Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-30
md selection. 1t was hardly the thing for
. school reading. and SC omitted the most

ond selection. 1t was hardly the thing for
school reading. and SC omitted the most
of it.
Our curriculum ran all the way from rash
and teething rings up to tri2onometry. tat
ting. and bellies lettres. One thing I like
about the district school is its great range
| and broad and liberal scope. Sometimes
while was demonstrating theory in ge-
ometry for large girl just ripening into
glorious womanhood. a small black-and-
tan child years old would get Lima bean
| up its nose. and1 would have to take a but.
ton-hook and attend to him. thus delaying
the cause of education in the interests of
agriculture.
The schoolteacher in our district was re-
CURED to be also social favorite. both at
evening parties and revivals, SO it was
really no sinecure, though, of course. the
salary was excellent.
The first year 1 was my own janitor. and
had to build my own fires and sweep the
floor. his gave zest to my work and made
me feel that l was earning my money. so
that at the end of the month. when got
my SIS. less board and washing. I could
look the school board in the face and say I
had given an equivalent for this princely
sum.
Sometimes would find a chalk portrait
Of myself on the blackboard with the frank
admission made by some scholar under
meath it that I was "a d-foo without
sufishent cense to teach the school, and
would feel that possibly such was the case.
Then the doughnuts and cookies lost their
the tin dinner pail.
You will have moments like these, Mary,
when your heart will hang very low in your
bosom, and just at that moment your mean
est scholar will be the neanest. He will be
successful in entertaining the school for an
hour or so. and you will not be able to find
out how he does 1t. Large girls would pro-
coed to giggle If you had any in your school.
and all would seem lost.
We all like large girls everywhere except
ways are past finding out. But have lived
to see all Of the naughty Dig girls Of my
school richly punished in after years.
They are all married now. Some Of them
we're punished worse than the others. They
married self-made men who frequently al
You will have to encourage eclam atoms.
no doubt, Mary. The PARENTS will insist
upon it. Every two weeks you should have
pieces spoken in the afternoon and spell
down afterward. You will probably try to
teach the boys elocution and Resturing.
Do not teach them too much OF 1t. how
ever. Nothing can add to the horrers OF q
speech SO much as the gestures generally
taught by young teachers at school, Do
not spoil the natural gait Of . bright boy
movement in defamation denoting wrath
or the Barrett gu.tura al cut OF style of sup
pressed emotion.
Teach them to be perfectly natural. like
good old Denman Thompson. who does not
even make up when he acts out on the stage.
he makes no gestures even in his greatest
situations. He washes his face In real rain
water and soft soap on the stage before the
audience. and his piece also contains .
beautiful moral.
Possibly you would like to hear, Mary.
how the great and good Denman Thomp-
son succeeds 50 well with the odd Home
stead It is due largely to his human ma
ture and his utter hatred OF articles. He
used to pray in one OF his plays. but the
people laughed heartily through his prayer.
and he feared that he was not accom-.
plishing that good which he thought he
should. He desired al far as possible to
elevate the stage. In order to do that he
must induce those to come and SEQ him
Who had been taught that the play Vas the
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