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,4 MRS. FENT3N OTTLEY. Model School b a Woman's Club By Mrs. Fenton Oiey e Prominent Southern Woman Tells How Woman's Club Ren dered Practical Assistance to a Comnunity--Deplorable Condi tions in Public Schools Where Children Attend Only Three Months a Year-Interest Stimu lated by Model County Schools College Graduates Teach Chil dren Domestic Sciences, Carpen try and Gardening. %co- q iIlil, by Joseph B3. IDowlea.) (Mi's. Fonto Otti-. O:e <af tIe le td Ing women in publie reform Inovements ,. h .quii, is a ciarter me:nbl-r o t tan ta WoAfn's club, annd has beenl its an's Clubs for the state of (Ge6rgia, as first chairman of the state idutitr'~a coa mission, which did inuci Work for thc. Xnfy of (Aiid.g'or ab01s., an citahrmato o?, hestate Colinission on arts and crafts, andti as one of Georgla's Vounmit toe of three to consider the color line <uestion. Mrs. Ottley is a Mississipplan b birti and rearing, but has resided ia Allanta since her nau'riage. hier husband beitig a banker oC that iltry.) The possibilities of Georgia pine are being exploited from one end of the country to the other, but what thought is being given to the possibil Ities of the Georgia baw?" So wrote President Branson, of the state nor mal school at Athens, Ga., a few years ago. The educational renais sance now beginning in the south is based upon recognition of that great est of "waste products," undeveloped human life, of which so much exists In the states south of Mason and Dixon's line. Since most of the people live in the country-the average population of Georgia, for instance, being 35 to the square mile, with 1,600,000 per eons living in one-room cabins-it is easy to see that the country school must be the evangel to the people. In its improvement Uies the solution of the problem of general social bet terment. The tremendous and sys tematic crusade now being organized throughout the southern states by the southern educational board purposes working almost entirely through this agency, devoting itself to the perfec tion of the rural school and such nor mal institutions as furnish teachers for it. This field of endeavor is oer tainly wide. Out 'of 700,000 children of school age in Georgia barely 280,000 go to school 100 days in the year. Eight months schools are the engption, the rule being five months, while many communities do not have school long er than three months each year. In these schools, when existent, the poorest and most meager instructioh is too often giveb, owing to the poor pay of teacher.. All this seems in a fair way to be revolutionized by the efforts of the southern people, spurred on and en couraged by the southern educational board. In view of this great move ment in the country schools it is in teresting to note that the forerunner of the model country sehool, as planned by educational enthusiasts, was initiated and carried on succes fully by the clubwomen of the state of Georgia a few years ago. By their efforts and under thels diarge twc model country schools were main tained five months the first year ir rural districts. On visiting them a committee of the southern education, al board declared them "ideal." Thest schools, begun as an experiment and an object lesson, have been carried on since then with pronounced suo cess. Their history is interesIWmg, particu larly for the striking example it af fords of what may be the outcome o an active and whole-hearted coopera tion between the representative womn en who make up the clubs of the va rious states and 'the educators ani educational experts of theit' sectinna President Branson, of the Georgia state normal school, lad addressed to Mrs. Lindsay Johnson, the, ptosdent of the State Federation .of Woman's Clubs, a letter in which he asked it that association would undertake to raise $1,000 for the maintenance for five months of a model county school which should furnish an object les son of what a county school should and might be. The Federation of Women's Clubs, a body of 6,000 rep resentative women, having been long devoted to efforts for educational bet terment, and, as Mr. Hranson knew, particularly interested in the problem of the rural school, at once accepted the suggestion and pledged the requi site sun. The school was to be a part of the county system, its location to be de cided by competition among the county sunerintendents of the state, the school to be awarded to the high est bidder and the federation pledging itself to supply the difference be tween this highest bid and the neces sary $1,000. All the money was to be placed in the h~nds of the Geor gia federation, and the school was to be inaugurated by the federation, and remain under its control. Mr. Branson, on his part, pledged to un dertake the technical direction of the school. So much interest was aroused, and the bids of the counties ran so high, that it was found possible to supple ment the efforts of two communities, instead of one, with the sum raised by the federation. Hence, while Danielsville, Madison county, with a bid of $700, secured the first schccl, W~ratters district, Floyd county, was able, with $650, to secure a second. The tragedy of the situation lay in two splendid bids of $500 from Bar tow county and $450 from Rabun county, the latter the most mountain ous county in Georgia. To those who understand the meaning of these guarantees from such sections there is infinite pathos in the thought of such sums as these having been gath ered for such a cause and in vain! One thousand dollars more would have done noble service. The iwo sections securing thd schools furnished contrasting but ex cellent fields for the social experi ment. Danielsville, the county seat of Madison county, is a typical village of the best character. Its people are, many of them, educated and refined, but the county is essentially rural, since only one edge of it is crossed by a railroad, Danielsville itself being six miles distant