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SUNDAY. MARCH 8. All communication* for this page should* be addressed to the "School Editor" not later than Thursday for publication on th* following Sunday Teachers Benefited By Short Courses What Minnegota is Doing For Higher Education. Washington.—'"Farming has been benefited by 'short course*'; why not school teaching?” Thus argues Dean George F. .lames, of the college of •'duration of the University of Min nesota. By adapting the short eourse plan of the agricultural col leges to the needs of Poachers, I lean •lames hopes t.j Improve the teaching standards of his statr. On March 23 rchool superintendents and principals front all parts of Minnesota will gather at the state university for a week of special courses, designed to put them In touch with the latest de velopments in education. "This seems to be a new and In teresting development in higher, edu cation," says Dr. P. P. t'laxton. Unit ed States Commissioner of Educa tion, in discussing the plan. "It would he worth while for other uni versities to Investigate Its possibili ties.” Minnesota’s “Short Course for Teachers" will offer real university opi ortunities so far as these may he obtained in the short space of one week. The corps of instructors will include Ur. Lixhtner W ltmer. of the University of Pennsylvania; Dr. L. U, CoTfman, of the University of III onois; Secretary C. A. Prosser, of the National Society for the Promo tion of Industrial Education; and Commissoiner David SneJden, ot Massachusetts. How Economy Figures In a Luncheon Given By the Tubman Girls The basket-ball team representing the Woman's College of Due West. S C., was very delightfully entertained last Wednesday afternoon, with a lun cheon given by the basket-ball team of the Tubman High School. The luncheon was under the super vision of Miss Clyde B. Schuman, do mestic science teacher, who was as sisted by a section of the senior cIaRS. consisting of Misses Cecelia Meadow eufft, Ruth Clark. May Singleton, 1 Jvothy Morris, Marguerite Morris. Gladys Vigal, l.illian Wilson and Katherine Whitney. Places were laid for forty guests. The Tubman colors, red and gold, were carried out in the decorations and in the menu, which consisted of Grape-Fruit, Waldorf Salad, Sandwiches, Cocoa, Tea, Strawberry Whip, Rolled Wafers. Each wafer was daintily tied with the school colors. The center table was decorated with a lovely vase of daffo dils and asparagus fern and on each of the side tables were vases of jon quils and daffodils. The nientt was very skillfully and economically planned by Miss Schu man, the cost of each plate being six teen cents. The luncheon was paid from the athletic fund of the Tubman High School. —Katherine Whitney. Annual School Day Exercises in Aiken Aiken, S. C.—Supt. Seigler has an nounced that the annual school day exercises will be held on March 28th, and urges that all of the schools in the county be well represented. This will be the sixth annual school day and It is hoped that this will be the best yet. An interesting program has been ar ranged, consisting of spelling and reading contests, declamations, sev eral athletic contests and a good din ner. Several worthy prizes have been offered for the best exhibits and much interest is being taken in preparing the exhibits. These exhibits will show what the children aan do and what they are doing. In all of the literary contests all of the schools hav* ing three or more teachers will be In competition, or one class AH schools with less than three teachers will be in another class. m & Home Gardening Directed By The School $8 Home gardening directed by tbe school is offered by IJr. P. P. Clax ton, U. S. commissioner of edu <ation, as a solution for some of the most pressing educational and economic problems In city and sub urban life. Dr. Claxton would have every vacant town lot trans formed into a garden, where boys and girls would raise vegetables, berries, and fruit for pleasure and for profit. Ho would have one teacher In the community employ ed 12 months in the year to teach elementary actence in school and direct the home-garden work af ter school, on Haturdays, and dur ing the summer vacation. Without Healthful. Productive Occupation “Of the 13,000,000 children be tween the ages of 0 and 20 In the cities, towns, manufacturing vil lages and suburban communities cf the United .States,” says Dr. Claxton, "not more than 15 per cent ate away from home during the summer vacation or engaged WITH THE AUGUSTA SCHOOLS In Fire Drill Practice John Milledge is Cleared of 800 Pupils in Less Than Two Minutes On Wednesday morning at John Milledge there was a fire drill. 