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VOL. VII. NO 6 the patrons have dragged a teacher into the schoolroom and compelled her to teach. I admit that when a young and talented man or woman decides to make a life work of teaching with the object of making the world stronger and better and wiser, it is a noble sacrifice, never half paid for, but for the present leaving the question of enumera tion out of the discussion, when a teacher takes upon himself the responsibility of guiding aright State historical Society A Tribute to Our Teachers BY E. L. KEITH As ft part of the program for teachers meeting held in Philip March 12th, the discussion of the Topic "What have the School boards and patrons a right to ex pect of the teachers," was assigned to the present President of the Philip Hoard of Education, E. L. Keith, who was called away on business several days before the Meeting was held and couldn't get back in time for the meeting. Realizing the situation and very much desiring to say something on the subject he spent the last two hours he had before his train left writing what he wanted to say on paper which was delivered to Mrs. O. M. Culp and and read by her at the afternoon meeting, a part of which we print below follows: After discussing various views of the question, what have the Hoards and patrons a right to ex pect, what do they expect and what have the teachers a right to expect of the Boards and Patrons he said: Jlowever, I am not in favor of low ering our standard for teachers, if We do not expect much we might llot get much, we do expect much of our teachers and we have a right that I know has spent more than 40 to, there is not a single case on! years building up this school, viz: record where either the board or Cornell college I have known him the minds of our children we have and has devoted his time wholly to & right to expect the best there is HI them, therefore I would say keep the standard high and de mand the best from our teachers. My first demand would be for good sound strong moral character Ho matter how careless we are ourselves we cannot and should not tolerate immorality in our teachers, an immoral man deplores his own immorality he does not like to see it in his children and will not tolerate it in the teacher Bext I would require patience and self-control, for he who has not self-control can not well control JW teach it to others successfully. And even yet before education it self I would place good govern ment for without all of these re quirements education is often a fail ure. I have seen teachers who had graduated with high honors and gone out in to the world with I would like if I could do it |nstice to ft tf*but» le «U, of the teachers of Cornell (College of my home town Mt. Vernon Iowa I have referred to Charles M. Schwab, manager of the great Carnegie steel works, who demand ed and received for one years salary, a million dollars, more than three thousand dollars for each and every working day in the year, and yet at least six of these teachers of the above school with whom I was personally acquainted for more than a third of a century have given all of their lives and their talents to the up building of that great institution for the up building of mankind and for the better education of the world and whose combined salaries for the entire third of a century would not equal the salary of this one man for three months, and* I say, 1 would certainly like to pay each of these teachers a fitting and person al tribute, but for lack of time I will single out one. The one with whom I feel the best personal ac quaintance and add that he is a fair sample of them all. One whose work hag, in my judgement been of more value to the world than this Charles M. Schwab, one as a man for 37 years, and I have never known a better one. A fine appearing man physically and with a strong and pleasant intelligent countenance that is at once an inspiration to any young man or woman that is seeking to better their condition either morally or intellectually and one whose char acter I would be proud to have my boy imitate thru life. This man has been head and shoulders of this institution for many years, an A grade certificate marked 100.sacrifice their lives and many have IB every grade who were not fit to .made the sacrifice already, while in teach any one, and have been per- [all the higher branches hundreds •Dnally acquainted with others of teachers have gone forth to do ffho have had the other require ments that I have named and only ft fair certificate of education who have made exceptionally good teachers, and it was a good teacher Who wisely said if I can send out into the world from my school a good, sound, strong, moral man, I dont worry so very much about his mathematics. To be sure when we get all these qualities, including a good aod thorough knowledge of books we have the ideal teacher aod 1 want to tell yon about one if that kind. making it better and thru his wise and just management many hun dreds of American's greatest and best men have gone out into the world to help make it greater and better. Kirk wood, oue of the best governors Iowa ever had, Tama Jim Wilson, Sec. Agrigulture and one of America's ablest workers, Cousins, one of Iowa's leading Congressmen and one of America's most eloquent statesman, Leslie M. Shaw, another Iowa governor and Secretary of the U. S. treasury under McKinley and one of the greatest authorties on banking and finance, are samples of what has been sent out into the political World from this man's management while in the religious world hun dreds of ministers have gone put to every country on the globe, missionaries have gone to India, China and darkest Africa to good and scatter seeds of education which brings forth good fruit, but if this man was a great man intel lectually, he was a greater one morally he was exact in every thing he undertook and exact in justice, a great disciplinarian and .yet tempered justice with kindness. I once called at his office on some business, knocked on his door, was bade to come in and be seated, I took the chair indicated not 20 feet from, and facing the rofessor a young man stood before him with his head hangiug low who had been sent to the Prof, for a