Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-04-02


spring.
All this war talk is having its effect
on the growth of our language and,
perhaps, upon the poultry business
This may be inferred from the remark
of the boy who said that one of the
neighbors had bought an Incubator.
Supt. Stryker intimates that the
April examination of teachers is to
be made the hardest of the year. This
will be unwelcome news to those ap-
plicants taking the examination then
in order to avoid attendance at the
Normal.
Teachers complain of the few visits
their schools receive from district Off
GERS and parents. Let the officers be
paid for this service, which is de-
manded by law, and then fined when
they fail to perform it. The parents,
being disinterested, could execute the
law impartially.
1t may not be a matter of school
news but more fencing is being done
now than at any time for several
Cdi ., anu, lIhC UhC SOhOOi ltOuoCo anu
roads, the fences are not located with
any regard for the convenience of
those who visit schools.
w. f. Swiggett is closing his third
term in No. 81 where hard work and
patient application are needed to
turn the mental activities of his
bright pupils into the English chan
mel. Every lesson is necessarily Lam
guage lesson but the pupils are max
ing progress all along the line.
Mamie Glenn has a nice little
school in District %. Her pupils are
strong in number work.
S. B. Ridgway has small school in
No. 4, but it is still an earnest one.
He will have one graduate.
Ida Courtney will soon finish her
second term in No. 16-Fairview.
Her pupils are doing well.
District IL needs new school house
or, perhaps, two of them and is able
to pay for what it wants. Ellie Atkin
is the teacher.
Collyer school No. p has one of the
best school properties in the county.
The transient attendance is large,
| there being many changes from year
to year. Mr.. Harlan is teaching his
second term there.
w. III. Swiggett is teaching his sec
and term in the Ogallah school No.
81. He will probably graduate two or
| - L..
Blossom school (No. AZ is blooming
under the direction of Eliza Country
man. The term closes this week.
Minnie Chapman, teacher of No. Is,
will have one graduate-John Chalk.
District 81 has maintained two
schools for several years but now has
but one which is taught by j. w.
Phares. A good school and a good
teacher should not be separated.
May Rhoades has quiet school in
No. 35. Her term has been extended
teacher.
District No. IL, comprising the east
halfof Glencoe township, supports two
schools In the south school MIR. Bar
clay is teaching his second term which
will close about the first of May. He
will have one graduate. Lille G..
Larson will close her term in the
north school April 10. She has one
pupil writing the common school ex-
animation.
Will Rhoades closes successful
term in No. 9 this week. His attend
ance is falling off on account of spring
work.
Schools and school interests have
their ups and downs in western Kan
sas: Distr ct had an enrolment of
about 25 as far back as 1882, but of
all the teachers, pupils, parents and
visitors of those days not more than
one or two still remain in the neigh
borhood. The district had no school
for ten or twelve years but resumed
operation in 1894. Mile Barber, the
school of three pupils who share with
District % the distinction of having
sod school house.
The examination papers SO far
handed in show careful work and
preparation. Those written with ink
appear the best.
Stop that barking by the use of Bal
y