Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30

time to one or two families; some of
the others are just as well worth cul.
tivating. If you nave school teach.
er manner, leave it at home and visit
as though you were among friends.
Another problem is tattling. A quiet
community, the school the one point
OF interest, the parents How did
school go today?" brings out detail
ed report of the actions of each pupil
and the teacher, and as the questions
continue the imagination grows until
false report is given and is in turn
repeated to the neignbor who drops
in, and so it grows.
Then, also, the point OF view varies
Grown people don't see the same
things alike. so children do not, and
the stories don't agree, and so mis-.
chief is made
Then there is the busybody who
hasn't enough to do. SO finds life made
pleasanter by circulating the school
news CLEANED by the wayside
So the dreadful habit of tattllng Is
fostered. cultivated thoughtlessly of
|
Sometimes tracing one of the re.
ports back to the author will check It,
but to destroy 1t entirely takes a wiser
person than | have ever met We can
discourage 1t In every instance, and
sometimes check 1t, but to stop 1t /
don't know any way except to leave
that district.
The School House.
The school house, frequently old,
weather-stained, dirty. poorly lighted,
poorly seated and never cleaned.
First. Insist that 1t be thoroughly
cleaned before you begin work. Then
see that it is kept clean. This bring
MS to the problem of the janitor, one
OF the hardest | have ever had to
solve In district work. If possible. in.
luce the directors TO solve this prob
EN- for you. 1t is what they should
DO. II the teacher must solve It. ar.
| range with some one to do the sweep
| ing in the afternoon, and every after.
| noon. Then TO come early in the
morning. build the fires and dust thor.
| oughly, so that the room is clean and
warm and ready for work before the
| children arrive. The teachers salary
otttimes Is such that the expense OF
paying for this work seems more than
Is possible, but she will find that a
clean, well kept, orderly room Will
contribute more to her peace and com
Tort and general well being than the
same amount invested In any otbe,
way. Don't pay in advance for this
service, but pay promptly. have
found 1t good plan to pay each day
especially If he work is TO be don,
by the school children. Then If #
.snt satisfactorily done, you can max,
4 change at once-don't permit an,
'lipshod work.
Keep yourself neat. A child Of
said to his eldest sister, who was 20
Ing to teach: Don't you wear frazzle
to school with frazzles on the bottom.
and say. don't you. Keep you
clothes well brushed, your shoes po
, ished, and your collars fresh. be "
man or woman. Thus will you soly
, the problem of the child who is car,
, less In appearance.
. School Room Decoration.
went recently into a school roor
p that was beautiful except for the det
$ grafton. tinted pale-blue wall dar
2 green boards. beautiful wood wo.
!. large windows. good desk, clean foo
II But the decoration-the entire fror
:. space OF the room, above the board
a | was filled with cut work mOunte
g work. torn work. wild flowers presse
o and pasted. pictures from primers an
e advertisements. some pasted on Il
r. back OF old tablets. some simply tao
a. cd. And above 1t all yards Of buntir
u draped mot straiEhp all with the q