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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBEH28, 1910
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SOMIIKHVILUlTlLKPHOHE No. 61.
noouAYixa vs. hard work.
One of the easiest things to do is
to get the average resident in a small
town to talk of the exceptional ad
vantages of his particular town for
the location of industries, and one of
the hardest things is to get the same
citizen to do any real work to develop
the resources or to spend any of his
time trying to Interest outside capi
tal In the development. The series
of "booster" meetings which are be
ing held at various towns in Jeffer
son, Clearfield and Elk counties are
excellent In their aim, but unless fol
lowed up by the patient and persist
ent work of officers of a well organ
ized business men's association, the
movement will prove abortive. Rey
noldsville has had experience in many
varieties of town "boosting" cam
paigns, from the wildly excited town
meeting to the quiet and persistent
work of a few, paying constant atten
tion to opportunities that develop.
She has learned to her sorrow that
too much enthusiasm and eagerness
to land Industries may lead to lack
of sane judgment and later dlsastor
in the projects carried out. Thore
' are times when tthe rejection of a
proposition made for establishing a
factory may be of better service to a
town than its acceptance under the
terms proposed. It Is for this reason
that every town should maintain a
board of trade and entrust the work
of town "boosting" to Its deliberate
judgment rather than to the hap
hazard decision of a public meeting
where desire to appear public spirited
usually takes the place of sane consideration.
THE CHURCH THAT IS CLOSED
To those who read the review of
Rev. P. P. Womer's new book in last
week's Issue of The Star, appealing
for a "new deal" In religious matters,
the following from the lips of ex
Governor Edward W. Hoch, of Kan
. sas, will be of exceptional Interest:
"Go anywhere and you will pass
through dozens of small towns were
the people are struggling to keep up
from three to half a dozen small
churches. The buildings are usually
In need of paint and repairs, but that
is Immaterial. Most of them are
closed six days in the week, and when
they are opened on Sunday they are
cold and cheerless. The people feel
that they must go to church once or
twice on Sunday, but they are glad
when they are able to leave the
church and get back into the cheer
fulness of their own home. What
ought to be done is to build union
churches, or a church where minis
ters ot different denominations could
be aBked to preach. There ought
not to be more than one or two
churches in any town of 300 to 660
of ?00 population. These churches
Ould be kept In good repair all the
(time. They could be kept open every
day ia the -week. The funds would
be sufficient for the organization own
ing the buildings to provide a clerk,
.who would have charge of a library
which kept good books, where re
ligious papers and books of all de
nominations could be found and read.
There should be a reading room, an
information bureau, a sort of free em
ployment bureau and a nursery. A
I will visit Reyn
oldsville October 5
and Brookville Oc
tober 6. All the
newest in lens and
the best methods
for testing the eye
eight. If your eyes
need care call in.
G. C. GIBSON,
Optician.
church building often is considered
lis useful for only one thing, the ac
tual church service. This ought not
to be. It ought to be kept open all
the time and useful and helpful in
stitutions maintained there for tho
benefit of the wayfarer and the in
habitants of the town. People ought
to unite in religious matters as they
do in everything else. The church is
not accomplishing half what it was
intended for when It is kept closed
six-sevenths of the time. What Ib
the use of having half a dozen poor
struggling churches in the small
towns when one or two would be able
to accommodate the people? And
the work that could be done with the
extra funds would be simply wonder
ful. Why do people Invest their
money in a big building and let It lie
idle almost all the time? Instead of
having desolate and deserted build
ings around a town, why not make
these church buildings into places of
permanent and perpetual usefulness?"
AGRICULTURE IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
By bringing experts in agricultural
education to the County Institute,
through the instrumentality of the
boys' club, by placing a book dealing
with the subject of agriculture on 'the
teachers' reading course, by advocat
ing the introduction of the study of
agriculture into the common schools
at every opportunity I have sought to
assist in creating a sentiment favor
able to the teaching of agriculture in
the public schools. Such a senti
ment is desirable and necessary in
order that the introduction of the new
study be attended with success. If
the patrons of the schools are not in
favor of the teaching of agriculture,
and the teacher teaches not because
of interest, but because the course of
study requires it, it Is evident that the
pupils will have no interest; failure
is the only possible result of such In
troduction. But this subject has now
been prominently before our people
for several years, nearly all the rural
teachers have studied some book on
agriculture, a few teachers have
taken a special course in the subject,
and much Incidental work in agri
culture has already been done in the
schools. To my way of thinking the
pupils and patrons are sufficiently in
terested, and the teachers are suffici
ently well informed to warrant the
formal Introduction of agriculture
Into the public schools.
It is not necessary for the, teacher
to be an agricultural expert in order
to teach some agriculture. Any
teacher who has the ability to make
good in other respects, and who has
the right attitude toward the subject
can by the aid of a good text book and
a liberal use ot the free bulletins sup
plied by the Department of Agri
culture succeed in arousing an inter
est in plant and animal life, and can
succeed In teaching at least some of
the laws that control the life and
growth of plants and animals.