from it. About 500 people center at Danielsville. The best of them threw themselves heart and soul into the effort not only to secure the first model school, but to guaran tee its perpetuation. The president of the county board of education, a well-known lawyer, besides his other efforts, threw his home open to the teachers, who were thus assured the comforts of daily life. Watters district, Floyd county, is a "crossing" of the Southern railroad, just out of the little city of Rome. Its people are rougher than the coun try folk, and the life led there by the three young teachers was hard enough to furnish missionary,,conditions., Both schools thrived surprisingly. The people, who looked upon it at first as a sort of vagary of their su perintendent and the clubwomen, seen became deeply interested in the plan. The school at Danielsviile, opening with 8,6 pupils, very soon had 126, a great number of children com ing in from the county to board. At Watters about 80 remained in at tendance. ,At both places a -kitchen and work shop were, added to the schoolhouse, which belonged to the county, and about $200 was spent in permanent improvements. The success of the ex periment may .be gathered from the fact that the five-month schools,'main tained as .an .experiment, were re placed by eight monthm' sessions in both ciunties the succeeding year. The children are taught in the simplest and most effective manner plain cooking, plai~n sewing, nature studies, the raising of vegetables, herbs and flowers (each school has three acres of ground), the making of baskets and other articles in cluded in fireside industries, for the girls, with carpentry, wood carving and the general use of tools and drawing iffiplements for the boys. All this fn addition to the regular academ *Ic studies taught in the shortest and most vital way, By plain cooking is meant the sim ple, wholesome preparation of that which is-or should be-found in every Georgia garden. By plain sewing is meant the mak ing of articles needed in the homes of Georgia. fly fireside industries is meant the making of articles with a marketable value, as baskets, hats, fans, hand carved articles, home-woven spreads and rumgs, or, indeed, anything which will be profitable or will hellp to make the rural home more attractive or - comfortable. - In domestic science is taught, be - sides the usual things, some practi cal knowledge of "first aid to the .injurend." The plan is that each school shall become a blooming garden, the gen eral headquarters of the people- of the. neighborhood, where library and reading rooms shall help to ren. der it attractive and necessary to patrons, as well as to pupils. It is safe to say that these two model schools in purpose, plan and detail will be the model indeed for thousands of others which the new educational movement in the south will produce. That they have been successfully initiated, maintained and administered by women furnishes a fair answer to that. already rapidly vanishing question: "What can women's clubs do?' When a Thing's Nice. London's Lord Mayor declared the other day, that -he did not know much about cooking: "But, said he, "I know when a thing's nice." Cut cur rant bread very thin, so that you slice through the fruit *and bring out its full flavor, butter it lightly, and serve it neatly, and you may be sure that this most wholesome and sustaining food will win for itself the praise due to the thing that's nice. VARIETY IN HOG FEED. The Arnimals Do Bettar When Given Th re are sonc very I:nportant con 'iderations in fodi-g swine whleh shouldI not be lost sht of. The 110' by nature is aa om:zvorous animi and ia.lily eats a g;-eat variety u food. Though domesticated for many yeats he has not lcst hi-; natural in stincts and loves to roam the fields and voods in search of various roots and plants and is not averse to eating meat of various kii-.'s whenever oppor tunity affords. This love of a great variety of food is so deeply rooted in the ho as to have made a permanent Impression upon the character of his teeth which are adal..ted not only to the grinding of grain but also to the tearing asunder of flesh. This of it self should be sufficient to convince the feeder of the ,advisability of vari eti in the ration of the hog but the gen eral cuftivationr ofc a in the corn belt and its cheapness in years gone by have led many farmers to lose sight of tils essential matter. More over a variety of foo( while Cs. sential to the satisfaction of the ani mal consuiming it stimulates the diges tive organs to greater activity, which Is a most desirable end to attain, and (Ihis of itself would amply reward the feeder for taking greater pains and ,,ffort to provide the hog with a great er variety of food suited to his nutri tion. The mere fact that the hog has a ravenous appetite and will eat practi :ally anything that is placed before it should not render it insensible to the value of a variety "of food. The in stincts of the human being are so deeply grounded in this respect that they should teach us to have more regard for the dumb animals placed under our control and which cannot help themselves by reason of their do mestication to secure many of the things which the system naturally craves. We generally regard the needs of the animal satisfied when we have given a theoretical proportion of pro tein, carbohydrates and fat, trusting to luck that sufficient mineral matter will be supplied in the foods fed to meet the requirement, of the animal body and it is in this respect that a greater injustice is done the fatten ing hog as a rule than in any other particular-Experiment Station Bul letin. PLAN OF SMALL STABLE. Suggeeted Arrangement for Limited Ppaoe and Uneven Ground. A Maryland farmer wishes to plan a stable 28x86 feet to have in it twou box stalls, three -single stalls and space for carriages. Qwing to the nature of the ground he can enter in only one place.. 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