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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24, 1911.
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OiJjR SCHOOLS
Tire House by thei Side of tiie Road. him. If he dies young there
was a great future before him; if
There are hermit souls that lire
withdrawn.
In the place of their self-content;
EThere are souls like stars, that
dwell apart,
In a fellowless firmament;
he lives to a ripe old age he is in
the way, only living to save fune
el expenses.
True Education.
Prom whatever cause it arises,the
road
And be a friend to man.
the
There are pioneer souls that blaze complaints is general and seems
their paths justified, that we do not train chil-
Where highways never ran 1 dren to do definite things, that the
But let me live by the side of the completion of courses cannot be
1 reckoned in efficiency, and that
! our proceedings do not generate the
intellectual resourcefulness and pow
er that they ought. It is a se
rious charge. But neither teaching
to read, nor training to work, nor
offering opportunity, nor enforcing
; the truth, nor all of that together,
emprise the sum of the burden that
is upon the American schools. Th
major part is the imparting to the
pupils the desire to know, and the
I power to do, and the purpose to
find the truth for himself and act
Let me live in a bouse by
side of the road,
Where the race of men go by
The men who are good and the
men who are bad,
As good and as bad aa I,
I would not sit int the scorner's seat
Or hurl the cynic's ban
Let me live in a house by the side
of the road
And be a friend to man-
I see from my house by the side of up to it- He must know what
the road, men and women have done in the
By the side of the highway of life world, where they have succeeded
The men who press with the ardor and when they have failed, and
hope,
The men who are faint with the
strife,
But I turn not away for their
smiles nor their tears
Both part of an infinite plan r
Let me live in my house by the
side of the road.
And be a friend to man.
why. He must know what manner
of social life, what kind of business
conduct, has succeeded, and what
has failed, and why. He must know
that work is a blessing, that par
ticipation in the privileges which
lational society creates is a privi
lege, that public service is a duty,
' and that government is a burden
Sam Walter Foss. j which all good citizens are bound
- - j to bear. In other words his mo-
What undue familiarity among thejtvies must be a roused and brought
individuals of a group will do to- j int0 conformity with the motives
ward" setting aside the code of dig- which are the ground work of the
wined social usages, the attitude of schools Andrew S. Draper.
the teacher toward discipline may :
much more readily do. With the! Every Boy's Need,
wholesome feeling of constraint, Every boy in this nation; must be
propriety and courtesy, characteris- taught to work and to desire to
tic of the first days of school,undue work, and in the degree in which
familiarity, on the part of the pu- tnt home neglects this part of his
pils themselves among themselves, education, the school must, whetk
wreaks sad havoc. This is more er lt would or not, take it up and
or less inevitable. Still the teach- ca"py lt to completion. And so in
er has much to do in keeping the tne future the problem of instruction
pupils in an attitude of dignified u wil1 be the infinitely larger prob
mutual respect among themselves lom of making men and women ca
Coarse familiarity in any form paMe of doing their share of the
must never be permitted to endan- .world's work in the best possible
ger those foundations of decoruir "ay- Fassett A. Cotton.
that lie in the natural instincts and j
inclinations toward constrained and j
dignified behavior.
Clannish unificaiton of the Dumls
with exclusion of the teacher needs pupil help themselves.
careful scrutiny. Much loss occurs
In case the teacher forgets his po
sition of professional responsibility
in his desire to be reckoned so
cially with his pupils. The teach
er's worth lowers when social iden
tification occurs. Conceded super-
A Teacher's Resolution.
j xo luojs. on me origm siae. io
' talk less and- teach more. To help
To earn
more than I am paid for. To care
for the health of my pupils. To
read from a good book each day.
