AUREL1AN SPRINGS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
STAFF
Editor-In-Chief
HANNAH HEPTINSTALL
Associate Editors.
JOYCE STALLINGS
MARY DAVIS ALSTON
Social Editor
ANNIE PEARL CRAWLEY
Sports Editor
WILLIAM H. THORNE
Joke Editor
HELEN SAUNDERS
Reporters
CARRIE BOWERS
LULA E. MORECOCK
JESSIE BELL LEWIS
P.T.A. HAS
MEETING
(By E. K. Veach)
The meeting of Aurelian Springs
Parent-Teacher Association Wednes
day evening, N'ov. o, manifested much
enthusiasm which was due largely to
the demonstration lesson in teaching
put on by Miss Patterson and nine
of her first grade children.
The meeting was opened by each
one of the children reciting a verse
from the Bible. Miss ('arty then gave
an explanation of Miss Patterson’s
demonstration and directed the par
ents and teachers to the class room.
The children were first asked to i
find their parents in the room before
beginning the lesson.
Some of the children were studying
about their pet dogs and ponies. The
children read from charts and then
compared it with the reading in their
text book. Each one of these children
has a small rug which he uses to take
a rest on each afternoon. Miss Pat
terson said six went to sleep that af
ternoon.
In this work the parents get an
idea of what each child is missing
when he stays away from school a
day. It would be almost impossible
for the teachers to take one or two
children that were absent one day and
teach them what the other children
studied the day before, for the ma
jority of the children would not have
any work to do while the teacher is
helping the children that were ab
sent.
The parents were asked if they
would like to see Miss Carty, one of
the second grade teachers put on a
lesson similar to this one next month
at the P. T. A. meeting which was
voted unanimously.
The work to be taken up in con
nection with the demonstration is the
book on character training. The rea
son this book was chosen is due to
the fact that it is a continuation of
the book studied by the P. T. A. last
year.
Mi's, unite had each parent to
write out the outstanding fault of his
or her child, so she could tabulate
[these things and present them to the
group at the next meeting.
Mrs. White als oread a number of
questions on childjren-—habits, food
and clothing, with three ar.sv.ers to,
each question. The cor.’v t answer j
was given by -the mem; present.!
( There was a grade of 1*1 mo ic on 3" [
question:-, which shows i1 undents
responded well to their teacher.
As the P. T. A. offered a prize last '
meeting for the teacher having the ^
highest per cent of attendance in her j
grade for the past month. Miss De-J
War happened to be the lucky one
Next month the prize wil! be given to
the grade having the largest per cent
of parents present at the P. T. A.
meeting.
The attendance chart was again
presented by Miss Gunn and it read
as follows: (1) Children in district
that should be attending school, 418;
(3) Enrollment and average daily at
tendance, 328 as compared to 368 for
the first month of school.
The meeting adjourned to meet on
Wednesday, December 3, with Miss
Carty putting on a demonstration les
son.
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TEACHERS
MEET AT
RALEIGH
The North Carolina Educational ^
Association held its eighth annual
convention of the North Central Dis
trict Teachers at Raleigh, Friday and
Saturday of this past week.
The first general session was held
Friday afternoon at two o’clock. The
first number on the program was to
appoint committees on nominations
and resolutions. After the various
committees were appointed, Presi
cnt E. J. Coltrane of the North Caro
lina Education Association presented
his greetings to the association. Fol
lowing his address there were general
announcements after which came the
address by Florence Stratemeyer of
Teachers College, Columbia Univer
sity.
The address by Dr. Stratemeycr
v. as particularly interesting to gram
mar grade teachers. She discussed
the importance of th<* eh Id's curri
culum as every V;-ning instituti >n
an opportunity for characcei
growth. No single method of teach
■ng must be used. The previous in
terests of children are used as a start
ing point. The g- ■ u teacher takes an
• nvetory of the fundamental ideas
about the child. She becomes ac
quainted with the children by learn
ing about the kind of homes they live
in. their bat 1.ground d experiences.
