Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-03
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
EDITED BY
]. s. FORD. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
The State Teachers Association wa

Dickinson county was represented
by Prof. A. V. Jewett, 81. F. Graham,
S. NJ. Cook, F. D. Carmin, w. A.
Stacy, c. M. Harger, Miss Wooster
and ]. S. Ford. Prof. Jewett read a
most excellent paper on 'Inculcation
of Business Integrity"
Prof. jerks paper on manual
Training" was one of the very best of
the session.
The National Teachers Association
will be held this year in Nashville.
Tenn. Many of the teachers of Dick
inson county should attend. The ex-
pense need not be very great. The
county superintendent expects to go
and he would like to have the company
of many teachers from Dickinson.
Any who expect to go will please report
to the county superintendent. The
meeting will be in July.
The Dext teachers examination will
be the last Saturday in January.
For the first two months the attend
ance in the Eureka school was go per
cent. of the enrolment. Miss Jennie
Haines is making the school a success.
Mr.. Augustine Kirby, teacher of
Dist. 54, was married Christmas to
Miss Harriet l.. Bowman, of Emporia.
Miss Bowman is a graduate of the
State Normal and an old teacher,
Mr.. Kirby and his bride spent few
days at the State Teachers association
at Topeka and returned to Dickinson
county the last of the week.
After comforting with a number of
teachers and many of the superinten.
dents, the superintendent has con-
Guided to begin the Normal Institute
: on the 10th day of June, 1889. Super.
5 intendents who have held their insti
< tutes in June think it is by far the best
t month for the same. There are three
: dates approved by the State Superin
2 tendent upon which the Institutes may
begin; viz, June 10th, July Sth anG
August 5th. July is very hot month
and besides the National Teachers
Association will be held at that time.
The August institutes will continue w
to the very time for opening schools
causing much confusion in the hiring OF
teachers. By holding the institute il
June teachers can get their certificates
and contract for schools in good time
thus making it more pleasant for al
concerned.
The report of the North Dickinson
: institute was inadvertently crowded
out of last weeks REFLECTOR. 1t ap-
peared in the daily on time.
, The institute at Woodbine next
Saturday should be largely attended.
The teachers from Abilene can get
there on the Rock Island.
State Superintendent-elect G. W.
Winans will be present at the next
county association, Jan. 18th, and give
us lecture. Every teacher in the
county should be present. The lecture
will begin Immediately after recess in
the afternoon.
Resolutions were passed at the State
Teachers Association favoring the
grading of country schools, the estab-
lishment of county uniformity Of text
books, the owning of the text books by
the districts and county tax for the
support of the schools.
The next institute in the S. E. will
be at Woodbine. Many of the teachers
will 60 over the Rock Island.
MIR, o. L. Bates is doing good work
in district No, So. Mr.. Bates gives
good satisfaction wherever he goes
He believes in hard, earnest work
which is the secret of success.
The Sand Springs school district has
one of the best school houses in the
county. II cost 81, 800 and is the only
brick house in the county outside of
the town districts. Would not other
districts which must build do we'll to
follow the example of Sand Springs and
put up good substantial brick buildings?
Money can be gotten from the State at
5 per cent. A district worth $4,000
may issue 81 800 bonds on which the
annual interest would be seyenty-fve
dollars which would require but three
mill levy of tax. Many of the districts
are paying thirty or forty dollars every
year for repairing the old house, and
even then do not have comfortable
structures. A teacher can do more and
better work in five months term in
frst-class, well-furnished house than
in six months term in poor house.
1t takes much less fuel for good loom
than a poor one. Considered from a
financial standpoint | believe districts
would save money by building good
houses, and considered from an educa-
tional standpoint l am sure that the
results would be altogether better.
Let us have better school buildings and
consequently better schools. Let US
at least put forth such an effort that
our children may, in after years, say of
us, "They did the very best their Cir
cumstances would allow"