To teach wholesome truth by ex
ample. To be what I would have
my pupils be. To be clean in per
son, speech, and thought. To keep
my head cool and mv heart warm.
lonty m professional attainments To remember the joys and forget
must not be sacrificed for social owa. To foilow tne footsteps of
advantage. In a sense the teacher . the. Qreat Teacher, To awakeil
never can be of the pupil-group; he ; minds and devei0p thinking power,
must always be superior. Organiza- j To know my pupilg better and loye
tions and occasional functions must ; them more To get aU the
be carefully supervised to see that ' (.lean fun QUt of life tha(. j Cm
nothing breaks down that fine web. To teach the dIgnity of labor and
of relation that constrains each to ; the joy of service. To take at
be at his best because the rest ex-;f 4.,
i reoai luiiLjf juiiiauLtJs oyeii-air ex.er-
pect it.
j cise each day. To be loyal to my
- T . T pupils, to my patrons, and to my
Utude toward the pupils during board Journal of Education.
tne daily routine. Unquestioned pro .
fessional skill and devotion, un- Contempt for the "Cuckooo Type of
swerving urbanity, fine generalship
in control, persistent realization of
responsibility and acceptable lead
ership are
tnese subtle
These convert the monotonous rou
Parent."
I am sure that I give utterance
W a feeling deep in the hearts of
all needed to rally teachers when I express contempt
forces of the school. for the "cuckoo type of parent,"
the child in school and then think
all blackbirds art black? The black
birds are black simply because
their parents are black.
Now in the same way that the
young blackbirds resemble their
parents, corn will resemble its par
ent stock. How many ears of corn
do you find oni a stalk? One, two,
sometimes three or four. You find
two ears of corn on a stalk be
cause it is the nature of that par
ticular stalk to produce two ears.
In the same way the nature of
some stalks is to produce but one
ear, while sometimes it is the na
ture of others to produce three.
This resemblance of offspring to
parent is known to scientists as
heredity, or as "like producing like.'
We can take advantage of this
law in improving our corn crop. If
a stalk can be made to produce two
ears of corn just as large as the
single ear that most stalks bear,
we shall get just twice as much
corn from a field in which the "'two
eared" variety is planted.
This fact ought to be very help
f ul to us next year when - our
fathers are planting corn. We should
get them to plant seed secured on
ly from stalks that produced the
most corn. If we follow this plan
year by year, "each acre of land
will be made to produce more kernels-
and hence a larger crop of
corn, and yet no more work will be
required to raise the crop.
In addition to enlarging the yield
of corn, you can by porper selection
of the best and most productive
plants in the field grow a new
variety of seed corn. To -do
this you need only take the largest
and most perfect kernels from
stalks bearing two ears; plant these,
and at the next harvest again save
the best kernels from stalks bear
ing two or more ears. If - you
keep up this practice with great
care for several years, you will
get a vigorous, fruitful variety thaf.
will command a high price for seed.
'cui2g Zeb Vance's First Composi
tion A Theme on "Toads."
Thomasville Davidsonianv
Several years ago one cf the la
dies teaching in the Charlotte grad
ed schools, receiving from a ifirst
cousin of the late Senator Vanes
a copy of his first composition.
The document is given here as
evidence of its writer's then bud
diug wit:
"'You told me to tell what I know
eu abor.t Toads. Well toads is
uxe irogs, cut more dignny, ana
when you come to think of it frogs
is wetter. The waris which toads
is noted for can't be cured, for
they is cronisk, but if I couldn't
get well I'd stay in the house.
My Grandfather knew a toad that
seme lady had. trained till it was
like folks, when its master whistled
it would come for flies. They catch
es them with their tong which is
some like a long red worm but
more like litenin only litenin haint
got no gum into it. The fli will
be standing a rubin its hind legs
together and thinking what a fine
fat fli it is and the toad a sittin
seme distance away like it was
asleep. While you see this fli as
plan as you ever see anything all
at once it ain't there Then the
toad looks up at you solumn out
of his eyes like he said what be
came of that fli? but ycu know he
et it. That's what I know about
toads.
Miserable.
