The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-10-20

teacher and she knows how to handle
boys"
"My, that's tough! Awful tough. ,
"You bet is it. guess papa didn't
stop to think of the trouble he was
making for me when he married a
school teacher"
Mrs. Frank Murphy whose little
boy Dean, we started on the higl
road to learning, made US pleasant
call Friday afternoon. She has haC
to take Ora out OF school on account
of his eyes and other troubles. She
regrets this very much.
Mrs. Neff who lives in the Bluebell
district, called in to see us for a lit.
tie while one day last week. She Is
looking well and we think, younger
every time we see her.
Mrs. SCHNEIDER and Mr., Right were
in on school business last week. Mr.
Right teaches in Oklahoma.
We have been guest the past
week IN the home of our friend, Mrs
Grlnstead. We have had a very
pleasant time, enjoying immensely
the quaint remarks and ideas OF
Darline and Wayde.
Mr. Evans who lives in Dist. No.
called to get supplies for his wife
who will teach in district s. She in.
tends to do advanced work with those
of her pupils who are common school
graduates.
Much keeping after school may be
avoided if teachers will establish the
rule that failures in written work
should be made up during the fifteen
minutes before the opening of school.
Tell the pupils to come in as soon as
the doors are open, and have their
work all ready on their desks for
them to begin as soon as they enter.
They are fresher, and 50 is the teach
err, less fatigued than after school.
We had a very pleasant teachers
meeting Saturday afternoon in the
Office of the county superintendent.
Miss Berry gave an excellent exposi-
tion of Chapter l in The Teaching OF
Geography, and Mrs. Anderson fol-
lowed with fine discussion of chap.
ter 2. Many good pointers on the
teaching of geography we're brought
out and discussed The object of this
Reading Circle Book is first of all, to
instill in the minds of the teachers
the true nature of modern geography
We answer to roll call at our next
meeting by fact in MATHEMATICAL
geography. Chapters IL were discuss.
ed in McMurry's How to Study. The
County Superintendent had chapter
l and Prof. Rindom chapter 2. Our
author says it is unnecessary to col
lect facts proving that young people
do not learn how to study. 1t is a
common object of complaint among
teachers in tie elementary school
in the high schoOl-in the college.
All along the line teachers condole
with one another oyer this evIl-col-
lege professors placing the blame ON
the instructors in the high school,
and the high school placing the blame
on the grammar schools and they in
turn blaming the primary school.
Parents who supervise their children's
studies, or who otherwise know about
their habit Of work, observe the
same fact with sorrow He then
takes teachers TO task. and proves by
or tests that teachers
do not know how to study and asks
this pertinent question, "If teachers
are SO poorly informed, and If they
ale doing so little to instruct their
pupils how to study how can pupils
be expected to know how to study?p
He condemns the muscular method"
also the mennonite method" he
wants a thinking method We
hope every teacher in the county will
purchase this book and stu9y it from
cover to cover. These books have
been prescribed by the Reading Cir
Gle Board of our state and each
teacher has contracted with the
school boards to study these books
for the good Of the school they are
engaged to teach. We hope the school
boards will insist on their teachers
getting these books and studying
them. "As is the teacher so is the
school," There were three other
meetings on Saturday afternoon, at
Obern, Springfield and Kismet. We
will hear from them soon and report
next week.
PHELPS AND HIS TEACHERS
The year passed so quickly away
that Phelps mama was surprised at
its seemingly short duration. Every
week showed great improvement in