Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-10-18
SCHOOL MA.AMs' MEEr-Up.
The "olds" and News" Get on
Their Pedagogical Perch for Three
Hours.

To ''meet-up with" is 4 Missourian
colloqualism. second person, plural
number. indicative mood. present
tense OF the verb ito know" ard
means. when freely translated in tie
Colorado idiom. TO "get next to-" or
get acquainted with"
A, the las. monthly meeting OF the
teaching staff of the Rocky Ford
schools an invitation was given the
new" lady teachers on the staff to
meet the "oid" lady teachers and he
old lady teachers TO meet the new lady
teachers. at tho home OF the oldest
teacher on the >snif. on Saturday.
Oct ~. at ; p. m. to participate in
pedagogical lunch.
The affair came off last Saturday.
and was enjoyed by about thirty OF
the -ac,iyc" and passive" school
ma'ams OF Rocky Ford and vicinity.
who got off their pedagogical pcrches
and put themselves in the younssicr
places for about three hours.
Miss Bcssarabia Taylor received the
pupils on the front porch OF the "Ol-
liver Twist" building. and passed them
along to Miss Bcgonia Briggs. who
acted as centre rush. and she passed
them on to the lobby. where Miss
4 nehovy Beulahland Elser acted as
back stop.
I, was n session Of the "decstrict
skuicA" Miss St. Helena Lawyer act
ed as school mistress. and everybody
else acted like fury. The discipline
was bad. Frozonia North and Bes-
sarabia Taylor led the singing. The
class in coordination and correlation
had to be kept in. probably on ae-
count of their relations being too in
innate.
The. after recess" hour was gwen
MP TO special exercises" one OF the
trustees" being present as visitor.
Miss North gave piano solo. This
vas followed by two essays. which
:he Enterprise secured surrcptitiously
and prints exclusively for the benefit
of its readers. The first was by Miss
pcariy Gates Blinn. one of the pass
i've" teachers. her theme being Man.
A. Have Found Him"
Miss Blinn bowed" and read:
When the request came to prcscn;
this tonic for this afternoon. I was
in pickles. After I accepted the task
! was III more pickles" But conso-
'a,ion came however. when my
thoughts reverted in memory to the
iars when as teacher was in
pickles" more mixed" and aggra-
waiting in their effects than the sliced
tlionS and peppers. But man IS the
pickle" Of these preserving" days
N ,he farm was requested to talk
abou,. "Nfan, as Have Found
Him" Well. frs, let me tell you I
was a long time finding him-so long
That ! ScSrvcd to find good one:
ard I id, thus proving the old ad-
age "All things come to those who
wait"
We'll. have found that man be-
longs neither to the Scraphie nor the
Satanic family. but to the common
human. He is not in real life the kind
that vor rcad about in books, for there
he is pictured either so good and no.
ble one would live in mortal fear of
his taking wings and soaring away, or
else so mean and dcspicablc that you
wish he would.
You have all heard of the girl who
in talking of her lover said "Oh, he
is so nice ! could just ca, him up"
and then after year of married life
said: Il wish had"
Man as have found him is a crca-
ture neither too good nor too bad, but
Just about right. He is sociable and
agreeable If he has enough to cat:
enjoys company and is fond of music
and flowers. if he does not have to
cultivate them. He likes to be &C.
knowIedgcd the head Of the home
land ! suppose he should bc). He
likes to be consulted on all topics
and his-vanity is hattcrcd when you
admit that he has the more logical
| reason, or more inventive and cxecu-
tive ability: and that his opinions and
decisions are superior to yours.
have found him to be more or
less present help in time of need. He
can sweep and wash dishes. And
what ii he does sweep the dirt under
the table or the bed instead of out
doors. What If he does stop wiping
the dishes when he reaches the pots
and pans. He has shown a willing
ness to help; and you arc. grateful for
that willingness that you at once shut
your eyes to his slackness and to the
dirt and wait until he is gone, and
then do it UP quick before he gets
'ack. lest his feelings should be hurt.
ie usually has to hunt his own hat.
he expects to find his buttons all
ard. In short | have found man
ore company and care than poodle
0r or a Teddy bear. But still l de-
arc with the Immortal poet
had my lot to choose
take the. man with the biggest
shoes
The other theme. "Man. As He Got