The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
THE KANSAS SCHOOL BIA'ANI.

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Once more she is with US. the bright,
progressive young woman who teaches
the young Kansas 1dea-not the Iowa
idea-how TO shoot, and do other things.
Once more she comes, with her charm
ing vivacity and her grip. And Topeka
receives her with open arms-meta-
phorically. of course-for Topeka is al
ways glad to see the schoolna ans.
No gathering during the entire year af-
fords the state capital more genuine
pleasure than the big convention OF
school teachers during the holidays.
The schoolma' am, how we admire her!
Most of US fall in love with her at the
early age of seven years. It was a des-
perate case while the attack lasted. We
came to school early and fingered late,
so as to be near Teacher. We were
models of department. We grew pen
sive during school hours and gazed at
our goddess with all the intensity of
our young affection, when we should
have been doing sums. We fed her our
reddest apples, and it was the fond
dream of our ambitious young life. as
we gazed through our spelling books
and down the long Avenues of Time
metaphoricalIy again-that one day we
would own a circus, and as the parade
marched proudly through the streets we
would sit, dazzling with the splendor
of gold and jewels, on top Of the most
gorgeous wagon in the whole circus
with Her by our side, robed in red and
blue and yellow silk with a glittering
crown on her head, and a seepter in her
hand. Nothing could be too good for
Her! That was the ambition Of Seven.
Although our fierce and desperate af-
honors upon her came to a sudden end
one sad day when Teacher took US firm
" by the arm and laying US across her
knee, compelled US to gaze through our
tears at the floor while she administered
due correction for fighting with Johnnie
Jones-while this event rudely ended
our young dream. the schoolna' am al
ways kept our deepest respect and high
est admiration. Most of us owe a great
deal to her patience and perseverance in
guiding US from. ''Oh, see the Cat and
the intricacies of the multiplication ia
Bile, up through the difficulties of the
Second and Third Readers, common
fractions and thel ike to Marco Boz
zaris'' and cube root.
No state on earth can show the
superior of the Kansas school ma'am.
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rectIy, her peeress. Even if this were
not true We should feel constrained
to say it under the circumstances, but
it is true.
The Kansas school ma'am is in love
with her profession. If she were not
she would not keep at it, for every
one knows that the financial remuner-
alton of school teaching is not sufh-
cient to tie one up to the business
in these days of prosperity.
The Kansas school ma'am is pro-
gressive and up-to-date. That is why
she is attending this state association
in Topeka today. It is the work Of
the school ma'am that does much
towards making men and women Of
the highest grade, and those are the
kind Kansas ought to raise exclu-
sively.
The boys and girls of the Sunhower
state are its greatest crop. They are
not included in Secretary Coburn' S
statistics, but they are worth more
than all of the states other products
combined. And it is to aid in making
them into intelligent, honest. cultured.
fearless men and women that we hire
the Kansas school ma am. It is a great
task. and we show our confidence in
her in giving it to her to accomplish