11l less than two .minutes the eight hudred children who were present ware out of the building In five minute* from the limit the signal sounded every pupil was at work again. At the order of Superintendent Evan* a test In the fire drill in every public school In the city system was made with a view of improving the practice. The teat at our school was regarded ns being highly satisfac tory, —JESSIE ACHOHD. WHEN THE PARENT-TE ACHER CLUBS MEET. “75HN MILLKDGK Second Friday Mrs. W. W. Thompson, president. WOODLAWN Flrat Wednesday Mrs. J, B. Stoughton, president. DAVTDSON - First Wednesday Dr. Sophia Ilavls, president. HOUGHTON Last Friday * Mrs. J. F. Fennell, president. CENTRAL First Thursday Mrs. J. Marvin Wolte, president. SUMMERVILLE •. First Tuesday Mrs. D. Nachman, president. MONTE SANO Second Wednesday Mrs. S. Fortson. president. The meetings are held monthly at the regular hour of J o'clock at the respective school buildings. WOODLAWN SCHOOL The Misses Radfords’ classes of Woort- Istvn school bail a spelling bee on last Wednesday. Those who did not miss were: Luther Beasley, Claudlne Ainlok, Theodore Gordon. Mattie May Morris, Eunice Thompson. Nancy McLaughlin, Frances Woodbury, <V.:ulys Hlwurds, Marie Leary, Elisabeth Klelnrt-, Mary Morgan. Jimmie Strickland and Sara Emma Ridlehoover. Tile following pupils of seventh grade B. deserve honorable mention for ex lellenee in conduct during the month of February: Margret Stinebeck. Robbie Vldetto, Carrie Bannester. Anile An dVewi, Gertrude Slhert, Annie Bunion. Kuby Lee Summerull, Ethel Tice, Earl Thompson. The following pupils of sixth grade R were neltIKT absent nor tardy daring the month of February: Bessie Brid well, Fred Kahrs. Irma Mitchell, Will Skelton, Wilmer Solomon. The roll for February of Miss Elling ton’s class, fourth grade. Is as follows: Lila Morris, Lewi* Hoffman, Vera Hol lingsworth. Neither tardy nor absent: Edna Al len, Vera Holllngsw(Wth, Minnie Lee Lively. Gladys VVilkerson, Lila Mortis, Howard Johnston. Those who were not tardy or absent in Miss Carr’s room were: Lois Steed, Milledge Holsonbake. Blanche Kuhlke, Carrie Williams. The pupils who made one hundred In examinations In the eighth grade were.- Katherine Blgnon, Maud Conselyea, Zelit Cul, Myrtrie Johnson, l.essle Langley. Mildvml Monger, Ixniisa Mallard. Wilma Radford. Pearl Tlnley. Gertrude Wal lace, *Mnydelle Wiseman. Thf eighth grade enjoyed their cook ing lesson on Thursday under Miss Tyler. —ZELMA ARMSTRONG. News Notes of the Bay Vale School The measles are about over and our school has resumed its regular attend ance. Some few are stil out, due most ly to the bad weather, as It has heel against those who had it. We enjoyed the "beautiful snow." We could not go to school, you see. We are going to have a lecture Mon day evening, the 9th. at 8 o'clock, for the benefit of our library. Rev. 1.. P. White will talk on "Playing the Fool.” The admission will be small and every body is Invited. We want a large crowd for we want some new books to read. The pupils of the school will be admitted free. Our superintendent has just given us a nice large globe for the school, some chairs for the library and som* extra recitation benches, which we appreciate very much. HAGUE BOWERS, FANNIE BEGGE CRAWFORD. 7th Orada. in regular employment. Tha re maining 85 per cent remain at home without any useful, health ful productive occupation requiring any large part of their time. On the other hand, there is much val uable land In back yards and va cant lota that is serving no use ful purpose. The problem is to bring this land and these children together. “In every school and community there should be at least one teacher who knows gardening, both theoretically and practically. This teacher should teach the element ary sciences in the schools dur ing the school hours and should, out of school hours, direct the home gardening of the. children between the ages of 1 nr 8 Hjd 14 or 15. If possible the teacher should have the assistance of an expert