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THE COMMON SCHOOL. F. E. CRABTREE, Editor. SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, DECEMBER, 1897.

Subscription, 25 Cents Per Year. your careful consideration and if you think it worth the effort, try for a "Professional Certificate." We believe the plan will receive the hearty approval of teachers, patrons and school officers. The plan will be more fully explained at our January meeting. Teachers Examination, The regular examination of applicants for teacher's certificates will bo held at the school building, Scott City Kansas, on Saturday, January 29, 1898, commencing at 8 a. m.

F. E. Crabtree, Co, Supt. Send in your subscriptions. Some Schools We Have Visited.

In District 23 Mrs. R. M. Nicholson has charge of the school for a three months term. The school is small bnt is doing good work.

Mrs. L. E. Babcock is "teaching the young idea how to shoot" out in District 18. This is her second year at this place, which speaks well for her work.

The pupils were all basil engaged gaining knowledge. Mrs. F. H. Beck is quietly guiding aright the pupils of the Grigsley school.

This is her second year here and the school promises to be even more successful this year than last, judging from the interest manifested lili.iered.aj; ihft'ifiMiCBrKfinsas, I 'foif tTanstTilssion through-He -mails. as second- Missouri Railway. TIME TABLE. Missouri Pacific Railway, Mountain time, one hour slower than central time. Trains leave Scott as follows: east bound.

No. 8 Through Express 1:37 a. in. No. 248 Fast Freight 3:30 p.

m. No. 220 Local Freight m. WEST bound. No.

3 Through Express No. 217 Lecal Freight No. 219 Fast Freight 8:00 p.m. Tickets sold and baggage checked to all points. Parties wishing tickets to points beyond our lines will confer a favor by giving me four days notice in which time I can obtain tickets to any point desired.

For further information call on or address G. W. Blakey, Agent. Issued Monthly from the office of the County Superintendent of Public Instruction. Ex-County Superintendent O.

D. Card is principal of the Pence City school this year. SANTA FE ROUTE. TIME table. In effect December 15, 1897.

West Bound. East Bound. No. 7. No.

8. 9:30 Lv. Kan City Ar. 0:30 a 11:45 Topeka 4:05 am 5:25 am Newton 6:50 am Hutchinson 7:50 pm Gt. Bend 5:00 Ar.

Scott City Lv. 8:30 a Central Time. Anyone getting up a club of five subscriptions for The Common School at 25 cents a year will receive a copy of the paper free for one year. A good Christmas exercise, well given, would be a fine feature for your school just before the holidays. Invite the parents and friends to come and enjoy the afternoon with you.

Send in your subscription. 25 cents a year. Next month we will publish the names of the teachers and the number of teachers' meetings attended by each the past year. May we not expect that most of us will attend every meeting the coming year? Read what our advertisers say to you in this issue. Every teacher should have his program in some prominent place in the school room where all can see it, for the use of teacher and pupils and the inspection of visitors and school O.

D. CARD, J. P. oeyat Abstracter of TJitles, iieal state and SnsurancG Jlgency. 3arm jCands and City Property Sold or Rented.

Taxes Paid, Titles Examined. Abstracts Extended, etc. Charges Reasonable. Correspondence Solicited. Scott City, Kansas.

The Eity Drug Store, 'Drugs, 9tfedci'nes and jewelry. Toilet articles, Fancy goods, Chamois Skins, Sponges, Brushes, and Perfumery. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. by both teacher and pupils. Miss Fannie Bentson is carefully caring for the mental needs of nearly a score of boys and girls in the Potter district.

A desire to learn is clearly seen by noticing their work and listening to the recitations for a few hours. Miss Sadie Riley is ruling with the rod of kindness over a dozen or more well-behaved hard working boys and girls in District 20. She has the faculty of getting about as much work done as the pupils can master. Miss Estella Render is engaged in her second year's work in District 27. Good, thorough work is being done here, and the school shows in its every act the spirit of advancement.

Miss Lulu Cutler, in District 3, is ruling with kindness and firmness a half a score of young Americas, who are evidently coming to school with the intention of learning something. An active, orderly school with an earnest, energetic teacher is sure to be a success. At the Deng school in District 10, Miss Essie McNeal is enjoying her first experience in school work. She has, probably, the largest school in the county outside of the city schools. Here interest and enthusiasm in the work and the desire to succeed, along with the earnest work of the pupils and the co-operation of the patrons will surely result in much progress being made.

