The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 17, 1910 Page: 3 of 4
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Fine Rooms, Clean Beds, and Best Table tbe Market Affords
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ' THE TEACHER'S REWARD
By Miss Viksinia Womack
The first day of school is,
By W. B. Pruett
Teaching as a profession is one
It an-
cun
MRS. R. II. BROWN, Proprietress.
Marfa, Texas.
Chambers
...Brothers...
Should be the most important day o{ the oldeat profe8,ion9.
of all the year, Each child is ... . ~
anxious to see the new teacher | tldate9Uie dark ages of Grecian
and begin work. The opinion
they form is likely to stay with
them all the year. It is there-
fore very important that their
love ami confidence be gained at
first; if pupils do not like their
teacher, it is very probable
they will not accomplish much in
school.
and Roman history. We
trace it to the antedeluvian ago,
and even to God himself. We
are informed that God made man
and breathed into him the breath
that I (>f lif0 and man became a living
^ soul. And God taught him n.'
^language. Then wo have l In-
| A few suggestions for the first I patri»rohal teaohers to the great
days work might be helpful. 1 *
Frst; I would say, open school
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with some nice little song, or
perhaps a few words from the
teacher. Bring the children to
realize that you are there to help
or lead them, and not one to be
dreaded or feared.
Second: Enroll and olasify
as nearly as possible; of course
this cannot be accurately done at
first. After clasification, I
I generally allow the ohildren to
select their sole ol motto and
colors. They will be delighted
with this idea. Our motto for
the pust year was, ‘ Not for our-
! selves Gut for others’ This was
| neatly printed at the top of a
board for such pupposes where
it remained the entire year. I
consider this was a great help to
the school.
School should never be opened
by reading a number of “donts”
or ‘‘rules’’. If there is anything
that disgusts a child, it is this.
Suppose we try saying “do”
for awhile. I think it will work
better. Say to them that the
only rule we need is, “do right.”
They will bo pleased to know
that you trust them to choose
what is right. If course rules
are necessary as a usual thing,
but may be made and in forced
as they are needed. Do not al-
low a pupil to be guilty of any-
thing the first day, that you can-
not allow all of the year.
When these things are com-
pleted, I try to meet each class,
ask a few questions on previous
work and make suggestions for
the preparation of the lesson for
the next day. Let them know at
once that you expect them to
bring up all assigned work, at
least to do their best.
As I heard a teacher say once
upon a time, ‘ ‘ We like to send
our pupils home feeling good”.
I thought 1 would try this plan.
My way of doing this is by al-
lowing them a few minutes be-
fore four o’clock, in which to
sing. They enjoy this very
much, and are always glad to
see that time come.
If at four o’clock, after the
children have gone, the teacher
can look hack and say, “this
day has been a success”. 1
think she need have little feas
for the success of the year’r
work.
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BOG and SHEEP SALESMAN.
W.E.JARY.
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"Thn Square Deal School”
Is the place where MODERN shorthand and Bookkeeping aie
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Chas. Kkamkii, Ass’tCashier.
CliHarfa Rational Bank
OF MARFA, TEXAS
_CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, 884,000.00.-
DIRECTORS: R. K Coi.quitt; W. H. Cleveland; Spencer Orkuo
L C Brite; C. O. Finley; J. H. Taff; T. C. Crosson; C.A. Brown;
H. M. Fennell.
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CAT AND RAT ARE CRONIES
Eat, Sleep anl Play Together—Pu**y
Defends Her Protege from
Active Enemies.
An intimate friendship between a
pet white rat and a big cat Is report-
ed by a correspondent of St. Nicholas.
When the white rat was about two
months old by accident a stray cat
was allowed to enter the room. It was
Immediately expected that pussy
would devour the rat.
But there was great surprise when
the rat instead of showing fright and
running away ran toward the cat and
nestled itself under the cat’s warm
breast. The cat Is apparently as fond
of this white rat as she would be of
her own kittens.
When they are fed they are given
pieces of meat cut in strings. Each
one gets hold of a string at either end
and they try to see which can eat the
most of it. The cat usually wins be-
cause she is the stronger.
If the white rat is missing the cat
hunts first in the wicker basket In
which they sleep together and tllen In
every nook and corner and sometimes
In the cellar or attic until she finds
the rat.