lecture on iZQQ& tybiy'yr. I my eyes off the Prof's, face till he was thru it was a benediction, and never in my life have I seen human kindness, fatherly and brotherly love radiate from a human coun tenance as it shone from the pro fessors face that day his voice was never raised above an ordinary tone, you could not have heard it ft0 ft away and yet every sentence, every word he uttered, must, if that boy had one atom of manhood in him, have cut him to the very heart and I am satisfied he left that room a better and wiser if sadder young man. I might go on and on paying tribute to this man and if I could write a book on his autobi ography, I might write a thousand pages, and never pervert the truth never mis-state a fact and then the half would not be told, yet if these words should ever find their way into print they would be the first printed words I ever saw in his praise, simply because he is merely a teacher, his praises will remain unsung, while millions of others have been lauded to the skies who have simply made a few millions of dollars, or been the means of killing a few hundred thousand of soldiers, because they chose to use their talents along commercial lines or in war, yet to tne this man who has given his great and good talent and life to the upbuilding of the human race and whose works shall live throughout the present generation on thru the next and even to the seventh and then on to the millennium is a greater man than Charles Schwab who demand ed and received a million dollars a year and who has only succeeded in helping to build up a great mono poly on one hand, class hatred on the other, capitalism on one hand, socialism on the other, plutocracy on one hand anarchy on the other, graft on one hand revolution on the other. What has the Professor re ceived for his labors, never in any one year has he received as much as Mr. Schwab for one day and when Mr. Schwab was being patted on the back and feted and feasted to his heart's content (and also his stomach's) because he was making money for his employers, the Prof, was only digging and delving into the very depths of his soul striving to make character and men, for his employers, and probably receiving nothing better than a kick for his pains. Had he chosen railroading or life insurance or merchandising or medicine he could have been called great today and had he chosen the law he would have long ago have been seated by the side of his great and illustrious namesake and relative who so ably filled his seat on the U. S. supreme bench and whose name, many think should stand at least shoulder high with the immortal Lincoln and when I tell you that I have been trying to pay a feeble and wholly in adequate tribute to the Hon. James E. Harlan now President of Cornell college, you will know what supreme judge I mean, and know that in his case I have not over drawn the picture. This man has never been and never will be fully paid on earth for the work he has done and his recompense must be his satisfaction in realizing that his has been a noble life well spent. I would like to see a little more commercialism among the teachers organizations if they have organi zations, if not, I'd like to see them organized for a little better pay, and yet I would not like to see it carried too far, for commercialism is the bane of the world to day, while the great body of American teachers stands out today and has always done so as the one and only one great body totally free from graft. E. L. Keith. giifaaaribe lor the News. & HE BAD RIVER NEWS PHILIP, STANLEY COUNTY, S. D., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1912 Democratic Convention at Mid land On Monday the Democrats of the county held their convention at Midland. The convention was well attended. Democrats from all over the county being in attend ance. The meeting was called to order by chairman Robera Murphy, R S. Pinkerton, of Kadoka, was then appointed as temporary chairman. Following is the list of candidates nominated: State Senator, F. 8. Rowe, Ft. Pierre, Representatives, Charles Robertson, Ft. Pierre, C. W. Reeves, of Kadoka and Dan Bier wagen of West Fork. County Treasurer, J. W. Jones, of Philip. Auditor, Kennedy, of Ft. Pierre. Clerk of Courts, J. Snow, of Midland. R»trist»'r of Deeds, Chas Sullivan, of Midland and J. D. Welch-of Hayes. States Attorney, R. S. Pinker ton, of Kadoka. Judge Probate Court, Burg Brown of Fort Pierre. Supt. of schools, Edgar Watwood, of Milesville and Elizabeth Ryan of Fort Pierre. Sheriff, John Cur ringtion of Fort Pierre and Jack Borden of Meer. County Com missioners, Dist No. 2 J. O. Thomas and H. L. Jeffries, Dist. No. 3, Mike Feeney, Mel Briggs and J. K. Sec'nlcr. Dist. No. 4, John Kises and Gillaspie. Dist. No. 5 Frank Coy and M. L. Maisey County Assessor, Ben Hughes. Before close of the convention, James Holmes, of Pierre, deliver ed a good progressive address. ^The Best Family Newspaper One of the modern problems that confront the conscientious honnimaker is the wise choice of a daily newspaper. The ideal fami ly paper must be clean, free from vulgarity and sensationalism, yet must offer something of interest to every member of the household, besides printing the latest news of the whole world in reliable and attractive form. A large contract you will say. Yes, but an increased number of readers seem to be con vinced that TUB CHICAGO RECORD IIEHALD fairly comes up to the specifications. This great daily has made tremendous strides in the last year or two without lowering its standards one iota. Business and professional men have long regarded THE RECORD HERALD as the best paper for their own reading, because of its splen did news service and the reliability of its financial, agricultural and market reports. Young men per haps find its greatest attraction in its excellant sporting department, covering the whole range of the world's sports. Wives and mothers emphatically prefer THE RECORD-HERALD on account of its feminine departments—its daily recipes and menus, its daily fash ion hints, the Peoples Institute of Domestic Economy and the many good things in the illustrated womens section in the Sunday paper. Children enjoy the Zoo Illogical Snaushots and other clean comic pictures with the bright