The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-11-10

1L6I6 are oOLuO JOAJ 6NNA
we are never able to see until our eyes
are washed with tears.
First small boy-"We'd better be
good"
Second small boy-"Why?"
First small boy-I heard the doctor
tell our teacher to take plenty of ex-
ercise.
In our attempts at moral education
we as teachers must be able to lind
out what is good in each pupil, to
aid him to keep what is good and to
develop it to the fullest extent pos
sible. Conversely, we must be able
to find out what is bad In each pupil
and help us to eradicate what is bad
and prevent his going bad in other
ways. We must teach him the duty
and beauty Of usefulness 10 himself
and to other persons as well.
Always 60 around with looking
glass when looking for your worst
enemy.
Miss Friermood, sister of W. r.
Friermood manager of the George
grocery, made us pleasant visit on
Friday of last week Miss Frier-
moods mother owns land in the
northeast corner of Seward county
and she came out to look after 1t.
She is well pleased with our city and
county and may remain with us for
a time.
Grandma Lane and daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Had Lane, spent pleasant half
hour with US last week. Grandma
always cheers us up when she comes
to see US.
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, the govern
ment's pure food expert, speaking al
the National Unitarian conference at
Washington said; "Teach the chill
dren the dignity of labor and that
to break promise is wrong, and you
will be making good start In i'm
proving conditions And then this
chief of the Chemistry department
Of Agriculture objected to the teach
ing of Chemistry and other sciences
He said: Throw out such subjects
as Chemistry, botany, and in fact all
of the sciences and teach children
things that are more practical"
We received the following card
from Mary Harvey who went with
her parents to Idaho not long ago:
Dear Mrs, Todd
| reached Mountain Home the StL
and started to school on the 10th. l
like my Idaho schuol fine. We have
a nice little town here. We have
lots of fruit which keeps my mouth
busy sampling first one kind and then
another. Ha! Hal | can see snow
any time l look out at the mountains
The picture of the school where
60 Is on the other side.
Goodbye-with love and best wishes,
Mary Harvey.
Mountain Home, Idho.
Now that the rush of work is over
and the evenings are getting longer |
we hope the mothers and fathers
will devote more time to visiting the |
schools and get In touch with the
work, also aim to assist the children |
witt their lessons. When Tom tells
you that he just CAN'T get those old |
problems and Jennie says she HATES
Spelling, then It's up to you to do
some wise planning and to get busy.
We all know from experience that
some one particular branch OF learn
ing is more difficult to understand
and become master of than others.
Our bumps Of intellectually are not
uniformly developed. We say we
have no gift nor talent that way
when asked to take part in a certain
work, or some occupation unusual to
US. So 1t is with the child, and after
puzzling his brain over them, trying
to fathOm them, without so much as
CLEAN of the real meaning involved,
receiving poor grades as result of
his Ignorance, and realizing his help
lesness, he is pretty apt to grow dis
couraged and to feel that 1t is no
use to try unless you or his teacher
come to his rescue. We know that
the teacher is paid to do this and
that you pay your share on her sal
airy. If she falls short it's up to you
to take hold or let your child remain
in the same grade another year-and |
perhaps the next until you begin to
think that your child can never learn
anything and the child begins to
think so too and begins to hate
school. "As is the teacher so is the
school,"
Miss Gertrude Andrews came in
Friday from Arkalon to see us and