The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 82, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 2, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BONHAM SEM1WEEKLT NEWS
Outline of Work For Teachers’ Examination
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To All Those Desiring to Take State anil County, or lined in Graves’ A History of Education before the Mid-
Summer Normal Examinations During the Year 1915. j ole Ages (The Macmillan Company, Dallas.)
Couty Superintendent R. M. Parker, is authorized hv) 18. Psychology, The work should be based on Colvin
State Superintendent, \V. F. Doughty, that the following, rnd Bag-’ev's Human Behavior, (The Macmillan Company,
prescribed limitations for all examinations during the Dallas.) »
year 1915, will obtain: ' 1 19. Literature, American authors, as pifHtiied - ia
The best interests of the teachers and- of the school? - Hailevk’s Americ.jr Literature (American Book Company,
make necessary the fallowing prescribed limitations as Dallas,) f or sinoial. u(ly thf follow trig classics are vt-W
to the scope of the work in the subjects meritioncu. Tie j omnten'ded: IrVmg's The Voyage, Pd'e’s. The Gold Lug.
examination questions in each scries of summer normal j L S y of tfi " ’Low-LiV. \ , -our of
institutes and in all county examinations for 19J5 in these w ;-l aunfa!.
subjects will be confined to th-* limitations' indicat gf? 20, ‘ Chem* icy. phase? of <U scriptive, eKernDtry'- in-
..rrnvn r*r> \t,t’ lti>h , -c i 1 ” 1 »aptors 1 to 19, inclusive, of. Brownlee’s f;iv‘
• fcECOND GRADL SL-BJEC ifc ... . , . .
* : -tnciptes : Cbemistrv-(Allvn & Bacon, Chicago.)
■1. McCallum and Horn’s The New Century Spelling.; 21. The work in Solid ‘Geometry should be con-
Book, Silver Burdett and* Company.-Chicago.) 1
2. The work in the subject of Reading will be based
questions and further directions for
conducting the meeting. You should
study’ carefully this circular, diseusa
tin; matter with your school Board,
and ask them to come to the meeting.
Personally invite leading progressive
citizens, iii the neighborhood to come.
NO MIDDLE GROUND
Eldorado Ok) Courier .
Throughout the whole of the United
{States the people are wakeing up to
a realization of the Intent of the whis-
ky'traffic to rule and ruin this .free I
Win n the houi; arrives, explain brieiT ikiud °f ours, as can plainly be Seen [
■iy why the meeting was called and r‘T the def.-at of the proposed pio-
”Tul \xi\V- Slowly -and careiuliy .the
.c-.u ut&r for -my. .AVhc-rd t-her?
biticn amendrAont to the cunstitu-
•i) by.congress -a few day? ago. The
on The Psychology and Pedagogy cf Pleading, Huey, page
187 to end.* (The Macmillan Company, Dallas.)
3. Arithmetic, Sutton and Bruce’s- Higher Arithme-
tic £D. C. Heath and Company, Dallas) should be studied
4. English Grammar, Our Language Grammar (B.
F. Johnson Punishing Company ,Dallas)
5. Tarr and MeMurrv’s The World Geographies,
Second Book,’(The Macmillan Company, Dallas).
6. Texas History, Barker, Potts and Ramsdell’s A
School History of Texas (Row, Peterson & Company,
Chicagb.)
7. Physiology and Hygiene, Ritchie’s Human Phy-
siology (The World Book Company, Yonkers, N. Y>) -
8. The course in Methods and Management this
year will be based on Sutton and Horn’s Schoolroom Es-
sentials (C. A. Bryant & Cpmpany, Dallas.) The
grade m Penmanship will be given on the specimen
found in the Methods and Management papers, considera-
tion being given to the neatness, simplicity of form, and
legibility. »
9. United States History, Hall,Smither and Ousley’s
The Student’s History of Our Country, (Southern Pub-
lishing Company, Dallas.)
10. Ferguson and Lewis’ Elements of Agriculture
(The Ferguson Publishing Company, Sherman, Texas.)
Supplement with Warren’s Elements of Agriculture.