Pussy and the white rat have been
together now for a little over a year,
and the cat Is thoroughly responsible
for this, for when stray cats come
around to the back door she Jumps out
of her corner, shows fight and chases
them.
Good Letter Writing.
"Authors, my altogether dear wom-
an, can't write letters. At best they
squeeze out an essay now and then."
James Russell wrote to this effect pro
clsely 40 years ago In addressing MiBa
Norton, and he added: "They are
thinking of their punctuation, of cross-
ing their t’s and dotting their l’s, and
[ cannot altogether forget themselves
In their correspondent, which I take
to be the true recipe.” The assertion
i of fact Is true enough; the author Is
seldom a good letter writer. He Is apt
; to be like Dr. Holmes, only “a very
good correspondent as a reader of let-
ters." But with Lowell's explanatory
principle one Is tempted to quarrel.
I The best letter writer does not for-
get himself in hhs correspondent; he
hflsves it, to bis correspondent to do
the forgetting.
Ideal Teacher of all ages. And
from that period down to the
present we have the record of
great and (food men and women !
who have recorded their life work j
on the pages of time and passed
to their reward.
After the fall of our Federal
Hoad man’s moral, mental and
physical development depended,
upon his own exertions. Thin
development has been accelerated !
or retarded in accordance with j
certain environments. Where
natural laws have united, produc-
ing an equilibrium of forces, ]
these environments have been
the means of producing the
greatest civilization, and as a
natural sequence we find hero
the most profound and illustrious
teachers. Let no teacher think
for a moment that he or she can
escape the ail seeing eye. Our
lives are measured by what we
say and do. A good thought
must precede a good action. This
being true, our reward must be
in accordance with our thoughts
and actions.
If we realize our responsibilities
as teachers and prepare oursolves
for the very responsible positions
we have chosen for our life work,
then our reward will be great.
This preparation must be in pro-
portion to the great work to be
done, the great good to be ac-
complished, the great reward be-
stowed. Great honors follow
great deeds.
1 would by no means leave the
impression that the teacher
should measure his life work by
gold or worldly ambition, but
rather, the uplifting of humanity.
The full development of the times
being the highest plan of civiliza-
tion.
The teacher who finds no pleas-
ure in the pursuit of his or her
profession or in the action of his
intellect would bettor quit the
profession at once because your
reward will be very small.
But there are times when the
best of teachers feel discouraged.
There are times when their labors
seem in vain—but remember,
dear teacher, that your work is
sometimes like bread cast upon
the waters to return ‘ ‘after many
days.’ ’
Having full conception of your
responsibilities with a preparation
to meet them at all hazard and
guided by the pole star of con-
science in this great work we may
assuredly expect the following
reward.
‘ ‘The weary teacher sat alono
While twilight gathered on;
And not a sound was heard
around,
The hoys and girls were gone.”
Tho weary teacher sat alone;
Unnerved and pale was he;
Bound ’neath a yoke of cares,
“he spoke
In sad soliloquy.’’
•‘Another round, another round
Of labor thrown away,—
Another chain of toil and pain
Draged thru a tedious day.”
•‘Of no avail is constant zeal,
Love’s sacrifice is loss.
The hopes of morn, so golden,
Each evening into dross. ”
'‘I squander once barren field,
My strength, my life, my all;
The seeds I sew, will never grow,
They porish where they fall.”
He sighed, and low upon his
hands
Ilis aching brow he prest;
And o’er his frame ere-long
there came
A soothing sense of rest.
And then he lifted up his face,
But started back aghast,—
Then soon by strung© and sudden
change
Assumed proportion fast.
It seemed a Senate Hall and one
Addressed a listening throng.
Each burning word all bosoms
ttirred,
Applause rose loud and long.
The 'wilderd teacher thought he
knew
The speakers voice and look.
“And for his nume,” said he,
“the same,
Is in my record book.”
The stately senate hall dissolved,
A church rose in its place,
Wherein there stood a man of God i
Dispensing wordo of grace.
And tho he spoke in solemn tone
And tho’ his hair was grey.
The teachers thought was strongly
wrought;
“I whipped that hoy to-day.”
The church phantoms, vanished
soon,
What saw the teacher then?
In classic gloom of alcove room,
An author pliod his pen.