gardener, so that the work may he done in the most practical and profitable way. The teacher and the gardener should help the children find the plots of ground in back yards, front yards, and PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY AT DAVIDSON The following pupils in grade I, Dav idson school, were neither absent nor tardy during February: lamise Butler. Alberta Thompson. Central School Honor Roll Following Is the honor roll of the Fourth tirade at the Central school: Arbel Panknin, Jarrette Samuel. These pupils were perfect In all les sons, and were neither absent nor tar dy during tha month. Perfect in Attendance, Andrew Kilpatrick, Clifford ftogers, Arbel Pariknln, and .Jarrette Samuel were perfect in attendance during the month of February. vacant lota near their homes best suited for gardening work, aid them by some co-operative meth od to have the lots properly plow ed and prepared for cultivation, help them select seeds, show them how to plant, cultivate, and har vest, so as to obtain the best re sults. Surplus Should Be Marketed "Vegetables, berries, and fruits grown should be used first as food for the children and their families; then the surplus should be mark eted to the best advantage. Through the help of the teacher this can be done in a co-operative way. Ten or fifteen cents' worth of veg etables each day from the gardens of each of 200 children would amount to 120 or <3O. Io the sum mer and fall when the surplus Is large and can not be marketed to advantage, the teacher should di rect and help the! children in can ning and preserving for winter use or for sale. The canning and to- THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GAe RURAL TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY Teachers Named to Discuss "The Essential Requisites of a Successful School." The regular monthly meeting of the Rural Teachers' Association of Hlrh •mond county will be held at the t'en tral school, Saturday, March the 14th, at 10:3(1 a. in. The subject for discus sion will l.e "Tin- Essential Requisites of a Successful School," and the fol lowing teachers were named at the last meeting to discuss the subject: Mr. P. ft Carmichael and Misses Maud Hack. Fannie Trowbridge, Nell Mc- I-emlon, Sadie Reese and Mrs. Cora Morgan The disagreeable weather lias intcr ferreil somewhat with these meet Inga for the last two months. However, it Is hoped that these conditions will not prevail loni#er, and that there will be a full attendance at this meeting. The teachers who attend these meetings are deriving much benefit from them, and at each one there are good papers read and discussions are heartily en tered Into. MR. HAROLD*MEYER SPOKE AT THE CENTRAL SCHOOL Last Friday Mr. Harold Meyer, prin cipal of the Statesboro High School, paid a visit lo the eighth grade of Central school and gave them a very interesting talk on history. The pupils hope to have him visit them again, as his talk was highly ap preciated bv every one, —MARGARET BRYAN This is the season of the year when the high school and college youth go after scalps in such things as basketball, football, baseball, etc. It has been so since the world began. The Egyptians and Greeks and Romans did as we are doing now. Nor is the impulse a matter of years. The kindergarten child plays marbles and tops and the aged millionaire plays golf and finance. The whole world is at play; dignified college presidents grow hoarse with rooting in the grandstand, and worthy dames are wild about the intricate steps of the ballroom. Why not? It is all human nature, and we are built that way. The man who does not play grows morbid, bent, ill-natured and old. The boy who does not play is probably dull, or dis eased. Play is a normal function; it is a part of one’s training and education. The thrill is superlatively natural, when two men are out and the bases full and the crack of the bat' sends the ball far down the field. The yell that follows is the reverberation of the savage ancestral battle cry that has rung in all ages and all lands. The great thing is to play the game hard, decent, fair, according to rules, and remorselessly; to buck the other team for all that is in you, as you will afterwards buck the world with all your strength; to work in unison with your side and take your punishment like a man; to keep up the spirit of the