The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-18

.This is Mr.. Hofmyer of Pottawato-
mie county" said the dean of the col
lege.
Pm glad to meet you," said Jim.
Il can talk to you now"
mo" said Jennie. 81 know Mr..
Hofmyer will excuse o until after
dinner. We have a little party for
Mr.. Irwin, and we shall be late If we
don't hurry"
where can l see you after supper7"
asked Mr.. Hofmyer.
Easy it was to satisfy Mr.. Hofmyer;
and Jim was carried off to a dinner
given by County Superintendent Jen-
ME to Jim, the dean, Professor With
ers, and one or two others-and a
company it seemed to Jim. Jennie
seized a moments opportunity to say,
you did beautifully, jim; everybody
says So"
II failedi" said Jim. "You know
1 failed. l couldn't remember my
speech. 1 can't stay here feasting. l
want to get out in the snow"
you made the best address of the
meeting; and you did it because you
forgot your speech" insisted Jennie.
"Does anybody else think SOP
why, Jim You must learn to he
Deye in what yon have done. Even
Con Bonner says 1T was the best He
says he didn't think you had it in vel"
This advice from her to believe in
what you have done"-wasn't there
something new in Jennie's attitude
here? Wasn't his belief in what be
was doing precisely the thing which
had made him such a nuisance to the
county superintendent? However, Jim
couldn't stop to answer the question
which popped up in his mind.
what does Professor Withers ssyY'
he asked.
Hes delighted-siIlyir
SILLY" How wonderful it was to
be called 'silly"-in that tone.
Il shouldn't nave forgotten the
speech If it hadn't been for this darned
boiled shirt and collar, and for wear
ing a %cravat," urged Jim In extenua-
ton.
"You ought to we wor them around
the house for a week before coming"
said Jennie. why didn't you ask my
adVice?"
II will, next time, Jennie" said Jim.
81 didn't suppose I needed a biting
rig-but / guess 1 did,"
Jennie ran away then to ask Nils
Hansen and Bettina to join their On
ner party. She had a sudden access
of friendliness for the Hansens. Nils
refused because he was going put 10
see the college herds fed; but at Jea-
MES urgent request, reinforced by
pats and hugs, Bettina consented. Jen-
ME was very happy, and proved her
self a beaming hostess. The dean de-
voted himself TO Bettfna-and Jim
found out afterward that this inqufr-
tai processes of a specimen pupil in
one of the new kind of rural schools
in which he was only hsh inclined to
believe. He thanked Jim for his
speech, and said IT was most sugges-
tive and tbought-provoking." and as
the party broke up slipped into inns
hand a check for the honorarium- 1t
was moi until then that Jim felt quite
sure that he was actually TO be paid.
Mr. Hofmyer was waiting to give
Jim the final convincing proof that he
had produced an effect with his
speech.
do you teach the kind of school
you lay hi in your talky' be asked
II try TO" said Jim, and | believe I
do"
well" said Mr.. Hofmyer, 'that's
me kind of education 1 b1ieve in. 1
KEEP school back In ~Pennsylvany fifty
years ago, and / made the scholars
apply their studies as fur as I could
~Al good teachers have always lone
that" said Jim. "Froebel, Pestalozzi,
Colonel Parker-they all had the idea
which is at rhe bottom of my work
learn to do by doing and connecting
up the school with life"
'A'h-m,' grunted Mr.. Hofmyer, 81
hahn been able to see how Latin con
meets up with a high-school kids life
unless he can find a Latin settlement
som'eres and git a job clerkin' in a
But 1t used to relate to life" said
Jim, "the life of the people who made
Greek and Latin a part of everybody
else's education as well as their own.
and Greek were the only Ian
guages in which anything worth much
was written, you know. But now
Jim spread out his arms as if to take
In the whole world-"science, the mar
literature of our tongue in the
last three %centuriesl And to make a
child learn Latin with all that, a thou
sand times richer han all the litera-
of Latin, lying unused before
him p
Know any Latinf' asked Mr.. Hof-
Jim blushed, as one caught in con-
1emning what he knows nothing about.
Il have studied the grammar,
read Caesar" he faltered, but
that isn't much. 1 had no teacher, and
had to work pretty hard, and it