Dyspeptics
All the world looks gloomy to
the man with the upset stomach.He
sees the world through smoked glas
ses and never tries to rub off
the smoke. 1
Cheer up, Mr. Dyspeptic, there'?
bright days ahead of you. Go to J.
G. Hall's thi3 very day and say I
want a box of MI-O-NA tablets.Take
them as directed and if the misery
doesn't leave your stomach and
Lring a sunny smile to your gloomj
countenance, go get your 50 cents
MI-O-NA stomach tablets will
promptly end the distress of indiges
tion, will stop nervousness dizziness,
biliousness.sick headache and sleep
lessness. Fifty cents buys a large
box at J- G. Hall and druggists everywhere.
PASSED BAD CHECKS.
Life.
tine of boredom into an exhilarating the father and mother who deposit
and triumphant conquest that stirs the child in school and theni think
the noblest impulses of the parti- that all responsibility for its intel
cipants. W. E. Andrews, JMn. lectual, moral, and physical welfare
Township High School, Pana, 111. i falls upon the teacher. No teacher
; can supply the place of the home.
; Theodore Roosevelt.
Selected. '
"'Man born of a woman is of a j Selecting Seed Corn. x
few days and full of trouble." j If a farmer would raise good
He cometh into the world with- crops, he must select good seed,
out his consent and leaveth it Many ol the farmer's disappoint
against his will. During his stay ; ments in the qauntity and quality
on earth his time is spent in one j of his crops, disappointments often
continuous round of contrairies ! attributed to other causes, are
and misunderstandings. In his ; the result of planting poor seeds.
Infancy he is an angel, in his boy- j Seeds not fully ripened, if they
hood he as a devil, ini his manhood i grow at all, produce imperfect
he is everything from a lizzard up ; j plants- Good seeds, therefore, are
if he raises a family he is a ! the first things necessary for a
chump; if he raises a check he is j good crop. The seed of only pre
a thief, if he is a poor man he is j feet plants should be saved,
a poor manager and has no sense; j By judicious and persistent se
if he is rich he is dishonest; if he lection, . made in the field before
is in politics he is a grafter and a the crop is fully matured, corn
crook; if be is out of politics you ! can be improved to an alomst un
can't place him as lie is , an "un-,; limited extent ' in size and early
desirable citizem;" if he goes to maturity. Gather only ears from
church he is a hypocrite; if . he J the most productive plants, and
stays away from church he is a , save only the largest and mostjper
sinner; if he donates to foreign j feet kernels.
missions he does it for show; if j I am sure that you have seen
be doesWt he is stingy and a ; the common American blackbirds
"'tight wad.
When he first that usually migrate and feed ir.
comes into the world everybody j such large numbers. They all look
wants to kiss him; before he! alike in every way. Now has it
Information Wanted
Daddy," questioned the thought
ful small son of a physician, after
hearing talk of Job and his -trou
bles, "what became of Job's pa
tients? Did they get better or did
they all die of the boils?"
DON'T WAIT.
Take Advantage of ss. Oxford Citi
zen's Experience Before It's Too
Late.
When the back begins to ache,
Don't wait until backache be
comes chronic;
Till serious kidney troubles de
velop; Till urinary troubles destroy
night's rest.
Profit by an Oxford citizen's ex
perience. J- L. Fuller, Asylum St., Oxford,
N. C. says: "I suffered a great deal
n backache and there was much
pain in my kidneys. In the morninp
when I got up, I felt weak and
lame. After I used Doan's Kidney
Pills which I got from the Hamil
ton Drug Co., my aches and pains
disappeared and I felt better in
every way. I can recommend this
remedy highly and advise "its use
to anyone afflicted with kidney com
plaints." "v
(Statement given in February 1908-
A SECOND ENDORSEMENT.
Mr. Fuller was interviewed on
December 9, 1910 and he said:
"I take Doan's Kidney Pills occa
sionally when I feel that I need a
kidney medicine and they always
help me. . I know that this remedy
acts as represented and I do not
hesitate to confirm my former en
dorsement of it."
