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• olH MISTARUS.
to M,
I'-.ii'f
}r;l nt, Vice-Chancellor of
g it ‘y, Kingston. Out,|
tr eat misuse is tl,at we liave
tluc.l lilt' teaching profession
. treater than the body, if
, more important than dol-
( 1 character of more conse-
rl.an anything else, then only
, in ,1 t| ie best trained men
mcn should be appointed
, e should be honored above
lhor 0 iass in the community,
end fully we have failed here!
[cliool teachers are often no
a „ght. than clerks or mill
prii^school teachers have not
jollege degree, and some uni-
s would not be al
ia post in a German gym-
Tno reason is that we think
F one can teach ou- children,
u who offer to teach for the
it salaries are preferred by
|o]i not caring to get the best
b ( we are continually on the
the royal road to knowledge
no royal road. To become
Id a man must work, and work
the natural man hates. Uu-
kivercome that bad deep seated
wo do not educate. Noth-
distruotive to manhood or
mod as laziness. There has
Inch talk in our day of the
i of strong drink and of the
Ids ruined by drunkenness,
[d he more to the purpose to
l it the dangers of ldleuess
the tens of thousands it ruins.
can sec that drunkenness is
Int tew can see the sin ol
(sloth.
nl school is one that has a
idler; and the good teacher
t let children choose and pick
y Hud interesting, but makes
ru accurately what has been
, out as the best course for
discipline and character
ave imagined that there is a
|ad to the making of good
There is not. Good tcaoh-
lot he extemporized or made
|ry. They cannot be made
neve teaching of psychology
|y or normal school methods,
lug infinitely more important
Content is always more
lut than form. What is the
|f method if you have nothing
A good teacher must
louroughly what he has to
It it is English, he should
[English literature, should
#d love the great masters,
ive at least one epoch or de
bt his own, so that he might
Itelligently regarding its re
po the whole. So with every
ihji'ct lie may be called on to
to enter and remain in it. That is
done in the old country. There is a
career there for teachers. The heads
of the great public schools, for in
stance, receive far higher salaries
than the heads of the tinh m-i-ities on
this continent. The Archbis iop o'
Canterbury, in rank, comes next to
the princes of the blood, and of the
last four archbishops three were head
masters. Heads of colleges and uni
versities have a recognized social
standing. Professors who have a
taste for public life are eleeted to the
House ol Commons. Others receive
peerages.
An improvement has taken place
as regards salaries in the United
States within the last decade or two,
but there is yet room for improve
ment all along the line. At present
the teaching profession is commonly
regarded merely as a stepping stone
to other professions or occupations,
which, of course, is an infallible sign
that in public esteem it is the lowest
of all professions.
Again, honor the teaching profes
sion bv your attitude toward it In
the home. Nothing in Germany and
in Scotland struck me more thau the
contrast between their home atti
tude and ours. Education was tak
en seriously.' The hours for lunch,
dinner and social engagements were
arranged to suit the school hours.
Teachers were spoken of with respect
and their decisions accepted without
question. No one assumed that les
sons oould be learned without study
or that difficult subjects could be
set aside at the whim of young
sters. Intellectual levity is as much
the prevailing note with us as intel
lectual seriousness is with them.
Finally, in the long run, the teach
ers’ attitude to learning will deter
mine the altiude of the people. If
they regard it as means to material
ends, it will be so regarded univer
sally. If they consider that their
education is finished, no wonder if
education is classed, with finite and
external things. But if they believe
that they have not attained and are
pressing on to far distant horizons,
the point of view ol the public will
gradually change with regard to
them and their profession.
