The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-14

the rural SCHOOLS OF the state. j
want to urge those who are unable
to attend school to take advantage Of
this course.
| Yours respectfully,
A. M. DEYOE,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Preparation for Teaching Agricul-
| ture.
The Iowa State College offers
teachers in service help in preparing
to teach agriculture not only through
correspondence courses but through
tho summer session when a total of
twelve weeks work will be given.
Teachers are urged to avail tn EN-
selves of both of these sOurces of
help and to make preparation which
is really adequate for teaching this
subject as it should be taught. Fully
half the population of the state are
directly interested in agriculture and
the teachers should determine to
make the teaching of this subject
worth while from every standpoint.
The movement for the teaching of
the subject in the school is not a fad
Or a passing Whim. For the last fif-
teen years one state after another
have been adding the subject to the
common school curriculum. At the
present time it is a required subject
in nalf of the states of the union. In
Europe, particularly in France, Ger
many, Italy and Scandinavia, the
teaching of agriculture is on a thor
oughly worth while and practical
basis, and it is considered one of the
most valuable subjects taught in the
schools. The teacher who can not
leave her work for a full year may
vet make preparation by awaiting her
self of the correspondence courses
and the summer session of the Iowa
State College. For information
about the summer courses address G.
M. Wilson, Director, Ames, Iowa.
~.
Further Announcements.
A teachers correspondence course
in home economics is being prepared
and will be offered about July l.,
1915.
Special courses for any one wish
ing instruction in agriculture or
home economics will be offered in the
fall of 1915. These will cover such
subjects as farm crops, soils, horti-
culture, animal husbandry, dairying,
poultry raising and home economics.
Teachers wishing advanced CORE
spondence work in agriculture may
take the above courses.
"Of Such Is Heavens Kingdom"
Elizabeth HI. Murphy.
Lewiston, Me.
When tiny feet are restless,
When little minds work slow,
When thoughts refuse to center
On things they all must know,
When little Polish Annie
Says, three and one are two,'
And JOSH, from Italia
Reads "t-h-e' is "you,"
When curly-headed Alice
Persists that blue is green,
And Affifi from Assyria
Is wont to sit and dream,
When stolid, German Gretchen
Writes "a when you call 20"
And your dark-eyed Greek still blum
ders
That "o-n,'' on, spells no."
When blue-eyed roguish Catherine
Pulls Francois hair "for fun"
And your little Russian laddie
Strolls in when schools begun"
When patience seems exhausted,
And the day at last is DER,
You watch your lines" dismissing
AS you stand at the open door.
When comes the childish chorus,
GOOD night, Miss M, Good night"
And the air resounds with gladness
AS they vanish out of sight
When you add the days annoyance,
Does it balance with it's joys?
Is your heart with love O'erflowing
For the wee, wee girls and boys?
Then from Him you've learned the
lesson
And His words your guide will be
For "Of Such Is Heavens Kingdom
And His lambs are safe with thee.