FIRST GRADE STUDIES ;
11. English Composition, Merktey and Ferguson’s
Composition-Rhetoric (Newson & Company, Chicago.)
and Herrick and Damcn’s New Composition and Rhetoric
(Scott, Foresman & Company, Chicago.)
- 12. The work in Civil Government should b-v based j History; Literature,
on Triplett and Hauslcin’s Civics. Texas and
(Rein & Sons Company, Houston. Texas.)
13. Wentworth's New School Algebra
Company. Dallas.)
f 14. Physical Geography, Tarr’s New Physical Geog-
raphy (The Macmillan Company. Dallas)
15. Plane Geometry—the questions will' be confined j
to books orle, twtf and three, inclusive, as given in Went-
worth’s Plane Geometry, revised by Wentworth and
Smith (Gir.n & Company, Dallas.)
16, General History, Myers’ Ancient History, Re-
vised Edition (Ginn & Company, Dallas) as the text.
V PERMANENT SUBJECTS '
•fined' to a careful study rif Went wort ITs Solid Geometry,
revised by Wentworth and Smith (Gir.n Company,
Dallas.)
22. Physics, Chapters 1 to 9, inclusive, as found in
Carhart and Chute’s First Principles of Physics (Allyn
& Bacon, Chicago.)
23. Trigonometry, Wentworth and Smith’s Plan.
Trigonometry (Ginn & Company, Dallas. )
24. Bookkeeping, Williams and Roger’s Modern Il-
lustrative Bookkeeping (The American Book Company,
Dallas.)
EXAMINATIONS
At the close of each series of summer normal insfl
tutes there will be an examination for the second grade,
first grade, permanent and permanent primary eertifi
cates. The examination in the first series will be held
July 12, 13, 14, and 15, 1915, and in the second series
July,26, 27, 28, and 29, 1915. Each applicant for the
examination shall pay in advance to the person in charge
of the examination, who shall be appointed by the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, a fee of $1.00 This
is to be sent to the State Superintendent to pay for hav-
ing the applicant’s papers graded. A minimum bona fide
attendance of twenty days, exclusive of the days of ex-
amination, will be a prerequisite to entering the examina-
tion. A person may not attend one summer normal in
stitute and enter the examination of another; the at-
tendance and the examination must be in the same school.
Each examination will conform to the following scedule:
Monday forenoon.—Grammar, Physical Geography,
Trigonometry.
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Monday afternoon.—Descriptive Geography; General
Federal ! Tuesday forenoon.—Writing; : Methods and- Mnrage-
{Ginn
17. History of Education,/ ancient period as out
Civil Government;
Composition:
Algebra; ,His-
i merit Plane Geometry; Psychology.
£ j Tuesday aiternoo-i.—Physiology
Chemistry.
Wednesday forenoon.—Arithmetic;
Solid Geometry.
Wednesdav afternoon.—Agriculture;
tory of Education. . .
Thursday forenoon.—Reading; U. S. History; Physics.
Thursday afternoon.—Texas History; Bookkeeping;
Spelling.
FANNIN COUNTY SUMMER NORMAL, BONHAM.
TEXAS, JUNE 7TH TO JULY 16TH, 1915.
SCHOOL HOUSE A
SOCIAL CENTER
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PLEA TO RURAL TEACHERS TO
INTEREST THEIR PATRONS IN
.PLANS FOR THEIR INTEREST
suggestions bearing upon important writing lesson the . following invita-
ftoblems in their daily life.
Later the people wall be interested
in other subjects that We.shall con-
sifkr, but just at this* moment they
ton:*
You are cordially invited to coma
to the sehooihoqse on Friday after-
noon at three o'clock to hear and dis-
arm eagerly looking for measures of j vuss certain definite plans by which
j-viief from the financial crisis that j it is believed this community can be
is upon us. If the situation is not!' tade more prosperous and a more
in a wise and broad-minded way,
Austin, Texas, Jan.-15, 1915. . ,
Fellow Teacher:
I or several years the Department |
r.u-1
r. • ''financial losses are certain to
ro-juh. These losses are unnecessary
if \i;e citizens of Texas will use Wise
of Extension of the University ha j
teen perfecting plans for closer co-
operation with the public elementar..