stories for boys and girls every Sunday. And all the family to gether can enjoy Arthur M. Evans' home travel articles, Mr. Kiser's humor and verse, Ralph Wilder's cartoons and other daily features outside the news columns. ft Looks Like A Crime to separate a boy frooi ft box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. His pimples, boiles, scratches, knocks, sprains and bruises demand it, and it's quick relief for burns, scalds, or cuts is it's right. Keep it happy for boys, also girls. Heals every thing healable and does it quick. Unequaled for piles. Only 25 a^ ail iruggiatft. A Fitting Memorial A monument to the memory of the loyal women of the Civil War will become an enduring reality if I Congress enacts into law a joint resolution just introduced by Hon. Elihu Root, of New York, in the Senate and Hon. L. Slayden, of Texas, in the House. This project which has lain dormant in the minds of the people for almost half a century, has been put into concrete form by the generosity and patriotism of the Commandery of the State of New York of the Military Order of the Loyal Leg ion of the Uuited States. It is not proposed to make the monument merely a remembrance of pet^ons and deeds, not merely a memorial of lifeless stone or bronze, but a noble building full of the spirit of helpfulness, of ten der sympathy, of humane and patriotic devotion that lived in the women to whom this monument will be erected. This spirit is the spirit of the Red Cross, and for this reason the memorial is to be given to Red Cross in perpetuity for its headquarters in Washing ton. Toward the carrying out of this purpose, the Commandery has pledged itself to secure and give the sum of $300,000, on con dition that Congress appropriate an equal amount as a contribution of the United States toward the purchase of a suitable site in the city of Washington, the improve ment of the grounds, etc. Thus the memorial will be made truly national, the tribute of all the peo ple to the sacred memory of the loyal women of the war. The Red Cross, on its part, is to agree to seen re an endowment fund, the in come of which will be sufficient to maintain the building for all time. South Dakota Scenic Ben M. Wood returned from a short trip to Mitchell where heat tended the second meeting of the State Good Roads Association. The name adopted for the highway to the Hills was South Dakota Scenic Highway and coming west from Sioux Falls will pass through Bridgewater and Alexandria to Mitchell, and from Michel 1 to Chamberlain. The road will follow the Milwaukee passing through every town from Chamberlain to from Chamberlain to Rapid City. The greatest of enthusiasm is be ing shown, towns east of Mitchell having already raised $20,000 to be used on the highway, and west of Mitchell to Chamberlain $3,000 has been raised with a promise to make it up to eight or ten thousand Everybody is interested and eager to have the highway finished. The organization as completed consists of John A. Stransky, of Pukwana, president Mr. Mill, of Mitchell, vie president Ben M. Wood, of Rapid City, secretary, and E. L. Meisch, of Alexandria, treasurer.—Rapid City Journal. Right Kind of Assessor There is an assessor in a neigh boring county that is certainly do ing business with a proper spirit. When he goes out to assess and three or four dogs meet him at the gate he proceeds calmly to the pro prietor of the farm, makes his as sessment, and asks the farmer how many dogs he has. If he says he has none, and that a few dogs "just hang around the place," Mr. Assessor just pulls out a revolver and speedily dispatches the canines in sight. He says he may not be elected assessor again but he is go ing to get the dog tax of his town ship while he is on the job. There should be more assessors of this kind in every eeunty.—Wall Record. Cash paid for hides. City Mest Market. ONEDOLLAR A YEAH News along the Topbar Trail Most every one is wondering who the game warden is in this vicinity. I wonder why. Mr. Noack has been hauling hay from Philip in order that he might be wore able to put iu his crop. The duetts are alt flying in this locality, no wonder this chain of lakes will draw most any kind of ones. The sister of Mr. Pete Ulry who spent a few days visiting his fam ily out here on the ranch, left few days ago to visit her brother. Earl Ames and Paul Koehler left for Philip this A. M. Thsy state this is their last trip to Philip until we are all hauling grain the other way. The dams are certainly looking A No. 1, that is to .say they are full to overflowing and if the kind sirup over head will just do (dew^ his share, why all will be jake here without fail. John Leach is drilling with ft twenty shoe drill and altho he haa but two horses, he is coming to the front just the same. Stay with her John. That's what Vea sey told us. The farmers in this neighborhood are at it full blast/'seeding of course," and if the expectations are all fulfilled this fall, why yon may see a f-e-w of us soddies rid ing around the loop in an aute« or at least we auto (onght to). The ship builders or owners must have gone on a strike, as they have not launched the great vessel, aud all the fair sex are anxious to go boating up and down the bay. In some former issue 1 stated where this great lake is so don't any of you get your dates mixed and go to the wrong lake and expect to take ft trip thru the locks, for locks there will be. Some good kind old soddie got his directions mixed and had the nerve to kick down two fences aod go thru, just to save opening up gate and closing it. In taking down the wire the way he did he broke one but never stopped to repair. The Koehler boys know it was a Mr Burns of Milesville, and someday he may want some way out of the pasture but be able to find where he had thru last time, and may be polled to drive around. wont gone com- Almost A Miracle. One of the most startliug change es ever seen in any man, according to W7. B. Holsclaw, Clarendon, Texas-, was effected years ago in his brother."He had such a dread ful cough," he writes, that" all our family thought he was going into consumption, but he began to use Dr. King's New Discovery, and was completly cured by ten bottles. 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