Teachers must arrange situations,
choose and help children to respond
Fy doing this the children learn best
from experience.
At the close of Dr. Stratemeyer’s
discussion, departmental meetings
were held. The city and county super
intendents met in the Bruner Class
Room of the Tabernacle Baptist
Church. At this meeting Dr. A. T. Al
len discussed North Carolina’s educa
tional policy while Francis Brad
shaw. dean of students, University of
North Carolina, spoke of the handi
caps that hinder freshmen progress.
In the joint meeting of all High School
departments, Dr. C. C. Tillinghast.
Horace Mann School, New York,
spoke about High School subject mat
ter. Dr. J. Henry Highsmith stressed
the importance of subject rpatter.
The meeting of the Principal’s group
took place at four o’clock. The topic
they were interested in was Educat
ing for Citizenship. The music teach
ers had their presiding officer Isaac
L. Battin, Meredith College. Rural
supervisors met in the Chinese Room
< f the Sir Walter Hotel with Miss
Carrie Wilson as their chairman.
There was a round table discussion of
matreials for year book and curricu- 1
lum. bulletin.
i ne purpose 01 having this c-onven
tw.n was to help teachers in the North
Central District to learn the newest'
ideas in their particular field.
In the second general session held
Friday evening. Dr. Charles C. Tillin
gha.-t. Principal of the Horace Mann
'chool, Meachers College, Columbia
l fiiveisity, spoke of the values of,
knowing the child as well as the sub- 1
;,ect matter. He said a teacher should
! her field of teaching to be
efficient.
The members of the Aurelian j
' 'ring faculty v.ho attended were
Mr. V. C. Matthew's. Mr. A. G. Green,
Miss--- Crneo Hunt, Mary Lend Dan
iel, \.:ma Hardy and Jeanette Dun
can. Miss ( herry and Mr. Akers
were also present.
Miss Mary Long Daniel of the Au
reiian Springs High School presided
at the meeting of the grammar grades
teachers on Saturday morning. The
topic f«>r discussion was Character
Education, a subject in which Miss
Long is especially interested. While
presiding over the meeting she spoke
of the values of school experiences in
forming character.
SEVENTH GRADE GEOGRAPHY
The seventh grade is busy in Geo
graphy trying to find out why Trance
ic one of the leading nations of Europe
They are getting all the information
that they can possibly find from dif
ferent text books, magazines, enclyco
pedias and newspapers. Each one in
the class is anxious to get all possi
ble credits that can be gotten by get
ting up the 61 questions. Working in
groups on the big phases of France
and working out as many as possible
of the six extra contracts, posters,
maps, booklets, stories, etc., in France
show that the class is much interest
ed and that nothing will be left un
done to solve their problem concerning
France.—Ainon Liles, Clara Belle
Mooney, Irene Arrrington, Commit
tee.
FIFTH GRADE NEWS
We have plnated in our room some
narcissus bulbs which are growing
very pretty and add a great deal to
our reading table. We are hoping
they will be blooming by Thanks
giving.
We have made a border of the his
tory of the Pilgrims and put it across
the back of our room. We have al
yo put some Thanksgiving pictures on
cur bulletin board.
Our window box is beginning to
look very pretty now. as the flowers
are growing rapidly. Some of the
boys have painted the box which adds
a great deal to the appearance of
cur room.
In Geography we are studying of
South America and are making books
on the different countries. We hope
to have these completed in a short
time. Then we are going to put these
on our reading table.
MAKING POSTERS
The fourth grade has had quite a
busy week helping to make posters
for the faculty play, “And Mary Did,”
which will be presented Friday even
ing of this week at the Aurelian
Springs High School. Several of the
posters will be sent to various places
to help advertise the faculty play.
The fourth grade hopes that the post
ers will bring in a large c owd to see
the play which is an unusually good
one.
BEAR SWAMP B. Y. P. U.
The B. Y. P. U. of Bear Swamp
met Sunday evening Nov. 9 at 7:00
o’clock. The program was centered
around “Living the Truth of the
Bible.” Those taking part on the pro
gram were M*s. Milton Chichester,
Misses Anna Harper, Bessie Collins.
