The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-03-22


In the county, splendid building, To-
Gated among the citizenship that is
doing all It can for the education Of
their children. g
After having stayed All night with
Mr. schulze and partaking OF his
splendid hospitality ! drove across
to the Ganoway school Number Il
there ! found a small school under
the management Of Miss Ocle
Breeden another one OF scurry coun
Tvs citizens and JUST such another
school you never did see not SO large
in number, but their bright shining
faces. splendid lessons, good doporl-
ment, made uD the lack i'm numbers
This is Miss Ocies second year iva
This school and of course rs sure
evidence OF her worth and value in
a school This school is located
in the A. r. Ganoway neighborhood,
a splendid school building surround
cd by a good farming country fine
citizenship and parents who love
their children and are bent ON civ
ing them an education Miss Ocie
is one of Scurry countys best teach
ers and no greater pleasure any
teacher ought to want than to be
among and teach the Ganoway
school Pretty pictures on the wall
splendid notices bearing o &c
moral in each is found scattered a.
long the walls of the building. Ask
any patron what they think Of the
Ganoway school and any and all are
OF one accord will answer that they
have the best school In the county
One great trouble that is to be very
much regretted that this is a short
term school and we do hope and
trust that means will be provided
whereby the term of this school will
be longer.
Next came in order. some four
miles south OF the Ganoway school
Is the old Pyron school this school is
Number three in Scurry county. one
Of the first schools established and
have been told that in years past
and gone pupils attended this school
from I'm and around where Herm-
leigh now stands and the enrolment
would be as much as seventy-nve
and a hundred pupils took two
teachers to teach the school, while
this year on the account OF so many
new school districts having been
created and new schools started the
scholastic enrolment rs small Mr.
S. ID. Ince As the teacher this year
and Is doing splendid work giving
universal satisfaction 10 bO.h bay-
ents and pupils as far as has"
been able to learn and Of course tna
best evidence OF his work I discoye-
ed in the knowledge 'he 0a1il had
Of the lesson. Some few larger pa
pills / found and some small ali get
ting along nicely no complaint
has come 90 my ears from t's
school and again another pleasure !
found was the eeutiiity of the pu-
oils and iu my lJUe talks with them
evidence OF appreciation was yi5i-
BILE. It Frs always o. pleasure for me
TO talk TO school children when they
seem to appreciate my efforts aa
the children .of this school did,
Next in order was Santa Fe To-
Gated az the new town OF PyroR.
This ls county line school r.aht
brand new aouse. splendid u its
structure, desks, blackboards. every
thing for convenience of the pupil
and Tor their advancement. Nr. A.
NJ. Turner SIS the teacher for th.s
school They have q splendid nun-
her and Mr. Turner ,s teaching them
a fine school Some advanced pu-
MIS- ranging frcu thp higher -r1Jss
down TO- the primer. Another school
that ought TO Dee an is pleasure
10 teach and from an reports get-
ting along as nicely rs aan b. auj AS
a usual thing when / drop in,o a
school room. natural curiosity takes
the attention OF the pupils from
their books but the Santa Te thil-
dren we're not disturbed and went
right ahead with their WORK lis-
tened to their rpci.ations and found
the evidence OF successful school,
nice genteel boys and girls doins
their part and the teacher his. That
night by request ! spoke to a fair
sized audience upon the subject OF
rural high schools. Pyron citizenship
Ia doing all she can for education
OF her children and are interested
in the establishment Of arural high
school and ere long we feel sure
that they will take the advantage
offered them by the new rural high