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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1910)
Better School Equipment I V Sl'I’T. H II WOOD Tin . ail few people in any com mum \ not interested in the public schools Tin- school is the < hid eon < ern iif most parents and children for rime months of the year. No other Institution, unless the churches col lectively. touches so many lives. It Is the institution of the people,where the rich and tin poor, the strong and the Hi ak tin* exalted and the lowly, meet on ecpi ■' terms No qualification of rank or influent i , not • ten citi zenship is required; only residence, that is all that is necessary for ad ■alliance to llio public school As ordinarily considered, good teachers are tile first requisite of good schools, (larfield said that I lie University for him consisted ol a log with Mark Hopkins on one end and himself on tin* other, the inter cnee being that the most essential characteristic of a school is the per sonal contact of teacher and pupil. There is no greater truth than this. And this fact implies the ability to instruct properly And this ability depends upon natural fitness and mo tlve and training and experience. Adaptability and preparation are in deed essential, hut. without a real desire to do the work, they are tin availing No good leade r gels paid in coin lor her work. To he able to meet the demands made upon her strength, patience and judgment, and skill, she iiituit see a recompense in service for others far surpassing in value tho pittance she receives for an immeasurable contribution to so doty. She must lie alert to minister to many different needs, a friend to the discouraged, a cheek to the wil ful, kind in the asking, firm In re quirlng, a guide and an inspiration to (he seeker after knowledge Hut while we still recognize the l»&i amount importance ol the teach er, we are coming more and mon to understand tho need of efficient tool in tho teacher’s bauds. These tools consist of tin' material equipment of the schools. There was a time when children were herded witli a rod on backless benches, around a fireplace or red hot stove. their faces baking and their backs freer, lng. It is impossible to believe Hint they really studied; they could wiily appear to study, afraid to do anything else. lOxperieuce lias (aught us tho si ientific study of the child's mind, has revealed to ns that edu cation can be the result only ol a willing activity of the child's mind. It is a leading out process, not a fori ing in process. In no field of en deavor is the spirit of the old saying, "You can lead a horse to water, hut you cannot make him drink,” more applicable than in education. Know ledge of this fact lias caused a con tinuous improvement in the condi tions pertaining to the pupil's com fort and health and pleasure. We commonly assert that it is tho purpose of the school to develop boys and gills into men and women, clean in body and mind, broad and generous in spirit, and industrious and intelligent in action. Those re suits cannot l>o as accurately meas ured as can the merchant’s profits, and for this reason llie waste cannot be so easily detected. But if we spend money to teach pupils hy giene and force them to violate the very laws they are trying to learn by requiring them to sit in seats not at all suited to their size, the investiuen is no! bringing its adequate return. There are few school rooms in which there an* not iioin.v pupils in unsuit able seats Not only is there an in jury to the health but there is loss of accomplishment In many subjects, penmanship especially suffeiing be cause of improper position. Again, wo require ttie pupils to breathe ove ! again the air which their playmates ! have once breathed. Every parent and every child would revolt against the requirement to drink water in I which others had washed, but if w« could only SEE. breathing second air would bo much more revolting, and it is known to be infinitely more injurious. Few school rooms with out a means of forcing air in or out get a sufficient change. Foul air very soon causes stupidity. Inattention again is a loss; first, lit pupils health, a decreased vitality caus, d by iu haling poisonous rases, ami in increas ed tend ni y to Catch old; secondly, there is a loss in accomplishment,. Not only does the pupil not gain much while inattentive, but lie forms the very opposite habit to that which the school tries to cultivate. These are illustrations of ways in which a part of the purpose of schools is being defeated. There are other losses which the best school systems are seeking to eliminate. It is well established that it is good policy as well as a duty of the state to educate all its citizens. But there is a surprisingly large per centage of children unable wholly or in part to take advantage of the op-1 pm i unity that dit> schools nflir, tie cause lit physical defects That this pen eiitHKc is surprisingly large lias been demonst rated wherever medical iti»j»< et Ion of schools tins been prat Heed Time and again Iihh il been shown that the failure of certain pupils was due to weak eyes or ears Many pupils suffer from insufficient oxygen, tile cause being growths In tile throat which