Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1936 Page: 4 of 8
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Thursday, October 15, 193G
WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
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rum MOST WIDELY CIKCULATED NEWSPAPER LN WISE COUNT!
Scott W. Hickey, Pastor
Bmtered at the Post Office Bl Decatur, Texas, as Second Class Mail Matter
DICK COLLINS, Editor-Owner
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Subscription Kale—$1.50 Per Year
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"Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always
There are numerous modifications is the foundatiin of all Bible truth.
be in the right; but our country, right or wrong."
—Stephen Decatur.
The aim of all of them, however. is lay than that is laid, which is Jesus
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Thursday Morning, October 15,1936
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Fur District Judge, 4.3rd District:
Carter
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Herman Jones
“WHY PAY MORE?”
A
E. L. BRANDENGURG
V. F. MILLEI
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Fall and Winter Needs
been told him.
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progress
PIPE
year.
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BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
2 for 25c
Cross Cut Saws
Vernon Beauchamp and son. Her-
pils is the fact that measuring
$2.25
GAS HEATERS
Why pay as high as 50 per
small
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98c up
$2.95 up
Our $2.25 value for only
$1.98
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CHRISTMAS
R U G S
$4.95
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DUNN HARDWARE
lions have been improved in an ef
Some of the
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ALLADDIN LAM PS
Phone 280
Decatur, Texas
N. W. Cor. Square
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with a double
. Beauchamps
an attempt to get at a pupil's true
ability in a way that can be checked
FUNDAMENTALIST
BAPTIST CHURCH
fort to remove as much as possible
the element of personal opinion in
1 telli genre tests, which are supposed
to indicate or measure mental abili-
ty; and various other tests designed
to indicate nervous reaction, mental
and physical ability. In the field of
actual instruction, tests of examina-
method, while old, is still employed
! in many places and in many ways
of these three, such as the identifi- j
I cation type, many variations of the
f multiple-choice type, and even other
arrangements of the true-false type.
in-
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How
swer
Wend
Sunday
and Mr
or
a
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| it giveth light unto all that are in
the house.”
Miss
Dallas
Mrs.
son in
Mrs.
ghter i
I take fright. It is in eternal opposi-
tion to. “Modernism”, which denies
all the Fundamental truths pertain-
ing to Bible plan of salvation.
(’LL
GET IT.'
Mrs.
visited
gomery
Mmes
Ingram
Tuesday
Miss
ited fri
be arrived at in an entirely arbitrary
manner, since all standards of meas-
urement are arbitrary.
Man's latest endeavor in attempt-
ing to measure lies in the field of
mental ability. Because of the com-
plex nature of intelligence, tie has
Mre.
is visit!
here th
Mr. ai
moved ’
has acc
Cox.
Dowd
Taylor <
of Mr. t
Not Specials
BUT JUST EVERY DAY BARGAINS
Mrs. f
C E. M
Martin a
Mangum
here Sat
Mr.
Angelo
Loveles
Mr.
Denton
Mr.
end vis
Oklaho
free of bias or personal opinion
the part of the teacher.
There is one serious obection
Mr. ;
friends
week er
Mme
were I
end.
structor—perhaps we shopld say the
lazy way.
One of the greatest handicaps in
little provision is made for compo-
sition work on the part of the pupil school, and a fine lesson from Ro-
Mr l
Fort w
Miss Ci
For County Attorney:
Nolen L. Sewell
Wood and Coak
HEATERS
For District Clerk :
Faye Walker
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For County Clerk:
Frank Clay
For Sheriff:
George Young
For Congress, 13th District:
W. D. McFarlane
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Bring Us Your Turkeys, Chickens, Butter
and Eggs.
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For County Judge:
F. Arnold Davenport
For Public Weigher. Prec. 1 :
R L. (Bort) Repd
For A ssessor-Col lector :
L. C. Slimp
For County Treasurer:
Boone Gentry
Mr. ai
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atbnded
Sunday.
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SEPARATORS
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For Commissioner Proc. 4-5:
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tfiee ef Publication—Messenger Building. 206 West Walnut Street.
Next to Postoffice
practical Christianity. '
light a candle and put
“THE HOME OF QUALITY MERCHANDISE”
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be used along with the new types of
tests in order to give them balance
and to measure ability to organize
thought on the part of the pupil.
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I will think—talk—write . . . Texas
Centennial in 1956! Ibis is to be my
telebration. In its achievement I may
give jree play to my patriotic love for
Texas’ heroic past; my confidence in
its glories that are to be........
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TURKEY DAY MOVEMENT
UNDER WAY LN COUNrY
false, there is but one possible an- John Tarwater here Saturday and
swer and the results can be checked Sunday.
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was reckoned to
PUMLISHKD IN THE DAIRY CENTER OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST complete. and by giving with each
select the items in column 2 that
match or are connected with in some
important way the items in column
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“A Home Owned Store”
being. “Let your light shine.”
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sure of his premise with regard to
mental ability and intelligence. But
assuming that he did know, what
BATH 1tooM HEATEIS
made over a
Mrs.
