The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-11-03

lis has blue grass planted all over it
and lots OF cedar trees. The college
Is about half mile from the main
part Of Milford. 1t Is located in the
suburbs of the city. There are l78
girls enrolled. wish you could see
US when we march down town to
church all dressed alike. 1t sure
looks nice to see so many girls all
dressed In black skirts and white
waists with the college caps. We are
glad we are here. Well, Mrs. Todd,
l will have to close, as it is near
time for dinner and / will have to
dress for dinner. l will send you a
picture Of the college-that is three
Of the buildings, South hall Is back
and cannot be seen In the picture.
l am as ever, your TREND,
Maude.
Milford, Texas 10-l6-1I.
Burton Mann came in Saturday to
talk over school matters He is
working hard trying to catch up with
the course Of study. His school be-.
gan three weeks later than the date
set by the state Observation-Disclosures
TENDER 18th. He hopes by the next
examination to be ready for it.
Mr.. Scott of district and Messrs.
Orth and Stafford of district No. IL
were in Saturday. trying to get the
school business Of the year settled
satisfactorily. Both treasurers and
clerks should be very careful to place
In their respective books q record of
every transaction for their district.
II every transaction is down In black
and white 1t is an easy matter to
straighten up the books. One dis
trict treasurer told the county treas
urer last year that he never made a
record Of anything until few days
before the Annual Meeting and then
he jotted the items down. The dis
trict had a director and clerk who
kept complete record Of every bus
mess transaction OF the district OF
course with these complete records it
was easy to straighten out this treas
urer's books. We hope this year that
each member Of che school board
will keep complete record of every
business transaction so that each
member will know exactly how the
business of the district stands. The
director should keep memoranda Of
every warrant signed either to receive
money from the county treasurer or
pay 1t out to settle bills.
We hope every teacher In the rural
schools who has pupils In the 9Th or
9th grades and also the 9Th grade In
the Liberal schools have their classes
doing good work In Agriculture By
this time. One course of study says
four months, but that was last year
when Agriculture was optional. This
year the teaching of Agriculture Is
mandatory and we would advise that
the study continue throughout the
entire year. Some Of the teachers
have their pupils doing excellent
work In this subject. We hope all
will make several booklets in Agri-
culture.
From the monthly reports that
come to this Office we notice that
some of the teachers are neglectlng
the teaching of Arithmetic and Lam
guage In grades l and III, But this
should not be. The course OF study
states distinctly the work in Arlth-
metlc and Language for these grades
required by the state. We advise
that the Arithmetic-Van Amburg's
First Days in Numbers-be in the
hands Of every child in grrdes 1 and
II. Not only can the little ones Learn
Arithmetic from these books but
they can also learn Writing, Read
ing, Spelling and Drawing, They car
also learn the Interpretation of prob
lens. Children learn to add, sub
tract and divide before they learn tC
interprate problems or have the abll
ity to understand problems. "Ths
First Days In Numbers shows them
how to study, teaches them to think
Lincoln meyer would let his teachers