The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-02
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Marine was now about fourteen
and it would be nearly two years be-
fore she would, under the rules of
the asylum, be sent into the world
to make her own living. One day
Mrs. Weber called her into her Of
fee and said:
Marine, how would you like to
become a teacher? You have still
two years at the asylum. l have
spoken to three or four members of
the board about you and they have
agreed to try and make a special
provision to send you to the public
high school If you SO desire, with
the end in view that you prepare
yourself to take Miss Leayitt's as
sistant's place, when Miss Leavitt
shall have been retired on a pension
and her assistant is raised to the po-
sition of head teacher This would
enable you to earn enough money to
luxuries and save a little; the asy-
lum would board you and provide
with a room as in the past, and
until you could see your way clear
to doing something better and more
remunerative, it might be a very
desirable position. l have confidence
in your ability to govern young chill
dren when you shall have reached
a proper age and / know that chill
dren take very kindly to you"
Marines eyes glistened while Mrs.
Weber was thus acquainting her
with her plans.
81 am sure, Mrs. Weber," she said,
that l would like to teach above
all things and if am allowed to go
to the high school / will study very
hard to fit myself for the position.
Miss Leavitt has given me extra les
sons for the past year and these
am sure will help me greatly"
We'll, my dear, l am glad you are
ambitious to study and I think il
will be possible for you to begin your
course next September when the fal
term of school opens. AS it is now
only the middle of July, you viii
have several weeks in which to pre-
pare yourself. Miss Leavitt, / an
sure will be glad to help you, as she
has arranged to remain in town thi:
summer instead of spending her va
cation away as heretofore"
From that day forth Marine wal
SO constant student that she haC
to be urged to quit her books for /;
few hours each day, least the au
tumn find her over-tired. Mis-
Leavitt put her through her algebr;
which she had before commenced
under the teachers kindly instruc
ton, and gave her a start in geome
try; for Miss Leavitt, although sh
had never been called upon befor
to make direct use of her highe
education in teaching the children
of the institution (they were in
structed only in the common primar
and grammer-school branches) wa
a woman of considerable culture an
learning.
Marine was also given an insigh
into Latin and other branches an
such rapid progress did she max
that when the fall term of the pub
lie school opened, she was ready t
enter the second year classes.
II am sure I can finish the thre
years in two," said Marine confident
ly after she had been attending tn
high school few months.
Her teachers grew very fond {
their scholar from the asylum" a
they called her, and sent to Mr.
Weber excellent reports of her prog
ress.
she is girl of unusual talents,
said they. and will make a yer
good teacher"
Some of the girls snubbed Marni
when they learned that she was a
inmate of a charitable institution
but this was largely through envy
her superior qualifications; and whe
Marine told Mrs. Weber of the III
kind things they had said and
their rude action, and wept son
bitter tears over the sights, the mi
iron comforted her by saying ths
! anyone who would show such a spiri
: was not worth Marines consider;
ton.
But in the main Marine was veI
, popular and even those who wei
Jealous of her high standing In h,