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The Semi Weekly Leader
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
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County teachers met last Saturday to reorganize their association. Retiring president J. E. Woodward addressed the group. N. T. Tull of the Commercial Bank was welcomed as an honorary member and announced a $10 prize for student essays on the Agricultural High School. The School Improvement Association's successful year's work was reviewed, highlighting strong membership and community support.
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They Meet and Reorganize the County Association.
Quite a large body of teachers, fresh from vacation, assembled and organized last Saturday. The retiring president, J. E. Woodward, gave a most sensible address.
Mr. N. T. Tull, of the Commercial Bank, was welcomed as honorary member of the association.
Mr. Tull brought an encouraging announcement. The Commercial Bank has offered $10 to be given as prizes for best papers, by school boys and girls, on the subject, The Agricultural High School.
A review of the year's work of School Improvement Association shows that it has been a potent factor in lifting our schools toward higher ideals. We have a county membership of more than two hundred. Our county was one of the few to send ten dollars for the State School Improvement work, of which Miss Powell is leader. Our county has about forty locals, with membership of approximately twelve hundred. This association, economizing every possible force, secured workers, yes, glad workers, from the ranks of every vocation. It is no trouble to secure from the people of our county evidences of interest; prizes for rural schools, lectures, books, magazines, etc.
But the work is just begun; we must be vigilant, persistent, "hoping ever."
"We believe in boys and girls, the men and women of a great tomorrow; that whatsoever the boy soweth the man shall reap. We believe in the curse of ignorance, in the efficacy of schools, in the dignity of teaching, and in the joy of serving others. We believe in wisdom as revealed in human lives as well as in the pages of a printed book, in lessons taught not so much by precept as by example, in ability to work with the hands as well as to think with the head, in everything that makes life large and lovely. We believe in beauty in the school room, in the home, in daily life and out of doors. I believe in laughter, in love, in faith, in all ideals and distant hopes that lure us on. I believe that every hour of the day we receive a just reward for all we are and all we do. We believe in the present and its opportunities, in the future and its promises, and in the divine joy of living."
GUSSIE PAXTON, Sec'y.
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Last Saturday
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association reorganized with n. t. tull as honorary member; commercial bank offered $10 prizes for best student papers on the agricultural high school; school improvement association reported over 200 county members, 40 locals with 1200 members, and contributions to state work.
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A large group of teachers assembled and organized the County Association. Retiring president J. E. Woodward gave a sensible address. N. T. Tull was welcomed and announced the bank's prize offer. Review of the School Improvement Association's work showed it as a potent factor in improving schools, with strong membership and community support including prizes, lectures, and materials. The association's creed was recited, emphasizing belief in education, service, and life's joys.