game and never lose your nerve; to fight best on your back, and to pull best up-hill; and in the end to be a modest winner or an undismayed loser. Boys who play the game that way will win in the greater game of life. Perfect in Lessons and Neither Absent Nor Tardy in February The following pupils of the third grade, Central school, wore neither tardy nor abWnt during February and made perfect reports In their studies: Moses Fogel, Mamie Greene, Chas. Kilpatrick, Minky Hawllowski. On Friday of last week the kinder garten of the Davidson senool apent Hie morning with the Central kinder garten. The youngsters liad a great time, both at work and at play. mato clubs e>f the Southern states have already shown what ran be; done In this way. "It Is difficult to estimate the results of this plan when it shill he In full operation throughout the ceiuntry. For the children it will mean health, strength, Joy in work, habils of Industry, an understand ing of the value of money, as meas ured In terras of labor, and such knowledge m the phenomena and forces of nature as must be bad for an understanding of most of their school lessons. They will also learn something at least of the fundamental principle of morality; that each individual must make his or her own living; must, by some kind of labor of head, hand, or heart, contribute to the common wealth as much ns he takes from it; must pay for what he gets iri some kind of coin. Would Keen Children Out cf Factories "This plait la full operation would probably do more toward PLAY BALL!! THE VALUE Of IDEALS BY F. H. SWEET, In MoCall’* Magaalne, February laaue. /N ALL probability, the whole ot life Is passed In the effort to turn the inward idea and hope Into the outward possession and ex perience. Our Ideas are the main springs of our conduct. A bad Idea, like a deadly enemy, may blast all life; while n good Idea expands and deveW'im Into an ideal, with power to turn privation into pleasure, toll Into profit, and loss and weariness Into growth and satisfaction that enrich for all life. No act Is self-canned; be hind every deed Is a motive, and Ideas and Ideals are the mothers of motives. ' An Idea of selT-indulgenes will betray Into sin; an Ideal of pro gress will lead Into service and self denial, out <»f which will come new power and virtue. These add to the soul’s value, and yield profit that will have endless usefulness. The Important question Is, when do Ideas change Into ideals? At first, a cnlld can have ideas that Rre horn on ly of appetite—physical ones, a de sire for food nn.l ministry. No con ceptlon of an hleul Is possible until some thought of moral values and meanings enters the mind. A child soon learns that its conduct has mor. a) value, that it can be good or bad. It reads the difference in moral worth In the smiles and caresses of the mother; sees when people are pleased or angry, and soon associates the manifestation of feeling with the va riety of Its own conduct that oeca lons it. Thus, early It learns the val- tie and meaning of an ideal that is greatly worth while. A THOUGHTFUG mother will sec a* Nature’s signboard pointing to wise conduct on her part, She should make a very decided difference In dealing with her child, depending upon its own method of manifesting inclinations.- No healthy chili ever lived who was not keenly sensitive to petting and play; not one Is in sensible to coldness and neglect. When a child has exhibited bad tem per, every mother has It In her pow er to let it know, without sny display of anger, that it is behaving badly. Satisfaction is just as easily shown. Careful study of the child reveals keeping young children out of the faetorles and mills than all or the child-labor laws on the. statute liooks. A boy 10 or 12 years of age, with a quarter of an acre of land, working under careful direc , tlon, can produce more for the support of the family than could be purchased with the ’ child's wages from the mill. Children should riot be ground in the mills nor sweated In the factories; their strength should not be sapped and their nerves racked by working In the heat arid dust of indoors, yet. all children should learn to work; It Is good for them and they Joy In It. To work with Its feel In the soil. Its head In tho sunshine, and Its lungs filled with good, fresh air Is not a bad thing for any healthy