For sale by all dealers- Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember the name Doans
Get St. Cloud For $75, nnd Other
Hotels For Similar Amounts.
The police in North and South Car
olina, Virginia and numerous cities
throughout the South are seeking
clues to the idenity of what they
believe to be a trio of forgers, who
have operated in the above named
territory with Louisville, Ky., as
their headquarters. Their method
beiing forged checks drawn oni a
bank in Louisville in the name of
the Kentucky Electric Co.
One of the supposed trio came to
Concord October 30th, and stopped
at the St., Cloud hotel. He register
ed as L- G. Zeigler', Louisville, Ky.
He was well above the avreage size
man, dressed well and had every
appearance of a well known travel
ing man. . After securing his dinnei
he asked Mr. Charley Cook, who was
then clerking at the hotel to
cash a check on the above named
concern for $75. He said that he
was a representative of that com
pany in this territory ar.d mention
ed the names of several local deal
ers in electrical supplies who he
said he had called on while here.
To prove his idenity the man pro
duced a letter written on the sta
tionery of the electrical, company,
which stated that he was their re
presentative. The young mani's credentials look
ed to be all right and the check was
endorsed. He left the city and so
far no trace of him has been found.
The check was returned in a few
days with several dollars protest fee
on it- It has' since developed that
he "stuck" the Central Hotel in
Charlotte for $75, the Hotel March
in Lexington for $50, a bank in
Greensboro for $175 and also other
hotels in South Boston Va., Eliza
beth City,. Edenton and Reidsville.
The Last Straw.
Cambirdge Tribupne
An old woman entered a savings
bank the other day and walked up
to the desk.
"Do you want to withdraw or de
posit?" asked the clerk.
"Naw Oi doant. Oi wants to put
some in," was the reply.
The clerk pushed up the book for
her signature, and said, "'Sign on
this, please.'
"Above or below it?"
"Just above it."
"Me whole name?"
"Yes " : .
"Before Oi was married?"
"'No, just as it is now,'
"Oi can't wroite.'" -
KINGS TALKED OF A DUEL.
Raleigh Woman 99 Years Old
Mrs. Cornelia R. Holleman cele
brated her 99th birthday in Raleigh
Sunday at the home of her niece,
Mrs. N. B. Broughton- Though quite
feeble, she has a clear mind and
enjoys reading greatly. She is a
liaut o ui xiai uuiu, uuuu., wuci v sue
was born November 12,1812, as Cor
nelia Rickards Lewis, end came to
North Carolina in 1830 with her
grandparents.
Starts Much Trouble.
If all people knewjthat neglect ol
constipation would result in severe
indigestion, yellow jaundice or virtu
lent liver trouble they would soon
take Dr. King's New Life Pills, and
end it. Its the only safe way.
Best for biliousness, headache, dys
pepsia, chills and debility. 25 c. at
J. G. Hall's.
The personal enmity which exist
ed between George II. and Fred
erick, king of Prussia, reached at
one time to such a height that, as
Baron Ryfield was informed on good
authority, the monarchs conceived
the very singular design of grat
ifying it in a duel.
King George made a choice of
Brigadier Sutton for his second
aad the king of Prussia of Colonel
Derschau. The territory of Hild
erscheim was picked out for the
meeting. His Britannic majesty was
then at Hanover, and his Prussian
majesty had come as far as SalzdahJ
near Brunswick. Baron Borck, the
Prussian minister at London and
lately dismissed from the court in
a very abrupt manner, hving re
paired to the king, his master, at
Salzdahi, found him in such a vio
lent paision that he did not think
it advisable directly to oppose his
design, but to gain time feigned to
approve of the extraordinary com
bat which his majesty meditated.and
he even offered to carry the chal
lenge. The challenge was not sentMinis
ters on both sides gained time.the
choler of both parties evaporated,
and the following year the quarrel
was made up. "The Percy Anecdo-
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