The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-01-06
and tells"

At the examination before Christ
mas, little Mary was asked, what
Is an oyster covered with? She wrote
her answer, "Oyster is covered with
fur" Santa Claus brought Mary a
book on Natural History and after
this she will know more about ami
mails and their coverings.
The open air schools are not only
beneficial to children, but that the
the little ones are positively delight
ed with them is the experience Of
public educators at the national cap
ital at Washington, D. G. Boys and
girls, how would you like to get your
lessons out Of doors and then recite
them to your teacher out of doors,
too.
Harvey franklin who is attending
business college at Hutchinson came
to Liberal, or rather to Seward coun-
ty, to spend the holidays with his
best girl. We understand that Har-
vey is hitting the highest mark in
school and is making his home folks
proud of him. We are glad of Har-
vey's success and wish him the best
of positions after he graduates.
For four years the Committee of
the New York Child Welfare Associa-
tion has been working on the prob
lem of how to make the child of to-
day the good citizen of tomorrow.
The Russell Sage Foundation contrib
uted $4,000 in solution of this ques-
tlon, twenty men gave $1,000 each,
and the association is raising &c., 900
In addition. The meeting which Is
to be held this month Is arousing In
terest throughout the nation. Par
ents everywhere will be interested in
this committees exposition of the
right and the wrong way to bring mp
the child In order to make Of him
mentally, morally and physically the
man God designed him to be. Pesta-
lozzi, the great German educator
struck the key note when he said;
Come, let US live for our children"
Miss Clara Childears came to see us
during the holidays. She brought in
her report, and it shows that she is
teaching good school. She is locat-
ed In district 5, Springfield.
We hope the school boards will re-
member that neither the clerk nor
the director can go on the treasurer
bond. The bondsmen do not neces
sarlly have to live In the district.
The amount Of the bond should be
twice the sum the treasurer is sup
posed to handle for the district.
Little Misses Cecil and Mile Smith
write us from Cleveland, Kansas
that they are having a very happy
time visiting Grandpa. They are
Treasurer Smiths little daughters.
A Christmas card from little Dor
othea Whippo did usa world Of good
She reports all Of the family WELL
We very much enjoyed the Christ
mas exercises of the Liberal schools
We took In all the grades, and founc
some pupils In everyone of the sever
grades that had gone to school to Us
either In the public schools or the
kindergarten. We felt as happy as
the old woman In the shoe to SET
their bright happy faces and to know
that they were each farther along
the road Of knowledge than when We
called them our pupils. Their hap
py smiles and loving handclasps were
the best Christmas gifts we received
The heights by great men reached and KEEP
were not attained by sudden fight
But they while their companions slept
We're toillng upward in the night.
Let US remember that genius is
per cent inspiration and 98 percent
Precipitation.