The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-28
County School Ne ws.

NoSnLnB IS 700 BOOd I0F our 1euch'
es. Let us extend them the g'dC
hand this month.
Defeat may serve as we'll as victory
to shake the soul and let the glory
out. When the great oak is strain
ing In the wind the bows drink In
new beauty and the trunk sends down
a deeper root on the windwsrd side
Only the soul that knows the mighty
grief can know the mighty rapture.
Sorrows come to stretch out spaces Ia
the heart for joy,
Maurice Craig who made the high
est average Of the boys who took the
diploma examination in the spring
made us a pleasant call last Saturday
morning. He expects to 90 to school
again this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans made US q pleas
ant call one day last week. Mrs. Ev-
ans will teach in district No. 8 this
year and will be Maurice Craig's
teacher. She will give him higher
work than is included in the work OF
the common schools. He will prob
ably take the preparatory work for
the Agricultural College.
Miss Maggie Ormistan made us a
pleasant call one day last week. Miss
Maggie will also continue her school
work this year. She lives in district
No. II.
We were sorely disappointed In not
having our state superintendent with
us last Saturday. We have so many
things to ask him.
We hope that all school boards will
see to it that their schools begin the
eleventh day of September; the date
set by the state superintendent.
The Brooklln school celebrates
Rubber Day every year. The pupils
bring all kinds of rubber goods from
worn out automobile tires to erasers
which they have gathered up for the
occasion. Long rows Of waste bas-
kets are placed at one end of the
assembly room and in these the rub
Der is placed, 1t is afterwards sold
and the proceedssdevoted to purchase
ing articles for identifying the inter
ior of the school, Many OF the paint
ings decorating the walls we're pur-
chased from the proceeds of previous
rubber sales and the large silk Amer
lean flag now owned by the school
was purchased for $42. Y
The movement for "all-the-year-
round" schools are gaining ground.
Newark, New Jersey, is the largest
city adopting it and will begin to ex-
pertinent with two schools. IfiJ sue
ceeds in those two schools all the
schools in the city will adopt it, The
gain from The new plan is for the
children that they will finish the
grades in six years instead Of eight.
The law compels them to remain in
school till the age OF IA and "all-the-
year-round-school Will enable nearly
all pupils to complete the Grammar
school course, and even In the case Of
the brightest children to enter tie
high school. The gains for the COM
munity will be that the pupils will go
out into the world better trained.
The expensive school building will
not stand idle one-fUurth of the time
The children will leave school earlier
and their education will cost less
The teachers will have continual en-
ployment and of course more pay.
Even with the proposed change they
will have longer vacations than most
business men as there will be two
weeks August vacation, one week at
Christmas and one at Easter. We are
anxious Ohave the experiment tried.
H. E. Burns OF district 26 visited
the normal last Friday. He was well
pleased with the work being done in
the normal.
We hope many Of our school boards
will come in and select their teachers.
We have a number of young people
who expect to teach next year-if-if,
and judging by the excellent work
done by most of them we think they
stand good show Of being successful
In the examination which will be
given Friday and Saturday, July 9th
and 10Th. We also have some exper-
fenced teachers who are doing excel
lent work. We think we will haYe
plenty of teachers to teach the
Seward county schools although
the state superintendent has listed
our county as having 2 surplus teach