Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1920 — And He Spoke. [ARTICLE]

And He Spoke.

A county superintendent visited a consolidated school the other day. On his entrance the children began to cheer. • The teacher was puzzled, especially as the cheering continued, and called on one of the children for an explanation. “We want him to make a speech,” he told her. “Pleased she turned to the superintendent. “What a compliment,” she fluttered. The superintendent grinned. “Perhaps not,” he said. “You see it hasn’t been so long since I was a boy that I can’t remember how we’d rather listen to the dryest kind of a speech rather than recite a hard lesson.” The teacher was embarrassed. And not the least bit relieving was the next speech of the school head. One of the boys said, “Oh, we weren’t going to recite. The teacher was going to read to us.” “Well, I’ve been there, too,” laughed that portly man. “So I’ll go on and speak, anyway.”