The Liberal democrat. [volume], June 30, 1911, Image 6

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County School New.
Come, let va live for our children.
If your road Is wrong, ask the way:
If the night is long, wait for day!
If the spring Is far, start to walk
Move from where you are do not talk.
If the ground Is wet where you stand
Look about to get higher land.
Stay not where you are wake and move.
All Is pitch and tar In the groove.
Pass your love along to the next
"Bender good for wrong" be your text'
As you travel by, chler the crowd;
Pass the loving cup, sing aloud.
Mistakes are but spring boards to
bound us to a higher plane.
Teacher "What does Washington,
, D. C. mean?"
Pupil "Washington, Dady of his
country."
No satisfactory set of rules for
bringing up a boy has ever been laid
down by the experts. By experts we
mean people who have no children
What appears to work wonders in one
case will prove an absolute failure in
another.
Kansas is a little plot of ground on
which God tries all his experiments.
If they fail here they are never tried
elsewhere.
G. S. Wessler, treasurer of district
No 5, called to see about school mat
ters in his district. He was in Lib
eral proving up his claim. Mr. Marts
.of the same district also made us a
friendly call. His wife is clerk of
district Ave. They were well pleased
with the teacher they had last year
and will probably employ her again
We are glad to state that many of
the districts were well pleased witli
their schools the past year.
Most of our schools will probably
not select a teacher until after the
returns are received from the next
examination. This year the plan is
advisable, as many teachers of exper
ience did not anticipate the change
in the date of the annual meeting
and have no valid certificate now.
During tne Normal one session a
day will be devoted to Theory and
Practice. We hope to have the teach
ers form right ideas of a well discip
lined, well taught school and gain
some knowledge of bow to secure it.
Poor government usually a direct
result of poor teaching seems to be
the chief cause of complaint from the
parents. We do need strong teachers,
and we hope every one who expects
to teach will make a special study of.
principles and methods of teaching
and show by their teaching the com
. ing year that they have made pro
gress and that the seed sown by the
Normal Instructors has been sown in
good ground. "As is the teacher so
is the school."
No unskilled hands should play
upon a harp when the tones are left
forever In the strings.
Fourteen of the accredited colleges
have agreed to extend the offer of a
year's tuition In the academic depart
ment to the one student from each
county ranking first in the diploma
examination for graduatlou from the
common schools. The honor this year
goes to Miss Mildred Ila.rnden, of dis
trict 27 in this county.
We cordially invite everyone to vis
it the Normal Institute which will
be in session at the high school build
ing during July.
Let us be "is ers" Aintyougotno
eggsV", asked a little girl in the gro
cery store.
" 'Alnt said I aint", the clerk re
plied. "Alnt asked you is you aint, I ask
ed you aint you is. Is you?"
The Misses Laura Wood and Edna
Stevesson made us a pleasant call last
Friday morning. They are rejoicing
because they have received their Nor
mal Training certificates. We re
joice with the girls and wish them a
successful year in the school room.
We understand that LaFaun Wilklns
and Misses Juliet Reeve and Gladys
Alphln aslo received certificates. To
them also we extend the glad hand.
The enthusiasm of youth often carries
one farther and more successfully
than the experience of age. We bid
these young people "God Speed" in
the college of the world which they
are Just entering, and hope when
they graduate into that high school
where all lessons are ended they will
hear the voice of the Master say:
"Well done, good and faithful ser
vants, enter thou Into the joy of thy
Lord."
We hope every boy and girl In Sew
ard county who can will come to
Liberal July l.Hh and learn all they
can about wheat and bread-making.
See the letter from the Agricultural
Commission elsewhere in this paper.
Be sure to bring your fathers and
mothers with you.
The wheat special will pass through
Liberal, July 13th. We hope many
patrons of the schools of Seward Co.
will come. All types of wheat and
all grades grown in Kansas will be
shown. Loaves of bread made from
both pure and mixed wheats of var
ious varieties and differing quality
will be shown to demonstrate that
pure seed carries the profit through
to the table, making better bread and
more loaves for a given quantity of
flour. Ladles, boys an1 glrli, farmers
and business men are all Invited to
come. July 13th, at Liberal.
Mr. Antrim called on 'business re
lating to his school. He Is like all
other school board members wants
a good school in his district the com
ing year. He is from district 21. We
are glad to see this educational awak
ening in our schools The first requi
site of a good school is a good teacher.
Do what you can, be what you are;
Shine like a glow-worm ,lf you can't be a
star,
Saturday we had the pleasure of a
nice visit with Mrs. George A. Smith
and children. J. A. Jarrett and wife
and little daughter Evelyn, Mr. Thos.
Locke, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Pile, Ross
and Miss Vivia Jones and' Mr. L. N.
Norton Would it be surprising if
the conversation was mostly about
schools and school teachers?
The Normal begins next Monday
morning at 7:45. Come prepared with
the first days's lessons. On the first
day we will take a vote and decide
whether we shall hold normal Tues
day morning, or take the day off and
have a normal session Saturday. So
please be thinking which will be the
best for us to do.
Our greatest glory Is not in never
falling, but in rising every time we
fall.
Pupils in the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades who did not pass are
cordially Invited to attend the Nor
mal and take those branches in which
they received a grade of less than 75
per cent. Consult your report cards
and you will know what branches
these are. Then study hard on these
branches, take the teacher's examina
tion at the close of the Institute and
then if you make a grade of 60 per
cent or over you will be passed with
out further examination. Now we
hope especially that every eighth or
ninth grade pupil who failed to pass
the diploma or final examination will
attend the Normal, retrieve their
failures and be ready to be a fresh
man and with the freshmen stand
when school opens in September.
