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ville Township our plea to have the road to our school 

 which is one mile long put into a condition which 

 will enable us to ride our wheels over it without 

 danger." 



He then required each child to sign, and sent the 

 plea to the proper authorities, and during the spring 

 and summer the road was repaired, with others. When 

 school started in the fall, the children came once more 

 in a body to their friend, and thanked him for the 

 part he had taken in obtaining the improved roads. 

 Again he caused them to sign a letter, this time of 

 thanks, and sent it to the town officials who had caused 

 the roads to be repaired. 



A woman who began her career as the first kinder- 

 garten teacher in Woodbine, told me that her whole 

 attitude towards life had been moulded by Professor 

 Sabsovich. 



"How we did worship that man !" she said. "Any- 

 thing we had done that in any way displeased him was 

 a horrible mortification to us. All he need to have 

 done was to command, and we would have obeyed; 

 but that was not his way. He merely guided, and we 

 followed, feeling safe and happy in doing so. 



"There was little we could do to express to the Pro- 

 fessor our esteem and reverence and the gratitude we 

 felt towards him. On his birthday we usually man- 

 aged to arrange something that would please him. 

 One birthday, in particular, stands out in my mind. 



