The Glenwood post., 1923-11-29
"This is Mr.. Hofmyer of Pottawato


I'm glad to meet you" said jim
II can talk to you now"
NO" said Jennie. "I know Mr..
Hofmyer will excuse you until after
dinner. We have little party for
Mr.. Irwin, and we shall be late if we
don't hurry"
where can I see you after supper?"
asbed Mr.. Hofmyer.
Easy it was to satisfy Mr.. Hofmyer;
and Jim was carried off to dinner
given by County Superintendent Jen-
ME to jim, the dean, Professor With
ers, and one or two others-and
wonderfully select and distinguished
company it seemed to Jim. Jennie
seized moments opportunity to say,
you did beautifully, jim; everybody
says so.''
81 failed" said Jim. "You know
l failed. | couldn't remember nv
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 1t because you
forgot your speech" insisted Jennie.
"Does anybody else think so?'
"Why, Jim! You must learn to be-
lieve in what you have done. Even
Con Bonner says it was the best. He
says he didn't think you had it in ye!"
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 he
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 say?"
| he asked.
Hes dellghted-silly ""
"Sillyr How wonderful it was to
be called "silly'-in that tone.
81 shouldn't have forgotten the
speech if it hadn't been for this darned
boiled shirt and collar, and for wear
ing cravat," urged Jim in extenua-
ton.
You ought to We worn them around
the house for week before coming"
said Jennie. 'Why didn't you ask my
advice?"
81 will, next time, Jennie" said jim.
Il didn't suppose l needed biting
rig-but l guess l did,"
Jennie ran away then to ask Nils
Hansen and Bettina to join their din
ner party. She had sudden access
of friendliness for the Hansens. Nils
refused because he was going out to
see the college herds fed but at Jen-
MES urgent request, reinforced by
pats and hugs, Bettina consented Jen-
ME was very happy, and proved her.
self beaming hostess. The dean de-
voted himself to Bettina-and Jim
found out afterward that this inquir-
ing gentleman was getting at the men.
tai processes of a specimen pupil in
one of the new kind of rural schools
in which he was only half inclined to
believe. He thanked Jim for his
speech, and said it was ''most sugges-
tive and thought-provoking," and as
the party broke UP slipped irto Jim's
hand check for the honorarium. II
was not until then that Jim felt quite
sure that he vas actually to be paid
Mr.. Hofmyer was waiting to give
had produced an effect with his
speech.
do you teach the kind of school
you lay out in your talk?" he asked
81 try to-" said Jim, land believe ]
do"
'Well," said Mr.. Hofmyer, that's
tle kind Of education L blleve in.
KEEP school back in Pennsylvany fifty
years ago, and I made the scholars
measure things, and weigh things, and
apply their studies as fur as could"
"All good teachers have always done
that" said Jim. "Froebel, Pestalozzi
Colonel Parker-they all had the idea
which is at the bottom of my work
learn to do by doing and connecting
up the school with life.'
"Mh-m," grunted Mr.. Hofmyer, 81
hain't been able to see how Latin con
meets up with high-school kids life
unless he can find a Latin settlement
som'eres and git q Job clerkin' in 6
store"
But 1t used to relate to life," sale
Jim, ''the life of the people who made
Greek and Latin part Of everybod!
elses education as well as their own
Latin and Greek were the only Ian
guages in which anything worth mucl
was written, you know. But now
Jim spread out his arms as If to tax,
In the whole world-"science, the mar
velous literature Of our tongue In tn,
last three centuries And to make
child learn Latin with all that, thou
sand times richer than all the litera
ture Of Latin, lying unused befor,
him'
Know any LatinT asked Mr.. Hot
myer.
Jim blushed, as one caught in con
demning what he knows nothing about
y IL have studied the grammar
and read Caesar" he faltered, "bu
D that isn't much. had no teacher, an,
| had to work pretty hard, and