THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOI-UMN 6
McCRORY, ARKANSAS,
FRIDAY, MAR. 18, 1921
NUMBER 35
the schools we
OUGHT TO HAVE
A job for the country's
leading business minds is to
teach future Americans to
think for themselves. The
proposal for such an end
comes from President Emerit
us Eliot, of Harvard, who does
not mean that business men
should turn schoolmasters
themselves, but should apply
their business brains to the
reorganization of such schools
as we have already. Writing
in The Nations' Business
(Washington), he advocates
“Protection Against Ignor
ance," and brings to light
some considerations that re
cent events have made im
perative. The war brought
out the fact that many of us
are physically defective and
that more of us are more il
literate than we ought to be.
The first of these troubles
Presidnet Eliot would cure by
“universal physical training,
combined with medical in
spection and nursing service in
all schools." The other, he
fears, extends further than
mere inability to read. Most
Americans, educated or un
educated, rich or poor, young
or old, can not, he says, see or
hear straight, make an ac
curate record remember exact
ly, or draw an inference from
premises. How shall we bet
ter this state of things? Hie
says:
‘‘Enlist the interest of every i
pupil in every school—public
or private, elejnentary or sec-i
ondary—in bis daily tasks, in
order to get from him hard,
persistent, and willing work.
Only through interest in work
comes power of mental appli
cation, and in due course suc
cess and content in productive
labor—labor which, however,
can never be free from tire
some routine or from oft-re
peated exertions. The too
common opinion that there
is no useful training except in
unatttractive or repulsive sub
jects or practises is just the
opposite of the truth for either
child or adult. In this world,
stern as well as beautiful, it,
is quite unnecessary to invent'
hardness or obstacles for any
human being.
“Relate every lesson to
something in the life of the j
child, so that he may see the i
aPplication and usefulness of
the lesson and how it concerns
him.
“Teach all subjects, wher
ever possible, from actual ob
jects to be accurately ob
served and described by the
Pupils themselves. Cultivate
every hour in every child the
Power to see and describe ac
curately.
“Make the training of the
senses a prime object every
day.
“Teach every child to draw,
Filipinos Would Welcome,
Investigation by Congress
By JAIME C. DE TETRA
Resident Commissioner from the Philip*
pines to the United States.
FROM various newspaper clippings,
I learn that there is an intention
of sending an investigating body
to the Philippines. It is welcome; the
sooner it is done, the better.
Let there be light! The Filipino people
are not afraid of light and would not run
away from it. On the contrary, .they
want the flashlight of this Nation’s in
vestigators focussed upon them. The
Philippine Legislature, which has re
peatedly petitioned the United States for
independence, has been persistent in its
invitation to the members of the Commit
tees of the Senate and the House, Jn
charge of Philippine affairs, to visit that
distant country so that they may see for
themselves and render judgment upon
actual conditions in the frauds. It was
in 19FT when the first petition was made.
They did not insist then, fjeeau-se the
United States was busy in her war activi
ties, and the members of the Congress
were entirely absorbed therein. In the
spring of 1919. a Philippine Mission came
and renewed the invitation.
Securely entrenched in our position and
fortified with incontrovertible facts of our
claim, we do not fear the arrival of any
body of investigators. We want it; we
request it; we urge it.
For what purposes are various malevo
lent and suspicious spirits working? A
portion of the puhlic alleges maladminis
tration, negligence in service, and per
haps Inefficiency of some Bureaus., not to
say absolute demoralization of the service.
In vfew of these allegations it would seem
in the mind of the new President there
has settled a doubt; and it is said that to
please some and satisfy others. Mr.
Harming entertains the idea of sending
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HON. JAIME C. DE VEYRA
a Commission of investigation to the
Philippines. I repeat: we are not afraid
of the proposed investigation. As in afl
human institutions, defects or inefficiency
may be found in the administration of
Philippine affairs; but we*eny that they
are such as to invalidate our claim of
being able to maintain a good govern
ment.
Interested as we are In the good same
of the Filipino people, of the government
of whose management we are participants
and in the truth * itself, we cannot but
anxiously await the realization of thl«
plan.
model, sing, and read music.
Encourage all pupils who!
show unusual capacity in any
of these directions to develop
their gifts assiduously both
in and out of school hours.
