The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-01-05
KANSAS MATTERS.
ConoernIng &c Kan.as Boy.

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A paper was read before the Kansas
state teachers association at Topeka
with the title. What Is Wrong With
the Kansas Boy?" A school teacher
has never yet understood what is right
or wrong with any boy. and it isprob-
able the Kansas boy came of badly
worsted after 1000 teachers had
taken their spite out" on him.
Assuming that the Kansas boy feels
rather the worse for wear after this.
it is only fair for = friend to give MS
side of the case To begin with, It
may be frankly stated that there is
nothing wrong with the Kansas boy.
He has learned to swim in
country where water is regu-
lated by conventions: he has
learned to skate in an Italian cEa-
mate; he has learned to pitch horse
shoe in land SO windy that the shoes
have to be anchored to keep them
from blowing away. The Kansas boy
reads 625 newspapers and is, he does
neglect his primer with the inter
esting information that "The-dog-
can-run," he should not be too Sc
verely censured. He may be little
slow on spherical trigouometry. but
he understands that it is poor buzz
saw that won't work both ways; he
learns his geography secondhand.
and too often guesSeS at his mental
arithmetic, but he has the instinct or
a steeltrap for a land deal, and, when
dropped in a strange land, he hunts
up the nearest voting precinct, walks
in green pastures" and is made ITO
lie down by still waters ever after.
He is born under a lucky starts the
Kansas boy; some good angel -instiis
in his baby heart that sacred sesame,
genius is the capability for hard
work." and it opens all doors to him.
1t was Kansas boy named Little
who represented the United States sc
Cairo last year and went to see the
khedive the first time he was ever In
a dress suit. 1t is u Kansas boy
named SEiff who is curator OF the
Columbian museum at Chicago IL is
a Kansas boy named Taral who Is
recognized as one of the best jockeys
on Garth. A Kansas boy at Baker col
lege holds the worlds championship
for the most rapid recitation OF the
Greek verbs, and a Kansas boy named
Prescott will represent Harvard uni
versity in the coming Yale Harvard
debate. There is a Kansas boy named
Funston making botanical survey OF
that portion of the United States
lying north of the Arctic circle and an.
other Kansas boy named Brown hunt
ing the white rhinoceros in Central
Africa for the Smithsonian institu-
ton A Kansas boy named Stocks
looked after the interest of the United
States treasury at the worlds fair,
and Kansas boy named Herbert is
vice president of the National Edi-
torial association. a Kansas boy
named Vrooman was the groom at
one of the heaviest swell. weddings OF
the holiday season at Washington,
where a daughter of member of the
cabinet was bridesmaid, and Kan
sas boy named Kellogg. who has
freed every bug in Kansas and has
written a book telling how to kill them,
is now in Eeipsic getting pointers from
Herschel on how to regulate the earth.
The Kansas boy is. everywhere except
in jail; he gathers no moss, because he
doesn't like moss and it doesn't pay.
There is only one thing on earth that
the Kansas boy bows to and that is
the Kansas girl. The school teachers
may have no use for the Kansas boy;
but they generally are glad enough
to brag about having been his
teacher. To rebuke those who affect
to patronize the Kansas boy, the Star
would paraphrase the wise man:
There are four things which are too
wonderful for me, yea five things
know not: The way of the eagle in
the air. the way of a serpent on
rock, the way of a ship in the midst
of the sea, the way of a man with
maid, and the way of fate with
Kansas boy."-KansassG City Star.