Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
A School Romapce
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az was gong 70 the sum-
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sne u's ooardine mouse Dy the
ryo. WIN tne great Tees at It's back,
Au.1Seus .'ent met mar Dozen teach.
WON ne Anew ana mar hundred
W.oln le a.dnt Know. me assistant
pllnclpal OF the Dioeenes was there,
anu nau Deen mere TOT month. She
s 81 u0unu - 10 ner duty Dy ner cnlef.
/ o.. cne 'n!fou t0'. MN right and left.
An ~ sne put on, ner thinking cap.
ne won't care mucn for those friv-
olo9s creatures just OUT OF the nor
mal sne said 70 nerselr. Hell want
.W.ne one 10 81 pair on WIN. now. there's
neouosia desmond, principal OF the
flato school, way up on Chicago's
noIen sue. snes Just his opposite.
out opposl!es get along well. SO here
soss. ana me ASSISTANT principal In.
gauced frlnclpal Ihaddeus Bent to
f .lp desmond. Prof. Bent found
nlmseir IN the company OF Miss Des-
mona, on the veranda, the second
n'ornins aIter MS arrival. Iheodosia
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AZ VI Aii.u' man anu woman .
i hehtaAty IS tue .hlhs ior he. I've
neard forty OF o!. eearchers lee
: . lures On Alnu aireauy' anu I'm gong
70 near me o9ner forty. some OF the
sso1her teachers nave !aileii away. Ihey
are are not true piue' !hough they made
mucn pretense AT .ne start. can't !
introduce you 10 frof. searcher! He'll
convert you.
Fray forgive me, Dut I've heard
searcher ana lfund MIN q bore, but
III go II you'H take me-
Thecdosia Diushed Dit. She was
past even such remote hint at gal.
iantry as this, she had thought.
No. ! won't take you," she said,
but you may come IT you VIII. Go
well up to the front. Prof. Searcher
does not speak any 100 clearly. and !
Sit up there-l mean you can hear bet
ter up there
There were excursions into the woods
and fields arranged by the teachers
assembled at Glover HUI. Prof. Bent
took the tramps. and through the urg-
& Ing assistant principal, Theodosia Des-
mond occasionally went along. This
.tudent OF man amused Prof. Bent,
and despite her antagonisms she at
trncted him little.
On one of the excursions he found
himself alone with her in woodland
path. Each had books. What have
you there, Prof. Bent? asked Miss
Desmond.
I have r. II. Gosse. man too little
read now, and Burroughs, and White
OF Selborne. They are full Of frogs
and snakes and foxes and birds"
Theodosia Desmond tossed her head
= sAsA AASA F't N'SsS 1~SAAAAS 80 nSut
pert as her IS years would admit.
Trash, every bit of it." she raid.
There's nothing human about it,
"Surely there's human interest In the
lives Of the frogs and in the loves Of
the BIRDS"
Loves OF the birds! 4 thought YOU
were beyond sentiment, Prof. Bent.
Well there. did not mean to be rude.
Here have John Lockes Human un-
: derstanding. He would not touch SEN
timent with pole"
Seems to me I've heard that Locke
once wrote book on how to bring up