Helen at
visited
and Sur
to indicate
; 48 Pounds Bewley’s Best Flour $1.89
1 24 Pounds Bewley’s Flour 98c
❖ 10 pounds Cane Sugar 53c
i 1 Pound Maxwell House Coffee 29c
❖ 1 Pound White Swan Coffee in glass jar 33c
j No. 2 Can Tomatoes, 3 cans for 25c
❖ 14 oz. Catsup, 2 bottles
❖ Quart Jar Mustard
j Post Toasties, small, 2 for
❖ Post Toasties, large box 2 for
; 2 pound Box Salted Crackers for
❖ 3, 5c Boxes Salt ______\ .........
successfully
have learned
were surprised
tall? How long? and the an- improved types are:
hundred fiftv five in Bible
! teacher and Gospel minister brought
to us at the evening hour a message,
his subject, "The Cross." The Cross
Member at National Editorial Association, World Press Congress, Tey -
Press Association, Texas Editorial Association.
TESTS AND mi: tsi REMEN TS
the exclusive use of tests of this sort
and that is the obvious fact that
For Commissioner. Prec. 1-6:
A. M (Anz) Shaw
• Born
in the
October
measurement were set up arbitrarily, an individual s mental ability;
grading must necessarily involve
Mr.
Mr. ar
Bridge
Mrs.
her h
sister.
How far” How heavy? How fast” the grading of papers.
When the English system of meas- I
urement was set up. the foot as a
unit of distance was set as the actu-
al length of the then reigning Kin-'
George's foot. A degree of tempera-
ture is the amount of heat necessary
Mrs.
Dilleha
f last Th
exercises the student's judgement
and indicates his ability ti group re-
lated facts in an organized manner.
Mr. a
daughter
di for. a
home fo
For Tnstice of the Peace. Prec 1 •
Tom McCracken
thought emphasized
STOVE PIPE
A HEAL SPECIAL IN STOVE
cent on such
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is confronted by a large number of
statements concerning the subject i
matter that he has boon studying.
He is asked to indicate which are
true statements and which are false.
Since some are true while others are
measuring fairly the progress of pu- schdayooctr "“th
Burn
A & N
here Sa
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V ieited
end.
OLIVER FARM
LEMENTS
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standard would he use? Weight?
Speed? Distance? Time? Obviously
For State Representative of Wise Co. these standards are of little value.
Misse
d red E
Dallas (
m ___ . this field. To measure a thing one
AnnouncerentS must know first of all definitely and
certainly just what that thing is.
So far, the measurer is not at all
For Public Weigher, Precinct 5:
Jack Reecon
(1) True-false Bradford. Sari Beauchamp, Conrad
to them all must of necessity tests. Ln this type of test, the pupil Beauchamp.
where teachers are not awake to period of time such as a semester or
what they are trying to do and to
Simmons Cross Cut Saws,
narrow, wide or one man
and buck saws.
: partial statement several completing
phases or clauses. The pupil is then
asked to indicate which of the com-
pleting phrases or clauses would
make the best answer to a given
question when coupled with the ori-
ginal partial statement. In this in-
stance too, there is but one answer.
Mr. a
Monday
they wi
N” emb
Christ.”
This is real Fundamentalism, at
which word so many good people
Aladdin Lamps
A complete stock of all
styles lamps and repairs for
all styles—-
Lamps $4.95 up
4 Mr.
r Cleburn
day.
friends and relatives were entertain-
ed in one room where an old fash-
ioned table of good things to eat
were served while Herschell was
entertained in another room by a
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gift. The following 2
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? 6 Boxes Rose Bud Matches
j Peek of No. 1 Potatoes, Red or While
| Sweet Potatoes, 4 pounds\for
; Real Big Turnips for, pound
3 Fresh Cabbage, per pound
; Large Head Lettuce
, Lots of other BARGAINS too
f mention.
| DON’T FORGET to visit our MEAT depart- j
f ment—Home Killed Meats—Why not keep ?
i our money at home.
I FOLLOW THE CROWD and trade with-
l BRANDENBURG & MILLER
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All sizes in cast or sheet
iron healers. Priced reason-
able—
great deal of personal opinion on the
part of the teacher. When a teacher
rates the answer to a question as
being worth five or ten points he is
making a con.1 arison of the pupil’s
answer with the answer that the
teacher himself would give. When
he rates a pupil’s work as being on a
certain level, he is evaluating the
host of friends, where a cholor 3
scheme of pink and white were car- 2
ried out in the table decorations and $
refreshments. %
impression which that pupil has While friends were thinking ofj
made in his activity in the class, the Mr Beauchamps they had not
Therefore, it is impossible to get forgotten that the day be.ore was £
entirely away from personal opinion NIrs. Beauchamp s birthday andbe ❖
Man is a measurin: soul. The first in estimating or measuring the pro- fore leaving each lady gues pr . i
concern of the athlete is his score; urese of a vupil. ed her with a
the fir er r Some of the methods that have list ”* friends and relatives were ‘
cards his time foi a given distance; been widely used within compara present. X
thedriv ei recent years have been various Mr. and Mrs. Beauchamp. Ir. and 2
know its speed in miles per hour. ..... - include Mrs. Author Jan Meter, Mr and Mrs. X
and so on and on Therefore man aptitude tests which are designed to J V. Beauchamp, Mr. and . rs .0′3
measures. He is so accustomed to point out for what field of work an H Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Iran k . Tills,
measuring that he is seldom con individual is best fitted; diagnostic Mrs. Locella Boyd of Fort Worth;
scious that measuring is an entirely tests, so called because their use is NIrs. O G. Lowry, Mrs. Author .uggs
arbitrary matter. All standards of ci ected to indicate a “diagnosis’’ of of Fort Worth. Mrs. Ethel Spraggins,
in- Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lewis of Haslet.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pope. Mr. and Mrs.
