The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-01-17
County ScIlOOINeWs

ny MARY r. TODD

as we now have to help make the
new laws of our land
Experts for county and state SUI
perintendents was followed REV.
Bond gave a splendid talk on this
subject. He believed most enlphati-
cally that, they should be experts In
every sense OF the word and those Two
offices should be lifted entirly out OF
politics and should In a measure De
subject to the civil service laws.
Standardization of rural schools Is
new idea coming to Kansas from
Illinois, where nearly half OF the ru-
raj schools are now standardized ana
the other half is making strenuous
efforts to become so, while the first
half is hustling to become superior
schools. In standardizlng the schools
they are graded: grounds 20 per cent,
building 20 per cent, equipment ~
per cent, teacher 20 per cent, EN-
cheney 20 per cent. We hope at. this
session Of the legislature to have al
least one supervisor for rural schools
appointed whose business 1t shall be
to raise the rural schools OF Kansas
to higher level and make them
more efficient in every way.
Realizing that the rural schools are
most important branch OF our edu-
cational service and that they are
greatly in need OF more definite and
lirect help, we favor law providing
or the services of an expert III rural
school work, under the direction o
he state department of education,
whose duty it shall be to devote his
entire time to the supervision and
Standardization of the work OF the
ural schools of Kansas.
We must not forget to mention the
excellent music by the pupils of the
GRADES under the direction of Miss
iary Beecher, supervisor OF music in
he Liberal schools. o, hasten, happ,
lay, when the rural schools will have
the same opportunity to learn music
Is the graded schools have.
Saturday morning we had very
interesting teachers meeting In
the office, Mrs, Evans ably discuss
ng the New Arithmetics, and Miss
ewel Hudson the new grammars. A
general discussion followed by all
lreesnt. Miss Edith Gambler gave u
4 most excellent paper on Books, Lit
,rature and the People. The people
The community OF human thought and
ceiling which is behind the talk Of
today The public that sman portion
OF the people which is in the lore
ground at the moment. The public
float as the foam floats on the wa' e
There are many publics for they
change and pass. But the people are
one. Everybody knows what books
are. But what Is literature? 1t II
the ark on the flood, The father o
Thomas Carlyle was stone masoI
whose walls stood true and needed NJ
rebuilding. Carlysles prayer was
Let me write my books as he bull
his houses. AT the close of this pa
per we adjourned for dinner, know
ing that we had spent very profit
able morning.
Saturday evening Prof. Tidd, on
" the faculty OF the State Norma
school, gave fine lecture on Weed
in the Educational Field. Everyone
enjoyed II because it was so full o
truth in regard to our schools. Ever,
/ teacher in the county ought to hav
/ heard it,, and parents, also.
At the close OF the lecture we list
J ened to a short reading on the appre
citation OF Music by Miss BeecheI
interspersed with number of mus
| cal selections on the Columbia loane
5 us through the courtesy of Charlie
. Taylor of this city. Miss Jessie JoI
4 dan, assisted Miss Beecher. Thi
= musical lecture was prepared by Pro-
=. Beach of the State Normal SchoC
t md sent us, hoping thereby to arous
5 an interest In music in our schools
: Taking 1t all in all, we think on
D Union Educational meeting was
! success in spite of the weather an
n many other things. to numerous I
B mention If We can help to get tn
: parents more and more interested |
b our schools and what their chlldre
; are doing in those schools, we sha
J he satisfied. The county, the stat
e and the nation. and yet are We giyin
c them as much thought as we ar
many other things of less value. On
s lady in Seward Co. Is boarding tn
I teacher Tree this year for the SAX
: of having for her child, who is jus
e starting. what she calls good teacf
|, or. How many more parents are d.
= ing as much for their children |
I Seward Co? When visiting the schoC
3, | asked the lady If she we're not sic
Of her bargain, and she replied, mo
t am more than rejolced over |
e This lady is not only helping hi
d child, but every child In that scho'
d district. We can't make this worl
e better for ourselves without maxim
Is il better for others.
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