The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-03-17

what / have been thinking for the
last several years but did not know
how to say it,"
The teachers of Liberal Township
met at the court house In the office
Of the County Superintendent. We
had very good meeting with nearly
twenty in attendance counting WISH
tors. Excellent discussions were CIV
en- on all chapters,
] We expect to hold union meeting
of all the townships on the morning
of April LIST at the court house, be-
ginning at nine o'clock. we will dis
cuss the remaining chapters Of "The
School And Its Life and chapters
ten to sixteen and seventeen in "Ele-
ments of Agriculture. Miss Lottie
Henline will discuss chapter sixteen,
1.-THE Farm Home" Frank Swink,
chapter seventeen, EARN Manage
ment," Prof. Fulton, chapter ten,
"Feeds and Feeding" in Elements OF
Agriculture. Prof. Rindom will re-
view the chapter in 1.-THE School And
Its Life" on Judging Results In
Teaching. Miss Florence McGregor,
The Superintendent, Miss Alice
Smith, the Principal, the County
Superintendent, Home and School.
We think these books will meet in
July and where we hope to meet all
the teachers of Seward County for
the next school year
The spelling contest will be April
Ist at 2;3O at City Hall. The contest
is to see who will represent the dis
trict at the county contest which will
be held Monday, March q. The
teacher will ask some one or two or
more patrons of the district to come
and help on that day. This prelimi-
nary contest should be written. We
will omit rules and suff1xes and pre-
tixes this year. Be sure to select the
difficult words. Have your pupils
trained to write legibly so that there
will be no doubt what letter is. Pu-
pills In grades five and six will spell lip
part two. Pupils in grades I, 8 and 8
will spell in part three.
,s.tWhat is a lake?" asked the teach
er. A bright little Irish boy raised
his had. "Well, Mickey, what is it?'
"Sure, its a hole in the kettle, Mum"
One morning Pat was trying to
chase the cat out of his wife'S kitch-
en-. The animal, much excited,
hoped on the table and into large
crock of pancake batter. Pat started
to throw out the batter when his
\ wife called to him Sure Pat, lave II
alone the batter amt hurt in the
Taste for all that she touched stuck
to her.
First examination for common schoO
diploma, March 25th at Liberal, Kis
met and Springfield,
f. E. Heston who lives in district
No. 10 called to see what the STATE
: allowed parent for taking children
a to school who lived more than three
Ia miles from the school house. HI
a lives four niles from school and hsl
sent his children quite regularly.
NJ. B. Cooper made the Office
: short call Monday afternoon.
4 We extend our thanks to Prof. Rim
h dom for help given In reviewing pa
|. pers of pupils who took the teacher
n examination to get grades for thei
r common school diplomas.
Ie One new idea is worth a dozen de
t. structive critisims.
n Hillsboro Farm,
t. Liberal, Kas., Feb. 8, 1911
Of Dear Mrs. Todd:
al have planted my walnuts abou
sr six inches beep in sandy soil. The
al are about four feet apart. Ipoured
:" little water in each hole. plante
" them early in January and / surel
10 hope they will grow.
ID Thomas H. Taylor.
We sincerely hope, too, that ThOn
AZ as walnuts will grow all o. X.
r. We have yet some more walnut
p. and we will be pleased to give som
I'd to those boys who have received non
g. and are willing to plant them in
ID careful manner so that they stand
st chance of growing.