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

Prof, w. H. Lynch, visitor OF
the Springfield State Normal
School, was Mansfield visitor
this week. He also visited Ava,
where he spoke Monday night at
the opera house on behalf of the
Red Cross work. This is a new
work for the professor, his first
speech in that line having been
delivered in Mansfield at our
Navy Day celebration the 4th.
AS in his other work, however,
the professor speaks eloquently
on the subject, and only the
future can tell the good he is &C.
complishing in his willing and
unseltish work for this noble
cause. 1t is planned to organize
the Red Cross both here and at
Ava, as we'll as at Hartville, there
already being good member
ship at Mountain Grove. Sey.
mour. too, has large enrolment
in the Red Cross.
Through the courtesy of
General Manager J. w. Byng of
Ava, ten Mansfield people made
the trip to Ava Monday night to
attend the Red Gross meeting
making the trip over the K. c.. o.
& s. R. r. in the new White
motor coach. Those attending
were N. j.. Craig and wife, j. ID
Reynolds and wife, Mayor F. H.
Riley, j. H. Stephens Mrs. D.
W. Hoover, w. A. Black, wife and
son, Francis. Rev G. w. Holmes
and Mayor Riley also spoke at
the meeting.
Prof. Lynch also delivered an
address Tuesday afternoon at
Ava before the faculty and stu.
dents at the summer schsol.
The following article, by w. L
Rarde, illustrated with pictures
OF the Springfield State Normal
School and of the newspaper
class of the Mountain Grove
High School in session appeared
in the St.Lnuis Sunday Republic
feature section Aug 27, 1851
der the heading: "A Missouri
school where the newspaper is
text, book " Above the picture of
the newspaper class appears:
How Prof, W. H. Lynch, the
champion subscriber to the dali.
les and weeklies Of America,
brings home the lessons of the
day to the students of the Noun.
tain Grove High School"
Shortly after the outbreak of
the late war between Italy and
Turkey, when the newspapers
the world over had been devoting
front.page space to the causes
leading up to the opening of hos
tilities, a visitor entered a class
room of large high school in a
certain town in Southwest Miss
ouri. The visit had no special
Significance, but an incident that
occurred when the teacher asked
the visitor If he would say few
words to the pupils before he left
serves to illustrate the stress the
average school. teacher lays on
the acquisition Of knowledge of
happenings ages old to the neg
lect of history. making events of
the present.
1t SO happened that the pupils
we're being Quizzed on the mill
tary achievements of the Romans.
The caller had been givingatten
tive ear to the discussion aud
finally was invited by the teacher
to make a talk before the class.
He hesitated. but arose and pro,
pounded this question:
How many Of you can tell me
what is going on in Italy to day."
Only one hand went up.
well, young man, what is itY"
the visitor asked.
The boy replied that Italy was
at war. But that was all he
knew. He didn't know" the
second party to the war. Though
he was the only pupil who could
volunteer the information that
a war was in progress, even
he could not tell why Italy was
fighting.
The schools visitor on that day
was Prof. William II, Lynch, Wis
tor for the Fourth District State