restrict breathing These are lint a few of tile ills which have linen found to prevent success ful work in sehool; and it is very eomition for both parents ami teach ers to be ignorant, of tile real diffi culty. Sonic may think that it is the duty of parents to look aftei their own children in these respects, lint mosi parents as well as most teach ers, are not experts in detecting Hies ailments, and few parents will call a physician until a real need is ap parent. Medical inspection helps in save much time of pupils by pre venting tin* spread of contagions and infectious diseases. And in many oth er ways does ii improve the sanitary conditions of the schools. The practi cal question then arises; is it not the duly of the state, in order to ac complish without waste Hie purposc of tin* schools, to provide Hint all its future citizens, not a pari, may receive the lull benefits of instruc tion ? Another way to improve the char actor of the work in our srhols is to adapt tin* Instruction more close ly to the needs of every one. \Ve all deplore the tendency to drop out of school he e the high school is finished, and so often before it is even begun Many of (hose who leave school only do so on account l lailurc I .Hiss their grades. And much of the failure is due to lack of intends in (he ^ork they lire doing Thero are few pupils so stupid lliitf they cannot do creditable work if t heir interest can lie maintained sttf ftcielli to induce full exertion. Tor this i la. if pupils In particular, and for all in general, manual training and industrial education have a dis title t value. Many pupils who do poor work in reading amt history do ' xeellent work with their hands. It is a distinct revelation to many chil dren that they tan do something well. Hut besides its value in arousing in I'Tosl, Industrial education lias many distinct educational values which can not lit' enlui gi d upon here. It has been a source of pleasure to me to find so much interest in these moans of improving our schools. I • in glad Unit patrons and patrons* or ganizations are discussing the improve meat of sanitary conditions in the latino and school. I have been grat ified to learn that munnual and iiidus rial training were looked upon with such favor. What people want for iheir children they will within reas onable limits procure. Men and com munities have sometimes been churg ■it with giving more attention to the culture of line stock than to the training of children. If there is any truth hi such an assertion is it not due to the greater difficulty of ap preciating the needs of the latter? I .urge cities are in advance of smiill ities in these matters, not so much because they have more money or a greater need, hut because they have more opportunities to be come informed as to needs and means of supplying them. I am confident that as we become better acquainted with tiie importance of improved physical conditions, and the need of improved methods and courses, we will have them \ud we shall he proud to have the reputation, not of keeping our sclnd levies as low as other cities of our class, but rather of spending economically a relatively 'Treater amount than cities of any • lass in the training of our boys and girls Orange and lllack. Cheap ant) Safe. The small sum of $2 will buy a $ -1 000 policy, good foi ivo \ "arsfrom ilu Richardson County Farm Mutual Insurance Co, provided the building has good lightning rods. Then those policies tan tie renewed another five years for the still smaller foe of fifty cents. Smaller policies cost the same amount. 1 lie last 22 years this company lias been thoroughly tried.and found re liable. We have over two million insurance in force, and constantly gaining new members. All the farm property of the county ought to be insured with us. It is folly to keep on sending money out of the county for good safe protection. School boards and country churches can save money by insuring with us. Call, write or phone to me, over Dittmar’s -tore. Falls City, Nebraska. SAMUEL LICHTY, Sec v. —Ijulies. Save Money! Make finest of perfumes at home for one fifth what you are now paying. Ten guaranteed recipes for 50c. Home Supply Co., Princeton, Indiana UNHAPPY HOMES OF AUTHORS Large Proportion of British Writers Have Been Unfortunate In Domestic Life. Someone with a passion for genuine antique scandals has been poking into the private lives of classical Fnglish writers sind finds among them a dis tressing proportion ot celibates and of unhappily muted persons, says a writ er in Success Magazine For the bene fit of book loving gossips he lias pre pared a list of the foremost British authors with a short desrription of their domestic relations. The list is no lull of matrimonial wrecks that the compiler is forced to wonder whether cheesemongers, stoek brokers and the rest of us have as poor a chance at do mestic happiness as poets and play wrights. No fewer than 2S out of OS well known authors never were married nt all. a number, including Milton, Bun ynn, Southey and Mazlilt, made sev eral matrimonial ventures. Of the rest, Shakespeare, Uryden, Addison, Coleridge, Carlyle, Ituskin and Dick ens are the most notable of a long list of those who were unhappily