The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-11-08

49, en15es deserted IN their weedy 81
closures. and in the dozen or more two-story
white houses with wide pIzzzas. falling INTO Dig
aiiied decay behind avenues Of cedsrs or mag
noffzs. Across the railroad track were the dwell
Ings d many coloTs, ard new churches, the oTIe<
torres and the co1tOn mills erected on farm lands
that had been bought for song
When the public schools were opened. Miss
Fannfe Harren wzs elected 20 place IN them,
becsmse she belonged % one q tie Old families
although, excspt for ar Invalid brother, all her
kin were scattered and dead, and because Colo
nj Avery szid she had 20 BE- From the first. Mr.
Wilson the superintendent, regarded her with
Suspicion Her pupils were often fisorderiy they
were never unhappy except when Mr. Wilson nsd
made visit and left listle note on Miss Hsr-
relrs desk.
One dismal Jzuuzry morning. cold and rainy.
me assistant principal met VI. Wilson coming
MT Of Miss Harrelrs room his face white wi-h
wrath. Even foT that room The confusion was
dire. Miss Fannie was IOwn on her knees near
the STOVE before a miserabie-loo1ing little boy
pulling of bis wet SHOES and stocsings. and rub
birz his thin feet with her small checked shawl
What a good heart Miss HsrrelI has" Mise
adams said softly 70 the superintendent as she
turned away from the open door
"Oh YES, she IL al heart" re said lrg0g .o
Be Just but TOO angry 70 refrain from s4gr' srr.
Bot these more aevfr1 sghihssssss n Nf.as Fan
MES unftness ior teaching became less ircqaen;
ds time went By tnDlKn OCCasIDHdl FeIllIaclo ~
them occurred az long a. she remained with %.
Perhaps her failures in this rsspect were more
than counterbaIznced bv Miss Mni- opportunity.
Miss Mill was the finished produce " 2 system
d schools in the neighboring city. She lad en-
tered those schools a. The age n SIX been pro
NOTED every year. her name appearing IS reg
ilariv a. the honor roll published once a month
IN the leading daily papers graduated a. the hign
school when she was eighteen. and "cade,ted'
halfyear in the room u 4 famous discipiinarizn.
Why should she NOT have been principal VI the
Walker Street school. and have known al about
ieaching' The one thing IN the Greenvilie
schools which She could never get over was tina,
~ old-nshioned q teacher as Miss Harrsil should
have been allowed place IN them. : never
thought Miss Fannie stupid except in the normal
class. which Miss ti conducted once n0ath
for the improvement 0i the nnder-teachcrs. There
Niles Hareils excited remarks and irrelevant
questions were trying To her friends. and must
nave been cxasperating ~ her foes. Yet Size was
always Miss Mir warm supporter ard often
,na2geI 90 her merits.
T ,;;scss ..oke o. W.T. Wilson q Miss fannies
tefreshiTis b 0alit iIe iuDked bored
"it IS 81 ggrnesi drawback BE- said "She
cannot Be satisi'sd % teach numbers uniformly
riih sticks or cHbc. See mist have china dolls
aD inch long and thiD soldiers n paper tents.
and fiiiJ other hing. TO- distract TIE chiidrens
minds from what they arc supposed % be learn
ing She BE- always teaching them something not
n The prescribed course u Study. Her pupils
are never 49, with those from he other second
grades
Bni then neither we're they up with ,he other
pupils 30 q rage ior high mark and being on the
honor roll. Mis-. Fannie never having taugh; them
thc aiuc 81 such distinctions Many 81 them
came from across i1c river, where the factory pc0-
Dic lived. IN house exactly alikc-twO rooms. IN
ccicd. Imprinted q little light ii steps leading
Town 20 the dog kennel n front another 20 The
mail garden plot in the rear Miss Hsrrcll was
.tc only teacher who ever went into The neigh
b0rood
Miss Fannie said 10 her one day. ~ Is
hamc for you 10 be kept forever in this second
Grade. You ought 10 be promoted as the other
'cacicrs are.
ON like the grade" ,he replied land ike
each ~ this part OF the town. though the long
walk j, rather bad for my lame knce. YOU sec.
Bertha, don't know anything about these ncw
ways oi teaching as you young girls d. ! was
brought up 10 learn things myself and then c
cite them 90 the teacher. on parsing. and map
questions. and turning down IN spelling and an
Hose other nice things that children used 10 lik,
go much and that were bad for them. And
imagine ny two years at Madame Aubreys fir
shing school. where suppose nobody ever
thought oi connecting education with public
schools or with anything else 81 strictly useful
character Think OF Italian songs and wax flow
crs and French conversation. then OF these pub
N' r'Nvpirt WIN tntH phvulNs duu language anu
number storesi Why. ] have never heard the
words at least in their present use. Mr.. Wilson's
patience with me. considering his views ou edu
cation has Just been wonderful
But the salary! ! expostulated
She pulled at the ruffc Of her black over,l.i.t
Everybody else was wearing narrow untrimmed
skirts And Miss Fannies odd little figure looked
quccrer than ever in her od-iashioncd clothes.
"loriy dollars a month isn't much she adj
miiicd, but then my place has its compensa