Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-02

by discovering the teacher busIly en-
ployed in The fields On account of
the busy times on the farms the par
ents pers aaded the board TO postpone
school until first Monday in October.
Miss Myrtle Van Scyoc is teaching
her first term of school in the home
district. Morrell school, district "a.
She has nice little school of five
grades and twelve pupils.
Our county has evidently grown in
population the past year Two
schools, 27. Pleasant Hill. and As.
High Point, have sufficient school
population TO warrant employing a
teacher School has not been held
in that section of the county for
several years
September % was designated by the
last legislature as Frances Willard
Day. The pupils of the different
schools have made a special study of
this woman and her noble work and
now are busy writing up in story
form results of research. We hope to
publish some of the best efforts.
One of the best school laws-at
least for our county-is that pro-
viding supplementary texts for each
district. AS school boards are not
notified in time to make the addition
al levy, the county superintendent
is advising purchase. of books for the
first three grades this year, the re-
manning grades TO be provided for
next year. Several of the superin-
tendents from other counties have
kindly sent us list adopted by them.
Ours is somewhat different but the
School Book Commission adopted
such excellent texts = from which
superintendent choose - that one
cannot make mistake in the seiec-
ton. The following have been or
dered by our book store at w. w.
Gibson's, and soon viii be making
our little people happy over the 900
square miles of territory:
First grade-Srory Hours Readers,
Primer. Story Hours Readers, First
Reader Child's Classics, First Rea-
der. In Toyland. Elson Primary
School Reader, Book /. Sunbonnets
and Overalls.
Second Grade-Story Hours sRea-
ders, Book IL. Seaside and Wayside.
Children's Classics in Dramatic Form,
Book /. The Eskimo Twins. Ameri-
cas- Story for Americas Children,
Book /. Chats in the Zoo Around
the World.
Third Grade-Story Hour Readers,
Book III. Seaside and Wayside,
Book IL. Americas Story for Ameri-
cas- Children, Book IL. Children's
Classics in Dramatic Form, Book IL.
The Circus Book Winslow Geog-
raphical Readers, Book 1. The Dutch
Twins. American Explorers-Gordy
Stories of Woods and Fields.
The following announcement from
State Superintendent Ross speaks for
itself:
Pupils completing the diploma ex-
animation this year who should regu-
larly have taken agriculture and
classics last year but were prevented
from doing so because no books were
available, will not be held responsible
for these subjects in addition to their
regular work.
Owing 10 the delay in connection
with the outline the first bi-monthly
examination in rural schools will be
confined chiefly to "A Man Without
Country, and for graded schools
chiefly to the assignment for the sec
ond month";
INGALLS, ON LIFE
Life is tragedy more desolate
and inexplicable than death. Our APP
pearance here is not voluntary We
are sent to this planet on some mys-
terious GRAND without being con-
suited in advance. Many of US would
not have come, had the opportunity
TO decline, with thanks, been pre-
sented. Observation-Disclosures.
Worst of all we are sent here under
sentence of death, the most gIievous
and humiliating punishment man
can infiict upon the criminals in
death. Human tribunals give the
malefactor chance His crime must
be proved. He can put in his defense.
He can appear by attorney and plead
and take appeal. But we are all con-
demned beforehand The accusation
and the accuser are unknown. An
| inexorabie verdict has been pro-
| neunced and recorded in the secret
councils of the skies. We are neither
confronted with the witness nor al