The Osceola times., 1885-06-13

Miss Ida Hale, graduate, anC
Miss Savilla Driver, student, ol
Kirkwood (Mo.) Seminary, returned
home last Saturday from the latter
place, where they haye been prose.
cutting their studies the past two
years. We congratulate them on
their success, and in behalf of Os.
ceols society welcome them back
home, May it be their pleasure, as
it is their duty, in view of the su-
perior advantages and opportunities
afforded them, to exert an influence
which will tend to improve and elc-
vats the social circle of Osceola So
ciety, which they will in future
adorn.
After managing successfully
for years all the institutions, trades,
avocations, and pursuits which tends
to indicate intelligent and well di-
rected efforts in the race of life, it
renamed for free common school
teacher to inform the people of
Mississippi County that there was
not one among them capable of tax
ing charge of the primary grade OF
the Osceo)s free school. This is n
sad reflection upon the many cultJ-
waited and highly intellectual grad
yates from the best colleges Of the
country who live In our midst, but
it is hoped they will survive the
astounding revelation. Indeed, do
the poople of Mississippi County
poed a "Filir Of Light" to dissipate
the dark cloud Of ignorance that
surrounds u.s.
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For reasons only known to the
Principal, the rewards offered to the
three grades composing the writing
class in the Assistants department
were not awarded, as was arranged
on the programme of exercises for
Friday evening. All things were
ready for the Examining Committee
TO decide the honors "Wednesday
evening, but they were not invited
to attend to their duties. At a late
hopr Friday afternoon, the Assistant
was notified to award the prizes her
self, and that they would be public
ly presented to the winners at the
close Of the exercises.
After careful review of the years
work, she decides that Miss Nora
Cissell. of the Bird. grade, and Miss
Josie Lawrence, Of the Isl. grade
were the deserving ones. The young
ladies will receive their Gold Pens
to-day.
The many and oft-repeatcd, un-
called for, frigid, calculating and
belittling remarks made by the prin-
cipal of the free school and inter.
larded between the exercises, rehec-
ting more or less upon the citizens
of the community, individually and
collectively, has given cause for just
and righteous indignation and cen
sure among all classes, not even cx-
cepting many of those who have
all along been her most ardent and
staunchest supporters. This feeling
is general, not so much against the
teacher herself, who seems at time.
scarcely responsible for her utter
ances. and who, it would appear, is
well skilled in sophistry and the ar,
of sounding all the changes and VA.
riations when describing the truth,
but more especially against the Di-
reotors. who permitted the offensive
remarks, and under whose control
and management the school is CON
Quoted. The citizens of the district,
who pay taxes for the support of the
public schools are certainly entitled
to some degree of courtesy and con-
sideration, If not gratitude, at the
hands of their paid under servants; I;
the fact that they are not all college
bred, does not alter the relationship.
And for the sake of harmony and the
welfare of the school interests, it
will be well for them to see to it
that teachers employed in future are
capable of exercising little com
mon horse sense in connection with
book learning.
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