The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-09-15
County SchooINews.
By Mary f. Todd,
Come Let Us LiOe For Our
Children.

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as we'll as the intellect and body, is
no harder to realize than the dreams
of the airship, and the task of i'm
proving the work Of the teacher for
the sake of the child is WORTHY the
best efforts of hearts and minds Of
the most thoughtful men and wo-
men. AS is the tercher so is the
school. Let us follow and grow like
the Master.
A great student of boys said: SIT
generally happens that bad boys are
simply over-energetic, or mlsdirected
good boys profoundly disguised, and
if you can get hold OF them you can
probably persuade them to drop their
mask. The poet Riley says: l believe
all children good If they're only
understood Even bad ones seems
to me Are just as good as they can
be. \
Next year teachers will be required
to pass an examination in music to
secure a teachers certificate. Why
not "get in line?" Teach the rudi-
ments of music to your school, in ad-
dition to rote songs. Many pupils
have no opportunity of learning any
thing about music if 1t is not taught
in the schools. Only one qualifica-
tiOn is absolutely essential II there is
no musical instrument in school, the
teacher must be able to sing the
scale. No one need hesitate TO make
beginning on account Of limited in
formation on the subject. Books
that are self-explanatory can be pro-
cured and with very little effort the
theory can be mastered.
You can't teach without a Course
of Study. Do not try it. State aid
will not be granted to schools that do
not follow the course of study to the
letter in all the essentials.
Probably there is no greater terror
for the young teacher than that aw-
full word discipline. She feels that
she knows her subjects, she is primed
with all the latest methods that Nor
NAL School and Normal Institute can
give everything would look rose
colored on that first morning were it
not for that question that hobs up at
every step: 'Shall l be able to man.
age them?" Am L good in discip-
line?"
Keeping order In the school-room IS
only one form of discipline, fOr true
discipline works from the studies
outward. Discipline just for order
would be useless; discipline that
brings results and is never in evidence
builds the character of the pupil.
We're we to say, "John, il you do not
sit still, I'll slap you" John would
make desperate effort to sit still
but all he would think of would be
the slap; If however we make JOHNS
work fill his time so that he has no
time for disorder, we have shown our
power Of discipline. True discipline
comes by awakening the interest of
the pupil. When the boy or girl are
really busy they have no time for
Making the work interest
ing is the real problem of the teach
er.
We request our teachers to keep
the written book done by their pupils
in language, agriculture and classics,
so that we may form an idea Of the
work done In those three branches
We would like booklets made in three
branches, in others also if you wish,
in language for instance the first
month in grades l, 2, 3, we have les
sons in flowers, nasturtium, sweet
pea, sunfower, golden, rod, aster
Each class could make a little book
let telling what they had learned
about these flowers and thus co-relat-
ing writing, language, spelling, read
ing and drawing. Parents would be
proud of such work done by their
Teachers, please try it this |
year and let us see if it pays.
Mr.. Verne Light of Kismet called !
in to talk school for little while. He |
will teach in District No. II, south,
this year.
Mr.. Grant U. Martin came in to |
talk about Wide Awake. He will |
teach in that district this year. His
friend, Harry Stelnhauer, was with
him.
Mr.. Kicker Of Wichita, who is en-
gagged in the rescue work of boys In
that city, came in to tell us about his
work in that line. We believe that
the right education of our boys and
girls would save every one of them,
and we would have little or no need |
Of this rescue work. A better day is