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THURSDAY, AI'OT'ST 3, 1922.
The Meaning of Kinder
gsyvten to Child, Home
And to the Civic Life
The kindergarten is the greatest, the
most imiM>i*taut. most useful innovation
of the nineteenth century, save none.
The kindergarten: The Child-Garden
■—a place in which little souls fresh
from God bloom and blossom.
The kindergarten system is simply
the utilization of play as the prime fac
tor in education. Kroebel discoveied
that play was God’s way of educating
the young and he adopted it.
One author has said. "In no othei
country in the world lias the kinder
garten taken so strong a hold and made
so great progress as in America.” Yet
the question is often asked,-—is asked
almost every week or month in tne
year, “What is the kindergarten try
ing to do? What does it teaeli that is
helpful?”
TWe aim of the kindergarten is not
to'giv* definite knowledge, hut to give
fmdom to child nature, to fix whole
some inti rests, to arouse the senses, to
guide his development in proper chan
nels. so that he may grow into a well
balanced, law-abiding citizen, a help
ful' member of the household, and a
k .hVi in ighbor. A child may grow to
manhood anil hit a place in the world
without such training, hut he is of lit
tle use unless he is a good citizen with
st ,nse of citizenship resi>onsibil!ties.
and ready to hear his share of fhein.
In these tirst years of the child s life
be is laying the foundation of a struct
ure upon which all his future succvss
are to be built, and it is most vital
tjfcat this foundation be strong and en-
during. If the first imprß-sieins m
these years he liaypy and healthful, he
will thereafter he inclined to measure
nil things by this normal standard, and
vice versa.
It all the children could have the
kind, careful, tender care exercised for
them throughout their youth, as they
get in ait rue kindergarten and in many
homes by mothers and by teachers
whose memories are a benediction, our
almshouses and jails would have fed
er imputes, and idleness and ignorance
would'he considered a crime.
The relation of the kindergarten to
the home is a close one. Someone
has said so truly, “What a school this
is, ifie life in the home.” But because
a child has a good home in its outward
appointments does not always assuie
him of a good heart. Neither does a
home poor in comforts, in leisure and
culture, of necessity deny him the gra
ces of kindly temper and chastened
purposes. To this endowment any
child, whatever his home, has a right
ful claim.
It is this heart culture, the making
'if a generous character, which we seek
Sin the kindergarten training, and for
which every home should stand. All
classes need it. None are exempt. Fre
quently it happens that those who have
the best homes are the most selfish, will
ful, wasteful and dependent. Every
thing is done for them, and every de
sire gratified. When such children
step out from the home they find them
selves under conditions and surround
ings they neither understand nor know
bow ho meet them. Anew world is
opened to them, hut with the firm but
gentle guidance of a true kindergarten
tifpy meet the new demands with little
resistance and much hopefulness. Our
children, after all. are about as we
make them or allow them to he made.
The child who has been in the kittdei
jjarten knows better how to appreci
ate his home. He cam do more things,
lias come into closer touch with natuie,
the flowers, trees and plants of till
kinds, fliht which he has been taught
to understand. Some children reveal
more or less the spirit of destructive
ness. They want id pluck or pull up
the flowers they look at to see how
they grow, or tear in pieces a toy to
see how it is made. Let us not mis
take tljis for meanness. A desire to
know things is a good trait, and if well
directed may prove a tower of strength.
K<Sht assured that the boy who wants
to know will make an active man, a
strong man. if his activities are curb
ed and guided aright. The desire to
do is a principle to lie encouraged.
Manual training work, such as paint
ings. drawling and work in wood with
tools, is particularly helpful among
small children. They are not expected
to produce the finished piece of work:
but to fix the child's idea of form and
color and construction; and to guide
gliis effort to express what lie knows.
•is the value side.
I When) we think that within the life
|k>f <>ach little child is the germ for the
■bext generation, there should always
| the companion thought that no pains
■'.'Should he spa red in the nurture and
Bare of this young life. It is the hope
the country: and just so far as we
and train him, and inculcate
Light pHiViples of living, early, just so
Kir may *e exiiect the coming genera
to lllete out justice to perfect the
pi notice hf these same principles.
■The greatest henetlt of the kindergar
ten to the community however. Is not
an.' aspect of kindergarten education,
SNAP SHOTS
\v. H. FAUST
.ludging from reports of the Quitman
Press Convention Editors McWhorter
and Shannon must have enjoyed the
sessions iLiitl looking at the “peaches”
ns much as did Jack Patterson.
