Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-04-03

whose failing health compelled her
to stop her work. Miss Joslin is
teacher of rare ability and already
numerous demands of School Boards
are coming in to employ her for next
year Her many friends hope she will
not Ter her love of teaching influence
her but will turn deaf ear to all
such appeals and take time to recover
fully her usual spirits and strength.
Wesley Atkinson, teacher in dist.
40, Cochran School, has the only
Little Red School House" in the
county, and it is not little, either in
size or number of pupils. The school
is we'll equipped and one of the fort
innate country schools in play ground
apparatus. The new Basket Ball
Court is especially enjoyed by the old
err boys and girls. Mr.. Atkinson,
who is from Brownell, is teaching his
first term and last, he thinks. He Is
a graduate of the Salina High School,
good student and thoro teacher.
We are sorry to give him up to other
calling.
Mr. H. B Flyr from Stratford
Texas writes US one of his jolly letters
acknowledging the receipt of pic
ture of the last day dinner at the
Blue Ribbon School. Mr.. Flyr, as
every one in the Blue Ribbon neigh
borhood knows, was the founder of
the Blue Ribbon School. He is proud
to hear of its growth and progress.
Among other thing he writes THE
whole family rejoices at the remem-
brance. We regretted several times
we ever left that neighborhood- 1t
is like getting glimpse of heaven to
see again views of dear old Trego"-
He will come back, of course. They
all do.
A happy and muddy week spent in
schools March p to 26 inclusive and
standed in the mud only oncel not
due however to the splendid" con-
ditions of the worked roads. They
! were much worse than those not work
ed and who longer cares what be-
comes af the extra five dollar tax on
cars2 In dry weather all roads are
good and in bad weather the only way
| to travel is over wheat fields and thru
/ pastures.
w
ed that mile of road north of DIR.
Jones' rancho " asked weary Buick
owner of a Ford traveller as he-the
Buick = came in from a detour of
forty miles to avoid the north road.
| ssOh'', was the CHEEKY answer, 81 just
thought, what glorious mud and
what crops we shall have and waded
right thru. '.And the Buick man
said his thoughts were different.
This is fact and not a paid advertise
ment for either car.
While stopping at Bronell for gasoline
it was the pleasure of the writer to
spend half hour in the schools and
to find Frank Curtis, brother of Mrs.
i George Ufford, the High School princi-
pal there. Mr.. Curtis is well known
to many Trego people as he served as
county superintendent for some time
i during both Mrs. Smiths and Mrs
Jones terms of Office. He has since
that time graduated from the Wesle-
yam University in SalIna and been a
student at the University, the Agri-
cultural College, and the State Nor
NAL at Emporia. His assistant is
Miss Bailer of Ness City, a graduate
of Emporia College. The enrolment
of the school is in the neighborhood
of 80.
Mr.. Coughenour, a student of the
i Fort Hays Normal School and a
friend of Mr. Winchester, is principal
of the grades He was glad TO heal
1 of Mr. Winchester's success at the
Golden Belt contests. There were
other visitors present among the