‘ ‘ My dearest lad! ’ ’ tho teacher
said,
Filled with now surprise,
“Shall I behold his name enrolled
among the great and wise?’ ’
Tho visiou of a cottage homo
The teacher now ospiod.
A mother’s face illumed the place
Her inlluonoe sanctified.
“Amiraole! A miracle!
This matron woll l know;
Was but a wild and careless child
Not half an hour ago. ’ ’
“And when she to her children
spoke,
Of duty’s golden rule,
Her lipa repeat in accents sweet;
My words to hor at school.”
The scene was changed again
and lo,
The school house rude and old.
Upon the wall did darkness fall,
The evening air was cold.
‘ * A dream !” The sleeper, awak
ing said,
Then paced along the floor,
And, whistling slow and soft and
low;
He lccked the school house
door
And walking home his heart was
full
WOMAN LAWYER NOTHING NEW
Old Records Tsll of Case Where 0ns
Pleaded Before Court In An-
cient Babylonia.
Among the most Interesting treas-
ures of the British museum are tho
clay tablets of ancient Babylonia.
These tablets, resembling unglazed
tiles, throw quaint lights and shadows
on the manners nnd customs of long
ago. Usually the records are frag-
mentary, but are occasionally fairly
complete, as Is that of legal proceed-
j lng Instituted by a “woman of Bor-
, slppa,” which action Is of particular
interest as showing that a married
woman's property law was in force as
early as 550 B. C.
The proceedings to which the "doc-
uments" refer were taken by a wom-
an against her brother-in-law to re-
gain possesslou of property left by
her husband. The evidence showed
that a man of Babylon had married
the woman from Borslppa, and with
the money of her dowry he had
bought an estate. After a few years,
having no children of their own, they
adopted a son, and shortly afterward
the husband mortgaged the estate.
I-ater he died, leaving the estate mort-
gaged, and his brother attempted to
claim the property.
The widow took the matter before
the court at Borslppa; but it was be-
yond the jurisdiction of this court and
was referred to the high court at
Babylon. Here the case was duly
heard, and the Judges rendered a de-
cision to the effect that, as the proper-
ty had been the husband's, the widow
coulfi have it upon paying off the
mortgage, and that the brother had
no claim. Eventually, the estate
would be the property of the adopted
son. It Is expressly stated, as though
a matter of some interest, that the
woman pleaded her own case In the
high court of Babylon without assist-
ance.—The Sunday Magazine.
French Law a6 to Property.
According to French luw a certain
reserve Is established which no testa-
tor can bequeath away from bis off-
spring. A Frenchman with one child
can dispose of half his property ac-
cording to his pleasure; the other half
must inevitably puss to the child.
Those with two children can dispose
of only one-third ot their property,
those with tlq;ee children of one-fourth
and so on, according to the size of
tho family. Stern parents occasional-
ly seek to evade the law by subter-
fuge; but the disposal of property In
ETanc-e Is hedged round with so many
restrictions that family black sheep
are rarely mulcted of their legal in-
heritance.
Of peaco and trust and love
and praise,
And singing alow and soft and
low,
He murmered; “After many
days. ’ ’
DALE MAKES A STILL HUNT
ATTORNEY OENERAL’S A8SI8TANT
SCOUTS FOR EVIDENCE IN
SCHOOL LAND CASES
Austin, Texas, Sep. 12.—Office
assistant Attorney General L. A.
Dale today returned from a two
week’s still hunt in the West in
the interest of the State’s suits to
recover large quantities of school
land in that section. Mr. Dale’s
departure was kept quiet, as have
his whereabouts, but it was learn-
ed today that he has been to Mar-
fa and other places in tha part of
Texas.
The State of Texas has suits
ponding to recover approximate-
ly 200,000 acres of school land,
and it is one of Mr. Dale’s prin-
cipal duties to prosecute those
cases. He has been gathering
evidence by personal inspection
of tho situation in tho section of
the State where tho land is
located. Whether Mr. Dale was
successful in his misssion is not
known, as he gave out no state-
ment. It is understood, however,
that he Bocured some valuable
data;
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This picture represents a youth
' and maiden fleeing through the
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one can almost hear the rush of
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so vividly represented in the
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The original painting by Pierre
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Kilpatrick, H. H. The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 17, 1910, newspaper, September 17, 1910; Marfa, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth994426/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .