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EARTHQUAKE
KILLSMANY
HUNDREDS PERISH IN MEXI
CAN UPHEAVAL AND MANY
DISTRICTS NOT HEARD FROM
—VOLCANO THREATENS ER
UPTION.
Mexico City, June B—At8 —At least 150
persons are dead as the result of the
which yesterday tossed
its way from coast to coast in Mexi
co. Slowly the government is re
ceiving its reports from points in a
rectangular area, whose boundary is
les than fifty miles from the capital
and whose southern line cuts across
the lower part of the state of Guer
rero.
Contrary to precedent, the nmber
of casualties in the state of Guerrero
are few, but in this city the list has
lengthened - somewhat and from the
state of Jelisco many have been add
ed to the death list.
From scores of villages where fa
talities are known to have occurred,
reports have not been received and
the exact number of dead probably
never will be known. The list of dead
in Mexico City is placed at sixty
three.
In the state of Jaliseo the greatest
death loss appears to have been in
Ocotlan, where fifty-nine bodies have
already been recovered.
Tonola, a small town in the same
state, is reported as almost wiped out.
A number of lives were lost.
Not many persons were killed in the
city of Calima, but a considerable
damage was done. The cathedral is so
badly damaged that a very slight
shock might cause its collapse and
the tower of another church was top
pled on to the roof. The volcano Col
ima has displayed considerable more
activity during the past forty-eight
hours, but the chief of the meterolo
gical observatory at the capital is au-
thority for the statement that this had
nothing to do with the earthquake.
Lame shoulder is almost invariably
caused by rheumatism of the mus
cles ad yields quickly to the free ap
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This liniment is not only prompt and
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to use. Sold by all dealers.
Takes Agency for Ford.
Mr. Sherry McAley, who has been
with the bank of C. L. Hardwick &
Company, has taken the agency for
the Ford automobile and from now
on will devote his entire time to the
automobile business.
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UNIQUE PLAN
FOR SCHOOL
GYMNASIUM
H. L. SMITH, OF BOARD OF EDU
CATION BELIEVES THAT OLD
FT. HILL SCHOOL BUILDING
MAY BE CONVERTED INTO A
GYMNASIUM.
•
Mr. 11. L. Smith, together with
other members of the municipal board
of education, have in mind a plan by
which the public school system may
next year, have a large and attrac
tive gymnasium at a merely nominal
cost.
The old Fort Hill building, it is
said, could not be turned into profit
by having it wrecked. Mr. Smith be
lieves that the material in it would
not much more than pay for its re
moval, but that by removing the top
story and taking out the partitions
in the ground floor it could be turned
into one of the best gymnasiums in the
country.
The ground floor and the walls for
one story are strong and durable afld
should city attempt to construct such
a gym, it would cost thousands of dol
ars. As it is, the plan could be car
ried through for a small expense.
It is not proposed to have this done
at once, but at some future time, per
haps next year the board will be in a
position to put the idea into effect and
equip the building -with shower baths
and apparatus.
It is a great idea and it will ap
peal to the parents of school children.
A member of the board mentioned the
matter in the presence of Mr. Dennis
Barrett and he said: “When you get
ready put me down for $25.” And
this is the spirit that does things for
Dalton.
Starts Much Trouble.
If all persons knew that neglect of
constipation would result in severe in
digestion, yellow jaundice or virulent
liver trouble they would soon take Dr.
King’s New Life Pills and end it. It’s
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The Hobble Skirt.
She —How do you like my new dress
He—lt reminds me of a popular the
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She—What do you mean?
He—Standing room only.
THE DALTON ARGUS, DALTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1911.
INTERESTING REPORT MADE
I BY SUPERINTENDENT LUCAS
Major T. S. Lucas, superintendent
of the Dalton Public feebools, has
rendered his annual report to the
board of education and there are con
tained in it some interesting state
ments and recommendations.
Major Lucas says that discipline
has been fair only, during the year.
He mentions smoking among the boys
and the reading of sensational nickel
literature.
Major Lucas advocates medical in
spection, recommends the employment
of a teacher of elocution and advisis
the abolition of the “hickory” as a
means of corporal punishment and the
substitution of the strap as a more
humane means of correction.
