The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-27
Cast week.
SCHOOL NEWS

By Mary E. Todd.
Just little every day
That's the way
Children learn to read and write,
Bit by bit and mite by mite.
Never any one, say,
Leaps to knowledge and its power.
Slowly slowly,-hour by hour
That's the way;
Just little every day.
Every time we crush down a good
impulse Satan rings up another fare.
Twenty-Five hundred twenty-three
boys and girls entered Manhattan
Agricultural College last year. All
except ninety were from Kansas
homes. More are expected this
year. These boys and girls are get
ting ready for tomorrow.
When half million or more boys
of the United States settle down to
their mornings lessons, at 8 o'clock,
about four million wage-earning boys
have been at work for one or three
hours. If every boy under Is years
Of age were, in a twinklng, taken
from his work, almost every impor-
tant industry and business in the
country would be seriously handi-
capped, and in many cases paralyzed.
Genius Is 95 per cent Precipitation
and per cent. inspiration
What is the most important indus
try and why? Without doubt II is
agriculture. That is the most i'm
portant industry, whether we con-
slider the number of persons engaged,
the amount of capital invested, the
amount OF wealth produced or the
usefulness to mankind.
The boys and girls in this south
west corner of Kansas are going to
write composition on this great
subject why Study Agricultural"
The one who writes the best one will
get prize at our Fair in October.
Begin right now, boys and girls.
Remember, that the worker is the
winner.
The teacher wrote on the black
board; THE horse and the COW is
in the lot" who can correct the
sentence?' she asked.
A pause, and Little Mary hesitat-
ingly raised her hand.
well, Mary" inquired the teach
err what is wrong?"
THE lady should be mentioned
first said Mary.
'The rural or country school Is
the one laggard in the educational
procession" declares E. T. Fairchild,
our own honored State Superinten-
dent Of public instruction. He says of
the 100000 rural school chill
dren, less than % per cent. are COM
pleting the work of the grades The
teaching body Is immature and lacks
proper training. Terms are also too
short. Only Z months in the country
and from to 10 in the cities. II
we want to get more out of our coun-
try schools we must put more into
them.
The little son of friend of ours
was taken to circus for the first
time by his doting father. When he
returned round eyed and all but
apoplectic with delight, his mother
asked him how he liked the circus
Mother" said the little boy, 'if
you once go to the circus with me,
you'll never want to fool away time
on church again"
Miss Eta Atkinson called In to
say goodbye to us on her way to her
school in District No. ), known as
the Sam Jones school, She is plan
ming to teach a number one school
and give more than value received"
il she possibly can Two Of Miss At
kinson's pupils are now teaching in
our county-Miss lone Ross and Mr..
Bonnie French
Miss Elsa Anderson, Miss Phoebe
Mcclure and Miss Edna Stevenson
started their schools Sept. 8, as sug-
gested by the State Supt. They re-
port a good start. We are glad be-
cause we'll begun is half done.
Miss Lottie Henline came up Sat
urday from Arkalon and stayed over
until Monday to hear Frederick A.
Cook. We certainly did enjoy both
Cook and shungopavi We believe
more than ever that Cook is no
more a fake than Peary Is. That
Cook has come as near stepping on
the North Pole as any man that ever
lived Peary claims to have discoy-
cred il wear after Cook found Il.