schools in th work of helping to make
life more pleasant and work more ef-
ficient in our rural districts. The
present time seems especially favor-
able for greatly enlarging this work
of direct co-operation, because the
present crisis offers the public school
ar. exceptional opportunity to show
the people, at a time w'hen they are
looking for light, that it can be of
value to the community not only in
educating the children but also in dis-
seminating among the grown people
definite and helpful information and
PieY
■ i and calm judgment. We be
■-hat by taking counsel .to*cU.ei
pleasant place in which to live. The
plan has bee.. prepared aud will be
explained by" the Department of JSx-
t' r.- ’on of the University ami >il! of-
-. er for discussion sothe very interest
ing and valuable information arid new
The At & M. ( o Cge and tli*
roikgo of Industrial Arts will v",-op-
erate with the University in the prep
a ration of the plans and programs
and working out the measure's of re-
:'t ‘ which will be suggested, Texa-
r.av not only weather the storm, but
come out of the troublous times wiser (
am'} stronger because of the struggle, j of these metings.
in order that the people may have) Ask the children to hand to their
an opportunity to hear and discuss I r«'l!'ents this invitation and a copy o"
. ., ,, , the list of questions which we send
thfse plans and provide the means of
tapir own protection, and may later
Consider other matters of importance,
we invite you to co-operate with us
in the following plans:
Have all your pupils, on Wednesday
copy on a fresh sheet of paper as a
enclosed. Write this list of questions
on the blackboard after the invita-
tion has been copied By the children,
and have them copy thi^ also and
take home.
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W e also enclose Circular No. 2,
giving discussions or answers to these
Serious Lun* Diseases result from colds which' were expected to get well
themselves. The sensible course when cold settles in the chest is to taka
BALLARD’S
Horehound Syrup.
firs, f religious
arc questioa? io. be' discussed,
t • at'l .-the.. qudi t'io.n and Call on those)
' :'<sr jiisc'us?ion. After a fev\y
rdiml.es of ;dise.ussion, read the an-
s\,’rr given in the- circular and con-
tinue the discussion if it seems desir-
able to do so. If you feel it unwise-
to read this yourself, then ask some |#o love for. humanity
is speakirtg out
. f Th
y-nning to thunder! Men vdio have
etqfo.i-e been. quiet, are lieem.bng
|a.-:gnant ait the brazen imputience of
Lae rurn power, in trying to thwart
fhe will of the people. Patrio -’sm
should rise
A PRETTY FACE Is the result of a healthy
physical conditio*.
"Beauty is but ski*
deep" yet it greatly
depends on a clear
complexion, free
from wrinkles and
p hollow checks.
f Health* always
) brings wealth of w
' beauty, A healthy
o'state of the systenn *
Af? c<>:nes with Doctor
Bierce’s Favorite
J rescrintiou. ’It’s a
medicine prepared
i’ncuts — it cures those
a: id weaknesses which
life miserable.
Mrs. MxTTrn ILvut mam (dauchtijr of Mr. J. C.
Parka). 610 E. Idchar.l St_. ^iv rm»n,Tex. says :
" TwriK? tiiis in the hope that it will assist some
poor sufferer. I- took / Favorite i’rcscriptioB * ' J.
when I was just entjrinir womanhood. Can say
it relieved me ox buffering and bddt up my sys-
tem in KeDera)."
Mrs. Pf ORY Faobkr, of 920 West ISth Avenue
Corsica tit, Texas says:
lor woman’s
derange,»: sit-*,
make wotaari*
tastily wCl recommend ‘fhvorite PreacrinflaB’.1*
patron whom y.ou.know to be a good
speaker and a real leader in the com-
munity to do.so. Be sure to see to
it (hat he has the paper several days
in advance so as to prepare himself to
lead it well and take the lead in the
discussion. It may be well to-write'
seme, of the questions on the board.
