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KILN CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL____1918-19.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES.
over.
Accuracy is first in all teaching, and then by constant repetition, we may Ret somewhere in training the young to accomplish something.
If we required more accurate work in the lower grades, taught the child to work independently, quickly end in an orderly way, we would establish such power of study as would he of great help to the student when he has passed on to the High School.
NICAISE TRUCK.
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KILN CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL—1918-19.
A (Elim-ful
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BY RITA BREATH.
Primary Department.
Dm' of the best incentives for good work is a cheerful pres-
■	■ Children respond to a bright smile as flower* will respond to the nf bright sunshine. Best results everywhere may be obtained •in environment of cheerfulness. Put children in a dark and ...iny room, and, like plants under these conditions, it will stunt
i	. ir growth both physically and mentally.
One of the best known examples of the beneficial effect upon
ii	imunity of a happy disposition, is the life of Marshal P. Wilder, who, tho handicapped by a deformity, still left to the world a legacy
•	f humorous sayings in his lectures and books, which has caused
ii	iiny of us to look at life from the sunny side of the street.
Teachers, who have such power to help the home in molding their
■	Imrges' characters, should always remember that more influence f• ir the betterment of children can be gained by a loving smile ilmn by hours of fretful scolding.
When we greet the child, either in the home or in the school it is very necessary to try, by our smiling sympathy.to gain the confidence «o much needed in developing character. Children are able to judge in, knowing by a God-given instinct when anyone so closely connected as a teacher, is in full accord with them. So teachers should
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