The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-08-18
County School News.

County School News.
will start anew this morning
With higher, falrer creed
will cease to stand complaining
OF my ruthless neighbours greed
will cease to sit repining
While my duty's call is clear
will waste no moments whining
NAnd my heart shall know no fear.
The past week we attended con-
ference Of the county superintendent
at Manhattan. We started at 1880
Monday morning and arrived at Man
haitian about IL O'Clock Monday night
We met Superintendent Butcher Of
the Sumner county high school and
his sister at Mcfarland, also Super
intendent Lee Harrison, Superinten-
dent Of Sumner county, and Miss
Adams of Cowley county. We ate
supper together and the ladies then
proceeded to take In the city while
the men took care OF grips and visit
ed. We crossed the tracks and going
north took IN the city, We could not
see one house from the depot, there
were so many cars stretched along
between the depot and the town
We found place to get through be-
tween the cars at last and found the
little town of Mcfarland which con-
sisted Of postoiIice and hotel and a
few stores and dwellings; and away
up north stood the sch0olhouse look
ing so lonesome. We didn't go the
whole way up TO it-none of us want
ed to, and we wondered about many
things. Why? Why? The everlasting
why.
As we started back to the depot
the full moon was rising over the
hills south of Mcfarland and every
thing was so peaceful and still that
we felt like it was good to be alive.
On the hillside we could see the word
Mcfarland outlined with white rocks
on the green background, 1t seemed
like fairy land to one accustomed to
the western plains. Soon our tram
came in and we started for Manhat-
tan. We we're joined by Miss Myers
and the time seemed all too short
when we reached our destination.
We were taken to the house assigned
us and soon forgot our joys and sOr-
rows in peaceful sleep. Nine o'clock
found us in the Library on the col
lege grounds renewing old friendships
and making new ones. Supt. Fair
child greeted us with, "Hello, Old
Faithful" We liked the Faithful"
but the "Old" -Oh my! 1t didn't taste
good! We were soon called TO order
and enjoyed thoroughly the mornings
program which was as follows: "a
Better Enforcement of The Truancy
Law" THE Purpose And Function
OF The Bi-MOnthly and Diploma Elk
aminations" and 1.-THE Country School
Its Strength And Weakness" The
papers were ably discussed by all the
county superintendent Nearly ev-
eryOne had something to say either
for or against. None of us had sue
cessfully enforced the truancy law.
And in the afternoon we were given
demonstrations by the college IN the
following: In "Plant Propagation,
Termination, Budding" Graft
ing" "How A Plant Grows" kinds
of Soil, !" Conservation Of Moisture"
"How to Select A Good Dairy Cow"
"The Babcock Test" and "a Cook
ing Demonstration with Country Fa-
cilities." We were all good and tired
after our days work, but we had yet
TO listen to three addresses after sup
per. Were one of us absent? No, not
one. First we had an address by
State Superintendent Fairchild on the
things we must and must not do the
coming year. 1t was helpful in every
way to every county superintendent
present. Poof Josselyn OF Lawrence
took the platform at the close of the
state superintendent's address and by
means OF charts thrown on serene