Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
The Coed System
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 ,f;ss Roe.. Harding W;tS trying to ..ot the .ilree R's into thc heads of the ,.,,or,nt in Il small sehooihouse located ,, +he midst oi ;i sheep raising country :, +hc far west Mss Ii;rtli.lg was .he daush3er 0f iiIo>.' vl:o had been .,,oaltlv in the e.st. Her father had died insolvent. put. lortdAately for Base he had given lspr q college ciuca- .;on Tie l:lU's oi suppl. and demand york t:a >,als..s, i. e>.tst.t,:c-. :i>, any xrhere e!za. N.h2.> tliei'n i> the most ,onoranc,, tii:.,t .> tilp greatest need for teachers. .\t any ratc. Miss Hard inc received aii 0i4rr ill M0ifi;ilia aud accepted ii. s,:,s' #: surprised tD fad her scholars oi' Eiis.y'>t t-es. r.tt,. .sl.:y from ten to twe!i!y-s;N years o..i. .i:, che had no difficulty ii ar:ln..ii,.,, ;icr classes, for tlle oi;l;,:st sciis,,,,r s.lsw no more than tho youngest. ;:.:t j, ".:,s hard work Rose il;;u t,ll;@u prizes iD college and was fitted :". ,.s;4lct youug people of advanced scholastic at tainmen.s iil the sciences.
 One morning while she was trying to teach her scholars hov to spell yacht and such other words in the English ianruage5 ;as are spelled farthest from their -sound a sheep herder rode ,.up to. the. sehoolhouse door and asked if any =one had sceo a flock of sheep ''ifn the neighbofhood. Miss Harding nut the question to her scholars, and all answered~in the negative. While this was being done the sheep herder was regating his eyes. with the sight of the refined and colnely Miss Hard ing. Such a sight, especially at that time, was.rot usually to be bad in that regior. and the herder evidently did not propose to let the opportunity slip. "say. i:::ss.' he said, do you think you could drive any larpin' into my nod6lle:"
 The teacher looked at him scr1ltiniz- ingly. He did not look at all stupid. though he might not even know his letters.
 "That would depend upon what help you would give ne in the matter
 The young man threw birnself from his horse and. hanging the reins to hook screwed to the cabin for the pur- pose went ill and took position ir the spelling class"
 "Eire away, s"i,oaimarnl, be said.
 "SpeIl the word salt
 "S-o=l-t t. -,.5t
 'Try again.
 ''S-o- u-i-i." <
 'rry again.
 asa -u-i-t.
 "Onte i;3"e."
 "S-a-w ii"
 There vas erl.l on the teachers face. :. tho'1a;l !ts'.. new scholar was evidently m,re i.i,teachable than any of hei. ot!le3 scholars 'hc lines of his face were entirely nlili',a theirs. There was something incongrucus in his 'g- norance and his physjognomy.
 '"Teachcr" said q gawk of twenty three. .T kin tell you how to larn him how to spell it. Tell him if he gets it right next time hekn kiss tbe purtyest gal in the roonl.'
 There was a shout of approval of this proposition. but Miss Harding de- murred. However. since her scholars would have it so, assuming that "the pdrtyest gal meant those among the scholars she relnctantly consented.
 every weil,A she said, 'try again"
 "S-a-l-!," snapped the herder and ad- vanced to take his reward of the teach CT. Blusllipg E, rosy red. she ordered him back. telling him that s;le was not included. There was an uproar among the scholars 4int, 'rnGc., 2outing among the girls, for the hcrtler. s,.nce !:e coald not kiss the 'eachcr. would kiss none of 1henll .9...L; l&@= :: >.G%f
 You nava stvuck 6 vital principle ln pedagoyy.''' said Miss Harding to the hcrder: t. TEcrc Was a twilihie in he: eye. Perhaps it cane from s;'si- picion tl,at he ENcw hov to spell the word 'sait from t,,e beginning, "Somo day you n,ay Ge ; tea,.i3ei' yourself and can ;nt1od,.ee soal' stimulant among the co-csis.
 The i.eraer iov..,: ;,s Ter serutlnlz- ingiy, as # ;sa s1.s,,scetG0 some covert meaning in h<sr 5'ea,al-k.
 "Whats ..s-cils:' h' asked
 ''I once .isteuetl;..i':. i. K rg interesting lecture on the subj@.s sy q young pro ; lessor. LarEled Eton N 'Icn you learn to read I'll give you q copy ot 1t taken from magazine in which 1t was pup hshed."; ;l:. .s.s
 This, especially the mention or the name Larned Eton, had marked ef- feet, upon the herder. Her, words ''when you learn to read" were spoken in . satirical tone. Even the thick headed scholars got an idea that there was some game. going on between their teacher and the herder. Dropping nls western way of speaklng, tie latter s=.=f '- 's.'4s..21 4is&&sA <. x s.s s.s' .s ysEsgQ -