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Page eight ATHENS PARENT-TEACHER OFFICERS Per Tn Orders THE BANNER-HERALD. ATHENS. GEORGIA NEWS HRS. MILTON, HIGGINS, President, Worcester, Mas*. r MRS. BRUCE'CARR JONES, Blicon, State President. MRS. BOYCE PICK LIN, Washington, District President. MRS. H. J. Stegeman, Chairman Pre- School Circles. MRS. W. D. PASCHAL, Secretary and Treasurer. National x MRS. W. A. CAPPS, Secretary and Treasurer. MRS. E. a HUDSON, Local President Council. MRS. E. L. JACKSON, Vice President. MRS. J. P. PROCTOR, Health Repre sentative. MRS. LAMAR SCOTT, Chairman of Publicity. Some Opinions of Athens People Concerning Mother Stoner Who Returns Soon (Edited by Mrs. R. C. Orr) Foreword:—It is quite impossible with the limited epacc at my disposal to print all the opinions given me by Athens people regarding the principles and practices of “Natural Education” which Dr. Winifred Stoner advo cates. „ ... . ... .. 1 Mr. M. d. Michael Is a member Neither was I capable of making , 0 f the Athens Board of Education, of making a selection. So, all the I Mrs. K. B. Hudson Is president of manuscripts were placed in a hat, J the parent Teacher Association Mr. Dan MnGill, of the parent ' teacher page of the Athens aBn- ner-Heraid was blindfolded and asked to draw out eleven slips of pnper. The following "opinions” were tho result of this drawing. for Athens. Before her marriage, she was a popular and prominent teacher of tho State Normal. Mrs. Ned Hodgson Is the chairman of the educational committee of the woman’s club. Miss Mary E. WOOD ASH WOOD for Cooking and ■ ting Purposes uck Load . $2.75 of five loads more, per load $2.50 *uis Wood Formerly Sold for $3.25 per load. Call Us and We Will Supply Your Needs. HANNA MFG. C0. Phone 147 Phone 147 SAWMILLS Latest Belt Feeds Money Maker. All Kinds Mill Supplies. Hoe Simon’ Dlston Saws. Teeth, Files, Belting, Pipe, In jectors, Fittings, Engine and Boiler Repairs. Bring with your auto and work done quick. Wire Cables. Plsnty Room to Park Car. Lombard Iron Works AUGU8TA, GA. Woods is the pVincipal of Oconee Street School. Miss Mary Lou Wier Is a well known and beloved teacher of Baztbr Street School. ■Mrs. John Morrla is director of tho Junior Music. Study Club. Mrs. Virginia Bryan Hendren is the wife of Prof. I„. L. Hendren. of the University of Georgia and beforo her marriage conduoled a wonderful kindergarten In West Athens at tho Southern Mill. Mis. Dorothea W. Stegeman is the wlfo of Coach H. J. Stegeman And has been elected president' of ho Pre- School circles of the Parent- Teacher Association. Mrs. TV. O. Payno Is the president of the Uni verslty Woman's Club. Mrs. Har ry Hoover is secretary >f Green and Michael. Mrs. William R. Bedgood Is the mother of Patsy— hut—as Mr. Rudyard Kipling would say, Patsy is another story. Here are the opinions: I know of no one who Is doing more good to build a bigger and better citizenship by laying a safe, sound and (Inn foundation than Mrs. Stoner. M. 0. MICHAEL. The thing that impresses me go Is tbst Mrs. Stoner has taken everything that is natural In a child’s life and has incorporated It into a system of education which kite well names "Natural Education.” - MRS. E. B. HUDSON. I ed Into my experience with Uttle children than that which came from Mother Stoner’s visit here last year. Her smile, her golden words of advice are still lifting my work to a higher plane, and are al'ill enriching the lives of the children in my care. MISS MARY E. WOODS. niOO EARLY’ The underlying princ.pie or a ii Agricultural College Ex early education is a development of the child’s natural history and impulses. This Mrs. Stoner does, training the three fold nature, montal. physical and spiritual through games and plays -center ed In the home and social life of the child. MISS MARY LOU WEIR. perts Say That April 15th is Early Enough For This Section. By J. D. ALLEN That cotton planted too early is liable to great damage from plant diseases and other factors, ami that April 15 is sufficient early RIGHT TRACK I believe.that Mrs. Stoner Is on the right track. The results she has obtained seem to justify l.tr theory of Natural Education nnd I will go with much Interest to her lecture. MRS. NED HODGSON. No greator inspiration haa enter I was much Impressed by Mrs, _ ....... „ Stoner's ideas concerning the musl I begin planting, are the salient cal training of children. 