Rural Life Conference at Fort Hays Shines with Leaders
County and city superintendents joined Holcomb and Weskan officials at the first Rural Life Conference at Fort Hays Normal School. Dr. A. E. Winship and Dr. J. L. McBrien led talks on school days, rural education, libraries, and community life, with further lectures on democracy, transportation, and church cooperation.
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Hays
Mear Winship
Kurtz and McBrien
Rural Life
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School
Consolidated Schools
Lewis
C. E. Rarick
Floyd B. Lee
A. E. Winship
Boston
Education Magazine
J. L. McBrien
Bureau of Education
Washington
Daniel W. Kurtz
McPherson College
Edgar Mendenhall
Pittsburg
J. F. Jennings
Haddam
GC. E. Rarick
Miss Henderson
Kansan University
W. L. Strickland
Kansas State Agricultural College
Holcomb
Holcomb Consolidated School
Romaine Wyatt
Decatur
L. E. Dial
Jewell
Otis Doane
Sherman
Stella Lewis
Sheridan
Emma Biggee
Rooks
John F. Lindquist
Gove
Louis Christiansen
Pili
Alma Jasper
Lane
Alta Mellick
Rush
Emma Wilson
Finney
Ethel Smith
Comanche
Glenn
H. L. Kent
McBrien
Supt
Vickers
Ford
Weskan
Dumond
Maude Gorham
Gertrude Roche
Agnes Arrington
Emma Goldman
Buttercups and Gold Mines Echo in Thoughtful Verse
A reflective quotation contrasts Buttercups with gold mines and a reader’s brilliance, noting how style can resemble wealth in thought. The line plays on misperception between surface beauty and hidden depth, drawing on Longfellow’s cadence to critique superficial cleverness.
Get Back on Right Track for a Clan Plan
Restore the correct path after missteps by repairing the approach and returning to the point of departure. Emphasizes consistency, efficiency, and reducing hurt by following a shared, practical plan for the group.
And the Class Smiled. A Class of Senior Students
A fragment from a teacher’s reminiscence describes a senior class of boys and girls in high school. One boy’s distraction provokes the narrator while a line about seating remains unfinished. The tone echoes a midcentury classroom scene.
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Putleg
Reflections and Manchuria Look Glass Imagery
An assorted prose fragment muses on life beauty hope and joy with poetic lines about birds winds and love. It oddly inserts Manchuria and a looking glass as a social stereotype, noting vanity and image in a cigarette case or purse as a cultural touchpoint.
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Manchuria
Love and Machinery Quote on Farm Life
The piece argues love for farming gear keeps plows binders threshers in good repair. A farmer who neglects tools risks rust and inefficiency, while affectionate care ensures better work and productivity.
Europe Bottles Scarce Boosting Second hand Trade
Europe faces a bottle shortage with demand for second-hand containers rising. Prewar prices for empty bubbly bottles were strong while merchants paid high sums for whisky port sherry burgundy and claret bottles. Champagne bottles are especially scarce fueling the trade.
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Europe
Raven a Solitary Bird in Ancient Text
The raven is described as omnivorous with a wide diet from words to whale. Nests under rock overhangs show remains of rabbit, and the bird fiercely defends solitude often driving away its own offspring as soon as they can shift for themselves.
F H N Social Center at Hays Normal Girls Building
The Woman's Building at Hays Normal is the largest US facility devoted to social and home use for college girls. It features a main recreation room with balconies, davenports, piano, Victrolas, magazines, and a sewing room with machines. An upstairs rest room and a Dean of Women office support welfare, meals, work placements, illness care, and moral guidance to keep students aligned with American womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays Normal
United States
Dean of Women
Public Schools Ready for September Opening
Under guidance of Professor Shively the district completes high school staff, welcomes new lecturers, and plans a late summer construction program. Principal Carman credits updated facilities and skilled teachers for promising the best year yet, while autumn enrollment and library work are organized.
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Shively
McMindex
Harrison
Morgan
Hamilton
Havemann
Miss Creighton
E. C. Colin
Wellington
Kansas
Colin
University of Colorado
Doris Tharp
Salina
Tharp
Salina Wesleyan University
Kathryn McLain
Carman
Frank Carman
Pearl Wilson
Miss Knoche
Miss Mullen
Rosella McCarroll
Gladys Morrison
Miss Sutton
Young Women's Christian Association Camp Appeal 1922
A. L. Clark & Son of Hays Kansas is urged to support YWCA summer camps for girls. The letter notes eight camps in Kansas under YWCA direction and a benefactor who funds five girls each year. It highlights national summer conferences, with three Estes Park events, and requests a $5 donation or any amount to cover a two week stay for a girl at a camp.
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A. L. Clark & Son
Hays
Kansas
Young Women's Christian Association
Estes Park
Golden Belt railroad line request denied again
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission denied Golden Belt Railroad of Kansas authority to build a new Hays to Great Bend line. The decision says the reopened petition is substantially the same as the original. The goal was to ship wheat to Gulf points, not eastern cities.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Golden Belt Railroad of
Kansas
Hays
Great Bend
Gulf
K O C NOTES Regular meeting and picnic plans
K O C notes announce a regular meeting Monday July 18 at 8 p m to discuss a junior music class and the semi annual financial report for 1921 plus other topics. The picnic committee fixes August 15 for the club picnic and will meet again July 16 at 8 p m to finalize details. Athletic director C J Loreditch arranges a game Sunday. Watch for announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BD. F. McCarthy
W. A Weigel
Dr. A. A. Herman
G. H. Benton
N. P. Gassman
F. J. Dougherty
A. H. Dreiling
P. P. Smith
C. J. Lorediteh
C. J. Loreditch
An Old Dominion Philosopher
An old quote reflects on the crowded path downward to a harsh fate and the open road upward to abundance, as cited by Rich mend Pisoet.
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Richmend Pisoet
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U.S. Civil Service
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Franke ‘M. Haffamier
Frank M. Haffamier
F. H.N. Social Center
the Public Schools
Will Wagner
Wagner
McMindes
University At
Lawrence
Wilson
Knoche
Mullen
the Normal
Congress
House
State
Supreme Court
Pulic Service Bulletin
Plainville Mercantile Co. of
Hayrick
James Branch Cabell
High Rollers
Endor
Red Mike
Dopey
Sam
Hopscotch
Copenhagen
Lord
Frank Crane
Olivia C. Kassler
Edwin 8. Kassler
Rev
Rex
Freeport
Illinois
Brunswick
Ry. Wist
Trinity Lutherans Church
Middle West
Brunswick Hotel
Fort Hays Normal School
Ilinois
Jack
Hazel Jackson
Strand Theatre
Mr. Jackson
American Legion
Salvation Army
Mrs. Jackson
New York
San Francisco
Toledo
Ohio
Kansas City
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