The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-10

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plying her requirement to the in
struction Of her pupils and as she
advances in the course. her pupils
advance, verifying the trite saying,
like Priest like people. Her spe-
cial power lies along the line of se-
curing neat and exact work In her
room. The course which she is TAX
ing cuts a whole In her hard cam
ing, but she does this that she may
be more efficient A commendable
view.
Miss Virginia Stewart. perhaps, is |
the most far seeing teacher Of her
class and age from business view
point for she knows how to plan
and to work out her plans in details
and make each cut along the line OF
thrift and economy. She Is grad
uate Of the Dallas High School and
alumna Of Prairie View Normal, In
the school room, perhaps, her spe-
cial forte is knowing how to make
good spoilers, and this tact OF her
Is worthy Of emulation.
Mrs. Minnie Mao Thomas, it seems
to us, has no equals In Kindness In
disposition to her pupils. We have
never known her to punish her pupils
with switch Of any kind. Her
kingdom is ruled by Kindness and
not through fear and blur. We have
her settle bad cases with smile,
where another teacher would frown
and demand a piece OF flesh, and yet,
Mrs. Thomas would smile. and say
the pleasant things in the most pleas
ing way. accomplishing and obtain
in greater results. We often wish
for a kodak to snap her In settling
bad case, or a dictaphone to Inn
mortalize her voice in this angelic
act that these traits might be handed
down to PROSPERITY not only by the
pupils, but the fretful teacher who
having lost patience, and gaines tenn
per and wrath. But we all can not
be alike in everything. We have
seen when she had to keep dull
pupil in after dismission to assist
him in work. the duller the pupil
was, the more profuse Mrs. Thomas
became in her gentleness and efforts,
then it was that we wished for the
Kodak again. We do no not know
| If she has changed or not along with
the years in which she has taught,
since earlier days. 1t may be THAT in
virOnment with other teachers and
their methods, may have HUNTED her
higher qualities but they cannot de-
stroy them for they are born Of
God
We wish to mention country
teacher, a young man, who rose up
| from the ranks, few years ago
he was in the fifth grade. struggling
upward and onward as country
| lad, with mind, with vim, with win
power, with the do and dare stun
| beamipg in him. and today that same
boy has grown into manhood, has
grown In scholarship, he is principal
OF the Queen City public school, q
suburb OF Dallas, and who is this
boy that has made his way from the
ground up by hardest study and ap-
plication? Well. let us tell the other
ccuntrJ boys about him. his name
is Prof. Asberry. who is not ashame
to work when others play. He is q
worthy young man although what
peops9 once called Hugh Miller, and
what others called the learned Black
Smith, self made men. 90 on Prof.
Asberry, the world will yet make a
path through the mountain to your
house n.adeu BY The tangled trees
and steep ellis.
MS. M. p. Penn, wife VI our DR..
i'ean. Is a graduate OF the Homer
college Of Louisiana. She took
Iswo years course at The Fisk Uni
Nsrsity, and also spent one year In
luz Cosmopolitan school, Of Music
/ and Art, OF Chicago, sDc ,iel.zing in
vocal and instrumental rnusic. She
lis teacher Of wide experiences both
in country and city schools Of Louist-
ana She comes to us nishly lecom-
Imended as efiicient teacher Of
SPLENDID attainment and well pre-
pared TO teach. She il devoted to
her work so her patrons declare, and
has done much In every way to grade
I the school where she Is been teach
| ing for the last seven months. Her
school is at Eagle Ford, and we are
pleased to note the coaatry people
are demanding the best teachers,
and especially teachers Of ability.
The time is far spent when the chill
dren OF the county should have any
kind of q teache palmed on over
them. We wish we had more teach
ers who would take the time to pre-
i pare as Mrs. Penn has done. Both
* hite and colored speak In the high
est terms her school closing last
week. A large number Of persons
attended from the city. and returning