child. Would Solve Idle Nearo Problem > "Tills plan will also do much to solve the problem of the Idle ne gro. A large part of tho negroes of the Southern states lives on tha the way In which Ita attention la con ceit tarted upon the caretaker. It watchea he r through every moment of Its waking hours, and a chill should never be allowed to suffer failure of reward, In expreasions of appreciation and sympathetic encour agement, for right behavior, The proper steps for child-training are very plainly marked. Obedience Is the first. Why? Without the spir it of obedience ideals are useless. A child at the age of ten will have learned the difference between good and had actions as demonstrated with in Its small sphere; but In many cases It will not exercise the power to choose and serve the best. No one lacklug self-control can have an ideal, save rs a dream Dreams that haunt the mind, and never come near enough to be graaped and held, are the nightmares of life. All children who have not been taught to serve the ideal when very young suf fer in this way. JVf O CHIUD should be allowed to A V face a moral difficulty with out a moral ideal. There la no need for a dangerous ordeal, for the growth of the Ideal attraction Is by easy stages. Ixive of Its mother, act ing in the child’s heart, gives rise to the Ideal of service; the child wishes to do something for Its mother. The Ideal grows larger, the child learns to appreciate moral honesty In speech and in ItR small transactions the ideal brings fair play. Cleanness In thought and moral arts grows Into an Ideal by ewlft intuition, an honest na ture helping the mother’s teaching. A difficulty in the way of learning the lesson Is olistinancy of temper. We all have this In greater or less degree from Infancy, and unchecked it leads to ruin. Wise love wins the victory, often for life. l,ater conies desire, which Is not so easy to con tlrot. It is the peril of adoleßconqd In hoy and girl. The value of right ed ucation to make use of IJcals is most apparent. The habit of obedience to wise authority clothed in love proves a great safeguard. In the transition from temper to desire, the ideal shifts from the ex ternal life mother, home, playmates to ttm inner eplritual coneclouaness, and the ideal becomes a part of self, a soul standard, a faith, a purifying power. With high Ideala, as the struggle grows fiercer, and conse quences become more important, strength increases. Few of Nature's laws are difficult, none are Impossible to obey. When mothers point them out In a natural manner, they are sure to succeed Leaving the lesson In ideala too long untaught may make It hard to teach and to learn. Life Is ft science, not a game of chaneo, and its value depends upon the Ideals wo hold. BERLIN SCHOOL TEACHERS MAY NOW 00 HUNTING % . - Berlin.—The Minister of Education of Haxony, has just issued an oiler permitting school teachers to take out butlng licenses- The teachers of the kingdom have been excluded from the Joys of the chase since the Issu ance of the "general articles" of Jan uary, 1, IRRO. Judge—How did you get that awful bump on your head? Unison Family quarrel, your hon or. Judge—Hit by a piece of bric-a brac ? Unison Not the brack, your honor; Just the brick.— Judge. Wife The janitor called and said If we don't pay our rent the landlord will make It hot for us Hub—You Just tell the Janitor. If he’ll only make It warm for us the I landlord won't need to make it but | for us Boston Transcript. outskirts of cities and small towns. Their cabin homes are frequently on largo lots arid surrounded with vacant lots covered with weeds and rubbish. During the vacation mouths the negro children roam Idly on the atrewta, fulling Into mischief and vice. Under proper direction they might make, on these back yards and vacant lots, enough to support themselves and more; at the same time they would tie kept from vice and would gain htiblts of Industry. Incidentally negro quarters would be changed from places of ugliness to places of beauty. "Probably one of the most valu able results of this plan would be to iiiske It easy for most children io atlend school three or four years longer than they now do, a tiling more and more desirable, since education for life and citiicen shlp In our Industrial, civic, and social democracy can not be ob tained before the age of adoles