Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
IS STILL A BUSY MAN
Prof. w. H. Lynch, Visitor
Of the Springfield State
Normal School, Here
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cause" the minister said, child.
rem should NOT be allowed to read
the obscene matter which APP.
pears in newspapers"
One day Prof. Lynck met the
minister on the street, 1t had
been raining and the streets were
muddy. The teacher asked the
preacher if it we're true that he
had taken exception to the use of
the newspaper in the schoohoom
because of articles a child should
not be allowed to read. The
preacher replied that he had.
IF you had to cross the street
now," Prof. Lynch replied. you
wouldn't cross right here and
wade through the mud, but you
would go around to the street
crossing. So it is with the child
and the newspaper, l am teach
ing the child to elect the best to
read and to shun that which is
not good"
The minister afterward became
one of Prof. Lynch's most enthu'
siastic supporters of the use of
the newspaper IN the towns
public school.
Stale text, books do not com.
plete ones education" said Prof.
Lynch one day recently in dis
cussing the value of the newspa
per as an educational factor.
The Importance Of discussing
current events 10 the schoOlroom
cannot be over emphasized. / do
not know of a better way to im-
press them upon the mind than
through the newspaper. l found
that the study of the newspaper
was a memory builder. My pu
pills became cosmopolitan. When
Roosevelt sent theAmerican fleet
around the world my pupils
knew every week where the ships
we're. They knew the causes of
the Spanish American War and
the Russo. japanese War and
could discuss the important en-
gagements fought.
Friday was always awaited
with an air of suppressed excite
ment. Their language was cor
rected in friendly way and they
learned to express in a concise
way their understanding of what
had been read. They were kept
in constant touch with the
worlds progress and in them
was cultivated a desire for read
ing that increased as their edu
cation went on. The spirit of
debate born Of the discussions in
which the children INDUCED is
reflected in many successful law
yers practicing now in the coup-
ties where, as children, l taught
them years ago."
Although he has passed by six
years his allotted three score
and ten mark, when men of aver
age physical capacity are looked
upon as i'm mediate eligibles for
approximation, Prof. Lynch re,
CARDS himself as only fairly well
launched upon the best efforts OF
his life in connection with his
work as field representative oil
the Springfield Normal School.
He has held that position for five
years and probably the best tes.
timonial to the value of his work
came at a recent meeting of the
Board of Regents Of the Normal.
when they gave him a vote OF
thanks for the part he has played
in making the enrolment of the
Springfield school the biggest OF
the five normals 10 Missouri and
started him out in the fifty third
year of his identity with educa
tional work by giving him a sub
stantial increase in salary.
The five years Of his work as
the NOrmal's visitor has taker
him into nearly every school
house in 22 counties comprising
the Normal's district and int
hundreds of others in adjoining
counties. There is not a town II
these couaties where the MAORI
ty of school children do not know
him. His kindly face and word.
of encouragement leave a lasting
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