Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-10-26

"uen tue udle WAS SET LOT the QlS-
trict teachers institute some months
ago. IT seemed ages away. but the
days have steadily flown until the op-
ening day of the institute Is only next
week. and already, from all over the
county come letters from the teach
ers. indicating that they are planning
on next week with the pleasure OF an
~ticipation, for they expect TO COM
bine business with pleasure and come
with the idea of gaining much good
from the session, and also of having a
good time.
h powers that be have taken 4
great interest in this institute and are
planning on making ii the best ever;
Miss Knemeyer has worked day and
night on the details of the program:
the county dads have done what they
could: the Independent has done its
best towards contributing in an hum
BILE way towards the enthusiasm of
the occasion and the Independent has
planned on supplying, free of charge,
every teacher in attendance. with a
copy OF the Independent. which will
be sent TO their address while they are
here. They will thus be enabled TO
keep in touch, not only with the news
of the world in general from the In
dependents Geographic service, but the
Independent is planning on covering
the Institute more fully than il has
ever done IN the past, and each num-
Der of the Independent will be invalu-
able 10 Them as a RECORD of the pro-
ceedinss oi the institute and a memoir
of their attendance at the session.
There is one little detail of the
weeks doings where the citizens of
Elko a do much to make or mar the
visit of the teachers. And ii is fitting
indeed that every person within the
limits OF tie town should join hands
with thoS4 in charge TO make it a real
holiday for the visiting school-mams.
They are p Woodworking class of Tom-
en-, theirs is a poorly paid calling,
many of them are teaching rural
schools under difficulties that would
make a man hate his own g%randmoth-
err; and they deserve the very best
that this community can give them.
But there is one little point wherein
the residents of Elko can do much
TO contribute towards making the stay
of the teachers pleasant, and that is
by throwing open their homes to them.
as the hotels are crowded to their ut.
most capacity now and there will be
little room there next week. so If you
can possibly spare a room for the few
days that the institute is in session.
phone to Miss Knemeyer and tell her
about It and she will see hat you get
q handsome s~choOlteachpr as a room
er.
In Japan. their national watchword
is Education means Salvation" and
teachers in that country are reveTed
above all others. The teacher is held
in higher esteem among the Nippon
csc than the preacher, and they show
every possible courtesy to them both
in their private and public life, and
| the IlSIeSl uOIlOI ii JdDulleSp lHlllllN
can hope to gain is that of furnish
ing one teacher for the public service.
What a difference here, where the
teacher especially in the rural dis
t%ricts, has to endure the hardships
that make the privations of the i9eTs
look like thirty cents. SO there is
just the one opportunity TO make their
stay pleasant. and that is for each
and every one in the town to pitch in
and do their utmost TO make their
stay a pleasant one.
The %kindnesses began early. when
most of the stage companies in the
county began to allow the teachers
half fares on their routes. and now it
is up to the citizenship of Elko TO
provide them with comfortable quart
ers. So let each and every one rise
to the occasion. apd extend the warm.
hand of kindly interest and friendship
to them when they get here. For
theirs Is q mission in life no less in
spired than that of the mar who fills
the pulpit, for without the influence
of the little red schoolhouse. and the
character of the woman who guides
the destinies OF the students entrust-
cd to her care: this nation might
have to face the fall that overlook
Cnrthoo 20 and Rome. But so long as