Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-07

the Golden Belt association do hereby
recommend and urge that the genera
law beamended or that local laws be
enacted by the legislature of 1897,
which will establish the school upon
the presentation of petition signed
by number of electors OF the county
equal in numbers to the majority OF
those who voted at the last election.
Resolved, Believing our profession
one of the greatest responsibility We
feel deeply the necessity of profeS-
Sional course of reading. AS Il mos6
helpful factor in this cause, the
Teachers Reading Circle books OF
1925. should be in the hands of every
active teacher and carefully read and
digeSted. We further recommend
that teachers persevere in this organ
ization of the Pupils Reading circle
and that every approved method be-
employed to secure the books for the
libraries of our schools.
Resolved, That we recognize in the
Western School Journal an eXcellen6
medium which brings us in toucn
with the best educators of the state.
We. therefore. recommend that the
teachers OF the Golden Belt aSSOcia-
tion do give it their hearty support.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread on the minutes of this aSSocia-
tion.
Resolved. That copy Of these res
olutions be sent to the Ellis and Wa
keeney papers and also to the West
ern School Journal.
Mrs. Lucy S. BEST,
PROF. kLOPF,
~ ID. SPIELMAN.
Committee.
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The next meeting will probably be
held at Russell.
We hope to publish list of the
membership next week.
More than twenty Trego county
people were in attendance.
Our correspondent thinks spelling
contests should be continued.
1t is too bad there were no more
prizes. Trego was after them.
The Y. NJ. c.. 4. reading rooms were
headquarters for visiting teachers.
Eight or ten Trego teachers were
well entertained at the Mcfarland
house.
Mrs. Hunts prize is Redpath's Pop
ular History of the U. S. in two vol
umes.
Mr.. Harlan's premium is an elegant
volume entitled '"The Teacher ami
Students Library"
Several Trego county teachers who
did not enter the contest spelled So to
90 of the test words.
School boards should insist on their
teachers attending these meetings
and assist them to do so by all reason
able means.
How do you spell dumfounded,
dumbbells, numbness, numskull, hare
lip, hair-breadth, hare-brained, az
Gordon, melodeon etc?
1t is unfortunate that several Trego
teachers were unable to attend this
meeting. Unfortunate for them and
their schools. 1t is hoped they will
have better luck next year.
A free entertainment consisting Of
music etc, was given on Saturday
night, but most of the west-bound
teachers left in the evening lest they
should miss the early morning train.
The next meeting, on motion of
Prof. L. H. Gehman, will offer prizes
for the best recitationS or declama-
tions. The contest will be limited to
pupils of the public schools. Teach
ers begin now.
If the spelling contest proves any
thing it proves that the old-fashioned
way of learning to spell by oral spell
ing is the best. President Bicker-
dyke says it is coming into vogue
again on account of the increased use
of the type writer. On the machine
all letters are formed in the same way,
so far as the hand is concerned. The
memory is the faculty to be cult
waited.
Program of Teachers Meeting, December a.
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