One of the biggest items in a college
course now is the dollars necessary to
keep a boy or girl in tln> institution.
*
never realize the stupendu
ousuess of the building campaign now
in progress in Atlanta unless lie sees
it with his own eyes.
*
The longer a church goes without a
pastor the more it appreciates the value
of one.
*
When a church is continually engag
ed in changing preachers,it is sufficient
evidence to cause a casual observer to
believe that there is something radical
ly wrong either with church or preach
er.
*
A visit to the Georgia legislature will
cause a fellow to understand what goes
on in a street corner wrangle among
hoys a whole lot better.
*
Evidently Senators Johns and Nix
are not afraid to speak out in meeting
aind to say what they think of their
governor.
, *
The legislators in Atlanta think most
highly and speak most commendatorily
of Harrow representative Hon. Dick
Russell Jr. .
*
Farmers ought to be grateful over
'he country for the splendid prospects
of food crops. Fruit, vegetables, grain
v.id corn seem to he fine so far, and
cotton prospects could be far worse.
*
Some fellows worry themselves into
trouble trying to keep out of work. It
Is good for a man to have all the work
he can do and to do it.
N *
This strike business shows that there
something radically wrong somewhere
and the public would like to have the
blame located, and the troublel re
in ived at once.
*
It lakes two to make a quarrel and
oftentimes the biggest fusser is t at
one who does the most quarreling.
If your friend or a member of your
family comes to Atlanta to live or
omes hi the hospital a:.o this writn
can j. *Ye in anyway, viit him at i.:9
Avenue and he is at youi service.
*
Married men and men who live in
Atlanta and other places are begin
ning to realize that woman can work
and plan about as well as the man.
hut kindergarten education i'.self. The
kindergarten is a community with all
the obligations of a community. Peo
ple live together, work together, play
together, develop their own powers,
contribute according to their own spe
cial gifts, make and observe regulations
for the good of the whole. And this
training to live successfully as a com
munity member is given at the period
which masters through the ages have
hailed the most plastic, and which ev
ery adult'who looks back upon his own
experience to be the most per
manently influential. Therefore the kin
dergarten believes that which every
child in the land lias a kindergarten
education, effective citizenship will in
crease, and one more step will have
been taken towards the practical real
ization of tlie Brotherhood of Man*
—Extracts from Independent, C’hild-
Welfare Magazine and Education.
FARM LOANS
\
Lowest Interest.
Lowest Commissions.
Quickest Action.
WRITE FOR FELL INFORMATION FROM LOAN DEPT.
Atlanta Trust Cos.
ATLANTA, GA.
A. M. BENTON, Winder, Ga.
Representative for Harrow, Gwinnett, Jackson and
Hanks counties.
MEMOIRS OF
“BILL RURAL.”
Kill Rural returned to his home af
ter a very pleasant visit and the things
he saw and learned were of much con
sequence in the shaping of his destiny
so far as worldly affairs were concern
ed.
He learned that to Ik- popular one
must go with the crowd, joke with the
joker, laugh with the fun-maker, be
serious with the more religious, boast
with the boastful and let friends get
the best of you often in game’or busi
ness. For as long as we hi some peo
ple use or get the best of us we hold
them more closely as friends.
Bill learn and of the importance of
true statements in business deals; from
which lie never wavered. He learned
the value of a dollar ns well as a day's
labor. He learned that no article
could hold its proper piace in the mar
kets unless its merit deserved it.
He learned that deceit and hypocri-
sy invariably found its proper sphere
and that place was where lie or any
thing in which he was interested could
not locate. He fought in a manly way
all attempts to he little or to make
sport of the aged or unfortunate.
How is it with the youth of today?
Do they know anything of respect for
the aged or infirm? They know not
the value of a day's work or a dollar.
They not only disrespect their supe
riors hut care not for themselves.
They dress as little as pa-slide,, visit
places where every line of muscle and
form can lap shown to the public at the
bathing pool. In the dance hall they
dress so thinly, and upon the public
thoroughfares and in other places
where they go for entt rfaiiimenint that
their form and snnpe is easily known.