“Stimulate every pupil to
active participation in every
school exercise looking,
listening, speaking, drawing,
and writing himself. Each
pupil should be active, not|
passive, alert not dawdling,1
led or piloted, not driven, but
always learning the value of
co-operative discipline.
“Teach groups of subjects
together in their natural and;
inevitable relations. For ex-;
ample, teach,, arithmetic, al
gebra, and geometry together ;
from beginning to end.
Do the same for economics,
government, and sociology,
and for history, biography,
geography, and travel.
Associate reading, spelling,
and composition day by day, j
and make sure that every
child see the object of having
his own compositions correct
ly spelled and legibly written.
“Teach chemistry, physics,
biology and geology all to
gether every week throughout
the entire course (twelve
years) ; because these subjects
are generally found working
in intimate association in mostj
natural processes of growth,
decay, creation, or extinction,
and are separable only for ad
vanced pupils who need to un
derstand the man-made
theories and imaginings which
have proved serviceable
guides to fruitful experimen
tation and research.
“Th§ weekly program
should provide every pupil
with frequent opportunities
to describe before teacher and
class something he has enjoy
ed seeing or reading. Oc
casionally the pupils who ex
cel in accurate and vivid nar
ration or description should
have the privilege of address
ing the whole school assembly.
“Make sure by adequate
provisions in the program
that every pupil has a fair
chance at the proper stage
to learn, in the laboratory
method, the elements of agri
culture, dietetics, cooking,
and hygiene, every girl to ac
quire also the other domestic
arts, and every boy the ele
ments of some manual trade—
by preference one common in
the school’s locality. The
instruction in hygiene should
include community hygiene, or
the defenses of society against
the diseases and degradations
consequent upon ignorance,
moral debility, poverty, and
vice.”—Literary Digest.
Mrs. J. F. Morgan and little
grandson, T. J. Fakes, Jr., re
turned Wednesday to their
home in Little Rock, after
several days’ stay here with
Mr. Morgan. They were ac
companied home by Mrs. Mor
gan’s brother-in-law, Mr.
Walter Morgan, who will visit
them a few days.
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OFFICERS FIND STILL
Monday afternoon Con
stable J. L. Bronte and Deputy
Sheriff E. E. Jeffries of Mc
Crory and Deputy Sheriff A.
D. Cain of Morton went to the
home of Judd Brice on Will
Ball’s farm one mile north of
Morton where they found an
outfit used in making whis
key.
The outfit consisted of a
gasoline stove, 25 or 30 gallon
metal tank, two gasoline feed
pipes for a Ford car, a farm
er’s water keg and a 25 gallon
cracker can which was full of
mash.
The officers sfate that the
still had been in operation
only a short time before their
arrival as the whiskey and
mash was warm when found.
The metal tank contained
several gallons of whiskey
which was destroyed. The
outfit, with the exception of
the stove, was hidden under
neath the house and barn.
The mash was stored up
stairs.
The operator, or operators,
must evidently have been in
formed of the officers’ coming
and made their ^et-a-way. A
portion of the still and booze
was brought to McCrory and
placed in the custody of Sher
iff W. N. Wilkes.
JERNIGAN BUILDS WALK
It has been a pleasure for
us to note the new concrete
sidewalks and other improve
| ments being made by our citi
I zens, but none has given us
greater pleasure to call to
the attention of the public
than to state that Mr. H. W.
! Jernigan has had constructed
a concrete walk in front of
his property. This has been a
much needed improvement as
numerous school children,
; both white and colored, pass
j by there every day during
j school months and we are “de
ligted” to state Mr. Jernigan’s
j walk has been completed.
; Col. H. B. Gray was in charge
I of the work.
Mr. H. Dane Angus is con
fined to his room with a case
of small pox.
Mrs. E. W. Chaney is spend
I ing this week with her sister,
| Miss Mag Winfree in Mem
! phis.
Mr. Morris Shapiro of Mem
phis spent Tuesday here with
his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Arnof and family.
Miss Ora Lee Hunnicutt
spent the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. N. J. Bass at
Jelks, and Mrs. W. W. Raney
at McCrory. She returned
Monday to her studies at
Draughan’s College, Little
Rock.
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