The report in full is as follows:
The Board of Education.
Dalton Public Schools.
Gentlemen: —I have the honor to
submit herewith the following re
port upon the schools during the past
year, their Path annual session
Enrollment.
The enrollment for the year has
been white, 884; colored. 262: total
1,146. Ih 1907-08 the enrollment was
1,048: 1908-09. 1,161; 1909-10. 1,165.
The falling off in attendance for the
past year is partly explained by the
establishment of the Crown Point
school just outside the city limits.
Attendance.
The attendance up to the Christmas
holidays was better than usual, but
during January and February, owing
to an epidemic of measles and inade
quate heating facilities, attendance
averaged 76.5 per cent, as compared
with an average of 90.8 per cent up
to that time. For the year, the North
Dalton school averaged 89.6 per pent;
Fort Hill school, 88.6 per cent; City
Park school, 88.56 per cent; Emery
Street school, 88.5 per cent, as com
pared with an average for entire sys
tem of 90.3 per cent for the preceding
year. When the North Dalton school
was consolidated with the Fort Hili
school in January, rfb many pupils
withdrew from their grades that but
two were necessary for their
further instruction.
Discipline.
The discipline has been fair only
during the year. Considerable damage
has been done school propert; mutila
tion of desks, broken window pines,
writing on ■walls of school buildings
and closets, and the flooding <-f the
City Park school building. Smoking
amongst the boys still continues with
the usual train of discouraging after
effects. Heading of the highly sensa
tional nickel literature still claims its
votaries.
Three or four incorrigible boys were
indefinitely suspended during the year
because of continued and wilful disre
gard of school rules.
Health.
The general health of the teachers
has been below normal, hardly a tea
char has a perfect record for attend
ance upon duties. Barring measles
and their attendant ills, the general
health of the pupils has been fair.
Course of Study.
The course of study pursued during
the year included ten full years. The
first seven being devoted to primary
and grammar grades, the remaining
three to high school work. The de
partmental plan has been inaugurated
in the high school during the past
year. This plan is not ideal since the
personal influence of each teacher is
mainly lost, yet the benefit of better
instruction in each department more
than compensates for this loss.
The School Libraries.
It is a pleasure to record a gift of
100 miscellaneous, well selected vol
umes from the 1 ‘ Lend-a-Hand-Socie
ty” of Boston, through Miss Sarah
P. Brigham. These books were ap
portioned equally, upon special re
quest, among the four city schools.
The increase in the Fort Hill library
has been 105 volumes, City Park
School 182, North Dalton 25, Emery
Street school 28 volumes, total in
crease 340 volumes. The four libra
ries contain a total of 940 volumes,
these figures do not include govern
reports. A total of 1,301 books were
issued from the Fort Hill library.
Comparatively few books were lost
during the year, owing to the splen
did services rendered by the library
force, pupils of the seventh grade.
During the year 42 volumes from the
Fort Hill Library were rebound by
the Showalter Co.
Teachers’ Reading Table.
The Reading Table has been ope
rated as during the past two years and
has proved a great help and incentive
to our progressive teachers, Some 14
or 15 school journals and periodicals
have been constantly within reach of
the teachers. The colored teachers
too have maintained their own read
ing table.
Teachers’ Mutual Benefit Association
This association was discontinued
during the past year as sufficient in
terest in its benevolent feature was
lacking to maintain it.
Normal Class
The work in this important adjunct
to the school system embraced courses
in United States History, the History
of Education and Primary Methods,
besides a monthly session of the Story
Tellers’ League, several sessions of
which were public.
Physical Training.
This has been systematically taught
by all experienced teachers where
conditions of plastering warranted
it. Out door exercise in fair weather
being of daily practice.
Fire Drills.
These drills were not practiced for
lack of suitable apparatus for sound
ing signals.
Improvemets.
During the past year the Board has
acquired possession of the old Female
College plant, which has been renovat
ed and adapted to use as a combined
high and grade school building.