They live in such an expensive style
that they keep a doting part lit in debt
the whole of his life and often brings
on bankruptcy and self murder. They
Vnoek at religion, too proud to get upon
their knees in church, some cannot
even how their heads. Their dress is
their god and in their way they must
•not soil it or move lest the hat tilts to
one side.
Work is foreign to the nature fo the
youth of today. He is taught to get
what he can by trade or traffic when
papa fails to dish out to him. They gam
ble ini a thousand ways. The man of
means gambles, some of them in cotton
futures and some on cards and dice.
Very small boys put up their small
change on a ball game just to be
grown-up like.
They take a gambler’s chance when
they load up a flivver with whiskey
and go like mad to some place for dis
tribution. risking their liberty and life
for a few dollars.
Did you sny that these chances have
always been? True, more or less, hut
chances in olden days were for love or
honor and not the dollar.
The most of these errors Billy Boy
shunned. And now, goodbye to Billy
Boy for a season. C. M. T.
CARD OF THANKS.
The relatives of Mrs. Mary Braddy
desire to return their sincere thanks
to all the friends who so kindly minis
tered to her during her last illness and
on the occasion of her death. We
thank everyone for the sympathizing
words and the kind deeds. May God’s
blessings rest upon them all.
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Sauce is used to create an appetite or
relish for the food. The right way is
to look to your digestion. When you
have good digestion you are certain to
relish your food. Chamberlain’s Tablets
improve the digestion, create a healthy
appetite and cause a gentle movement
of the bowels. Advt.
Grove’s
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Chill Tonic
A Body Builder for Pale,
Delicate Children. 60c
THE WINDER NEWS
Southeastern Christian
College Adapts Its
Work to Local Needs
All the plans for the development of
Southeastern college are well under
way and the hopes of those in charge
are gradually being realized. Since its
reorganization in May many plans have
gone into effect for enlarging its scope
and usefulness hut perhaps the most
important of these is tile plan of adapt
ing its work primarily to the needs of
this section.
In the past S. ('. (’. devoted itself
chiefly to the training of students for
for flu 1 ministry but the present plan
is for a Non-Sectarian, Undenomina
tional. Industrial Christian College.
An Industrial College probably has
more influence upon the surrounding
territory than any other type of
school because its interests are the
same. If is a recognized fact that the
College cannot come up to our highest
expectations for a time, hut within a
year or two very effective results
should lie observed.
This year a good start will lie made.
The school of commerce, Domestic
Science Department, l.uut)dry. I'ress
ing (Tub, Shoe Shop, and Wood Work
ing Plant will be in operation before
the end of the school year. Enter the
problem of marketing home products
and actual experimentation in Agricul
ture " ill he added.
A real progressive College should he
an asset to the surrounding country
and that is what Southeastern desires
to lie. At the present time its scope
of usefulness is limited 1 illt with the
cooperation of the people of the sur
rounding territory and intensive work
in its behalf by all who are inti rested,
thjiTe is no reason why we should not
look for great things from it in the
near future.
Practically every great University
in the country was once small and its
influence limited. They grew because
they answered a real need and were
founded upon the high principle of ser
vice and cooperation. Southeastern
Should have the same history and such
will he the case if every one to whom
it should mean something supports it
in a fitting manner.
TRAINING SC HOOL.
The Methodist Teacher Training
School begins at Lebanon Camp Ground
Thursday night. August 10th.
1899 1922
Both Men and Money Are at
Their Best When Busy
—Prosperity Proverbs
More than $3,000,000,000 of the country’s cash is
carried around in pockets or secreted away in old
stockings, tin-cans, matresses and other hiding places.
IT IS IDLE MONEY
Even a small proportion of this invested in Liberty
Bonds would bring them back to par. Deposited in
banks, it would inject new life into industry, benefit
ting everyone in the country.
Don’t let YOUR Money lie idle.
v
Winder National Bank
nESERvO>
Notice!
While in the city don’t forget to call at the
Metropolitan Cafe for colored people.
Meals served at all hours. Cold drinks of
all kinds. Also have your barber work done
by C. B. Lyle.
Thornton & Lyle
Winder, Georgia
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Friends:
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the Shoe Business and if you want to save
money on your shoe work, bring or send
your shoes to
F. Hofmeßter
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Ladies half soles and Rubber heels . . $1.15
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Cuban & Military heels (no rubber) 40c
Children’s shoes from 40 to .. 75c
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PHONE 208
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