The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-04-02
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potentates Of the earth. In his hands
more than in any others, is placed The
mighty Future, for as the child is cul
tiyated by him SO shall the next
generation flourish or decay. What
Varied attributes the Schoolmastel
should possess to ful6! with satisfac
tion his duties he should be adlnira.
BILE in temper, gentle in speech, quick
in perception Of character, and pro.
foundly learned not only in all sci
ences, but in the study Of mankind
His life should be SO irreproachoble
in all thugs that he should serve
The brightest model to his pupils
Lie should make his School-room a
place, not where words are learned
by rote. but where the mind is ex-
banded BY the only legitimate meats,
the cultivation Of thought lie should
be very true to Nature, and very
just to Intellect. lie should be yer,
careful that the mind Of the pupil
should never lie sought to be strength
ened 1T tie expense Of the body, for
If the body becomes sick the mind,
or thought, will inevitably become
diseased likewise.
As individuals differ in organiza-
ton, so the ca liability Of acquiring
knowledge is possessed by each IN d
smaller or greater degree, The les
son that is easy to one sorely taxes
the powers Of another to acquire.
Learning should never be made bur-
iensome, therefore, the pupil should
be studied by the schoolmaster as
much as the book is Ivy the scholar.
Everything that is great and glor-
Gus in human nature should be cul-
tivated ;--everytling that is mean
and contemplate should be eschewed
Love and reverence appcriain to the
former; hate and fear to the latter.
The Schoolmaster should there
fore ever treat the child will, gem
tlenes: and kindness, appealing con
stantly to its reasoning faculties, SO
that he may appear the very per-
Of wisdom; he should new
er, with vulgar threats, or coward
blows, crush The spirit of the child
and thereby awaken in its breast
craven fears and bitter feelings of
hatred. How sad if the child, who
came to him full Of innocence and
purity. should leave him filled with
passions ready to prey upon the
world,
The duties Of a Schoolmaster are
emiuently cheering The chief aim
Of existence, Progress, can be ever
before his eyes, the cause of Truth,
Justice and Morality, can constantly
be pleaded by him, and never in
vain, for childhood has all these at
tributes instructive in the heart, and
thus can he impress upon all under
his influence tue great lesson of So
rial duty, to leave the world better
and fairer than they found it.
What a beautiful world this might
now be if the Schoolmaster, in all
ages, had been true to his vocation.
The mind Of the Statesman, the
the Divine. the Physi-
,ian, the Merchant, the Lawyer the
Poet and the Philosopher, is formed
ind directed by him. 70 form the
mind Alright the grand truth must
sver be present to the Schoolmaster
hat Nature and Intellect ire God
lpon earth. Why is it that we have
% few original minds III the world,
md that thousands, are still walking
n the beaten and worn-out track
Because the intellect is not properly
cultivated. Why is that disease and
'rime. and premature death are still
life among US Because the intellect
: not properly cultivated. Why is it
hat our laws seek more to destroy the
than the crime ! Because
he intellect is not properly cultivated.
let but the Schoolmaster, everywhere
ver the world, whether at home or
boad, be true to his high calling, and
he Future will be true to Humanity
nd Progress.
nyThe steamer A. l.. Shotwell,
now lying at the foundry of Hill L.
henderson Of this place, to have new