AXES
A complete stock of Sim-
mons and Kelly axe* —
Single and Double Bit. N.
$1.19 up
vestment Every heater
For Constabla, Prec. 1 ■
c NI (Fnsh) Onieenherrv
the best methods of accomplishing
it. It is the easy way for the in-
There is an effort among the
This is the ^procedure used in De- j turkey producers of the county to
catur Public Schools, particularly in declare a “Turkey Day" and sell
the high school, where all types of their birds collectively' in order to
tests are given frequently. With re- interest markets in the North.
t LARGE STOCK op WOOD COOK
STOVES AND RANGES—Priced from
$9.95 to $42.50
Over all patterns to select
from buy now before they
go higher
certain facts. This
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our stock guaranteed to be
as high in quality as can be
bought. Clay or Asbestos
hack
Mr.
y Dallas
sped to classification tests, however,
the aptitude and intelligence tests
are not used, due to the cost involv-
ed. These tests would aid wonder-
fully in placing pupils in the proper
field of school work and on the
proper grade level. The diagnostic
tests are used some in some subjects
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Shaw of
Smithfield. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Tar-
water and Mrs. A. J. Reynolds ef
Fort Worth visited Mr. and Mrs.
birthday dinner. Mr.
4 Meri
was in
25c
12c ,
17c ❖
25c J
Herman Beanchamp. Mr. and Mrs.
Carol Spraggin?. Misses Juanita
Bradford. Opal Cagle, Lou Swark.
Mildred and Lorain Johnston. Ruth
Lowry, June Pegues, Frieda, Estell-
ine and Vanita Boyd and Gay-Nell I
Mills. Messrs Herschell Beaucham’p. |
Frank Bovd of Fort Worth, Bodfrey
Pegues, Everett Johnston, Robert
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/ JUST A MINUT
' OFFICER - STRON6 WINO
Today YKNOW - My
hat BLEW off -ru^
TROT BACK ano
6ET IT'
Another beautiful Lord’s day last
Sunday, and the hearts of God s
faithful children turned gladly to
His house of worship. Good con-
gregations at all services. The pul-
pit was filled by visiting ministers
from First Baptist church Ft. Worth
at both hours. Evangelist Sam Ray-
burn delivered an appreciated mes-
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC (3) Selection or matching type : sage at the eleven o’clock hour, his
\ny erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of an} test In this test two columns
or. item -ordstotbhrayesnn “X
at the publisher —DICK COLLINS, Publisher. tacts. , rhcau , ' ,
_________________________—______________________________________ hered. The student is asked to
Is only about two months
away so now is the time to
lake advantage of our lay-
away-’plan—A small down
payment holds any item
until Christmas. /
considering each in its separate
sphere, when it comes to the matter
of measuring intelligence. What then
shall we use?
That question has been handed
I down through the past ages where-
ever wen have sought to teach and
to measure the progress of their en-
i deavors. One of the very first con-
ceptions of the proper way to de-
termine progress was to have the
pu’pil repeat those things that had
on a separate sheet of paper—must
in rotine fashion. Personalities and
einions cannot enter into such a
’ test.
121 Best answer tests. Such a
test is administered by listing a
] series of statements which are in-
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numerous to 1
bitrarily chosen distance in a ther-
mometer. An so the perpetual query.
it is the chief Corner Stone, the one
builders rejected. Any other basis
if hope for salvation will fail utterly
for. “No Foundation can any man
for his using his language to ex- mans 8th chapter. The 9th chapter
tress himself while taking examina- lesson for next Sunday. A feast of
tions. When he simply has to check soou things for the soul is in store
items as correct or in correct as is for all who attend the 10 a. m.
the case in the tests discussed above, school.
he has no opportunity to write in Evangelist W. Clay Wilson who
his own words his reaction to the is just out of a revival in Mo., will
problems before him. For that be here Tuesday night, together with
reason the essay type test—the con- 'he pastor, and a revival will begin
ventiinal method of simply asking a with this service according to re-
series of questions the answers to cent vote of the church.
which the pupil writes in long hand ____
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week.
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