San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 161, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 9, 1912 Page: 33 of 70

                                
SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS
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Bee Cowry Rohau v/a/r.&svooA Coo#we: cms*
4 VALIANT work is being done by the rural high school in Texas to solve the "back to the soil" pioblem. How to
e"i°y life in tl,e fu"esf sense, how to get the best out of the farm and the quiet of the countryside, is being
taught along with the three "RV and the rest of the studies. And it will not be the fault of the schools and the public
school system of the great State of Texas if the truth that God made the country, man made the town"—which means
the country is much the better place to live in and the quicker place to make money in, if the modern methods taught by
the rural school are followed—doesn't become so apparen t it will check the rush to the noisy, selfish, hurrying city.
f"or the country high school is teaching the girls how to cook, how to utilize in the most hygienic, dcliciouslv
appetizing manner the good things the country produces—the butter, the milk, the eggs, the luscious fruit and vege-
tables of a freshnass and flavor that can not be purchased for love nor money in the city.
It is teaching the boys agriculture; it is making scientific and therefore successful farmers of them; it is teach-
ing them manual training, something of the greatest value, supplementing the agricultural work.
So, to sum up, the high'school far out in the quiet of the cotton and the corn fields and the orchards is spelling
contentment in the minds Of the young farmers and their wives of tomorrow. It is teaching the youth how to make
money from the soil, while his inner man is kept healthy and satisfied by such cooking he is bound to be happy whether
he wants to or not. Health, wealth and happiness in the country—that is the lesson.
take, a? an example, the Bee County ing aprons, sweeping caps, a full suit crrn possible near your farm" He did
Rural High School at Tuleta, which held underwear and a wash dress, towels, not advise thai corn be secured for "eed
its closing exercl.es the other day by hand. The In far removed localities.
There was no occasion to ask if tho under" the direction oV the teaVr" this Teras follSwItf w?th°a 'arefulU-T^Vl
farmers of Bee County and their families department. spe£h on wnwHdiTon Pw5StTv
-  . The primary grades were tnught by .schools of thA inpfitii SV,.ni«« JI!
Miss Bonita Carroll of Beevillo. Her different country school districts nn«i
pupils showed the benefits of the ad- ,|" formation of a good strong lif,
theneRechnr2f^?<,T,nf,teaChlnS prar,lcetl 1,1 '""*1" by amply qualified teachers
The Sd?LMlfp\had the benefit of eV Tn^ih'e'^lo^^}1 ,Z
ihe instructions of Miss fetolzfus, who 1 i.ited States Department of Atrrlcul
attended the best colleges in the South. gave a talk ™ ,h! value of
^ork City and Wisconsin. fanning, better schools, better roads tor
departments, which is a gain of 100 per "i!? school is the close the country. When the conditions pro-
, feeling and harmonious actions of the posed bv Mr Berrvman arc fulfiitmi ■ h^ra
cent over the number enrolled last year, principal, teachers, the Mothers' Club wMi i» nn »vnrt,,= "'"".S "®i!
realize the benefits of the institution, one
of many of its kind. They were out In
force and they gave expression to their
surprise and gratification. Another evi-
dence—the report made by the principal
to the board of trustees shows a total
enrollment In the school of HO in all
back to the soil
First, on the programme whs the ex
and the farmers' meeting of Tuleta
good earnest
hlbit of the handwork of the students
From 10 o'clock a. m. to I o'clock p. m
followed bv
lie was
short talk In
given
Of Ref
the dif
stud\
into kindling ...„   
Withe the exception of a small bill of 1911-11''
lumber all the ironing boards, screens,
plateracks, picture frames, bookcases,
umbrella racks, matchsafes. footstools,
etc., exhibited by the boys were made
from boxes procured at the village
stores. This display of constructive abil-
ity of the boys was a source of pleusuro
and pride to parent, teacher and pupil. _
Owing to the fact that the school has ful selection or seed corn bv an inteiu lls Dugats, Courtneys, Swans", Ha
not yet purchased a team and full set gent system of seed breeding bv suit XIays' Beckners, Kllpstelns, Dr. l :,v„
of farming implements the school gar- able preparation of the sled oed b% in ( rlsps' Kva"' ' Beasleys, Thurstons, Mills
den does not present the good appear- tense cultivation of the c -V,„ and many others.
ance shown in the other departments, corn has been planted bv the absolute ..State Superintendent Bralley savs
but it. nevertheless, came in for a good necessity of \,t there are more than 1,000,000 children
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pertntendent: of tin* school districts
HUNDRED BI SHELS OF CORN which have voted a higher maintenance
After a luncheon served on the school 'Mhouses. ,SaUCS
grounds, a farm expert was introduced Among the large number present were
lo the audience and for more than an P;*0P'$ froJP Mineral. Normanna, Berclalr,
iirtii*. . . . Ivenedy, Beeville. Skidtnore. such weil-
entei tamed his hearers by recount- known families being represented as the
ing results that are obtained from care- Hays. McKinneys, 1'owels, Roberts. Ilar-
ful selection of seed corn, by an inteili- !i',1;..DueSt',1 ^our,neys1 Swans, Har'risses,
_ Cayo
but it, nevertheless, came in for a good
share of praise—and worthily so.
