The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-09-08
County School News.
BY Mary E. Todd
Come Let Us LiOe For Ou'
Children.

NOHS A~s ~
Children
The grades OF life are steep and long.
But what of that II your heart be strongi
You can climb them
You can climb them
You can climb them
If!-you-WILL!
The recent humane education law
makes it Illegal for teachers to ex-
pertinent upon living animals or to
kill them in the presence of children
for dissection upon the laboratory
tables. That Is well enough. 1t is
good for the children-good for the
anlmals-and good for the teacher.
But the law does not provide any
penalty for parents who viYisect and
dissect the teacher at the dinner
table and supper table in the presence
of their children. The official life Of
a teacher, his power, her influence for
good rest upon and grow out OF the
thing we call confidence aud respect.
Cripple or kill that feeling and you
have crippled or killed the official
life of the teacher. | know how diff
ficult it is to maintain confidence
and respect in an unworthy teacher.
The sooner such teacher resigns
the better. Let us remember, ITO
err Is human to forgive divine"
That we are all subject to mistakes
In judgement and conduct. So let us
be careful in calling attention to the
teachers faults. 1t is inhuman to dis
sect them OUT before our children. 1t
Is bad for the teacher, bad for the
parents and bad for the children.
Let us rather note and speak Of the
good qualities. Let us be humane to
our teachers.
Remember the classics for the COM
ing year will be Evangeline, Rip Van
Wrinkle and The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow. all of which are especially
interesting to the children. Have
your children memorize some of the
passages found in Evangellne.
'Talk not of wasted affection-Af-
lection never was wasted"
1.-THE greatest thing in this world or
the next Is Love"
Silently, one by one In the infinite
meadows of heaven-BlOomed the
lovely stars, the forget-me-nots Of
Angels"
sand as she looked around she saw
how death the consoler-layi his
hand upon many hearts had healed it
forever"
We hope the teachers will make
little booklets OF the three classics
as they were taught at the Normal.
Educat fonists are at last aware that
physical defects account for most in
tellectual and scholarly DEFICIENCIES.
Because of this fact no child is
blamed for inefflciency, dizziness or
slowness or backwardness until q
skillful physician has seen what
can be done for him. 1t Is humiliat-
ing to the limit that the world has
been going on its way all Of these
centuries, that medical science has
had such opportunities. that teachers
and other educators have been EN-.
ployed so many years before 1t dawn
ed upon anyone to test ears, eyes, ton
sils and other physical conditions
when children were dull What were
Comenius, Ascham, Pestalozzi, Fro
bel, Rosseau and other great school
masters doing? What were we all
doing up to ten years ago? What
were the medical genluses doing in
all the past? Let us thank the
Heavenly Father that at last we see
and understand and that we can now
think and act intelligently with these
little ones, also with those of larger
growth.
In the school for the feeble-minded