The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-10-25
County SChOoNeWs
: BY MARY E. TODD

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It is my joy in life
To find at every turning of the road
The strong arm of friend
To help me onward with my load.
And since ! have no gold to give
And love alone must make amends,
My only prayer is while ] live:
God make me worthy of my friends.
The average cost of education IN
the country district schools OF Sew
ard county, on average daily attend
ance is $500 per pupil, per month.
For the pupils in the grades, in Lib
eral, the cost is $2.15 per pupil, per
month on average daily attendance.
In the High school the cost per pu-
pill per month on average daily at
tendance is 1914 Fifty-one teach
ers were employed in the Seward
county schools the past year. The
average salary of the rural teach
ers was $40 per MONTH OF the teach
ers in the grades in Liberal, $62
per month and those in the High
school averaged $S1 per month.
The taxpayers of Seward county
spent almost $40, 900 for school pur-
poses during the year 1919. The
rural schools expanding Sl4,665.38
and having outside warrants to the
amount of $679.24. The graded
schools cost $9,788.0O with no out
standing Indebtedness and the High
school expended $5,03O.00 and had
nnfcfonAina tfor 20 IN tho NJ Mt
OF $420.11 at the close of the fiscal
year, July /, 1912 There was
enough money in the county treasury
at this time due the High school fund
to pay the outstanding warrants of
the High school, but it had not yet
been disbursed, so the county is not
behind in the funds for maintaining
the High school
Mrs. Russell Sage has purchased at
a cost Of S150,000.00 Marsh Island,
on the Gulf Coast, southwest of New
Orleans and dedicated it as a guard
ed refuge for the migratory birds
OF America. 1t Is about eighteen
miles long and nine miles wide. We
wish some children could have as
good care as the wild birds are go
Ing to receive on this island.
Seward county has a county bond
ed Indebtedness Of 10S,7O0.00; a.
city and township Indebtedness of
$50, 100000 and school district in
debtedness of $5O,975.00. Stevens
county ranks ahead of us in having
no city and township Indebtedness
and Morton has only $4,000 county
indebtedness, no city and township
Indebtedness and only 500 school
district indebtedness.
Independence, Kansas, has a new
method for boy reclamation. Eric |
Brinkelhaupt, son of an invalid glass
blower In Coffeyvllle is a natural
horse thief, or at least has exhibited |
strong penchant for stealing |
horses that has proven annoying to |
everyone concerned. He will capture
and drive away horse whenever he
can do so unobseryed, and punish
ment has no teTrors for him. He |
simply can't let horses alone, so ar
rangements have been made with a
Montgomery county Shetland pony
breeder and Eric has been sentenced |
to ride and drive horses until he is
tired Saturday afternoons, the only
stipulation being that he must let
other animals alone. The boy has
mania for horses and it is believed |
that II this can be satisfied he will J
be saved from life of crime. We
say God speed the experiment II IL |
saves the boy
Mrs. McCarter of district No. "a
came in Thursday and told us that
school would begin, they hoped, on
Monday. We are glad that the school
house Is ready for school to begin
and also that the district has a good
school house.
Mr.. Orth, treasurer of district No.
IL, came in to transact some school !,
business relating to his district. He
and MIR. Swan, clerk of the same dis
trict, are trying to get the books
Strengthened up for the New Year.
Three hundred boys and girls OF !
the Rockford, (Ill.) High school re-
solved last June when school closed
tnat they would earn some money /
during the vacation. They have now
reported to the superintendent that
their total earnings amount to S1O,-
10000, an average Of $35, per pupil.
The highest sum earned was by one
OF the boys who received $12S.O0 for
work on a cement gang. Most of
the girls earned their money by max
ing use of what they had learned
OF domestic science. That is the
Kind Of education that pays in more
ways than one.
The correct pronunciation of the
word aviation came up In the Wo-
mans club at our last meeting. Both /
as are long as in fate aviation.
Johnny Williams had been bad"
again. "Ah, me, Johnny sighed his