A spelling school on the evening of our visit here was very much enjoyed by the good sized crowd present. Professional Certificates. The desire for progress and advancement should be an incentive to every teacher to be progressive. Human nature seems to be such that the average person needs some visible incentive to work. The following plan, we believe, will be an incentive to better preparation among the teachers: A "Professional Certificate" will be issued at the close of the year to each teacher who desires to devote the time and work to earniug it.

A record of attendance at teachers' meetings, and at the Normal Institute will be kept, and in addition to these, the applicant will be required to satisfy the Superintendent of a careful reading of the Reading Circle books for the year. The grades on your teacher's certificate will also be considered. If an average of 80 per cent is made on the above, and you have shown in "aptness to teach and ability to By order of a special meeting recently held in District 11, the school house will be moved from its present location to the southeast corner of the district which will be more convenient for all pupils. F. M.

Cutler will do the moving act. County Association. Our county association meeting was not as well attended this month as usual although decided interest was taken by those present. Miss Bessie Hyland gave a very entertaining recitation and Miss Estella Bender read an excellent paper on the higher education pay the country teacher?" This paper will appear in these columns in the near future. The association next went into committee of the whole to consider the question, "How do you like the new books?" Discussion was led byO.

D. Card and ably seconded by H. S. Rector and others. The general opinion seemed to prevail that they were much better than the old books, besides having the advantages of cheapness and uniformity.

It was also suggested that they were more nearly up-to-date, some of the old books being some fifteen to twenty years behind the times. From what we can learn they are giving good satisfaction in the schools, both teachers and pupils being pleased with them. On the roll call, the response, being, "One Thing a Teacher Should Do," the following thoughts were1 presented: C. E. Harkness Attend teachers' meetings.

S. J. Steele Be on time at teachers' meetings. H. S.

Rector Make your school work both pleasant and profitable. Estella Render The teacher should be natural. Bessie Hyland -Have good language used on the play ground. Ida Hyland Keep strict order in school. R.

H. Crabtree Keep abreast of the times. O. D. Qard He should not pretend to know what he does not know.

F. E. Crabtree Be thoroughly prepared for your work. The next meeting will be held on New Year's day, 1898. A full attendance of the teachers is very much desired at this meeting.

The program is as follows: Recitation Miss Rella Williams. "Why and how to teach spelling?" General. Discussion led by W. E. Curtis.

"The parents influence vs. the teachers' influence" Mrs. Cora E. Tim-merman. Discussion H.

S. Rector, Sadie Riley and Essie McNeal. Paper What constitutes a good teacher? Stanley Steele. Discussion Mrs. F.

H. Beck, Lulu Cutler, Roy McNeal, Fanny Bentson. 'Patriotism and how to teach it. R. H.

Crabtree. Discussion 0. D. Card, I. Silvey, Pearl Goble, Lillie Hyland and C.

E. Harkness. Roll call and response One thing a teacher should not do. Subscribe for The Common School. Only 25 cents a year.

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A Sen era I jCine of 9ffllt nery Always on jfcand. The Western School Journal, The teachers of the county are kindly requested to send in a report of their schools at the close of each month. Also any other news items of interest in the educational field. We shall depend very much upon you for the news of the month. We shall be glad to publish them.

We will endeavor from time to time to give our favorable criticism of the various schools visited. We do not think it necessary to wait till one is dead before saying anything of their good qualities or succesful efforts in life. All unfavorable criticism, if their be any, will be given in private talks to the teacher or patrons. If we were all to do this it would perhaps be better for the progress of our schools. Report of District No.

3 for the month ending November 26, 1897. Number of pupils enrolled, 10. Number in attendance, 10. Average daily attendance, 9. Average scholarship, 90.

Number of pupils tardy, 2. Minutes lost by tardiness, 275. Names of pupils not absent during the month. Gertie, George, Fred and Willets Starr, Clarence and Grover Coker and Lucy Mahler. Visitors, Sibyl Cutler, F.

E. Crabtree. Lulu Cutler, Teacher. -AND- The Kommon School. Both Papers One Year for a professional certificate govern, J.F.PAMiKE, will be granted bearing your grades which indicates that you are a progressive teacher.

While these certificates have no legal force or effect yet they will come very handy to have with you in your visits to school boards when applying for schools. We hope you will give this plan Subscribe for The Common School, only 25 cents a year. JiTc ansas. iScott City,.