The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-04-19
Educational.

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volumes.
The public schools of Lyons have
| been giving an industrial exhibition
OF the work done by the boys and girls
Thirty thousand dollars will be asked
| for at the next session of the leglsla-
ture for building at the State Unlyei-
sty to accommodate the Law Depart
| ment.
The Emporia Normal school enrOlls
seven hundred and fifty at present, the
largest number in the history of the
school.
Miss Winnie Schopp's school, in dis
trict 43, closed last Friday. A num-
Der of the parents were present at the
closing exercises and expressed them
lives as being well pleased with their
school.
The Y. E Kansas Teachers AssOci
DIT HoIton, Jackson county, was very
interesting meeting. About two hun
bred were in attendance The next
meeting will be held some time in NJ
vember at Manhattan.
Tie fund started by the Omaha Bee
for the relief of the teachers who suf-
fred so severely in the late terrible
blizzard in Nebraska and Dakota now
amounts to over $4,000. and the cOntrl-
buttons are still coming in at crafty
ing rate.
The county superintendent of the
State meet i'll convention at Salina May
I'D. Preparations are being made fOr
a good attendance and an enjoyable
meeting. Let rs invite them TO meet
next year at Abilene.
County Superintendent Ford just re-
ceived communication from the SUI
pprintendent of schools of Kingman
county regarding the benefits TO be de-
rived rom a county unl ormity OF text
books. The communication was pub
,lshed in full i'll the daily REFLECTOR
on Tuesday last, aud gives the best OF
reasons why uniform system of edu-
cation is not only the best but the
cheapest. Kingman county has already
tried the experiment and is entirely
satisfied with the results obtained.
This question will again be brought be-
fore our people at the coming school
y
presented it will doubtless be adopted
in Dickinson county. We invite dis
cuSSion on this topic through the col
umns of the Dispatch and will be
pleased to hear the opinions of those
who have investigated the matter suf-
ficientiy to present it i'll tangible
form to our readers. If county uni
tormity is a good thing, let us adopt it.
The price of school books is quite an
item to our people and if we can save
from 30 to 100 per cent on the outlay,
Why not do it?-[Ilope Dispatch.
Prof. j. n. Wilkinson, Emporia,
sends out the following in regard To the
Kansas excursion to the \. L. y. meet
lug in San Francisco next July: The
special train for Kansas teachers will
probably start from Kansas City Jaly
10, and will go by the Santa Fe route,
gathering in its progress through the
state cars and passengers at such points
~ are most convenient for the party.
The first stop of any length will be at
Las Vegas Hot Springs, "A famous
pleasure resort. nearly seven thousand
feet above sea level. Tie next will he
at Santa Fe. where can be seen the only
distinctly Mexican town to be found ON
any of the trdnS-cOntinental lines The
stop in Southern California
will be at Los Angeles, but Pasadena
and many other points on the route
will prove of great interest. The itin-
erary will be planned so as to bring
the party to San Francisco just before
the opening of the association. The
writer would like at once the names of
those who are going, aud will state
here, to avoid questions, that member
ship is open to all, whether teachers or
not. who pay the ticket agent the 81
fee before starting, and none can buy
the excursion ticket without payingit.
Teachers examination in the First
ward schoOl-building, Saturday, April
%.
Prof. Harger has given universal sat-
isfaction as principal of the Hope
schools this year and we are all sorry
to see him go. The schools have pros
pered urlder his charge and if every
thing is right, we expect TO see him
back another year. Hope Dispatch.
The teachers in the city schools at
Mcpherson struck" Monday. The
immediate cause of the trouble was
that the School Board wished the
teachers to sign a contract, agreeing to
receive pay only for the actual time
taught by them, or that if a teacher
should be sick and be off duty. or if
contagion should break out, necessita-
tinu a dismissal of the schools they
were to receive no pay for the time
thus lost. To the desire of the Board
above expressed, the teachers de-
INJURED, and accordingly shut up shop
and sent their pupils home. The fol-
lowing is a section in the contract to
which the teachers objected: If, for
prudential reasons, the schools should
be closed at any time during the year.
or if you should be found inefficient or
careless in the discharge of your duties,
or disloyal to the interests of the
schools, or in any way guilty of con
duct not becoming the high position of
a teacher, the Board reserves the right
to cancel your appointment at any
time" The Board claim to have the
key to the situation, and are proceed
ing to employ new teachers as fast as
they can get them. Nine places were
made vacant by the walk-out of the
teachers.-[Newton Republican.
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