10 seems I p 0 mts In a report Just compiled by to me that one of the most Impor-1 p ohllds, professor of agrono- tnnt things in developing a love my nt the gtate co ;| ege of agricul- of music Is an early musical en- I ture, and now presented toTthe pub vlropmcnt—a thought particularly I j| c stressed by Mrs. Stoner. According '.o Professor Childs, MRS. JOHN MORRIS. I extensive tests have been made by ——, ... the soils division of the college of A small maid of nine years left I agriculture to determine the exact her mnmma one morning for (|mb planting and to-throw school and this is what she aala: I light on other features of cottoni "I Just despise school. I don 9 see -rowing. These will be continued why I have to go. There Is noth- 1 t |,| g year w fth more adequate ing to it.” . . „ . facilities. A small boy was asked If ho Results so far achieved show would like to spend the winter that, when planted too early, cot- with his aunt, his reply was: *|ton may develop a good stand but will. If abe won't make me go to j g frequently Injured or killed by school." These are expressions I a j ate coW wav0 j n an y case, mak- of two normal, healthy- young|j n g n an easy prey to such dl- Amerlcans"—what's the matter? 1 8eageg an d “enthranenose," "sore- Evldently these children have no B j,| n ;• an( j bacterial blight desire for knowledge. Mrs. Winifred Sackvllle Stoner plant'WHEN has, , by experiment, (and she ground WARMS recognised by leading educators as being pedagogical^ »ou»d). dls-i The report, In part. Is as follows: covered that secret whereby a de- I -while early planting Is con- sire "to know things can teUidered one of the Important fac- created in a little child. tors In producing cotton under What Is education but that l wee vii conditions* tests made by A desire which sends one on to- the college of agriculture show ward acquiring knowledge Think that , t , g not advisable until the what a tremendous force would I fround , g thoroughly warm, since result If that desire could be stlmu | lt requires a fairly high cempera- lated In little children? I ture to germinate cotton seed and Mrs. Stoner Is coming to Athens the pr0 per growth after germlna- In April, let's think thru what she tJon | g dependent on a warm, well- has to say. VIRGINIA BRYAN HENDREN. A-G n Steel “Transfer Files” —PROTECT YOUR RECORD3 —MAKE REFERENCE EASY —IMPROVE APPEARANCE8 —SAVE TIME AND KEEP YOUR TEMPER ART METAL Desks, Safes, Chairs K'e Your office and store equipment ie one - ■ of tho moat important adjuncts of your , - business. EXPEDIENCY and EPFI- V CIENCY IS NECE8SARY In modam f, buslnoaa, and your furniture and flic- !. tures must bo of boat make and design, > ; or oloo both oxpodloney and efficiency . , are Morifieod. ... , ..’lU’xflr.MittfiyF THE McGREGOR CO. Office Outfitter.—Furniture and 8uppll„ • Jo. prepared seed bed. ‘The exact time of planting should vary with different seat- . ons, but In 1922 much better, re A PRIVILEGE I suits were secured on cotton plant TO HEAR HER ed April 20 than for the April 7 . - planting. Athens parents and teachers I .. To get illle germination should be aware of the privilege I an(] growth; the day temperature they have had In hearing and I „hould run up aroihnd 75 to 80 de meeting Mrs. Stoner. It has been I greu farenhelt and the night tem said of her that she promises toi pera , nre not t M>low (0 degrees, be to the practice what Rousseau I jjp, t results are obtained when was to the theory of education, I n | R bt and day temperature show and those that have heard her are j lt( | e va rtatlon. it la usually around looking forward- with ekgerness I April 15 before tho proper tempera to her second coming, when she I tU re Is reached In this section, plans to gtre