The seating capacity of the Emery
Street school has been nearly doubled
by an addition on the north side of
the building. A fourth teacher has
been placed in this school relieving
congestion previously existing
Manuel Training upon a modest
scale has been inaugurated in the
Emery Street school, confined thus
far to the re-seating of chairs, basket
weaving and plain sewing.
Teachers.
The following is a summary of the
teaching force for the past year and
its distribution:
Whites —High School, males 1, fe
male 2, total 3; City Park School, fe
male 4; Fort Hill School, female, 11;
assistant teacher, female, 1; special
teacher, male, 1; Total whites, 20.
Colored —Emery Street school, male,
1, female, 3, total 4.
Grand total, white and colored, 24.
The post of assistant teacher has
proven a most valuable one during the
past year. Besides teaching regularly
for six months, the assistant render
ed valuable service by instructing
those pupils who had fallen behind
in their studies by reason of absence
incident to sickness, teaching the ab
normal children and also relieving
teachers at stated periods to enable
them to visit other grades on tours of
observation.
Some very efficient and conscien
tious teaching has been done during
the year. Noticeably has this been
the case with a majority of those who
attended the Summer Normal School
in Knoxville.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Compulsory Education.
While our sister Southern states are
making strides along this line the Em
pire State is sleeping still apparently
waiting for some prince to awaken
her from her long slumber. ’Rouse,
Georgians, and demand your rights!
Reform School.
A reform school where wayward
boys and girls are reclaimed is an im
perative necessity for Georgia. Our
neighbor on the north has a school in
Nashville where a great work is be
ing conducted, inasmuch as 90 per
cent of the hundreds of boys and
girls whe enter it are set away saved
from themselves and converted into
self-respecting and respected citizens.
Georgia has a so-called reform school
in Milledgeville (under the shadow
of the penitentiary or prison farm),
which is not a reformatory but has
been justly termed by one of our
foremost educators as “an adjunct
to the penitentiary.”
These two movements should receive
the unqualified and unanimous en-
dorsement of our local board of edu
cation, our teachers and our citizens
at large.
Industrial Education.
Industrial Education for both races
and sexes would in a large measure
increase the attendance of our boys
and girls, especially those who have
passed through the grammar school
stage, besides broadening and enrich
ing our course of study.
Library Appropriation,
An annual fixed appropriation for
the purchase of new books for the
four school libraries is strongly urg
ed. It might be well to base this ap
propriation upon the willingness and
ability of each school to raise an
equal amount for library uses.
Medical Inspection.
This is a duty growing daily more
imperative and should be inaugurated
as a regular feature in our schools
upon file resumption of academic work
in the fall.
The Summer Normal School.
Summer normal work on part of the
teachers should be encouraged by all
means. Legitimate expenses of all
teachers who attend might be paid
in whole or in part by the Board of
Education as an incentive to those
who wish to improve themselves as
teachers.
The Assistant Teacher.
The annual employment of an as
sistant teacher is strongly urged,
such a helper being among the assets
of all well regulated and up-to-date
schools.
Eleventh Grade.
The addition of an eleventh grade
to our school course is a necessity if
we would keep abreast of the times
and meet the demands that will be
made upon our boys and girls when
they go out into the world as bread
winners and come into competition
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more comprehensive courses of study.
Teacher of Elocution.
I The employment of a teacher of
elocution is not to be classed as a
“frill” but a legitimate, far reaching
expenditure of public funds. It is
sincerely to be hoped that this de
partment will be added during the
coming year.
Athletic Park.
The securing of an athletic park for
the use of pupils of both sexes is urg
ently recommended. It has been sug
gested that an association be formed
in the city among the friends of edu
cation. each member agreeing to take
so many shares of stock. “The sound
mind in the sound body.”
Free Supplies.
Free ink should be supplied to the
pupils, as well as desk copies of such
text books as may be used by each in
dividual teacher in her regular school
work.
Corporal Punishment.
The abolition of the “hickory” as
a means of corporal punishment and
the substitution of the strap as a more
humane means of correction, is urgent
ly recommended for use in all the
city schools.
Teachers’ Reading Table.
Membership in the Teachers’ Read
ling Table should be made compulsory
1 and the membership fee fixed at SI.OO
per annum.
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I to neglect liver trouble. Never do it.
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