Those interested in the education
of children in any oofhmunity might
term themselves into a club or asso
ciation, with the necessary officers
and meetings at regular intervals!
lor consultation and the transaction
<>t business. But the greater part
of the work would have to be done
by individual members. Of Course,
tlie teachers of the community should
lie members of the club, b t not of
ficers. The club should get a roll of
the children, of school age in the
lOmmunity and a list of the children
in school. From these a list of the
children not in school could be made
easily, and the teachers could correct
it from time to lime. Some member
of the club should visit each family
in which there are children who do
not attend school regularly, and as
certain the reasou for the non-atten
dance or irregularity. If there is no
good reasou, the parents or children
only being indifferent, then they
should be showu the importance of
education and persuaded to take
advantage ot the opportunities offer
ed by the state. If parents are too
poor to buy the children clothes and
books, then the club should see that
these are provided. They will not
cost much, and in every community
in the south there are men nnd wo
men with big hearts and open hands
who will be glad to give the needed
help if asked to do so. It a poor
widow has a son on whom she must
depend for support some arrangement
can be made to give him work in the
afternoons and on Saturdays. lie
must not be deprived of the oppor
tunities offered bv the schools. If
parents are making slaves of their
children to support them iu their idle
ness, then some means must be found
10 put the parents to wo k. Vagrant
laws or laws against cruelty to chil
dren might be made effective. At
least there is always power in public
sentiment, and these patents should
be made to feel it by having it
condensed upon them like the rays
of the sun through a burning glass.
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not need to engage univer-
i to instruct children iu the
ols or in the mysteries of
ken. I doubt whether the
15 the place tor such depart,
Thor e is still room in our
stem for the home and the
|°P- Technical schools of the
( 1 we do need, but their work
6 based on a sound general
n . given in the common and
ools and—for those who are
Mers in modern industries
essions—in the college and
F y -
the education a teacher
potbing can take the place of
'tty training, where the stu
| a,, glit to think, but it is fol
|m to go there until he has
Pled into
Id secondary school,
would you have as do?
teaching profession by
U-eraents to the ablest men
aiuil’l WAS HER TERROR.
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writes Mrs. Charles Applegate, of Alex
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sleep. 1 had consumption so bad that if
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SCHOOL ATTBSiDAKOE 01.011*.
A great evil iu all the southern
states is the failure of the children lo
attend school. A careful study of
statistics shows that in town and
country alike not more than one-
third of the children of school age
are in daily attendance for the few
short months of the average school
term. Usually from fifty to sixty-
five per cent are enrolled, but so ir
regular is their attendance, especial
ly in the country and villages, that
the average daily attendance is not
more than half the enrollment
Of course, what is needed is effec
tive compulsory attendance laws,
but these we cannot have until pub
lic sentiment demands them, and
they would do little good until public ^ ^ ^ ^
sentiment is sufficiently educated to ^ QWU un worthiness” was unlver-
A Joke Thnt Failed.
Professor Rogers and Dr. Dale were
onre lecturing In England, nnd at ev
ery town which they visited Dr. Dale
noticed that his colleague, who always
spoke first, made the same speech. In
fact, so often did the professor give
that speech that the worthy, doctor
knew It off by heart, and this fiict led
tbe latter to tbluk of a way of taking
the wind out of Ids friend’s sails.
On their arrival at a town In south
Lancashire Dr. Dale asked Dr. Rogers
to allow him to speak first, an arrange
ment to which the latter readily
agreed, so Dr. Dal" rose and proceeded
to deliver the speech of Dr. Rogers,
looking every now and then out of the
corner of his eye to see how that wor
thy gentleman was taking this practi
cal Joke. Dr. Rogers sat caltn and com
posed, and when at length Ids turn
came to speak he Just ns calmly rose
and delivered, to Dr. Dale’s utter as
tonishment. quite a new speech.
At the conclusion of the meeting Dr.
Dale said to Ills colleague:
“1 thought 1 had taken the wind out
of your sails joDight."
Dr. Rogers replied: ”Ob. no. I de
livered that speech when 1 was here a
month ago.”
The Cannon im«l Science,
The president of the French Acade
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pou. he said, which suggested the appli
cation of explosive gases to the driving
of engines. The experience of the im
mense pressures obtained to cannon
also led to the use of pressures In
steam mnehlnes which a few years
ago would have been regarded as im
practicable. Thus exiieriments Intend
ed primarily for tbe purposes of wat
bad resulted In the advance of the tri
tunphs ot peace.
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wisher! to present an address, but there
was a great discussion as to Its word-'
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