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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
, “THOROUGHNESS” OBJECT
OF JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL
(Written for The Progress by Superintendent W. R. Lanier)
No one doubts but that the!
well-graded school is an improve
ment upon the old order of school
that has no regular steps of ad
vancement. It 'is but natural
that as the mind developes it is
able to take up more difficult
work, and pass gradually to more
intricate problems. This is not
simply a matter of theory, but
practice will prove that it is true.
In assigning lessons to an ad
vanced class of students at the
beginning of anew school year,
the students were very, much
disappointed find that they
were to review for the third time
some of the texts used.
These books had become old and
tiresome to the pupils, and they
wanted something *new. This
was natural. The average novel
reader cares very little about
reading a book twice, and fre
quently reads for nothing but
the story, not with the thought 1
of intellectual benefit. The real
worth of a book is not always
considered. Having passed
through a text once, it takes a
splendid teacher to interest pu
pils the second time.
But while the graded school,
properly conducted, has its ad
vantages, unless great care is
taken it is not equal in educative
value to the old country school.
In the graded system a text
book is completed, dropped, and
a more difficult taken up. In
the old fashioned school a text
book is reviewed constantly and
dropped after long study.
The best spelling class the
writer ever saw was in an un
graded school, where for years
more than half the school had
used one good speller, and the
Friday afternoon spelling match
es had caused each one to do his
very best.
The matter of constant repiti
tion has its value, and herein lies
strength for the country school.
In as much as the student of a
graded school passes over a text,
as a usual thing but once, and
then passes to something more
difficult, it is absolutely neces
sary to study hard and learn well,
or remain in the same grade two
years. It is also necessary to
remain in school for the entire
year. To be present six months,
miss the last three months, and
|hen pass the next year to an-
other grade, means for the
child to skip three months of
work that he has no opportunity*
to make up in the school room.
Pupils become embarrassed at
the beginning of the year for hav
ing to remain in the old grade.
Every ligitimate means of per
suasion and of force is generally
used by the teacher to have pu
pils work well, and rise to their
next grades. If they waste their
time notwithstanding, and fail to
gain a sufficient knowledge of an
easy text, how can they hope to
pass on to something more diffi
cult? If limited endowment pre
vents them from learning an easy
text, how can they hope to mas
ter a more difficult?
The graded school is not equal
to the old country school where
work is constantly repeated, un
less pupils £re required to learn
one thing before passing to some
thing else.
Careless work in the graded
school produces careless stu
dents for the colleges, and the
colleges send out careless men
and women into the worl^.
The principal reason why so
many boys fail in the Freshman
class at college, and thus end
their college days, is because
they enter the class unprepared.
It is no disgrace to do work in
the same grade two years. It is
a very serious mistake for a
teacher to advance pupils to a
position for which they are not
prepared.
It is the aim of the Jackson
Public Schools to do thorough
work, and in this we ask the co
operation of all parents. We
are anxious for all the students
to rise from one grade to another
but we are unwilling for this
to be done unless their work
justifies it.
A thorough knowledge of
ninth grade work is worth much
more than ,a poor knowledge
of ninth and tenth. Work must
be done at home, must be done
at school, and must be done
throughout the year, or satisfac
tory results cannot be had.
Very Truly,
W. R. Lanier.
HOW SHE KEPT HER YOUTH.
Someone asked a woman how
it was she kept her youth so
wonderfully. Her hair was
JACKSON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 1908
snowy white; she was eighty
years old, and her energy was
waning; but she never impressed
one with her age, for her heart
was still young in sympathy and
interest. And this was her ans
wer: “I know how to forget
For men, women,.
boys and girls
I am pulling right ahead of everybody else in offering
tempting bargains in
Shoes, Clothing, Hats and Dress Goods
for all ages and sexes
This is the bargain age. It is my business to buy at a bar
gain and be able to sell at the same advantage. I think I
know my business when I take my goods down from the
shelves and let you carry them away at prices lower than
you get at other places.
MEN’S CLOTHING
A Suit that Suits is worth having.
There’s so much real worth in ready
made clothing that one is indeed
fortunate to light on a genuine bar
gain. Appearances are deceptive
but there’s nothing false in my suits. *
I have a big stock. They must be
sold. The sale is now on. No re
serve. Come, look and you’ll buy.
FOR WOMANKIND
Some special and splendid bargains
in Ladies Winter Dress Goods. In
my stock of goods this season each
step is marked by the merit and
prices that make easy selling in all
departments. Every aisle and coun
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ter is lined with fabrics both beauti
ful and substantial for womankind.
SHOES! SHOES!
I offer a fine line of men’s and ladies’
shoes that is unequalled in any store
in this city in point of quality and
price. You can have your choice of
any of the substantial leathers—l
have them all.
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I relieve you of the load of high prices and guarantee really
fine things at prices within your limit
J. Arenson —
disagreeable things. I tried to
master the art of saying pleasant
things. I did not expect tod
much of my friends. I kept, my
nerves well in hand and did not
allow them to bore other people.
I tried to find any work that
came to hand congenial. I re
tained the illusions of my youth,
and did not believe every man a
liar, and every woman spiteful.
I did my best to relieve the
misery I came in contact with,
and sympathized with the suf
fering. In fact I tried to do un
to others as I would be done by,
and you see me in consequence
reaping the fruits of happiness
and peaceful old age. Ex.