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Lena Stone
Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 41
Marlin, Texas, December 11, 1902
(Paper may be dated Dec. 1, 1902-lsc)
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES.
By A. W. E.
Miss Mary
Hammers, of the Chilton, has been quite sick for several days.
F P Davis,
of Golindo, J. B. Murphy of Mustang Prairie, J W Alsup, of Chilton, D C Clark,
of New Salem, W R Summers, of Mooreville, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Holland, of Center,
Miss Rosetta Wright, of Taylor, Misses Lowley and Ellis of Chilton, Miss Ethel
Powell, of Union, and others, had business with the county superintendent's
office Saturday.
R B Black,
(col.) is doing good work with 15 pupils present Tuesday. The geography
drill was especially good. He was highly complimented by the county
superintendent for his nice, clean and tidy room and the systematic manner in
which his routine work was done.
At 9
o'clock Wednesday morning found the county superintendent at Independence
colored school; notwithstanding the cold northers Charley Thomas was present
with 40 children. the work in spelling was very good indeed.
Miss
Cynthia Pettit, (col. of Excelsior, was visited Wednesday evening. The
attendance was small only 15. The work, especially in language lessons,
was very good.
Miss
Maggie Hodges, of Shields Academy, was visited Tuesday afternoon. The
attendance was good and everything working nicely. Miss Maggie is a hard
worker and deserves much credit for the splendid work she is doing. All of
her work was fine, especially the beginner's reading.
Friday
morning was spent with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Holland, of McClanahan. The
attendance was fairly good, over 50, the work was excellent. Mrs.
Holland's Second reader class has been well taught as any in Texas, especially
is she to be complimented on the uniformity of the progress of each pupil.
Any teacher can have a few good pupils in a class, but it requires a careful
teaching to have all good ones. Mr. Holland's first grammar class gave a
fine recitation.
Miss
Rosetta Wright is doing some good work at Taylor. Friday afternoon, the
attendance was small, only 15, but Miss Rosetta works only the harder with what
she has. Her advanced class is grammar recited nicely.
One thing
the teachers need their attention called to is the importance of perfect
organization. No school can do its best work in a slip shod manner.
A well organized school is one in which every thing has a place, and remains in
that place. These should be a time for everything and everything should be
in its time. Make out a daily program put where both teacher and pupil can
see it, then go strictly by it. Punctuality and the value of time can be
taught in no better way than to be punctual and to save your own time.
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