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nr'FTY PROGRAM, 50 COLBERT HIGH SCHOOL The following program will be \ , hy the Phi Gamma Literary FiWay* October 24th, at the Colbert High School Auditorium. <. r? —Bv School ; t riptore-P>'l Wrk Alton Herring HiMtes— By Secretary peadinir —Marguerite Sims npUamatien —Howe Hampton Dialogue— tiecil Hardman ami Su eie Kate Kincaid Recitation— Mildred Patterson Declamation— Morris Herring Phr-o Solo—Jeanette Steed ■Quartette —Annie Gillispie, Tenme Mathews, Yates Ross, Edwin Hart dialogue. “Hasty Opinions'—By El ;0 Hardman, O’neil Griffeth, Harold Griffeth, Nelta Butler. WHAT PARENTS SHOULD LOOK for IN visiting schools Ont of the slogans for American Education week, Nov. 17-28, is •“Visit your schools today livery school superintendent, principal, and teacher in the country is continually urging parents to visit the schools. In fact, thousands of parents do visit the schools each year—some on spe cial occasions, as a school exhibit or Friday afternoon exercise, and some when the schools are engaged in the regular classroom work. Whatever the time of the visit may be, much good should result. The home and the school should be brought closer together. It is evident that the school can not assume full responsi bility for the success of the pupils in their work. The home must cooper ate, If the parents visit the schools they can better learn what is their share of the responsibility in the ed ucation of their children. The effectiveness of the schools of a community depends largely upon the interest that the people tak4 in them. In a community where par ents visit the schools, become ac quainted with the teachers and learn all that they can about the condi tions under which the teachers and pupils work, there are likely to be better schools than in the community where no parent ever steps inside the schoolhouse door. Carping criticism often comes from those persons who never look inside a schoolroom but who depend upon “gossip” for information, first-hand information is always best; therefore those parents who are really interested in the schools "dii visit them several times during ach term. Many parents do not visit the schools because they feel that they *re not competent to judge the class room work. They say that teaching is a profession and that the layman should no more make suggestions to the teachers as to methods of in struction than he would to a physi- Clan as to the kind and ouantity of medicine to administer. All of this 15 but there are numerous rea sons why parents should visit the 'chools. There are many things htat they can observe. Recently the Bureau of Education addressed a letter to about 50 city ■chool superintendents asking them ■ parents should visit the schools, wh. i they should observe, and what •"■ ’'mation they should seek of the Principals and teachers. The follow ‘ ’2 !s a summary of their replies: Kea Son Parents Should Visit the *• To keep in touch with the work cf tH'r children. 0 fp '■’ ! o encourage the teache r 3 3. To rrpt- infr,'-rpation a* o‘‘ 0 ‘‘ ’" c work of the schools. To 'how them to J ( with the administration of tf * school. i *'e r>rpils to know that par ■ '‘hers ti" and d'ar’olinß. • jo hr ’orr e acau? : nted perron ' n teachers ar.d principals. School Note? 7. To learn at firsthand the con ditions under which their children spend five hours a day. 8. To learn the problems children must meet (course of study, easy studies, difficult studies, time sched ules, etc.) i 9. To make it more possible for school officials to interpret to par ents the policies under which the school operates. 10. To advise school authorities as to the needs of the district as seen ftrom the parent’s standpoint. 11. To assist in obtaining certain things for the school that some dis tricts seem unable to offer, such as cafeteria Jfcpiipment, Victffolas, mo tion picture equipment, etc. 12. To know the conditions and needs of the school so that they may intelligently defend the reputation of the schools and assist in keeping the schools from being commercial ized and propaganized. 111. To view their children from an angle other than that of the home and thus be able to guide more wisely their development. 14. In order that parents them selves may understand and appreci ate changes in courses of study. 15. To secure an accurate idea of the objectives of modern education and to find out how these objectives are being workel out in practice. 16. To aid in developing the real school spirit in the community. What to Observe 1. The sanitary condition of the school building 2. The general discipline and man agement of the school. 8. The attitude of the teacher toward the children. 4. The attitude of the children toward the teacher. 5. The sis.e of the classes. 6. The supply of supplementary material as maps, dictionaries, etc. 7. The physical conditions under which teachers and pupils are work ing. 8. Facilities offered for the de velopment of the health of the chil dren—playgrounds, nuTses’ quar ters, etc. 9. To what extent their own chil dren participate in school activities. 10. Equipment of school especial ly as relates to library, gymnasium, shop instructional material, etc. Information Parents Should Seek 1. What parents can do to help the school. 2. Whether any had habits have been noted in pupils. 3. What is the general school suc cess of the child. 4. Are the teachers’ salaries ade quate. " 5. What are the qualifications demanded of the teaching force. 6. General policies of the schcoi department. 7. Specific facts about parents’ own children. 