The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-02-08

the class to solve 1t, the Prof. objected
saying 'he has not had anything like
/ that.
You may not know it, but his wife
teaches, too. And she is "Johnnie-on-
the-Spot". 1t has been-said, you know,
that a large peyeentage of husbands
and wives resemble each other, after
they have lived together a number of
years. Maybe they haven't lived to-
gether long enough yet, but they don't
resemble each other at all; for she is
much better looking than he is. Now,
you must not mention this to a single
person; for it is dangerous thing
to talk of family affairs. This is
strictly "inter nos". If were she, I'd
rather we would not look alike, unless
he would take my facial contour and
complexion. But they seem to under
stand each other perfectly They have
their school work worked to working
system. If he isn't there, she is, or
she will be there before you can say
scat. If a boy gets to Struggling
along behind his class, she brings him
up into rank. She had one Of this kind
off in a room to himself when | was
down there. She was belaboring him
with x, y, 2, and their coefficients and
opponents, plus, minus, equal, and all
kinds Of signs that ! can't make on
this typewriter. She'll bring him up,
and don't you forget it.
Much Of the success and renown of
kings are due to the queens behind
the throne. The general is covered
with glory when victory perches on
his flagstaff, But his success is due
largely to the efficiency with which
his subOrdinates execute his orders.
1t is the same way in the school room.
The Prof. has a sympathetic and eff
cient corps of teachers who cooperate
with him. They are daily zealously
engaged in the
Delightful task to rear the tender
Thought,
TO teach The young idea how to Shoot,
To pour the fresh Instruction DER the
Mind,
To breathe the enlivening Spirit, and
to fix
The generous Purpose in the glowing
breast"
Miss Witherington is the second as
sistant in the high school department.
That she has held her position for
three years, bespeaks her qualifica-
tions as teacher. She had begin
ner's Latin class on exhibition. Her
pupils are all very fond Of her, It's
not strange that they love her, es-
pecially the male members of the class.
She is a most amiable young woman.
Then she teaches them to say, NAmo,
amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant".
Then she would say to them, "Amo
te." Having made this declaration,
she would ask, "Amas-ne me?" Do
you wonder that her pupils love her,
since she is so fond amanda, and
teaches her pupils "amatum"?
Down stairs | visited Miss Pansy
Strong's room. She had a class re-
citing arithmetic. This is the Eighth
grade, which is determined to get up
stairs next year. So they are striving
heroically to master fractions and
mixed numbers, and all the other re-
quirements to make their rise. And,
having done all to stand, they are de-
termined to pass. | observed that
their teacher was very careful to note
that every calculation was correct and
every decimal point was correctly
| placed.
| next visited Miss Mary Plaxco's
room. Here ! saw forty little boys
and girls all busy as bees. | could not
suppress the thought, what possibili-
ties are bound up in these little kids"
The Sixth grade was all "qui vive";;
for they were having a review test in
Tennessee history. The test was near
ing the close when | went into the
room. Without a book, the teacher
was conducting this test and requiring
the pupils to give reasons from the
history for their answers. / was
amazed when | saw the information
which they possessed displayed j was
about to tell you Of three or four Of
them, when suddenly it occurred to me
that comparisons are invidious. So
desist. Thorough teaching makes
| thorough pupils, doesn't it?
Then Miss Crenshaw invited me
! into her room. She has large class
Of little folk, too. She was teaching
them to form sentences. They were
required to make their sentences first
viva voce. To make sure that the
pupil understood, and be sure that the
sentences were correct, they were re-
quired to write them on the black
board. They were also required tC
punctuate the sentences, using commas
between words Of the same kind as de-
scriptive words, and also the apostro-