Do not form any elaborate organ-
ization. Elect a chairman to pre-
side and secretary to make a report
of the meeting. Probably you would
better offer to serve ’ as secretary
j ourself. The circular gives ail
Ct’ner necessary directions. If any-
thing further is needed, write at once
‘to The Director of ’ Extension, The
University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Immediately after your first meet-
ing send oa the enclosed blank a re-
port of the meeting Jto the Director
of* Extension, The University of Te<-
as, Austin j Texas, and the program
and other material for the seeon 1
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nr cting*will be sent to you by return
nail.
Please let us hear at once that you
have joined in this-.- great movement,
a'-d'have thus shown'ydup willingness
to serve yqur community to the best
of" your ability. Vou can increase
ypur a .( iuC: < e ami the influence of
your School by lemlbring the com-
munity this service.- You do not have
to assume responsibility for this or-
ganization. All that is asked is that,
you call this first mieting aud lend
such help as you can. The members
themselves; with such aid as we and
the pther State institutions can give,
v *ll carry the work on. To interest
the parents, it may bp well to have
one. or two children gh'e a declama-
tion at the opening of the meeting,
but do not allov^ the children to re-
i lain at the meeting.
Wp would suggest that during the
following week you use’the questions
ar.d material given ini the bulletin in
yc ur agriculture: class so as to inter-
est both parents and children in these
important,- ,-ubjects; > ;
Please let us have your co-opera-
lion at once.
d -;Spu-erely yoftrs,. J
A CASWELL EI.LTS
Director of Extension,
The University of Texas. .'
|d)ove party fealty. Men are seeing
inat; there is no compromise with the
curse. That America cannot remain
“half drunk and half sober.” ,That
it must be one or the othe> . There
ix> no middle ground. Either the
lc-ds of rum will rule, and vice and
debauchery prevail, or the intelligent
and virtuous of the nation must
overthrow it and take the reins of
government in its own hands. The
conflict is irrepressible. There is no
hslfway measures. No settling.it by
these old-time shams; “unconstitu-
tional, personal liberty, high license,
etc.” Men may devise ^themes and
plans to stave off the inevitable, but
they are' and must be abortive. The
Fquor .traffic is determined to fasten
itself for all time to come upon this
cation, and the intelligent people of
jkis nation are equally determined
mat it. should not do it. There may |
parrying and thrusting, and prelimi-
llary. skimtishiiig, but the battle is
potmd to come, and when it tloes it
4lil not be a drawn battle; one or.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
•"■J* F. Long and Nellie May Stew-
art. ,
J. B. Dockery and Addie Duckworth
Chariie TenisOn and Gordie Holmes.
H. E. England and Mrs. Namrc
Whitten. 5
R. W. Branson and Minnie Edwards
Frank Borders and Alice WVsen-
bunt.
C. A. Keeton and Cyrus W^gbt
C. O. Branch and Bertha n Van
Viate.
Hill Edmonds and France; Brown.
Joe B. Lyle and Lallah B. Ho d
S. N. Hopper and Arlie May Byrd.
George Nelson and Beulah Fox.
Colored
Oscar Bell and Clemmie Fie ds.
IT IS A GRAND REMEDY FOR THE THROAT
AND LUNGS.
■ ■ ♦
The great relief It affords Jn the Inflamed lungs is most gnGfylnir to those wht> have been har-
assed by-an obstinate, Irritating cough. It relaxes the tight filing In tile -i.'At, cleat's the air pass-
ages of phlegm, soothes and heals soreaesa la the bronchial tutc., un-1 restores K'-un-l conditions tn the
respiratory organs.
Put Up in Three Sizes, 25c, 50c and $1.00 per Bottle*
Buy thc'fl.OO size It contains five times as much as t!.a iic siz^ and yon tjc-t with eat It Jbottle a
Dr.^Herrich’s Bed I’epptr I'orous Blaster for the chest!
\
JANES F. BALLARD
PROPRIETOR
ST. LOUIS, MO.
S***he«a Bye Salve !• a remedy ot great power In dlaeaaee of the eyea or eyellda.
■ treagthena the Biaht. '
It heals quickly and
ISolo AnpRccohhcnded&yI
J..W. Peeler Druggist Bonham, Texas.
> QUESTIONS
For the First Schoolhouse Meeting.
