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THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY VoL IIL New Series^ Greensboro, N. C., Friday, Febiuary 7, J913 No. 36 and Elon College, N. 0. LOCALS AND PERSONALS. M pose.” of our “would-be” educators are men- Tliree main agencies are attempting to During the meeting just closed it Jimmy Joyner—Who was not familiar tally incapable of appreciating the prob- meet the demand for trained rural teaeh- the grateful pleasure of the local cht ^ with the French pronunciation answered lem of education in its entirety and be- ers; the normal school, tiie county train- to have Rev C. H. Rowland, of Frs^- “Law Sallie” for La Salle. causa of their narrowness pounce upon ing school, and the high school. The bul- lin, Virginia, as speaker. His impr‘;r'- Mr- Rainey—“Two girls proposed a and magnify non-essentials, partly be- letin describes the work of each of these ion on the student body was profoU^» date with me at the supper table.” cause of their inability to contribute agencies and selects typical iexamplea At once, pleasant, jovial, scholarly, gr Purcell—“Which one are you going to anything of real value to the true realm from different seations of the country date, spiritual, he found his way into ffll accept”? _ of educational literature, partly because for niore Uetailied vl'escriptions. State aifections of all those who were associat- Rainey—“Neither one.” of the desire for sensationalism character- normal schools at Bellingham, Wash., ed with him here, there to occupy a place Purcell—“Why?” istic of the narrow, weak, unbalanct^ll Harrisonburg, Vii., and Athens, Ga., are of permanent remembrance and respect. Rainey—“I think too much of them.” mind. I fear we have few Pestalozzis, discussed as examples of normal schools Talking as he did every evening for the “Mr. Perry”, said Prof Poak—“give me p,aynes, or Horace Manns in the present tlkit ofi'er refj-ular courses for rural ten days he was here and four times on a sentence with delight in it.” ca;te“ory of popular education. I can sdliool-teachers, based on the special the intervening Sabbath ’twould seem the Mr. Perry—“De wind blew in de win- only hope that through the men of influ- needs of their respective localitiees. audience would tire. But, not so. His dow and blew out de light.” ence of your type, leaders in real, ration- Jn other Staite normals there are de- discourses were, plain, elegant, illustra- Miss Tuck—“I wonder why Mr. Ma- ^1, permanent education, their pernicious partments for rural education, as in those tive, practical, varied so that anyone who lone likes a song with Nellie in it,” activitiy may be checked and nullified of Michigan; the Illinois State Hormal heard one desired to hear them all. He Miss Beale—“I suppose his best fellow before it work irreparable injury to our School at Normal; tlie Kirksville Nor- left for his home and regular field on is named Nellie. public schools and through them under- nial School at Kirksville, Mo.; and five Friday last taking with him the grati- Mr. A. A. Riddle—“I am an engineer.” nji„e foundation of our Republic isconsin noi’mal schools. The rural tude, thankfulness and appreciation of a Dameron—“Well I suppose the engine itself. education department of ithe Western much-helped people. you run was made to run backwards. ’ Yours in the interest of Education. State Normal School at Kalamozoo, Mich., First game of Basket Ball in the new J, William Barney. i® considered typical of this group. One- gymnasium Friday evening with Emory Y.~M. C. -4. ADDRESSED BY REV. T)efiance, Pa. .''ear courscs for rural teachers are offered and Henry College. We can not say just C. II. ROWLAND. at Valley City, N. Dak., Lewiston, Idaho, by what margin we won as at this writ- By request the Y. M. C. A. met in the FEW TRAINED TEACHERS Greenville, N. C. Certain county ing the game has not been played. chapel Sunday afternoon intead of in the public schools are designed solely for Misses Pitt, Clements and Barnes are Y. M. C. A. Hall. Rtv. C. H. Rowland, is tlie preparation of rural teachers, as in spending the week-end at the home of the of Franklin, \a., was the leader, using trained to the extent of great has been the lack latter in Greensboro, N. C. as his subject: “Giving the Fellows a New of'a teachers’ training ‘^acbers in rural education Prof. W. A. Flick, of Greensboro, N. Chance.” The service with ^hyi^ according to a bulletin on rural P"«sed C., spent a short while Sundav eveniuij: No. 102, *‘I Love to Tell the otory, art- , , ^ • j u i.i tt > ^ service. Thirteen States have orara- . ^ . M . . . T-. TIT ^ * 1 j • school-teachers jast issued by the united ® here with his friends, Messrs. Campbell er which Rev. E. M. tarter led in a very tr j *.