The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-02-13
Teachers Meeting

dents office in the afternoon and
held regular associatlonal meeting
at which nearly twenty-five Of the
county instructors were present and
so also were several school patrons
who are interested in school work.
Miss Anna f Brler, president and
Florence Franklin, secretary-treas-
urer were officiating at the meeting
After the reading Of the minutes OF
the previous meeting Prof +. o.
Rindom gave a report of the State
Teachers Meeting at Topeka. He
thought 1t penalty TO attend these
meetings and then have to make a
report. These reports he said were
hard to make interesting because
one could not show the enthusiasm
created by numbers and the personal
ity OF the speakers who gave ad-
dresses In the Topeka addresses,
the rural school figured prominently.
Kansas, " one speaker said, ''is mig
gerly in her support Of rural schools "
The statement was made that Kan
sas was one OF eight states which
does not have state tax for schools
A. b. FuIlmer reported the South
west Teachers Association which
was held in Bucklin The people of
Bucklin were good entertainers and
some of the addresses given were
splendid especially those given by
Pres. Brandenburg, of Plttsburg who
will be here during the Pan Handle
Association. The teachers at Buck
lin were cOngenial and made every
visitor feel welcome. The CONNER
Gal club at Bucklin was alive and
had great deal TO do in making the
meeting success.
In discussing the Problems of Dis
cipline, Miss Mabel Heikes had a
spoiled child in mind and was of the
opinion that a child was usually
spoiled in the cradle. A spoiled
child she thinks is not happy and
shows his discomfort in his face.
She almost decided that the spoiled
child is reared by short sighted pa
rents and that competent persons do
not indulge children to every whim.
The pupil should not have women
teaceers alone. The girl should
have woman teacher and the boy a
man teacher. though one OF kind
through school life would make
the education one-sded. She rather
takes the stand of eliminating the
rod and the rubber hose and ad
yocates a closer relation between
the parent and pupil. The discus
sion following was rather spirited
and when finished left most of the
teachers OF the same opinion In re.
gard to corporal punishment, some
favoring 1t and some thinking it
could be dispensed with.
VIM. RuscO on School Room Gov
eminent is Of the opinion that men
are constructors and that women
should teach women and men, BOYS.
The teacher should have a magnetic
influence over her pupils. A 'sick
teacher should not take up the time
of the school and he should take ex-
ercise out doors because so much of
time is spent indoors. The expires
sion. voice and bodily attitude should
secure control. Chums should not
be seated close together. Glasses
should be seated in semi-circle and
there should be periods of relaxation.
Burton Mann had prepared an ar
ticle concerning The Country Church
which touched one Of the most popu.
ar subjects of today. He admitted
that the country church had been
abandoned and many causes were at
tributed to the effect. Some OF the
reasons given were sectional quarrel,
oyerlod ing amusement of the young,
overlap Fing territory and underpaid
ministers. The country teacher has
a great opportunityto make the NOR.
al, social and spiritual life better.
Prof. Ernest Fulton is a Good En-.
thusiast and in his discussion OF the
''Road Problem" pointed out that
good roads and easy access to the
city church had been in measure
responsible for the abandonment ol
the rural church Good roads" | {
said, ''are a symbol OF progress.
There are two great forces for ad-
vancement, good roads and schoo
teachers. He made the statement
that it costs more to haul a bushel o.
wheat TO market than to ship across
the ocean. The social, moral anC
. economic life depend on roads 70,
its development. Country and cit!
problems no longer exist, that is ont
alone should not try to solve tn,
road problem alone. Lack of system
in organization for road work I
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