a ten-day demonstra-1 “Cotton planted on low beds pre tlon of her methods on a group of j pgroj several weeks in advance Athens children. To some, her I planting time will usually give methods have seemed revolution- l a better germination and make a ary. Moat certainly they give the I better growth than when planted mother food for thought who on a f re8 hly prepared seed bed. turns her young children over to “Breaking the land In'the fan ignorant nurse-maids six or seven 1 0 f the year, then bedding It np as hours of the day. confining her ear j y the spring ns possible and own attention to seeing that they allowing It to stand until planting are properly fed and pretUly cloth I time, la an excellent plan to fol ed. There Is much in what Mra. I | 0W . , Stoner says that cause* dlscom- ’ “Experiments covering a period for to parents who feet that to 1 0 { 0 | nc years show that It la beat grant her theories mean, to ad- I to apply all fertilizer at or before mlt neglect in the past and to as- I planting time, even when, nitrate sume arduous obligations for the I D f sdda Is used as the .source of future. And to my mind causing I ammonia. Recent experiments this discomfort is probably the I a | I0 show that leaving the plants most Important* thing Mra. Stoners' I from eight to ten Inches apart In visit hat done for us. I the row gives highest yields on None of us. after hearing her or I good land.' reading her book, can help feel ing that we have a much greater responsibility toward our child ren of pre-school age than we had realised—whether we go Ae wbo'e distance with Mrs. Stoner or not As a matter of fact several of the noweat and most authoritative hooks on education stress Mrs. Stoner's point that the most Im portent, the moil Impressionable ffi SVSX SITS IMzhthood Was old. It is obvious, therefore, that 1 T “ 9 TYo,,. parents have their greatest op portunity before a child goe. to school—the very period when most children are left to vegetate. Mrs. Stoner’a Idea la not to have formal lessons tor young children—she In Flower” Here 3 Days. Post and Reid. Rich Men’s Wives. BY JOHN E. DREWRV Beginning Monday and . contlnu Keeping A Clean Office man has lost patrons on account of the unattractive offices he maintained and never knew the reason why. • Why are Banks, Drug Stores, Soda Water Resorts, Shoe Stores, etc., made to look so clean and neat? The public demand it-^ that s Why. We keep the Holman Building clean, neat and at tractive so that clients of our tenants like to patronize them. Let us rent you an office in a really up-to-date office building. There’s real economy in a real location. 5 H. O. Epting & Co. v REAL ESTATE AGENTS • Ground Floor HOLMAN BUILDING Agents for the Building.' does not .van approve of these ling through Saturday. thare krill be when they are older—but Juet to I good picture after good picture tn turn their play Into purposeful I such rapid eucceealon at the -Palace channels, directing and suggeat-1 theatre that the public will think tog, and frequenUy playing with I that the theatre la staging another them—and anewering as Intelll- anniversary week, or some other genlly as possible all the quee- I celebration-qlpiner to that tloe that are asked. With the Mhnday. Tuesday and Wedne.- average mother the greatest dlfft- | d *P. Marion Davies will be In Ath- culty Is the question of Ume, but | * n * 1,1 tauch talked of and those wl.o have tried Mra. 8tOMffs about producUon. 'TVhen system nature u* 9hat. once the Knighthood Wax in Flower.' Per- chlldrcn have received the right hap. In all Dm Mstoiy of thomov- start, they require very much >«» M^n ^otaer om ™ mMtre2e. th le«s tlme"™‘n he iteit ^4h.BLrtS,ofa on sewing—or JLalble. on , a£tal “ u . n '7 ' n u tht , “ rae affaire—and more time on the| woy that **>«»■ Picture has. ■nirituat, menial, and moral de velopment of our young children. I ugna' To follow Mre. Stoner’s method, even to a limited extent, undoub-■ i„ Atlanta. New York-City, and tedly mean* sacrifice, but If once practically every other city In mother, are really convinced of £ hlch , h u picture ha. been ahown, the good such a parent sacrifice the price, have been up In the dot- will do their children In future I m, .ome of the theatres chalking yean I cannot believe they will I a . high a. two dollars for a per- LOW PRICES . be unwilling to make 19. DOROTHY W. STEGEMAN. I believe that Mrs. Stoner la a pioneer In a work that will tn few years be accepted as a basis of modern education. MRS. W. O. PAYNE. It was my happy, privilege to hear Mra. Stoner’s lectures during her visit to Athefcs last year, think It Is the duty of every moth er to attend these Instructive lec tures which will be given in the near future. The principles which Mrs. Stoner sdvocates have prov ed a wonderful, success, and we should show our appreciation by giving her our whole hearted en dorsement 'MRS. HARRY B. HOOVER. I like Mother Stoner, I think ehe'e so nice. For the gives us such wonderful advice. Our j babies she always has in mind, such a friend Pm sure we are glad to And. So let’s each of na hear her messages,' heed, and try and follow Mother Stoner*, creed. formance. In Athena, however, the I remarkable low prices of 2E» cants and SO cents plus tax are to Immsm a(»»v MitarSm ■ INDIAN LUCKY Mhi At Ail BSR I charged. Special music has been ar ranged for and while the picture will run continuously, there will be de luxe performances at 3:30 and 8:30 o'clock. Thursday and Friday of next week, another .very famous produc tion “Blch Men's Wives" wilt be offered. This screen production is equally well known to the theatre patrons so nothing will be said here except that It Is a shsw well worth seeing. Saturday the ‘last picture that Wnlluce Held made before hi* hor rible death, brought' on hy the use of narcotics, will bo shown. And with the showing of this picture, a record week of remurkable reels will bo offered. Girls of school age should play <tor a shorter period than boys, and hockey, lacrosse, tennis, and cricket arc all suitable games for them. Margaret Young, who is billed in vaudeville as the Empress of Syncopation, claims she hai the ■most far-ijachmg voice in the world. And on the face of the records her claim appears to be substantiated. Her voice covers over 150 square mites. It has travelled 110,000 miles. More than 6,000,00 people have heard her. And now the secret comes out. iMiss Young sings for the phonograph. That’s why her “records” bear out ihe claim. More than a million of her records have been sold. Laid edge to edge they would cover 160 square miles. The tin, almost invisible sound on each I record is 600 feet long. One mil-j lion records makes 600,000,000 J feet or. 110,000 miles that her voice - has travelled. And in spite of alii this Miss Young continues to sing! merrily on and day by day in ev-1 ery way she seeing to be getting I better and better. 1 nical ability, but’ not i n *~^ work and history, or in ity. ' ln onjtmj. many PARTS FOR MANY CARS Autos, Tractors, Trn.l. ACCESSORIES, Sl’PPuS. TOOLS ^ HUGGINS & SON. 846 Broad St. ATHdXg, qa. 3 For Every Purpose But of Only One Quality! Clean Up and Paint Up Week is Here. Whether you are a professional painter or a “handy man,” you will profit by knowing that your every need for Paint can be met here. There is a wide variety on every count except quality. All our Paint is the best. LUCAS PAINTS These paints have been used in Athens and. vicinity for years, and have given perfect satisfaction. Bring your bill of paints needed to us and get . our prices. Griffeth Implement Co. Agents for Lucas High Grade Paints Broad Street You Want to We • WELL PRESSED It’s pride, not vatut/, that makes a man want his clothes to do him credit Perhaps you’ve noticed the pleasing dignity of the smartest new Spring Suite—nothing old-fogy, nothing extreme. In our Suits you’ll see quality that lasts. Suits so good they’ll be doing duty as “second best” another Spring- Suits that save money for you. . Priced $25 to $45 For Monday we are showing a large and new selection of suits at $25. Look Them Over. H. J. REID & CO. Clayton Street “The Shop of Quality.” Athens, Ga.