Maudegina Shearin and Maudine Chi
chester, Messrs Zack Mohorn and Al
bert Stlalings.
We were very glad to have visitors
of the community with us and also
some from other communities.
We are looking froward to an ad
dress by Dr .B .A. Brown of Gastonia,
X. C., Thursday night November 13 at
"•30. To those who are interested in
B .Y. P. U. we are sure this will be
enjoyed by every one present.
MEETING OF Y. T. H. F. CLUB
The Young Tar Heel Farmer’s Club
■ Aurelian Springs School met Nov.
The meeting was called to order
1 v the president. The program was
fallows: Devotional, Marvin Tay
1 r. talk, ‘‘Why Hardtimes Came,”
Marvin butts. He sa;d that one of the
main reasons was the lack of coopera
tion am »ng the farmers in market
ing their products. He also brought
out the ]v int that crops usually fall
to a 1 \\ price during e’eetion years
a:’d are usually a while climbing
back t . standard prices.
Our program was cut very' short
due t the practicing for some other
entertainment, so we adjourned to
meet again, Thursday, November 13.
LINCOLN LITERARY SOCIETY
The meeting of the last Literary
Society was called to order on Nov.
7th by the president. We all stood and
sang “America The Beautiful,” after
which the second grade gave the de
votional. The secretary then read the
minutes of the last meeting. We then
bad an Armistice Day program.
We were very glad to have with us
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Oman u&nj «o«» r«u Maun
for this meeting the High School pu
pils. We wish to thank the Prencl
class for the part they took on th
program.—Mildred Liles.
PRIMARY NEWS
The beginners have been studyini
about Indians. Some of the thing:
tliey have learned about Indians are
1. How they live. 2. How thej
dress. 3. How they look. 4. How thej
make tents. 5. How they fight. 6
How they write. The begginers hav<
illustrated what they have learned bj
drawings, clay and cut work. Some
of the boys are building a teftt fron
sticks and cloth. The girls are mak
ing Indian hats with feathers anc
stringing beads from berries. The
children have learned poems anc
tongs about Indians.
The beginners have made a plaj
corner in their room. It is made witli
boxes and planks to make it look like
a real play house. Some of the things
in the play corner are: picture books
Mocks, beads, tooth picks, Tan’s house
imade by the children) flowers, dolls
and oil cloth toys. When the child
ren finish their work they are allow
ed to play in the play corner. Each
child may have a toy or book from
home that they like and add to the
play corner. The children seem to be
interested in their new center of in
terest.
The beginers are very sorry that
Seliah Parrish has to miss so much
school on account of illness, and they
hope she will soon be able to return.
After looking at a picture the fol
lowing story was written by the sec
ond grade:
Nell and Yip
Nell has a puppy. His name is Yip.
Nell likes to play with him. Yip can
do many tricks. Nell is getting Yip
ready to go to school. Yip will do
his tricks for the boys and girls at
school.
The chlidren in Miss DeWar’s room
enjoyed having Rob Bailey with them
Monday. Rob is a nephew of one of
cur class members, Bill Liles. Bill's
mother, Mrs. Ed Liles and sister, Re
bia, also visited our room.
Hubert Robertson and Maxwell
Dickinson are out of school on account
of illness. We miss them and hope
they will soon be back with us.
The boys have completed the table
and bulletin board they were making
for our room. We think they are very
nice and wish to say thank you boys.
Aurelian Springs School. Nov 11,1030.
Dear Third Grade:
We enjoy reading your letters about
Japan.
In our room we are studying about
animals and we would like for you to
tell us something about the animals
i you see over there,
i Hope the rest of your trip will be
pleasant.—Sincerely, Second Grade.
TRAVELING
We are now on our way to China.
We left Japan early Monday morning.
This time we are traveling on a great
big steamer. It looks like a big ho
tel. Miss Savage got a man to take
us all over the steamer yestrday. We
saw a swimming pool and they have
moving pictures too. We saw a good
picture show yesterday afternoon.
