Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-01
WHAT AILs OUR SCHOOLS"

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Clarion Clipper.l
But the other teacher was so very
different He had the snap just
lots of it; he could teach school and
study Blackstone TOO. Our school had
increased in numbers so that this
teacher had more than forty pupils Of
different grades. The directors son
had forged ahead Of the rest of US and
could pursue higher studies that were
properly taught in the academy or col
lege, but this teacher could and Gid
teach them all thru the term; verify
lie was smart man sure. He had a
sister that was smart too. She stayed
with the director during the term so
as to have the benefit Of her brother
teaching in her higher school work.
Then. too. another smart girl of a
neighboring hamlet saw tit to attend
the school These two with the di-
rector's son formed a very smart
class: in fact the teacher seemed to
be proud to have them recite when the
superintendent and director visited the
school and in turn was highly compli-
lnented for the thorough and high
grade work he was doing in that
school.
eight pupils in that SCHOOL, How about
their advancement: Or was it possible
that the class most in evidence, that
smart class, if you please. were about
the only ones 10 make any advance
ment during the term, while the great
er part of the school were only "a set
of blamed blockheads." mentally in
ca pacitated to receive instruction" il
you please? Yet several of that lot
of pupils have grown up. bought and
improved large farms. built for them
selves modern residences and are all
around good citizens Of this very coun-
ty And it might not be out OF place
to add here. that the above smart
teacher "drifted'' into legal profess
sion, went to a distant locality. where
those who shoot the straightest usually
live the longest: is said to have Skin
ned a man out Of farm, and when
the victim with some friends went
after his hide one got killed, and one
or two others laid up for repairs with
more or less lead in their hides. Yet
the prisoner was discharged because
the preponderance of the evidence
showed conclusively that said prisoner
fired In self defense. While the smart
directors son, instead Of mounting
high on the ladder Of fame has actually
dropped down few rounds" thus
most emphatically verifying that good
old poem depicting how the smart
members OF the family finally came
home to live with mothers fool"
OF course the modern teacher is up
to-date, is Give WIRE" makes great
display of from one to three or more
diplomas, curries favor by quoting the
comments Of some ex-president who
could cry out Square deal" new ma
tionalism," etc. etc. and yet order his
attorney general Ito stay proceedings,
in order that one Of his "official
household" might avoid an unpleasant
ENHANCEMENT. Just because said ex-
president may have said that mo
young lady should graduate from an
institution OF learning without being a
proficient seamstress and an all around
good housekeeper." Very fine talk in
deed, but does any one suppose that
his daughters needle did practically
] anything to complete that 81 900 tros-
| seau accredited to her past wedding
Yet the modern teacher on the basis
| OF the above quotation, seems anxious
to include course in needlewOrk In
the common school curriculum when
conditions are ripe" therefor but as
a matter Of fact he must know that
more Is included already than one pu-
besides, observation should convince
him that the whole trend Of higher So
cial conditions IL to supplant the use