The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-02-24

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Changes That Fave Bee1 Made
Osnce She west g BeAOol-8ho
AGlnS0A the Ola ~Bl0e Back
&ch0e1 Closes em AesOnne 81 the
0tekna.s Of tAe TeaeAaf. ana
AA0ther TeacheEs Wanted OGheF
Matters. >.:,,.:~z
From a most unexpected |
cause, I was unable last week !
to furnish my usual little con-
! :r;hutien to the papers. Our
EOak Grove teacher, Miss Smith, !
was stricken down with some !
thing like, grippe, and request |
! ed that | should act as substi- |
tute until she recovered, so on
Monday a. ia. T found myself,
in the midst Of a crowd of
bright boys and girls, and
p: forthwith applied, myself to-
duties which | ha notperfotntt
led in thirty years, and =sooH
found myself grown rusty in
, Latin, and the higher snathe-
mates; but maRaged to get on
sight nicely for three days, when
Miss Smith decided, as she was
getting no better, TO return 70
her home in Georgia, and Of
course the school was disban9-
cd. AID now We want another
teacher as sson az possible to
&nish out the uaexpired term.
. Superintendent ]. K. Poole
! paid a professional visit to the
school on Monday, gave Us a
3: very interesting and inspiring
tall, sounded The children IS to
progress, and knowledge o.
: their studies, With very salts
3 factory results. ~.-..~
" | was glad TO meet with thi'
Is pleasant and affable gentle.
: man, and found in conversation
u with him that she work which
= his o&ce entails is more oper
. aus than one would imagine
, 1860 odd schools TO visit within
10 30 days. q territory so wiaI
" spread 40 old Rebeson, will
desperate condition Of nan,
. IF the raa.is. and hia oGcs worl
100. must certainly be slnos
u more than be can keep up With
{ and in fact arm not sure as t
e aaNher OF schools; I ara forget
~ ful and / believe it is upward
J. Of 400 in the county.
i l found wondreus change!
8 in the xckool-roon since
10 taught last, SO many nsder'
l. facilities and ,csvsniences @
p every kind. The contrast
v very striking to one Of my ag<
70 with a spiendid roomy building
- cloak and music rooms, pOrts
q BILE desks, library, chart an
" regular series Of books for die,
e. ent grades, and yet ! found tn
objections, for which I may b
Ct termed an "old fashioae
D. crank" bat / can stand tina
u, These two grievances are tn
Id absence totally of the grand oil
As blue-back speller. aRd the ve1
- evident presence Of school to-
III lets. which are now substitu
- ed for states and pencils.
~ admit the one single advantas
- of cleanliness, but Oh the 9th.
!" hand the use of tablets for a
e. manner Of writing, aud espe
~ tally much hurried writinj
r. creates great caEelesaness, an
81 IS calculated to ruin penma
&c ship. Then there is such g
~ EtFavagant waste, and such
20 litter, the aooFs among tt
"a 20 desks being literally cover.
'ae With scraps of paper.
te l want to- tell the ehildrt
something absut the times VIA
s"Aaat Becky" was q sn,
A'- schoolgirl, aaa show the
e. how mueh easier it 10 aow
Rnt get an eduestion than it was
years ago.
70 The arst school ! ever
'<F tended, the house wss juet
No. log cabin, with oae door, a,
IN ia small Window @ade Of piarh
~ Rothing like q Paae of elasa
HH be seen. The aeats were Iii
old benches made of Ella
.ed fson the saw-mill with site
nv for legsand soma ofIthem So u
,wn even that they rocksd, "baaI
a<, hurno "a ,3 Qua I;Akla $50