The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-05-17

Come, Lei Us LiOe For Our
Children.
BY Mary z. Todd.

ebLly ldNo puCu quColiOho 40 NhSoSs
/. Am doing all In my power
to my school progressive schOOl2
2. Is my school live school?
3. Am | making the best OF the
opportunities which are at my dis
posal?
4. Am | eager to learn how to
do better work?
5. Am | help or hindrance in
the community in which | am teach
ing?
s. Does my work and example
inspire my pupils to seek and long
for higher ideals?
Z. Do the young people in the
district feel that am a friend ready
to help them at any time and in
any way that can?
Prof. Sidas is taking much credit
to himself from the fact that he is
the father of an infant phenomenon.
At the age of 10 years little Willie
Sidas has completed his second yeal
in Harvard and has finished such
purely elemental studies as trigo-
nometry, geology, chemistry, zoology,
grammar ethics, physics, Latin,
Greek, German and French
1t will be remembered that only
about a year ago this marvellous
youngster surprised the sage mathe-
maticians of the world by PROFOUND
ing some sort of asstruse proposition
and then solving it with astonish
ing ease. In word, Willie Sidas
is one of the most wonderful little
book worms of our times. We are
very much interested in the future
career Of Willie Sidas. viii he make
good when he grows to mans estate
and fulfill the promises of his youth,
is the one question that haunts US
whenever we think of him,
Mrs. Ella Burton, a resident OF
Topeka, and a state lecturer for the
Farmers Union, read a paper lately
before the State Board OF Agricul-
ture entitled THE Farmers Union
Its Hopes and Plans. In it she
said: 1.-The present system of Educa-
ton, destroys industry, perVerts am
bition, substitutes disrespect fol
reverence for old age, undermines
and destroys every element of real
haracter-genuine worth"
Her attack upon the present edu-
cational system was not directed
toward Kansas schools alone, but up
on the system Of the entire nation
| According to Mrs. Burton, the tax
payers of the state have blindly fur
nished a purse of more than $1,000
900 annually to a system of educa-
ton that has largely injured those
who have received the education.
Great dissatisfaction exists every
| where with our schools" Mrs. Bur-
| ton continues, and more money is
not needed as much as reorganization
and efficiency on the part of those
| who lead. School teachers have
failed to render the service for which
they have accepted pay and are
boldly demanding more money Sew
en- million dollars year ought to be
sufficient to secure enough service to
| furnish the state with few grad
yates able to use good English, write
a legible hand, make figures easily
read, and know how to add, subtract,
multiply and divide rapidly and &C
curately. Business men everywhere
tell US they are not to be found.
William Allen White said that 1t
takes our graduates too long to re-
cover and he should have gone far
Their and said that large per cent.
| of them never recover"
Mrs. Frank Wheeler and Mrs.
Sarah NJ. Lane, more Familiarity
known as Grandma Lane, spent
pleasant morning with us lately.
They came to assist in making out
the program for the Temperance
Institute that was held in our city
Wednesday, May 15. After we had
made out the program we went over
to the Fourth Grade and visited for
little while. The children sang
two very good songs for us during
eur visit,
Ebert Hubbard has said no truer
thing than the following; Be patient
with the boys. You are dealing with
soul stun. Destiny awaits just
around the corner.
1 DOyb CNOANC AANO hAChl anu HOhAN
times men change the boundary lines
OF states. They make political par
ties; they crown kings and put
them to flight. They bring conten-
ton or they make peace. They may
build or they may destroy. But boys
misused, abused, betrayed, never for
fet and seldom forgive. 1t is a ter
rible thing to plant the germs of sus-
piciOn and hate in the mind of a
boy. Boys cannot be deceived nat
urally they are truthful. They are
elemental. They do not know how
they Judge or why The words of
your lips count for little. They know
the things that are hidden in your
heart To arrest boys and fasten on
them the strong arm of the law is
a tragic thing. A slight boy will
forgive, but injustice, never. Boys
can be led; they can't be driven.
They respond to love, but tyranny
may set their hearts afame."
'My heart goes out to the boys"
Don't forget the contests for the
boys and girls.
Tomato growing and canning for
| the girls.
Corn, Kafir and Milo Maize for the
boys.
The girls can enter the boys con-
tests If they wish.
The boys can enter the girls con-
tests II they wish.
The Atlantic Ocean isn't the only
place where ice is high.