Western Kansas world., 1914-09-26
Teachers Column
Bycounty Superintendent and Teachers

spirit of brotherhood and love. Call
il Christianity, or what you like, but
it must have as its first principles
faith, hope and charity When these
great war machines are broken and
destroyed by war, the people must
not allow them ever to be built up a.
gain in such proportions. Justice
must reign where brute force has
been the tyrant, and the nations, like
individuals, must learn that the
Golden Rule is the only one that will
work in the end.''
The Home Work Credit" plan is
being heartily approved by teachers
and pupils. We would be glad to
hear from the parents also, any sug-
gestions or criticisms will be CRATE
fully received.
Fortunate is the person who has an
excuse to visit in the Riverside
neighborhood. That is where the
Blue Ribbon watermelons grow-and
fish in the creeksI
| George Kirby is the favored teacher
of the Riverside school. Mr.. Kirby
is one of the five lonesome" men
teachers doing work in our coun-
first two weeks OF school he sue
ceeded to win the enviable verdict
from the patrons: "As good as wo-
man teacher, even for the little
folks He is a graduate Of our
High school - this being his first
venture in teaching.
White Rock, better known as the
Lawson school, presents deserted
appearance. The District has but
four young people of school age and
two of them are attending the Trego
County High School. The other two
are being sent to adjoining district.
Three other schools in the county
are much in the same condition.
Pleasant Hill, dist 27; Sunny Slope,
dist "a; and High Point, dist. 45.
Miss Xepha Harlan, who is teach
ing her third term of school at Trego
twenty pupils. These children do not
let their school interest end in well
prepared lessons each day and in
regular and punctual attendance but
branch out in school exhibit work.
1t is safe to venture the guess that
by spring they will have one of the
best collections of school work,
grains. grasses etc, that can be made
in any neighborhood.
The most fascinating scenery in
Trego county-to the writer's notion
is in the vicinity of the Mt. Pleas
ant School. There at sunrise and at
sunset miles and miles of the Smoky
may be seen in all its grandeur.
Miss Blanche Edwards is again at
work in the Mt. Pleasant school. She
has an interesting little school of six
pupils. Several of the families from
this district moved TO Wa-Keeney
during the summer in order to send
their older children 10 High school.
Last year Mt. Pleasant was one of
the most crowded country schools.
o.
The Ogallah school bids fair to
keep up its record for excellent work.
The examination papers from there
last spring are the best set Of papers
on file in the office. Mrs. O'Neil had
the pupils in charge three years.
Miss MarQuand has the grades this
year and Miss Eva Greenwood is
serving her second year in the
primary grades. Both of these
ambitious young ladies did special
work during the summer-Miss Mar
quand at the Fort Hays Normal
School and Miss Greenwood in the
schools of Colorado.
The first meeting of the Trego
County Association will be held Octo-
Der 10th, 1:30 p. N. This meeting is
OF special Importance. The usual
good program will be followed by
election of Offices, financial reports,
discussion of our present constitution
etc. Every teacher should be pres
ent and enroll in the association fol-
the year.
The county superintendent is offer
ing eighteen prizes-nine first anC
nine second-to schools getting th,