School; a magazine devoted to elementary and secondary education . l Boy—Me and Sammy Jones was fighting for a apple inschool, an he smashed me. Benevolent Old Lady—Dear! dear! And which glutton got theapple? Small Boy—Teacher, maam.—Harpers Weekly. And men relate the tale of a brave and resourceful little school teacherin one of our suburbs who supports her mother and three young sisterson her by no means munificent salary. Last week her mother called her upby telephone. Listen, wailed the old lady, a whole bunch of relativesis coming to supper to-morrow evening. Ell have to make a cake orsom
School; a magazine devoted to elementary and secondary education . l Boy—Me and Sammy Jones was fighting for a apple inschool, an he smashed me. Benevolent Old Lady—Dear! dear! And which glutton got theapple? Small Boy—Teacher, maam.—Harpers Weekly. And men relate the tale of a brave and resourceful little school teacherin one of our suburbs who supports her mother and three young sisterson her by no means munificent salary. Last week her mother called her upby telephone. Listen, wailed the old lady, a whole bunch of relativesis coming to supper to-morrow evening. Ell have to make a cake orsomething, and I havent an egg in the house. And the grocer wonttrust us any more, and there wont be any money until next week, and— Never mind, mother. Ell fix it, answered the young teacher cheer-fully. Then she turned again to her class. Now, children, she said to-morrow will be the beautiful story ofColumbus and how he made the egg stand on end. Each of you willplease bring an egg to school to-morrow. The class is dismissed.—Cleve-land Plain Little Journeys to Rural Schools F. H. SPINNEYPrincipal, Alexandra Public School, Montreal I. HARTVILLE had a much-boasted-of rural school. My visit therewas on one of those fine October days, when, Emerson says, Thevery cattle lying on the ground seem to have great and tranquilthoughts. I got my dinner that Friday at Mr. Turners. Mr. Turnerhad been trustee for 9 years. He was the heaviest tax-payer in thesection, and took more interest in the school than any other fact, he was one of those men on whom the success of any enterprisein the community mainly depends. He had one son, a healthy, happy boy 12 years of age. I at first sight. He talked straight from the shoulder, and madesome remarks that set his listeners thinking. Few people possess thathappy faculty. Well, George, how do you like your new teacher? I asked himduring the course of the dinner. She is a dandy. What do you mean when you say
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