Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04

that of the county, district or state |
His reports are always perfect and |
always on time Yet he is one of the |
busiest farmers in the county and at
all seasons of the year Verify as
the editor of the Western School |
Journal would say. Where there's a
will there's a way
s.where one teacher is hurt with
social life twenty are hurt by the lack
of it, said DR.. Jessup one of the
ablesr speakers of the State Teachers
Association. In this fast age the
right kind of social life is a necessity
for both young and old. 1t establish
es a nervous equilibrium-is safety.
valve, an outlet as DIR. Schwegler says
to relieve the psychic pressure Great
ed by the complexity of present day
activities. The greatest problem Of
the parent and the teacher seems TO
be the social life of the community.
Where the play and recreation of the
young people are not wisely supervis-
ed the results are two often disas-
trous as the writer recently learned
to her great sorrow.
Superintendent Christensen of
Ellis send US program of the Ellis
County Teachers Association to be
held December 4th. DIR. McKeever.
the leading child welfare specialist
gives an address both morning and
evening: President W. a. Lewis adj
dress How TO Connect Home and
SCHOOL, in the afternoon. ALnumber
of our teachers viii attend the meet
ing. Supt.>Christiansen has the adj
vantage of assistance from the Fort
Hays Normal school. And last week
we received program of the Russell
County Teachers meeting from Sup
erintendeDt Bodner. An excellent
program for whole days session also
is provided.
J. H. Niesley, president of the
Golden Belt Educational Association
and the executive committee are to
be congratulated on the handsome
posters gotten out for the annual
meeting of that association next
spring. Three days session will be
held instead of two as formerly,
Athletic day, Professional day and
ready getting busy selecting contest
ants in spelling and reading.
Consolidation is yet a wild dream
with us but one or two of our pro-
gressive school board members of the
east end of the county are beginning
TO discuss such possibilities and the
attempts of .'squaring'' several of
the wonderfully and fearfully shaped
districts by some such methods.
And we dare hope for the best, but
subconsciously feel with Whittier
that:
"Other shall sing the song.
Others shall right the wrong
Finish what i begin
And gain all fail TO win.
What matters It'll or they?
Mine or anothers day?
Just so the right word be said
And life for some one the sweeter
made. -
For, even with the splendid crops
as we have had the past years, it will
take fully the hundred year term as
we have laid out for US before very
many districts in our county shall be
ready TO consolidate.
Trego county visitors at the Cover
nor's Day of the Fort Hays Normal
School last Monday were delighted to
see SO many OF Trego's girls and boys
prominent in the big parade, es-ort-
ing the Governor and in many other
ways helping in the activities of the
day. There is nothing that helps
develop the traits of leadership in the
young people as the methods used by
! this school.
1t has been our custom since child
hood to browse in the editors sane
tum for an hour or two each week
reading all to be found there. In
| this way we became acquainted with
many of the best editors and CORES
pondents of western Kansas and
made imaginary friends of them-as
lack of social life in those times drove
many into sslife in imagination y
Later on leaving the narrow and shell
tered circle of a county home it was
no small pleasure TO get the oppor.
tunity of meeting some of them and
of realizing that they were real men