The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-01-19

number of bushels or the amount that
can be raised on one acre or five acres
Then the contestants enter and try
to raise more than the minimum fixed
by the school board. The board and
the teacher in each district is expect
ed to get as many as possible in each
district to enroll for the contest and
then report the names to this office.
Instructions will then be sent to the
contestants helping them to win in
this contest These instructions treat
on preparation of soil', when to
plant, seed, cultivation" char
vesting", etc. Which will be the first
district to send In a name? We will
be pleased If some girls also enter
this contest. Let US all start out and
pull together for Seward county
organized twsnty-six years ago last
Wednesday, January nth, and con-
tanning the biggest inland market for
brOOmcorn in the world, and Liberal
the best and biggest town in South
western Kansas.
County SCHOOL TEACHERS, can you
do it? Can you enter into the daily
life of your community with the feel
ing that you are associating with one
OF the Oldest and noblest classes of
toilers on earth? Can you sit down
In the farmers home and discuss the
problems which perplex him ano his
family? When bits of gossip come up,
can you so direct or turn the con-
versation that something really worth
while will be discussed? Can you
talk for half an hour with a patron
OF your school without spendig twen-
ty-seven minutes OF the time telling
him or her what poor teacher had
taught in the district before you took
up the workY Can you tell him Of
some good books along his favorite
line Of Agriculture that he ought to
readP Can you go out and hitch up
horse and name the different parts Of
the harness and buggy?
Owing to the fact that so many OF
our rural schools were closed at the
time of January 18th, the second BIZ
monthly examination questions were
not sent out to the various schools
We hope the schools can give this
examination January Goth. We would
have sent out the questions to be
given January 10th, had not the
farmers Institute been billed for
that date, and we desired as many as
possible of our teachers to attend
that meeting. We do hope that
nothing will prevent the schools from
taking the examination on January
18th.
Saturday morning, January goth,
here will be a teachers meeting at
he court house in the Office of the
county superintendent at . O'Clock. +
Miss Edna Stevenson will discuss
,hapter v. in How to Study and Miss
ilenn will discuss Chapter VII. in
rhe Study of Geography, and Mrs.
Robert will give us chapter VIII. also.
We anticipating helpful talk from
diss Francis Brown of the State Ag-
icultural College on Home Econom-
cs. We hope that as many OF the ru-
al teachers as can will attend the
farmers Institute and will meet
nth us Saturday morning. Let us
that we can never know
90 much-can never have too many
God ideas. No unframed hand should
lay upon harp since the tones are
eIt forever In the strings.
Please remember to have your pu-
lis in the It'll, Sth and 9th grades
Sc pen and ink when they take the
scond Bi-monthly examination. Use
oOd legal cap paper. The manu-
,ripts Of the It'll grade In Physiology
nd Reading; the manuscripts Of the
III grade in Grammar, Geography
nd Spelling: and all OF the manu-
;ripts OF the 9th grade must be sent I
} this Office. We want them all to !
written legibly and we hope that
ley will also be neat and clean. I
The teacher was trying to make the
ull pupil understand the difference