married. Why should the production of litera ture he apparently so Incompatible with a happy domestic life? Are lit erarj men less callable than lawyers and plumbers of choosing congenial mates? The truth seems to tie that the writer husband is at homo so much of the time that lie becomes as familiar an object there as the old cane bottomed chair. Two persons who can survive hours of eaeh other’s society per day without jars are hap pily married indeed. "I have only one tiling to ask you,” said a wise young bride to-be to the prospective husband, "and that is that, you will promise not to he in to lunch." Seers fio- The House of a Thousand Candles—Gehlirg. Thursday,Feb. 17. Salesmen Wanted. The sales of our products for which there is general demand, amour, mer chants, farmers, schools, etc., now greatly increased hy state laws re cently pa.-red, n ■ •> ssitat.es opening it distributing office in this territoy. \\'c desire resident sales manager, well a quainted, of good character, who can superintend sal m, deliveries, ad vertising, collections, etc,, with $tiOu to $1,000 to carry enough stock to till orders, salary $1,200 to $1,800 an dually, extra com mission, office and other expenses; no canvassing; posi tion permanent. Address Advertising Manager, "Liberty” Mfg. Association, St. Joseph, Mo. ti-lit For Sale. I’OO bushels of White seed oats. One i. am geldings, ."> years old, and one span of mules, coming yearlings. Long Bros., Reserve, Kansas. Falls City Rhone .No. 40 (). TRADE MORAL—Tt 3 q :i.. v 01 wnat yuJ i;.. .) . .1 an to some ijl'o.-.o a.i ui m3 u.ne and ail of ,.30 3 .o nj ot I the time, but < a.., ;i 3 regu* 1 larly .v: i s a •, j.i 1 re ;.ch ail ui i1 ,u aii ui i .e time. AT PPr S7 . HE . • [] —. 38 Head Horses 38 I sorrel mare 6 years old. weight 1650, safe in foal. 1 bay mar* 6 years old, weight 1700. 1 black mare 5 years old. bred to Jack, weight '750, broke, l black mare coming 5 years old, weight 1360, in foal to Percheron horse; this ini re is family broke. I black mare coming four years old, weight 1400; gentle and been hitched a few times. I brown mare coming 4 year old; weight 1300, in foal to Pen-heron horse, broke to all harness. i 1 sorrel maie coming 4 year old. bred to Belgian horse, weight 1330. I bay mare 5 year old, well broke to work, weight 1230. I bay mare coming X years old, in foal to I’erelo ron horse, weight 12X0; good worker. 1 bay mare emoming X year old.in to Porcheron horse, weight 12.r>0. 1 gray mart coming X years old, bred to Perc'neron horse, weight. 11 »!<*. This pair has always been worked to gether, tint broke single, and art' not afraid of steam or autos I black mare coming 3 years old, green broke weight 1070. matched black mares coining 4 year old, w* 1! broke single and double, weight 2300. 1 ehesnut sorrel mare X years old. weight 1200, family and city broke. This is a mare 1 have used for a year. I bay mu; e t outing X years old, w iglit 1210, broke to all harness; a rood single driver. I brown m ire coming 3 year old, weight 1100, green broke. 1 black mar* 7 year old, weight 1100. This more l have used for near ly a year and is allright single and double. ! brown mare coming 4 venr old weight 1100, green broke. I brown mare 7 year old. weight 1100. well broke to all harness. I bay mare coining 5 year old, weight 1200, broke double. I buckskin inure weight 1200 work anywhere, smooth mouth. 1 Percheron Stallion II year old, a good breeder and a good work horse; will weigh 1700 in good flesh. 1 buckskin Indian pony, broke* to everything, gentle for children. 8 year old, weight 1010. I bay mat-" weight 1200, smooth mouth. 1 hay mar1 11 year old, broke to all harness in oal to Helgian horse Weight 1200. 1 bay horse coming 11 year old, weight 1100, good work horse. The last two mentioned have always been a team together and will make some man a good Irani. 1 brown saddle horse 5 year 9ld. weight 1250. Some one that wants a gaited saddle horse, come and investigate. 1 span of blacks coming 0 year old geldings, weight 2500. will matched, gentle, halter broke. 1 sorivl li use .'> year old. weight '260, broke i ■ all harness. I bay stall'* n eominr, y ar old. weight MoO, a good breeder and broke to all harness. I gray untie, 16 hands, 5 year obi a good one. I bay saddle mare ti years old. and Weight not). 1 pair mill *3 i years old good work ers. 1 gray smooth mouth horse, a good worker. 1 Brown smooth mouth, a good worker. Tln se horses are all « 1 in; no dm temper or stable disease. 1 Jersey Cow ."> years old, a j*ood milker, will be fresh by day of sale. I halt-breed .Jersey Heifer, coming - years old, will be fresh by day of sale. 1 Thoroughbred Shorthorn Bull. 7 months old can be pedigreed. dO head coining - and o-year old Heifers, good color and well bred. l’5 head Yearling Steers. I New Century Hay Baler in good running order; I buggy; I set double driving harness; 2 sets single har ness; I good set i i-2 inch work harness; i good set i i-4 inch work harness; 22 stands bees, some empty hives, a yard swing, a lawn mower, some chairs and numerous other articles. TERMS MADE KNOWN DAY OF SALE DINNER BY LADIES AID SOCIETY OF PRESTON C. H. MARION, Auct. E" LJACCI TAkl ED. YOSEL, Clerk. t, nUOCL I Ull