Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-07-27

tell them of how Burns plowed up
the daisy and tell them of flowers in
song and poetry. At recess the
school room will be aired, and as
the children come back. to books |
VIII see that their faces are washed
free from the dust of the play
ground. When they get tired in
school | will have some music to
quiet their nerves. will read to
lhem hall an hour each day and will
insist that they read books of their
own county, such as old Stone
Church History or Horseshoe Rob
inson.' We will celebrate Arbor Day
Dy planting trees at home, school
ana church. We will go in the
woods and take the articles OH trees
that come out in The State and hunt
out the trees. We will keep Thanks
giving Day by going to the church,
and after preaching invite the par
ents TO come and bring us good
dinner and we will tie up packages
TO send to the fatherless and shut
ms. We will take the Sunshine Bull
letin and learn how to have a sunny
day; but rainy days | will play The
Storm and other music and read
Rainy Day. by Longfellow. We will
have Hon. Henry Rice to help us
keep Bird Day and Col. Watson and
some Clemson man will tell us how
to improve our homes on Palmetto
day. The Sun3hiners in the lower
part OF the State viii send us palm
branches aud moss to decorate with
and we will send them some noun
tain laurel. On Lees birthday we
will invite all the soldiers to our
camp fire and have songs and war
tales. The little A b c fellows will
have their games, and all will be
taught to make something and draw
while they are waiting for their
turn"
AS time went on Miss Bright
made good all she told them. Her
frldaE nights were spent in reading
over all the work Of the week and
asking. Am building character?
Saturday when she did not go to the
county teachers meeting she visited
the parents, and in the afternoon
she mcl the mothers for a child
study club and domestic science.
The County Superintendent visited
her "chool often and got inspiration
so much so that his heart longed
TO beat with hers, but she was too
much welded to her work, and
'flowers sprung to bloom wherever
she walked" and "Unspoken homi-
lies OF peace her daily life is preach
ing told that her work was not
failure.
The whole neighborhood loved
her. When she went home during
vacation every child wrote to her;
her big soul never forgot even the
poorest. She spent the whole of her
life teaching the Dullville school.
She always got the Sunshine medal,
She gave a Sunshine medal to the
pupil who was the sunniest, and they
voted to see who It was. Sons of
the first boys she taught went to her.
The State and church always well
coined her boys to high positions.
The boys wanted wives like Miss
Bright. and as the olive plant be-
gan to grow around them they were
mad If they were boys, because they
could not name them Luna Bright
When Miss Bright was too old to
teach she drew a pension from the
Bright Pupil Funds" to take care
OF old teachers. The fund was to
show that they wanted to pay back
the good she gave them.
Have you a Kindness shown? Pass
II on.
Col. ShnnElin Honors His Mother.
Col. A. G. Shanklin, Of Clemson,
has giv,n Miss Shelor a handsome
medal-"Julia D. Shanklin Medal
to be given to the Oconee rural
teacher who puts the most sunshine
into the school. Superintendent w.
c. FIughs and Miss Shelor will make
rules, etc, soon and publish them so
that the teachers will know how to
work to get this handsome honor
medal. NJ. r. S.
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