The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-11-01

] WOoufuH SchOOi-JuSl talking. Vh
only new thing was the presence of
couple of newspaper men, who ha
q%ueried Chicago papers on the story
and been given orders for a certai
number of words on the case of tn
Farmland schoolmaster on trial be
fore his old sweetheart
BY the time at which gatherin,
darkness made 1t necessary for TIL
baiIiff to light the lamps, the partie.
had agreed on the facts. Jim ADMIT
ted most of the allegations. He hat
practically ignored the textbooks. HI
had burned the district fuel and worr
out the district furniture early an6
late, and on Saturdays. He had in,
~troduced domestic economy and man.
ual training, to some extent, by send.
Ing the boys to the workshops and the
girls to the kitchens and sewing-rooms
of the farmers who allowed those
privileges.
He mad used up a great deal of time
in studying farm conditions. He had
induced the boys to test the cows Of
the district for butterfat yield. He
was studying the matter of a co-opera-
tive creamery.
He hoped to open to the boys and
girls the wonders of the universe
which are touched by the work on the
farm. He hoped to make good and
contented farmers of them, able to
get the most put of the soil, to sell
what they produced to the best advan-
tage, and at the same time to keep up
the fertility of the soil itself. Ard
he hoped to teach the girls in such a
way that they would be good and con-
tented farmers wives.
AN / say" %interposed Con Bonner.
shat we can rest our case right here.
If that amt the limit, | don't know
what isl"
Jennie turned to Jim.
"Now, Mr.. Irwin said she, while
you have been following out these very
interesting and original methods, what
have you done In the way of teaching
the things called for by the course of
study?"
III WlliiIS, Sdlu Jill, 10 Stdllu VI
fall on an examination of these chill
dren in the very textbooks we are &C
cused of neglecting."
Jennie looked steadily at Jim for a
full minute.
"How many pupils of the Woodruff
school are hereY' she asked. "All rise.
please !"
A mass of the audience, in the midst
of which sat Jennie's father, rose at
the request.
why" said Jennie. Il should say
we had a quorum. anyhowl Wen
have school here. And Mr.. Irwin,
please remember that you state that
you'll stand or fall on the mastery by
these pupils of the textbooks they are
supposed to have neglected"
mot the mastery of the text said
jim. 'But their ability to do the work
the text is supposed to fit them for"
well" said Jennie, II don't know
but that's fair"
"But," said Mrs. Haakon Peterson,
I'VE don't want or children brought
up to be yust farmers. Suppose We
move to town-where does the culture
in?"
The Chicago papers had a news item
which covered the result OF the eX-
aminations but the great sensation of
the Woodruff district lay in the Sun
day feature carried by one Of them.
1t had a picture of Jim Irwin, and
Of Jennie Woodruff-the latter au-
and the former cleaned from
The morgue, and apparently the por-
-rait of a lumber-jack. There was
llso a very free treatment by the car
-oonist of Mr.. Simms carrying a rifle
With the intention Of shooting up the
school board in case the decision went
the schOolmaster.
"When it became Known said the
story, that the schoolmaster had
yet his job on the proficiency of his
school in studies supposed and alleged
o have been studiously neglected, the
sports bet freely or the result, the
dds being eight to five on General
Proficiency against the field. The field
Jim Irwin and his school. And
he way those ru1l Kids rose in their
night and ate up the textbooks was
imply s~candalous. When the fight was
yer. and the dead and wounded cared
or, the school beard and the county
superintendent were forced to admit
hat they wished the average school
ould do as well under a similar test.
1.-THE local Mr.. Dooley is Cornelius
a member Of the board When
sked for a statement of his views af-
err the county superintendent had de-
Ided that her old sweetheart was to
e allowed the priceless boon of earn
ne forty dollars a month during the
emainder of his contract, Mr.. Bonner
aid, Aside from being licked. we're
II right. But we'll get this guy yet,
ont fall down and fergit thatr
1.-the examinations tind to show