Success comes to those who try. We
also Invite anyone in the high school
who failed in a branch or two to
come and we will do you good. You
also can take the examination and if
your grades meet the required stan
dard we will be pleased to enable you
to pass into a higher grade.
we will show the rest of Kansas
that the harder we're hit the high
er we'll bounce. Come July 13 at
7:45 and hear all about wheat and
flour and bread making. Get up
at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning of
the 13th of July and do the chores
and be on time at 7:45 in the
morning to hear the lectures.
The lectures will be given to the
ladies in the first coach; to the
boys and girls in the second coach
and to the farmers and business
men in the third and fourth coaches.
Yours for the boys and girls
growing up around us who will
some day make Seward county
blossom like the rose.
Mart E. Todd,
' County Superintendent.
June 19, 1911.
County Superintendent of Schools.
Liberal, Kansas.
Dear Madam: ,
I enclose poster giving full par
ticularsof the "Wheat Special"
train that will make stops in your
county.
The wheat special will be the
most complete educational train
ever sent out in the United States.
The agricultural college will
keep a force of men at work 30
days preparing an exhibit for this
train and will send 13 experts
with the train, including the presi
dent of the college and the dircc
tor of the experiment station.
The lectures and exhibits will be
of interest to every boy and girl
in Kansas.
Last year we operated a wheat
special in Oklahoma and the coun
ty superintendents made a special
effort to get out every boy and
girl within driving distance. The
young people were intensely in
terested in learning the difference
in loaf volume of Hour from dif
ferent grades of wheat and in
learning how to judge and select
wheat.
The country children imme
diately investigated the wheat on
their father's and neighbor's farms
and the city children examined
the wheat in the mills and elevat
ors and on the farmer's wagons
and investigated the flour in the
stores.
The boys and girls kept pure
seed wheat talked about in every
home for weeks and were a stronir
factor in getting 200,000 acres
sown with pure seed.
Will you take up the matter
with the boys and girls of your
county and get each to bring a
pint of wheat to the train, so that
they may learn how to judge it.
Pupils frequently drive 20 to 30
miles to come to these trains.
Sincerely yours,
H. W. COTTRELL.
Come, boys and girls, and fath
ers and mothers and learn all that
comes your way. The state of
Kansas is doing all she can to edu
cate her people. Come, if possible.
Let us show the state that Seward
county is in the "Upward and On
ward March," and in spite of the
fact that our wheat crop is gone,
Fiona Philosophy.
Still dry and windy at this writ
ing. The friends and neighbors sur
prised Mrs. Derthick last Saturday
night. Every one took something
good to eat and a fine time was re
ported. Mrs. W. E Booher. Rena Boo
her and Mrs. Ernest Wilgus spent
Sunday with Mrs. G. L, St. Mary.
The ball game at Hamilton was
called off last Saturday. The
writer did not learn why.
Charley Dickerson spent Sunday
with his sister, Mrs. II. B. Aus
mus. It was so warm Sunday there
was not a yery large crowd out.
We hope to do better next Sun
day. Miss Rescola Carlisle went to
Alva, Okla., last week with her
father and brother, to make an
extended visit.
Next Sunday is election of offi
cers for the coming six months for
the Young Peoples' Christian En
deavor. Let every ono try to be
present.
H. H. Holmark of near Hooker
is visiting his brother, Joe, of this
vicinity.
Mr. Mouser and family and Joe
Ebir.g and wife went fishing last
Sunday and report splendid luck.
The neighbors have planned to
have a basket dinner at the Wheel
ess Grove, July 4tb. Each one is
expected to give ten cents, instead
of 25 cents a family.
Ihe tower or derrick for the
new artesian well looms up fine,
Just wait till the artesian water
gets to flowing around here. No
one will mention the drouth then
A LeadingCaliforniaDruggist
Pasadena, Cal., March 9, 1911.
Foley and Co., Gentlemen: We
have sold and recommended Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for
years, we believe it to be one of
the most efficient expectorants on
the market. Containing no opiates
or narcotics it can be given freely
to children. Enough of the remedy
can be taken to relieve a cold, as
it has no nauseating results, and
does not interfere with digestion.
Yours very truly, C. H. Ward
Drug Co., C. L. Parsons. Sec'y
and Treas." Get the original
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
in the yellow package. Sold by all
Druggists.
A market the year around for
butter, eggs, poultry and hides at
the highest market prices, at the
Liberal Cold Storage plant. Bring
them to us and get the cash for
them. 8-5-tf
Foley Kidney Pills contain iust
the ingredients necessary to reg
ulate and strengthen the action of
the kidneys and bladder. Try
them yourself. Sold by all Druggists.
For Sale j
My home property, a nine room
house strictly modern, furnace
heat, barn 24 by 32. Will sell
six lots with property, or the 27
lots in same block which I own.
Call or address I. B. Jordan,
10-2mo, Liberal Kansas.
For Sale 72 head of yearling
steers. Two high grade young
short horn bulls. 4 yearling heif-
fers. C. A. Grimsley, Rt. 4 '
Liberal, Kansas.
To Trade
A five-passenger auto. Wil
trade for a cheap quarter of land
and pay difference in cash.
6-23-2t. Joiin W- Baughman."
A BIG RED
IN OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
O
WING to heavy buying near the end of
the season we have over 100 hats, al! in
good styles and materials, in small, medium
and large shapes. We want to close them all out
by the 4th of July. The regular prices range
from 50c to $10.00,
Closing Out Prices 24c to $3.75
Everything Going At Less Than 1-2 Price.
The assortment is exceptionally large and varied,
embracing all the newest things in colors as well
as the black, white and champagne, including the
hair braid and chip and lace hats. " If you want
a hat, one that is stylish and becoming, well
made and of first class materials, and at a price
so low you will hardly miss it, you can hardly
afford to pass this opportunity.
Yours for a new hat,
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