8. Per capita cost as compared With that of other cities. 9. Whether the child is working up to his full capacity as deternined by intelligence and educational tests. 10. What are the vocational ten dencies of the child if any are man ifest. ]l. Purooses of the various ■courses of study. 12. Reasons for making or not making changes in course of study. 13. Finances of school district, tax rate, indebtedness, etc. 14. Is pupil in course best suited to his capacity and needs. 15. Does puoil show any special aptitudes; disabilities. 1(5. Has pupil too many outside activities. 17. Is pupil courteous and helpful 18. Does pupil enter into a suffi j eient number of student activities. i J 9. What provisions ere made j for backward and for superior cbil ;dren. frr S!o HOUSES and LOTS j Goad Location • Sec — W. L. HARDM *iN |9-18’tf Colbert, Ga.. 1 THE OAftlELavtlxe MONITOR. DANIELSVILLE. GEORGIA. This Week By Avi'bui: Lirwbcs’ta NATION Of IMBICILES. GOOD START, BAD liND. WASHINGTON’S TENTH. RELIGION IN SCHOOLS. TO BE RICH AND USEFUL At Dayton a lighter-thar-air fly ing machine carried up with it a small airplane, as a fish hawk car ries up a fish. Two thousand feet, up the little airplane was released by .the big Zeppelin and went fly ing off on its own account. That’s interesting in this country which has made no preparation to meet the danger of invasion through the air. Imagine a similar machine, ten times as b g, leaving the coast of Asia, o” Europe, carrying beneath it a dozen high powered bombing machines. Imagine that big ship coming out of the early morning sky, releasing itr brood of swift destroyers to wreck cities the mother ship and the little ships sub sequently landing on safe neutral ground in Canada. This nation will have the world’s greatest fighting fleet of airships soon, or (he United States of 1924 will be known in later history aa “THE NATION OF IMBECILES.” In the Middle Ages not only men but animals were tried for murder when they killed a human being and, if ‘/guilty,” were exe cuted. On a certain occasion a sow, with her litter of suckling pigs, had killed and eaten a young ch'ld. The sow irocher and her offspring were tried in court. The sow was con demned to death, the little p>igs were spared, on the ground that “be cr.ust of t.’-pir extreme youth they could not be held responsible.” borve murderers have been h r "'g l ! 'n the United States, with intelligence not, far above that of the suckling) pigs spared by mediae val justice. Among letters by George Wash ington, to be sold in. London, one to his Philadelphia dentist tells how much trou! ;e Washington had with his false teeth. They were strung on wires ar.d got loose. They looked about as natural, when he wore them, as a set oi smail golf balls, being cut out of solid ivory. Civilization does not realize what it owes to dentists and oculists, good false teeth and good spec tacles. Think of the ancient Greeks, to whom false teeth and eyeglasses v/ere unknown. The marvel is that so many of them lived to be old. In a California decision, the Stute Attorney-General forbids, in public schools, even the Lord’s Prayer, in the way of religion. There is no doubt that the public school system should teach the three R’s and other positive knowledge, leaving religi ous teaching to the discretion of parents. It is wise to keep all religious teaching or favoritism out of pub lic schools. On the other hand, it is unwise, and an outrageous inter ference with the rights of parents to tell them that they cannot, at their own expense, send their chil dren to private or parochial schools where religion is taught—provided that educational requirements are uiet. Young man, do you want to be rich and useful? Learn something about electricity and try to invent a light storage battery. Electricity, which in itself weighs nothing, will not always be carried about stored in heavy metal, weighing as much as the vehicle that the electricity propels. Don’t be discouraged by the fact that you are not an electrical engi neer or a scientist. Sometimes knowing too much about a thing prevents Beeing its possibilities clearly. . , , ~ The man who invented the sew ing machine couldn’t sew. His whole idea was putting the needle s “eye” at the point, of the needle in stead of at the other end. An ex pert seamstress svouhi have Eaid, “That’s nonsense.” A Filinh,o laborer, working in the Hamakua sugar mill, in dead of bu bonic plague in Hawaii. rats infested with tho plague have been caught. How ‘-000 wUI our eTalted civili zation, which gVky spends thou c-ands of millions to kill other hu v h--ngs. soerr’ h few neces sary - llions to get rid of rats rmd other dlsease-aprcaaing vermin l Best Shoe Repairing at Reasonable Prices. We havent an agent in Comer hut we give you his commission in quality and workmanship. Try us once and you will continue. Yours for Service and Quality Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop 156 College ave, Athens, (ia. To Tits Members of Tiie Georgia Gntton Growers Go-Oparetivo Association We have necessary blank for your use in and raw ing and ralts on As sociatioa for advances on your cot ton, also have a supply of shipping tags, and will be pleased to have * you handle your cotton through this bank. We will draw your drafts, and pay you cash on take draft for deposit; without charge. All business appreciated. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The Peoples Bank Comer Oa. Child ren Cry for To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Proven directions on ea<di pack.ige. 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