FJach o£ the questions below will be
thrcWn open for discussion so that
v-bateyer is knowp on the subject by
anycne -in the community may be
learned by all present. After this,
lo some of the questions, answers
that-have been prepared by an ex-
pert in the subject will be read and
discussed, and application to the local
ctnditions will be made.
1. Why should we have schoolhouse
meetings in this community?
2. What do they know about farm-
ers’ problems and problems of farm-
ers’ vyives at the State University, the
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
and the College .of Industrial Arts,
and the other schools, of higher
It amipg, and how. con these institu-
tions, be" of any help to us?
3. ; What is tlie world’s present vis-
ic other will- go down.
- , If it shall :
: ot be intelligence and conscience,
torn the, history of this republic is
finished,.the hope of the nation biot-
ic d out. If it shall triumph th.n a
deliverance hnd blessing have come to
humanity, such as the world has not
known for ages past.
Little Pafjdice
The Islan^ of T
long and 40 mih z
area of at pr — 5
miles. A ebrib a? mo-K
throughout it's ieryth.
of .vvl.i' ii i s about
•sea. level. Th-r pc- .ilt
litid is estimated at
in jrfie Se^.
■ 1 is 55 miles
-, nr.J has an
1,500 square
’ tains ex-tends
the .higher.
1 net ?d,ove
va of the is*
, >9.
fjTRA IGHi- FO It WARD
TESTIMONY
:
^fany Bonham Citizens Have Profit* d
By It
If you have backache, urinary trou-
ts es, days of dizziness, headaches or
iirirybusness, strike at the scat of the
t: cubic. These are. symptoms ot
vyeak kidneys and there is grave d?.n-
*gpr in delay.. Doan’s Kidney Pi’l-i
are especially prepared for kidney
a ’merits—are endorsed bv over 'l
pimple. Yotir neighbors recommen J j
tl Is iremedy—have prove^I its iribnt J
::i many tests. Bonham reads- - 1
s' :olxId take fresh courage in tT,“|
s raight-forward testimony of a Bon- !
1mm citizen.
W. Wr. Nell, farmer, 420 English St.
Bjcmham,; says: “I suffered" from
lameness across ray back and loin;.
It bothered me particularly in ‘the
morning. The kidney secretions
were too frequent in passage an 1
caused me considerable annoyance at
night. After using, one box of
Doan’s Kidney Pills, I got relief. The
kidney secretions became less fre-
icnt in passage and the pains in ray
k left. I have known of others
have taken Doan’s Pills for sim-
ilar ailments with the most satisfac-
tciy results.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney reemdy—
g«t Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same
that Mr. Nell had. Foster-Milbum
Co., Props., Buffalo N. Y.
FANNIN’S COTTON YIELD
il>ie supply of cotton ? " '-
4. IIow mny we expett the present
supp'v to affect the future price'?- j
5. Briefly explain , just how the
1 recent European war is affecting so Spurgeon.
Lie price of cotton ? ' | —
- 6, What forces arc' now operating
t
l.overnmont agent Tom B. Brown
reports that up to Jan. 16, Fannin
Ccunty had ginned 61,389 bales of
co ton compared to 60,836 ginned -to
th ‘ same date last season.
\ prayerless soul is a Christless
_ T___
gathered if we store , our present
restore the norma!'price of coittor ?• | lotton crop, and what can we raise
7. What should be done with part j l^j-e profitably in place of a parr o'
of the land- now devoted to cotton
production?
8/ What shal1 our plans be for tin
hi xt year? •
■9, How can we live till a new crop
cotton crop?
Come to the meeting prepared *0
ciisjfUss and help answer these 011 s-4
tio as.
calwork Cp. ingFf
Better cookies, cake
and biscuUs, too, ] All
as light; fluffy, tender
and delicious as- inolher used
to b:ike. And just as whole-
some. For purer Baking Pow-
der than Calumet cannot be had
at airy price.
Ask jour grocer.
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS
Tbb Abb’I 1
Unqmkr.
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mmt wWi Wj fkiii
DaB’tWfliUleJ. Buy CUbbJT It’*
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