cence. If a child can contribute to its support while lrt school it may remain In school much longer , THREE Edited By H. J. S. Honor Roll Pupils at John Milledge School Namea of Those Beat in Their Studies Given. The Honor Roll for the month of February at John Milledge la as fol lows: Eighth Grade. First Honor: Belle Thompson, Let tle fttnne, Viola Hklnner, Lorens Mar tin, Jessie A chord, May Belle Wall Hecnnd honor: Mildred Pltner and 1-Yank Cadle. Seventh Grade. Firat honor: AVlllle Britt. Second honor: A, Htringer, M. Btown, (J. Kitchens. A. M. Hodo, G. Scogslns and H. Wilhelm. Sixth Grade. _________ First honor Ethel Collier. Adelaide Moormen. Ettle Tusslng. Alma, Vaughn. Luclle Beatee, Caroline Bre deur, Llttlle Britt, I-eah White. Annie Wright, Thomas Barnes, Iner Benson, Estelle 1-eaptrott. Bessie Whit#, Al berta Skinner Second honor: Camille Geetsr, Ro land Blltch. Malta Hewett, Dan Carr, Estelle Rogers Owen Stroud. Fifth Grade. Margory HI been, Eva Smith. Annls little, Marie Smith, John Chaimhef* Minnie Fell and Elna Crouch. —KATHARINE ARMSTRONG. Radical Changes in American Institutions of Higher Education New Haven, Conn,—PreaMent F. W. Boatwright of Richmond wa# named an state director for Virginia at the rlretlon of dtficarM of the Religion* Education Association here Saturday. W. J. Gwynne was selected for the ( Georgia director. O. K. Vincent of the University of Minneaota wan elected president of the association, and Henry F. Cope, Chicago, general secretary. Four recommendations for radical changes In American institutions of higher education were made to the as sociation Saturday by Fros. John J. Stevenson, of New York University, They were as follows: 1 — The work of colleges snd universities should be differenti ated sharply; colleges without proper resources and equipment should be converted Into acade mies or secondary schools. 2 A higher standard should b* set for teachers. j—The salary of a full professor st thirty-five should compare fa vorable with that of a lawy<T or physician of equal ability at ths same age; salaries at prosent paid to college teachers are actually sum It and the advance through th# several grades to a full professor Is *!<;W. 4 —The college faculty should have Its own representative on tho board of trustee*. "There are too many divinity schools in this country,” declared Rev. Anson Bliclpa Htokca, secretary of Yale Uni versity, to the association, "snd many of them are hopelessly sectarian. Only 10 out of *2 are classed ns non-sec tarian. Many of the smaller schools have only a trifling income and their training of men for the ministry 1* inadequate. “A university eetiool of rellgtni should replace the old time dsnomiua tlonai seminary of theology." RE-EXAMINATIONS AT THE ACADEMY ON Tbs regular re-examinatlons at th* Richmond Academy at the beginning or the fall term were begun yeeter day. The re-examination* ar# given to those hoys who fall In their first trial at the regular examinations' and who are allowed bv this method to make up their deficiency. Tbs re examinations ars given at regular term examination*, at gneclflei dates in the spring term, and Just preced ing the fall term. MONTE SANO PARENT TEACHER CLUB TO MEET The regular monthly meeting of the Parent-Teachers’ AasocUttnon of the Monte Stno School will be held at the school house on next Wednes« dsy afternoon at Tour o’clock. All teachers and mothers of the elan* ure urgently requested to be present as the business to be discussed Is of an Important nature. than if It must be carried as a dead weight until It quits school to go to work. No Extra Cost: No Additional Teachers "Compared with the results, the cost will lx* inconsiderable. No addition to the number of teach ers will be required. It will only lie necessary to require different preparation for one teacher in each school. In the estimates submitted to congress by the commissioner of education for the support of the bureau in the next fiscal year an item of $5,700 is Included to en able the bureau to begin the In troduction of this kind of wqr l * in the schools of the United States. The commissioner believes that it will only be necessary to work out details of plans and to present them to school officers*, together with full Information in regard to results of somewhat similar work already dune at various placea