ORDER A$!D TIDINESS.
necessity of proper storing the corn " VS' Tr,e .'."an I'(*J0'000 children
after it is gathered to preserve the vigor T /i" <be scholastic age who are entitled
and vitality of ihe lite germ, as so much !lm 2 ,,uttl2" ,ln th'\ Pub"c school sys-
depends on the health of the corn stalk of 'lw ,Hlat.e' consists of pri-
al ter it is up, since a thrlftv ™!I S * £ !""v ^hools, intermediate schools and
The domestic science department has »?,pAe..n<Jf ,°" !he of the corn stalk marv° school- °intern!
been a decided success under the splen- *'®l '? up' since a thrifty corn stalk Brhools ' located
did management of Miss Sara Gibbs, a mav uro,lu,>' ■' mt" -8C no""' "ocated
graduate of the University of Tennessee.
Her ability lo bring from the girls then-
best efforts is one of the features of
common
mav produce a »r*7. m , «?, hl*h schools. 1c 
either slz rtSl ^
or produce a poor ear or a couple "of Wt! 'if sc,looJs1of the cities and towns
iDbins." Thus he proved the1 f scHopl districts
her success. Her pupils are taught the . ou,.','?s' Thus he proved the possi- a re' \vH I '^oreuiilV'i I'^a'n (1 are the orio'JiFe«.**
value of rigid cleanliness of each article ' 15 of growing 100 or even more bushels efflr-iencv of the best schools In AmJrir.l
of the household, be It in the kitchen UirSemonst^.e. 7,?°?" V' „ whilethe school.in the^o^Xoi
or sleeping chamber. Order and tidl- :? demonstrated the lecturep had districts are not so well orsanlTeH
ness will be the watchwords of the girls i the question of corn raising vears progress Is belnir made In their imr,
SETS'hSWSS!
pared were such as the farmer should Lpen Vvm-^known w8 *!!? JiS8 The> endowment of the public school
ia\e during every div of th« waaIt , e\erj Known lniplemeut for th6 till- system known th#> qtito . "001
ir'R were with tTie fact The 'hefpf^l ™ very sffitEfiTZl pre^nt ^un^S"!?
ed in the moat attrac- «! ~m^^f
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The progress these girls made in nee- n ,W|tn/su^^r,,Hhl,lshP'1, Be6 Co"n- l.nds and 'cash on hand ^"yields Tn
scholastic year was $12,500,000. Tho pub-
lic schoolhouses and grounds in Texas
■ re valued at fci">.000,nci0 and this year
•aw the investment by the State in the
construction of new sc hoolhouses of (nor«
than $3,000,000; each day witnessed 111#
completion of two modern, i-atom^dious
Miss lutein cnittlm of San Antonio nre. in in» schools of more than $'000 000 n.,";..'."," »choolhoU8fs.
sented the school with two of the best School aid t°h» Si® «»°Unly Rural High The public schools of the State are sun The average lengtli of the school term
sewing machines on the market t" o^2?'_?n.d J_hp.b?n,'fU!" of ,a more Intel- ported from the income on the endow! ltlr rural districts for the past achol
-J —1  - ■ astic year wa= 116'i days, and in tlie In-
dei>endent si hool districts lfln days.
The Thirty-second legislature cMcted
a rural high school Isw which cre^tea a
county board of education in each county
die work has been most satisfactory n'fih. 1. year several Income for the annual maintenance of t'h
Miss Tuleta Chlttlm of San ^ "nTo aboratorv of BcV'roumvPRo^.1'l.,t^ ^hool«.of morP ,han CMn«00
rented the school with two of the best svhli 5! 1*1»unty Rural High rl he public schools of the 8Late ar«'«im
3^r:EEuy^s»a. s* 'Xrts-
,i'f ,'h)" depsrtment ha<» on pure' hred'Toni ffo™0«e»'d^ Th?'"answer frnm^it'i ThI"" ':,v""nn, rne receipts
.^bitlon, made by her 0w„ hands, sew- was: -Ihe best X ?\o ^thfSX n^nte'Jin^o'f
in tlie State and authorizes the said board
to classify the schools of the county, in-
chiding the i rimary, Intennedlate and
high schools, and to adopt a course of
study conforni:ni< to the law and the re-
quirements of tlif State Department or
Education. This law also provides spe-
cial Btate aid to the amount of $So.ooo a
year in establishin g and maintaining de-
partments of agriculture, manual training
and domestic economy in the rural high
schools and In the high schools of the In-
dependent school districts, and authorises
and direct* the State Department of Edu-
^uoroi-
cation to classify the high schools of the
State into high schools of the first class,
high schools of the second class and high
schools of the third class, and nainea the
minimum requirements for each class of
high school. This law Is tegarded by
competent authorities as being the most
Important piece of educational legislation
enacted b\ the Texas Legislature in the
last twenty-five years i;nfler its intelli-
gent administration the country schools
of the State will be developed into a well-
orrauUcd system of schools and their cl-
ficiency will he greatly Increased.
The State Department of Kducation ha»
prepared a coursq of study in s.ccordanca
with this new law for the county superin-
tendents. the county boards of"education
ami the teachers to use in classifying th#
schools and in systematising the work
thereof. It attempts to correlate th#
work of the school with the business Ufa
of the world and outlines four years'
course of study in agriculture, manual
training arid domestic economy, in addi-
tion to the iVork in the usual literary
subjects of the high school.
Only about k per cent of the children
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