Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-27
TEACHERS COLUMN.

Learning teacheth more in one
year than experience in twenty. -
Roger Aschem.
Little Nellie Jordan entertained
the school and visitors in DISCREET
No. q last Friday by telling stories.
Though this is her first year at school
she can tell a story in such pleas
ing entertaining manner that few
average eight grade pupils could
equal 1t takes no great educational
expert to guess the fact that she
studies at home. Parents are the
child's best teachers-it matters not
in what grade the child may be.
The Wa-Keeney Schools under the
management of Principal Coffman
and his able corps of teachers, Miss
Dite, Miss South and Mrs. Jones, are
attracting many pupils from adjacent
districts. So much so that an in
quiry came to the Superintendent
Office from one of these districts ask
ing if there were not law compel
ling pupils to attend home schools.
No, there is not. Other districts in
the county are partially depopulated
this year because the parents there
realized the value of a good, nine
month graded school and moved to
place where such school was main
tanned. This raises the question rs
the Seven-month, one room, nine
grade school no longer adequate for
our needs? Is it wise to have school
for two or three pupils in district
adjacent district just as convenient
ly?''
District 49, the Blue Ribbon School,
boasts of the largest enrolment of
county schools, the average attend
ance being reported as thirty eight
Talk about hard work, you teachers
of the graded schools, The teacher
in Blue Ribbon, Miss Fay Marcy,
must hear recitations in all the eight
grades represented there-thirty- six
subjects day-and she does. Not a
recitation is ever ommitted The law
limits the High School teacher to six
subjects and demands six times that
number from the county school teach
er-many of the schools having nine
grades. Is it to be wondered that if
occasionally a pupil from the country
school is not as thorough in some of
the common school branches as we
think he ought to be?
The Blue Ribbon community is en-
titled to the full score of points CON
stituting an ideal school community.
for every one there Loyalty supports
the teacher and in spite of the large
enrolment, disorder, absences and
cases of hardness are practically I'M
known.
The school house in District No p
is beautifully located on the banks of
the Saline river in the neighborhood
of what was at one time known as
the Gibbs Grove" later as 'sKirbys
Grove" now as Burkett's Grove
The building is new and well equip
ped. The school board furnishes the
teacher with all busy work material
for little folks as well as with materi-
nj for the more advanced pupils.
This board observes Visitors Day.
The members meet regularly once a
month and visit the school. Mrs.
Pearl Britt, Mrs Geo. Sweet and
Chas. Hillman are the members of
the board. Miss Ruby Galloway is
the fortunate teacher
Miss Ruby Galloway is the first
teacher in the county to send in a
complete review of one of the Read
ing Circle books, Everyday Problems
in Teaching The other book
Country Life and the Country
School, will be read and discussed in
teachers meetings. No written work
from this book is required
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