When we all got together again and
the man left, Miss Savage asked us
to write a little story about somethng
we had seen. Charlie Buck Kelly’s
was the best. His was a story about a
comedy. Here it is:
Old Mr. Carelessness
Once there were two little fairies
One was fairy Carlessness, the other
was fairy Careful. One day fairy
Carelessness come to play with Tom.
Tom wanted to play baseball that day.
He did, but he fell down and skinned
his nose and skinned his toes. Then
Fairy careful felt sorry for Tom and
drove old fairy Carelessness away.
She has been staying with little Tom
every since.—Third Grade.
SOCIAL NEWS
Misses Odell Sith, Elizabeth Savage
and Julia DeWar spent the week-end
in Roanoke Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carpenter spent
the week-end with Mrs .Carpenter’s
mother.
Misses Velma Hardy and Jeanettte
Duncan spent the week-end with Miss
Duncan’s parents at Dunn, N. C.
Miss Burwell Patterson spent the
week-end with her parents in Little
ton.
Misses Hunt, Crabtree, Daniel, Jen
nings, Duncan and Hardy, Messrs
Green and Veach and Mr. and Mrs.
Matthews attended the teacher’s
meeting in Raleigh Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Browning of
Petersburg, Va., spent Sunday at Au
I relian Springs.
Mr. Weeks of Liggets, N. C., visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Crawley Sun
day.
Miss Laura Alice Crawley spent the !
week-end with Mr .and Mrs. J. W.!
Crawley of Littleton.
Mr. Lorenzo Pittard ,a student at
University of North Carolina, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Pittard.
Misses Hannah and Katherine Hep
t install, Tempie Carter and Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Woodlet motored to Ra
leigh Sunday.
Miss Anna Shaw was home for the
week-end.
Mrs. Myles of Philadlephia is spends
ing sometime with relatives at An- 1
relian Springs. f
Mr. B. B. Liles returned to Hop*,
well, Va., Sunday where he will begfe
working.
Miss -Gaynelle Green, who has been
visiting at Aurora returned home cm
Friday, where she will spend some
time with her mother.
Miss Margaret Crabtree spent the
week-end with her parents in Durham.
Mr. Claude Mabry of Hollister mo
tored to Greenville Saturday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O .Satterwhite
shopped at Rocky Mount Saturday.
Miss Margaret Brown visited re-*
latives at Hollister this week-end.
Miss Gladys Porter of Hollister
spent the week-end with Miss Ruth
Mohorn.
Misses Louise Aycock, Elsie Mo
horn, Messrs Jessie Robertson, Wil
bur Crawley attended the Littleton
Fair Thursday evening.
- i
Dr. B. A. Bowers of Gastonia will ^
speak at Bear Swamp Baptist Church ^
Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Chapel Program
On Nov. 5, the student body met in
the auditorium for chapel. The pro
gram was put on by the eighth grade
and was centered around citizenship.
We all arose and sang “America.” We
had deVotionals by Howard Dickens
and Were led in prayer by Mr. Mat
thews. The program was then as fol
lows :
1. What is Good? by William Craw
ley. 2. Three Flowers by J. W. Lew
is. 3. Ladies ,by Thomas E. Bowers.
4. A simple recipe by Jack Mohorn.
B. One-act play “Carelessness. 0. If.
The progrma was then turned over
to Mr. Matthews. Several announce
ments were made and then we were
dismissed.
CARD OF THANKS
Mr .and Mrs. Joe Edwards wish to
express their sincee thanks and ap
preciation to the Doctor and nurses,
their friends and neighbors for the
faithful service and many acts of ^
kindness shown them during the ill
ness and death of their baby, Mary
Elizabeth Edwards.
Walter Christie has served more
than 30 years as track coach as the
University of California.
The Man Who Saves Can Invest
Savings converted into sound investments lead the way to
financial independence. During the past week local peo
ple have been solicited to subscribe for stock in a proposed
new hotel for the Twin Cities. Many would respond to
the appeal if they had sufficient finances. Start saving
now for future opportunities to invest. A savings account
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