The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-12-15
By Mary T.. Todd.

If we knew what feet were weary
walking pathways roughly laid;
We would quickly hasten forward
stretching forth our hands to aid.
II we knew what friends around us
felt want they never tell;
That some word that we had spoken
panied or wounded where it fell;
We would speak in accents tender
to each friend we CHANGED to meet,
We would give to each one freely
smiles of sympathy so sweet.
The new school laws have come,
one for each school district. Call
and get one, please, Mr.. School
Boards Districts 1, 2, A, Z, IL, "a,
26, 81, 20 have received theirs.
j. A, Jarrett clerk of district 81
made us a pleasant call Monday af-
ternoon His son, Hiram, will start
to school after the holidays and re-
view the common school branches.
Hiram is one of last years common
school graduates. He hopes to be
able to come to Liberal next year or
go to Manhattan or some other good
school,
New York is to spend $50, 900, 900
on education this year. Seward
county is to spend about $4,000,
about $21 for each child in the coun-
ty between the ages of and 81.
Parents should see to it that their
children are in school every day.
Mr.. A. c. Thompson, clerk of
district No 10 came in and straight
ened up his books Saturday He al
so turned over a new leaf and began
the new school year 1911-12 on
new page. The district has no bal
ance on hand to begin the new
school year. We hope they will do
better next year and have a little
balance left to tide over the finances
OF the district until the next taxes
come in. Each school district should
try to have enough balance on hand
to start in with. One school district
starts in this year with balance on
hand of $S55. 42-enough to pay all
Indebtedness for the ensuing year
and have goodly balance left for
next year. Yet this districts levy
for the year is / LILO mills.
Miss LYDIA Hanses, who teaches in
district 16 called to see us Saturday
and talk over school affairs. Miss
Hansen is teaching in a sod school
house and has 81 boys and girls in
attendance,
Miss Viva Jones' who teaches in
Antelope valley, district No. Z, came
in to invite us to her thanksgiving
program, We hope we may be able
to go and join in the good time that
all are expecting to have.
A card from Miss Bessie Odneal
containing many good wishes for us
for Thanksgiving was received with
pleasure. Please accept our thanks
Miss Bessie.
Messrs Clyde Martin and Burton
Mann came in to tell us all was well
with them and their schools. Bur-
ton has Just closed his second month
of school. Come again and come Of
ten, We are always glad to see you
and talk with you about your school
and its work.
Last Tuesday we visited Ethan
Green's school and Miss Hazel Whit
aker's school in district No. Is. We |
found good work being done in both
schools and suggested changes were
accepted cordially by both teachers. |
Mr.. Green is an experienced teacher,
while Miss Whitaker is teaching her
first school,
We spent Tuesday night with Mrs.
Lydia Mcclure, who has fine ranch
of 900 acres on the Cimarron. She
told us she and her husband planted |
every tree and put up every building
on the place. She has all the wild |
grapes and wild plums that she needs |
both for winter and summer. She |
is planning after the holidays to ac-
company her son, Raymond, to some
good business college in our state and |
take a needed rest while Raymond |
attends college. Raymond is all she
has left Of her family. We spent
a most enjoyable evening in hei
ZONE.
Wednesday we visited Mr. R. o.
Flanders school and found him do
ing most excellent work. The school
was graded according to the course
of study and everyone was carrying
his work Mr.. Flanders has bought
the reading circle books and what is
better is making study of them
District "a has the poorest school
house in the county-a little soddy
yet for the past three years has