The object in introducing agricul
ture into the public schools is not
primarily to make good farmers; the
aim is rather to teach the great
truths involved In life, growth,
heredity, adaptation, selection, etc.
Incidentally it will help those who till
the soil to do It intelllgenty, to use
brains as well as muscle. The prac
tical value of an agricultural educa
tion to those who afterwards become
agriculturalists Is self evident; for
this reason I wish at this time to em
phasize the cultural value of this
form of education, and dwell upon the
fact that it had a practical value for
all. Many good people have the idea
that the study of agriculture is of
value only to those who expect to be
farmers. The writer recalls an in
stance in which several prominent
educational people of a Bmall
town characterized some agricultural
lectures given at an educational meet
ing as all right for country teachers,
suitable for a farmers' meeting, but
as of no value for their people or
teachers. However, this idea is be
coming less prevalent, and people
generally are coming to see that a
knowledge of the great truths under
lying this industry upon which all
others depend will make a better,
broader man, will help him to come
into close touch with nature, will
help him to be a better lawyer, a
better minister, a better homekeeper
or householder. The new course of
Btudy issued by the State Superln
tendent Schaetfer says: "The study
of elementary agriculture is doubly
important in town and city schools,
because of the ignorance that prevails
among the children' of the twentieth
century concerning many phases of
country life. The school directors
then1 should exercise the authority in
vested in them to require the teach
ing of this subject .and furnish suit
able, text books and other supplies,
the public should welcome the intro
duction, and the teacher should be
glad of an opportunity to present
these great truths of such high cul-
nral and practical value. ' The
teaching of agriculture' in the public
schools is not a hobby; it is advocated
By the U. S. Commissioner of Educa
tion and the leading educators of the
country.
Last year the directors of this
county at their annual convention by
resolution endorsed the efforts of the
County Superintendent to Introduce
the study of agriculture into the
schools, and recommended that a
course in agriculture be outlined and
taught in all schools of the county.
Such an outline has been placed in
the new course of study now in the
hands of the teachers. It is now the
duty of the teachers to teach this
subject using this outline as a general
guide. The teacherhaving a text of
his own and making a liberal use of
the government bulletins can do
something toward teaching this sub
ject. But the teachers have not had
much opportunity to prepare for
teaching this subject, and they need
a text book as a guide; the text will
also give the pupils something definite
to study. Since the directors have
recommended the study of this sub
ject, it 1b evident that It is their duty
to provide books. I cannot too
Btrongly urge grades. A number of
the school districts in the county
have already done this, and I trust
the others will take early action In
order that the books may be available
for this year.
Most of the companies doing a
school text business have a text on
elementary agriculture, and any of
these companies will send a sample
copy to the secretary of the school
board upon application. I have a
lfumbor of these books In my office
and will gladly go over them with
any director and assist in selecting
the most suitable text for the particu
lar school.
In Introducing a new study we
must meet the objection that the un
graded schools are already over
crowded with classes. My idea is
that this subject may be taught with
out any more classes, and none of the
other studies neglected. This is the
plan I wish to suggest to teachers:
Combine agriculture with reading one
or two days a week; that is at the
regular reading period read from the
lesson assigned In the agriculture
text and discuss the lesson. Combine
with geography one or more days a
week by reciting at tbe geography
period a lesson from agriculture; this
lesson should be one that supple
ments some topic previously touched
upon in geography. Combine with
language occasionally by using agri
cultural topics as subjects of com
positions. Combine with drawing by
drawing some object studied in agri
culture. Combine with arithmetic
occasionally by basing the arithmetic
lesson on problems Involving agricul
ture such as mixing commercial fer
tilizers, making a balanced ration,
etc.
Even with the very best text book
the teacher must remember that
while the pupil has one eye on the
text, he must have an eye and an ear
trained to see and hear the great
lesson of the fields, of the forests, and
Ot all nature. '
Copies of the government bulletins
may be had free of charge by writing
to the Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. Write for the
list of free publications, then select
from the list such as are needed and
ask for as many copies as you have
pupils in the class. The various state
experiment stations also have good
publications which may be had for
the asking. The work of the text
should always be supplemented by a
study of such bulletins as are availa
ble on the subject.
I am, respectfully,
L. MAYNE JONES,
County Superintendent.
The Brookville Republican Ironi
cally sugests that the fusion forces
of the state name the minority com
missioner of Jefferson county for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania in place of
Grim or Berry. Well, why not? Mc
Gaw would stand about as much
chance of election as either ot the
gentlemen named and it is just pos
sible that if It came to a test of ability
he would have the esteemed gentle
man from Chester beaten a mile.
There is a minister In Reynolds-
ville who is very plalnspoken in his
opinion that "the town is going
Btralght'to the devil," being moved
to make that extraordinary statement
by the unusually good patronage
which the playhouses are receiving
But there are others who see In the
reviving gayety of .the town an indi
cation that the gloom of panic years
is disappearing and that money is
again circulating freely.
There will be a pretty fight at the
next County Institute between Punx
sutawney and Reynoldsville for the
place for the next meeting of that as
sociation, with the chances in favor
of Punxsutawney. So it looks, from
our point of view. Big Run Tribune
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