk on “Nature Study” until this morning. He gave a few well-chosen words daring the short time left him. Prof. Woof ter is a charming speaker and is never at a loss for words to please. Referring to the interesting little controversy he said that nofearorything new was good, nor was everytfei^^l^MyTRd that we should choose thebMjlTrourfcc&h. Miss Alice Jenkins closed the pro gram by a well rendered recitation, “To rest It Is "Mayor Mallette” Now. During the absence of Dr. J. T. Out- pepper in St. Paul, Hon. E. M. Mallette is acting as municipal head of our city. He presided at Mayor’s const yesterday afternoon arid all those present say he makes a splendid Judge. At any rate he separated ten. dusky offenders from, four times as many dollars. _ > Left Wednesday. Mr. M. Bracey left Wednesday for B^inbridge where he has acoepted a po sition with the Willis Drug Co., Mr. Bracy came to'Thomasville some two years ago from Florida, and during his residence in this city came to be one of its most popular young men. In his place behind the counter at Dickinson’s drug store, everybody knew Bracey as “Doc.” It. is Widi sincere regret that his friends see him leave. decided. . Frank Lawson vis making preparations to study eleotncal engi neering at the Georgia Technological School. Joe Mitchell will probably go to Emory next fall. Will Palin thinks of attending the Tech, as does also Leo ■Wise. Leo will leave in a few days for Bainbridge where he has an excellent position for the summer in his chosen profession, electricity. The Tech seems, popular with this year’s class; Lebbeus Dekle will also be • “I ,W6n't Play.” i Reports from the ball game between ► Valdosta and Quitman yesterday are * rather damaging to Valdosta. It seems i that at the end of the eighth inning the i score stood seven to six In favor of Quit- 5. man. At this point Valdosta became i angry at a decision of the umpire and left the field. This is worse than 24 to 0. Don't Hitch to the Trees. The MAyor has issued orders that ar rests shall he made whenever horses are found hitched to trees. The wisdom of this order can easily be seen as the trees on the street are the city’s property and should not be destroyed. So you had' better hitch your Pegasus to a post and avoid a fine. student there. Misses Sallie Dixon, Eettie Monk, Ma rion Balfour and Marian Vamedoe do not think at present of going away to echoed, and Miss Clarice Llyod will Mr. Will Watt made a short trip to Boston Monday night. Mr. Mitchell Jones is at home after i short business trip to Meigs. probably be the only one of the young ladies to pursue her studies further. She has not.yet selected her college. declared that it was the profession of { helping the mind perform the functions , of knowing and growing. It no longer is bounded by the limitations of the three , •“rV’—readin*, ’ritin’ and ’rithmetio— , but extends to mind, matter and meth<Jd. , , He stated that this Institute would not study matter, hs the teachers were , supposed to know about that already. ] Nor would it concern itself with the ( multiplicity of methods which had cans- . •ed the caustic definition of this age as one of “fads, frills and fools.” The study would be devoted one-half to mind and one-half to methods. Prof. Woof ter then proceeded to the second division of his subject, “The Physical Basis Senses.” He told of the outer and inner worlds of mind and matter, and how there were real objects in each. The mind reaches ont through the nervous system and takes cognizance of thinga in the material world. The nervous system, must, therefore, be the primary study. He fully described the physiology Of the nervous system and defined a few elementary terms in psychology. Assisted by blackboard drawings he gave an interesting discus sion of physiological psychology and explained how each part of the brain does a special work. In oonduaon he said: •<£ have opened up the way for two lines of prooeedure, the study of sense training and the study of physio logical training.” Mrs. Robt. Gamble, to the: large .circle of friends, is sick. REMODELING. * Mr? T. D‘. Winn and his f ello men Me expected home today lake. foundation for t^e rumor that the Coast Line is to build a new freight depotat , Thomasville. This Would jbe a consum mation devoutly-to be wished for,.but thus it has been for these last ten years. ; It is trne that specifications for badly needed repairs have been seij£ in, but sad to relate, specifications for repairs do not always mean repairs. , Rev. J. P. Wardlaw is back from Oxf ford, and will fill hiapulpit at the prayer meeting service tonight. Mr. W. O. Twitty of Pelham spent * few hours in Thomasville yesterday on. ( On the Rappahannock.^ The first day’s program was an entire success and every one was well pleased. The teachers scattered to their respec tive homes to think over the ideas .ad vanced during the day and to plan for morrow’s work. « (Continued on page 4.) *xne Knights of Pythias expect te go over to Cairo next Monday night to in stall a lodge in our neighboring citjj. Secret orders in Thomasville are in ^ flourishing condition and the Knights will have a good time Monday. Mr. James v Cowart, the ii man, is delivering policies in Ba tins week. v , ' amounts to more than if the house had been burned and an entirely new one built in its place. When completed the house will be one of the most elegant winter homes in the city. The interior is to be modeled ,oh the old colonial style, the plans for the living room mak ing it 19 by 25 feet. Prof. Searcy’s witty paper was receiv ed with great applause. Prof. J. T. Wilder, who has given the subject of “Psychology in Teaching” much thought delivered a masterful ad dress with that as his topic. The Pro fessor is a man of wide experience and he enlivened his talk by many interest-' ing incidents. “The teacher should know psychology,” he said, “because the teacher works with the mind. His object is first to furnish knowledge and then to extend it to culture and discip line/ Mental dyspepsia is duo to lack of psychological knowledge. The teacher should* avoid hobbies. The glory of man is the symmetrical development of all his powers. Psychology is at the ba- Mtb. C. A. CasseUs, Miss Valiy Cas sells and Alexander^ Cassells leave to morrow for a visit to Montgomery. It will-probably be late in the summer be fore the family returns to Thomasville. Miss Susie Strickland of LaGrange is visiting her brother at the home of Mrs. H. T. Mash on Dawson street. To Brice’s. Sheriff Conley, of Brooks county was in the city Tuesday and carried back to Brioe’s with him Dave Coixnan. It will be remembered that Colman is the young negro who broke Jnto Peacock’s Dr. R. E. Douglas returns today to Macon. Dr. Douglas is pastor of' the First Presbyterian church in the Cen tral City and is very popular with his congregation. The charm of the gentle man’s personality is almost irresistible, and we hope that his duties as a mem ber of the Board of Managers of the Presbyterian collego will bring him to P. M. McKinnon, a man whose name is honorable legion, and who is one of the county’s reliable citizens, did busi ness in the city Wednesday. Mr. James Sibley, of Albany was in the city Monday.' Mr. Sibley is a last year’s graduate of the University of Georgia, and is an unusually bright young man. Mr. Sibley was much , _•„ mi ...