• t a teacher-trainino: courses m the pub- , , , A , „ fi,^„ States Bureau oi bducation. In lact, A . , ^ and Hcatw’ole, appropriate and helptul prayer. \\e men i t? u on scaools or in close connectiOD ^ «iT>i *. u J.U fi.of (. M-tna':an and i\. ti. v> n^nt, tne au- Mr. Albert Palmer, at one time a stu- sang No. .194 Blest be the lie that , • *. \ iv. them. X.. , „ j 1 A rtf tliors it the bulletin, point out that this dent here but now a graduate of the Binds,” and speaker read selections ot i fu u- u t h\ Baltimore Law School, visited friends and Scripture from Acts 13th and 15th chap- represents only tne mgnest possiD - DRAWS THE PAY. ^ , X 1 TT rr- *1 , -1.11 timate; tlunt the actual condit)ons are acquaintances here Tuesday, last. ters, also 11 limothy 4.11. * 1 f bl Messrs. Bradford, Newman, Johnson, After the reading of the Scripture even less tavoraoie. man who does the work now-a-days Vaughan, IT W. Pritchette, Lowell, with Bro. Rowland spoke for about ,30 min- It is in the rural schools that the pro - draws the pay. Coach Doak, were the outfit which repre- utes and held the rapt attention of those lem of securing competent teochers has ])pgpitg croaking of the bums sented this institution at Chapel Hill and present. During this address many were been most acute. The attention of edu- the University Wednesday evening. moved to tears. At the close of the ad- oational leaders has in the past been oc- world of ours, Kr. P. D. Teague, of Liberty, N. C., dress six men held up their hands and cupied Iby the rapid growth of the urban gyjjjpg jq g^y visited his daughter, Miss Blanche, of the by that act said, “pray for me.” systems and the rural schools have been That the man who does the work now-a- college, recently. He also called at the At this time Prof. Lawrence led in a neglected. The trained teachers, them- office to greet Mr. C. B. Riddle whom very touching tender 'prayer. The ser- selves often the product of the country, draws the pay. doubtless he hdd seen before. ' vice was closed with sonjj, “Just as I have been attracted to the cities and draws the pay now-a-days Mr. R. M. McNallay w'ho spends most am.” After the address on going from towns by higher salaries and better pros- j.]jg j^an who does the work of his time traveling was home for a short the chapel several rem.irks were made in pects. . There «as formerly little incli- |,q jg always busy, on the job, stay the past week. the highest complementary terms of Bro. nation to appraise rural teaching at its shirk. Ralph McCauley, of Chapel Hill, N. Rowland and his spiritual power. The \. full value, either in pay or position, and Holiday, week-day, night and day. C., called in town Sunday last. His sis- M. C. A. will be very glad to have Bro. the better teachers left the country stick to it like a Turk, ter, Miss Sudie, of Gibsonville, N. C., Rowland with us often. schools as soon as they gained experi- 1^ or the man who draws the pay now- was here at the same time. Both were B. J. Earp. ence. a-days is, formerly students here and the friends February 2, 1913. Raising the standard of rural teach- The one wlio does the work, of these two loyal ones welcome them ~ ers by dignifying rural school work as back. FROM A READER. a special field of high importance is al- —David S. Mills, a bank president of iDear Dr. Harper: ready attracting better trained teachers Auburn, New York, has been sentenced QUIPS AND CUTS ON COLLEGE I have just read an article of yours in to the country. It is now generally de- to seven years in the federal prison at CHARACTERS. the Elon Weekly on the new Paidology manded thnt the teacher for the country Atlanta for misapplying the funds of the Why is Miss Burwell so fond of argu- ,(i meant the first lette rof the preceding school have a special training for the bank, ing over Latin verbs, when she knows word for a P, but perhaps R is just as work. “The rural teacher,” says the —The income tax amendment to the she is always wrong. good, since much of the present “educa- bulletin, “needs the same course in edu- United States Constitution has been rati- Mr. Riddle—“I just came back from tional” doctrine is to a large extent a cation and the same general methods of fied by three fourths of the States and Coney Island.” raid on all that is best and really deser- teaching as the town or city teacher. He is therefore in force. It is expected to Miss Teague—“How did you find the ving of permanence in the educational needs however, in place of the academic add millions to the national treasury, water,” 'theories of the past.) Please accept my su'-jects of secondary or collegiate grade, — A Guilford county educational meet- Mr. Riddle— “That was easy, it w’as all tlianks for your able article. additional courses in natural and physi- ing was held here last Saturday which around me.” I sometimes try to account for the mass cal science, particularly in their applica- voted in favor of a compulsory education Mr. Campbell during Latin—“Miss Dal- of “educational clap-trap” t'hat occupies tions, and in nature study, elementary la"’ for Guilford if such a law is not rymple, who succeeded Caesar in his Gal- such a prominent place in our magazines agriculture, domestic economy, sanita- passed for the entire State. There were Uo campaign?” and “educational” meetings to-day. I tion, rural economics, and rural sociolo- more than 250 representative people in Miss Dairymple—“His ancestors I sup- am almost tempted to believe that many gy. ” attendance.
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