The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-12-08

- "7siat ""' "an1fF1 WroNah1 1922 ~
ystmsnL Ahnas truessy &c hsadnsl tanss
ve~s ~pstc4 -hsch bad hc~n sss fat
sneufhs. As-su, c.e-hsa 81 thrsn had ss~n
ss~arra by hseks ssA ~prnp1 turo do~ess
',s-uss. vel ~asAs1. sn1 rs ~siisx~hcr -
passive. 10 sls cshsr hsif. the Door slnoa
apcnea Il thsas o~n socusd. hsrshly gssnRe
30 ti.eix hsnrus. The hns coaser heard the
sossds crrss snSrr hss sc-s.-sa- The dut
md ~hienglypbcd ~sliss-iise sosis and
Asss, ca and backed n ~ the ,ostsnns
csgr afaa in.prs-oscd aAiaai. There s'ooa
the sns-sssis sh~is. long a.co Disabled -ah
lbs spansl oosnplsin'. Tfserc stood the rusty
ID siose. h.lfiull II a.hs.. and bcsiSe II
lay css leg II q pair cf tongs. 20 do the
pasching.
T~eusy Eve hsasrea ar- are- ~orv kind
led on hsari. that hsd been cod fos sis
tsOn,hs. There vas difficulty In sospr cases.
A. este hsndrrd doors. there was no WOOD.
"A I've hnadFeA usore.~, vas grcca. Al,
t~eis. hasJred. there ~ss wood. 5y, and
IN abundance. Ia eight hundred II these
hoassr. there were ~cleanly. g~oodlooking
drives. Ia the rcss, they wee cracked,
rusty. foul. and hatcfni 10 Iool upna.
In walked Gf,ccn hundred school masters,
each QUE -its q fe~ books in one hand.
"a small trunk IN the other, looking scn-
oss. determined. thoag'afal. and intent up
on doing = good work ,ceii. cscn though Il
should never be known. Ia walked also
one thousand school mis,resses, with books,
portfolios, &c.. &c, a few children already
BY Tho side Of them.
Dat the boys and girls l75.000 OF them
are there before them, 10 "eho,se seats"
selcc, companions for the winter, and look
out FOR the frs, chance to trade knives, &c.
@The master has come. :" say twenty
He steps as If the sound OF his feet was
made the criterion by which the scholars
would Judge him. How tormcnting TO walk
across the floor, hat, and cloak on, and with
books balancing the little trunk, and forty
pairs Of young eyes looking through you
The coat and hat are disposed oi,-thc
books, trunk, ruler, &c, are chucked away,
You can't tell wbcrc,-and then what.
somebody must speak, the silence Is fear
fui. The master speaks, and his audience
hear every word, and weigh them in bal
ance-, and then prophecy with all care
There Is ,rork before him. Forty minds
are to be made more knowing, more capa.
bic, stronger and better. Forty willie are
TO be controlled by one will, and in such a
way. if possible, as not to destroy mutual
rood will. These minds are TO be taught
md only to know, but 10 obey,-to under
stand obedience to good rules and laws'
without which other knowledge is danger
Gus. A school teacher must be a school
master, or he cannot fulfill half his duty.
A coward cannot tench and govern n
school "a bad mnn will not,-and an igno-
rant one will be riddlcd. Teaching re-
quires a mrc combination Of good qualities
in head and heart, such as few human be-
inys pcsscss.-which cannot be acquired,
but must be born with the man. Teach
ing is an art, high and noble, and, 10 sue
coed well, must be accompanied with our
age, patience, perseverance, and s~elf-denisl.
A deal Of work is left for, rather than en-
trusted TO, the teacher. He must do a large
shnre Of the ~"brnging up" and not a little
Of the preaching" Many a parent dis.
likes IN govern, ind cannot endure TO teach,
his child. lie is, therefore, handed over To
the school master. 1t is idle to say that
morals should not be taught in school. The
man who is causing the mind to grow,--is
starting in il new ideas Of beauty or
knowledge,-is developing in 1t, daily, new
strength. and is constantly IN contact with
it, canno, avoid having strong moral pow
CT over IT. The advancing scholar is, I'M
consciously il may bc,,aking shape in heart
and head, from the faithful teacher. How
few Of a mans principles, and how little Of
Lis religion, bears date later than eighteen.
How much Of the practical morality Of the
man came from the mother, and the school
master. The formal, speculative, and os-
ientatious part Of the mans piety Offences,
comes after he has gone beyond the school
house.
The school master is made responsible
for a great deal that is valuable in private
and public life. lie Is made to stand in the
place OF the parent, and to do his own work,
and 10 do what the parent and religious
teacher have left undone. lie is shut away
from supcriors and equals, among inferion
ir age, and knowledge. lie is there to
combat ignorance, lawlessness, and love Of
wrong.
When a teacher is fairly at work, dol
lars have but little value To HIM. A con-
sciousncss that he Is doing his best, and a
knowledge that the scholar's mind and
heart are growing stronger and better. and
q knowledge, also, that the world "Ai home
care for him. and his success, arc the mo-
tives that urge, and cheer him.
u each school house in Vermont istwen-
~ feet square, then they would all cover
twenty acres What a heap Of rubbish
oDc-haif Of them are black. nckeiy, ugly.
boy killing affairs, where comfort never
comes, and where coughs. eon=umptions,
fevcfs, and crooked backs. are manufaclus.
ed wholesale.
Each school isa lonely thing. 1t has no
connection with any other school. liz
teacher Il no, heard Of and hear. nat from