The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-06-02

! proper place for keeping and preserv
ing one. The books become scattered
torn, dirty, or lost. If money has beer
expended in providing a library see
that it is kept good, by providing q
book case.
Do not forget dictionary. 1t is in
! dispensible to an up-to date school. Ii
is one of the best helps to general cul,
tuie. A persons intelligence is judged
by his pronunciation aud ready and
| correct use of words. And when you
get your dictionary, may please add,
don't forget holder, or else in COM
paratively short time the leaves of your
dictionary may be futterng around
the school room at the will of the soft
summer breeze. Some of the appenda'
ges required by law may seem trifiing
to some, but the district teacher never
views them in that light, for they often
sorely feel the need of them. They add
much to the convenience of the teacher
and the appearance of the little ones
after they have had their play hour.
In my school-room | need wash-basin,
soap, and towel.
Cleanliness can and should be taught
in the school-room. 1t is an indispen-
sib,e prerequisite to social, clerical and
political preferment, aud no matter
what persons qualities of head and
heart may be, if he lacks cleanliness it
will prove an insurm ountable barrier
to any considerable advancement
How necessary it is then that the
foundation for the habit of cleanliness
should be laid in early childhood; that
this virtue, which is akin to Goodness,
may become interviewer with the moral
growth of the individual. That school
directors of Shiawassee county may be
more earnest in their endeavor to COM
ply with the law in regard to all these
things is the earnest prayer of one, who
from much sad experience, believes she
knows what she is talking about.
The legislature has wisa'v in ,lu led
the lag as one # the append ye, Lot
it be one of the metuS by Viii chill
dren are taught to love tn principles
upon which our g)vernm 1t Is found
ed Lei it, wh,lev ,r they 'ee it il at
ing over the land, inspire i'll them no.
BILE sentiments and awaken a sense of
justice and right. Let it be more to
them than something associated with
firecracker celebration. If children are
taught to love the stars and stripes for
what they truly represent, they will
very likely be faithful to it, and this in
after years would show forth in the
publication of our political machinery.
A teacher on entering school will
receive no inspiring thought to do bet
ter work eminating from an old broken
stove, from the rim of what was once
blackboard, from tattered window
shades hanging by one lone tack, brok-
en- and rickety seats, erasers made of
old and dirty sheepskin or buffalo skin,
a broom that has seen service for five
or six months with scarcely anything
left but the handle and binding wire,
and other necessary appendages in
good keeping with these, and total alb
sence of maps, globe, and charts.
In conclusion permit me again to i'm
press upon the minds of the district
the necessity of ready
compliance with the law in these re-
CARDS. The presence of these necessary
in the school room will be
full notification to the teacher that the
district has the right to expect, and will
accept, nothing less than the teachers
best efforts. Then let teacher and Off
GERS act in unison, having one common
purpose in view, the advancement of
the pupil. Then the pupil will pass
with confidence from his rural school
to the high school of the town and
thence to the college or university,
where he will receive full and final
equipmentofor the highest purpose of
grand and noble lie.
GRACE WILCOX.