Summer School Diary, part 1E - 1912

Aim of The Summer School -- by J E Bray

The fundamental aim of the Summer School for Teachers is improvement in teaching fitness and ability, better equipment for instructing children and developing a right child life and its activities.

To this end it has been found necessary and wise to give teachers a larger grasp of school subjects a larger knowledge of the law of mind, development in children, of the order in which particular subjects may best be presented, and of right methods of presentation. Incidental to these but not less important is the imparting of knowledge that will enable the teachers to direct the play activities of children and to guard and guide their moral and physical well being.

The Summer School that has done this successfully for the elementary teachers has done well, has made a good beginning. The Nevada Summer School for Teachers has certainly done a great beginning work for the teachers in the elementary schools. It has afforded a large opp-ortunity for improvement on all

important lines of work; and the instructors therein are entitled to a large commendation for the ability and zeal with which they have conducted their work, and the large personal interest they have manifested in all the interests of those in attendance.

The Summer School now closing is we trust, the beginning of a large and permanent movement on the part of the University of Nevada for aiding that mental, spiritual and physical uplift of which all who are privileged to teach feel the need, and which all worthy teachers desire.

July 21 (cont.)

"I didn't use to have a religion, but by God I've got one know --- its Work"! and Somebody's got to clean out below so those above can have fresh air from the Drain Man throbbed with deep feeling beneath the cockney accent.

For an hour and a half this gift-ed little woman read to us at high tension, and into that hour and a half was crowded more feeling than usually comes to us in many days. Indeed one of the girls was heard to say that had there been nothing else given us during the session one had been repaid for coming

It is hard to express our apprec-iation of Miss Howe's generosity, and her active interest in all Summer School activities. Monday and Wed-nesday were sure to find her in the circle taking part in our games, and always we met on a cordial acqua-intance on the street. It is very sure that associated with our remembrance of this summer will be Miss Howe.

July 30

During the session of Summer School two basket-ball teams were organ-ized with Miss Bray as captain of one and Miss Van Namee as captain of the other.

On July 30th the season closed with one of the fastest games ever witnessed in the "gym". Especially fine plays were made by the Junior Basket Ball [Star?] Hellwink while Miss Folsom and Miss Van Namee could not be called slow. Nell Wilkinson who has played in the all-coast team made several pretty plays, never losing a chance to guard her opponent

At the close of the first half the score stood 3 - 1 in favor of Miss Bray's team, but in the second half Miss Van Namee's team played fast ball and nosed out their opponents by a score of 6 - 5.

A Sillyism

On Monday morning at the Rising of Day, McKenzie and (h)er son Allan, started from Bennett, [Stevens?] County to go to Westlake, Bradley County, --- to attend the Long-key -Helwinkel wedding. They were rid-ing a Cam(pb)el(l) which they had recently purchased from Mrs Strutts. Passing a Church which stood on the banks of the Breen, their att-ention was arrested by a woman struggling in the water.

A young man, McKeown by name who had Stump(ff)ed many Myles put in his appearance at this critical moment and was asked if he thou-ght he would be Abel to Fisher out. He replied "Gee I can if I am Stout enough, but great Scott! there is no time for idle words"

He began to Russell around unbuckled the Derringer from his belt and with a Subtle (suttle) glance at his chance acquaintance dashed to his duty fully resolved that he was doing (It) right though he heartily wished he were at home in his Morris chair

"What would Lind-sea if she saw me now" were the thoughts which rus-hed through his troubled brain