Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-06-05
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NR. EDIToR-A few weeks since it
as ny pleasure to read an article in your
fsper setting forth the Importance of a
q sacheFs' Association in this County
3Ioping to hear response from some
d aacber who il acquainted with the state
IN education in different pa Is of the coun-
w. and whose influence would be potent
h starting such an enterprise, have thus
y lar remained silent; but, lest project sol
worthy the efforts of every lover of learn
Hng should be abandoned, | venture to add |
/ s9sj in its behalf.
The old, threadbare maxim, that there
1 is strength 10 Union, was never truer than
today, and the necessity of its application
| IN every department Of human effort wa,
never before 50 generally felt and acknowl |
edged Men of every grade and calling,
rom thehumblost ncndicant to the highest
|metionaries of state and church, all h9ld |
heir meetings, in which they compare the
results of individual experience and inves
lgs''eH, devise means to prosecute the
volh in which thcy are engaged, and min
ge common synpalhies in common
aase.
Ttseems hardly necessary TO enumcrate
he benefits resulting from well conducted
Teachers Associations. Experience points
to the great practical results of both the
past and the present, with q finger Of light
80 luminous that all who piU may read.
he principal work that remains to Tel
lone is to aake their Importance felt; to
impress il 50 deeply upon the minds Of
teachers, that it will prompt them 10 &C
ten. All who have given attention to the
subject are doubtless unanimous in their
belief that the cause of education would he
greatly benefited BY united effort; but it
bopa thing to 5elteps in the righteousness
ola cause, and quite another to enlist the
actions to such an extent that correspon-
ing amount of efficient labor sill be de-
reloped.
Here lies. the great secret Of public
/ d9ol reform: To remove existing evils
| will be but to prepare the way for still more
|armidable ones, until the teachers heart
i in his work; until he not only belieesS
hat he holds important trusts but feels
TIA; il is so; until he Is animated with a
wing, Quickening sense of his great re-
possibilities; until he is impressed with
be fact that the child's impress is to be
the nations character, and that his every
Forl or deed becomes a living form that
; ever growing in beauty or in ugliness;
y short, until he loves his profession for
the sake of its own worthiness it is vain to
/ hope that schools will attain that degree of
excellence which their Importance de
|mands.
The teacher should be fred with T.oly
enthusiasm, such as burns in the bosom Of
the true patriot or moves the master spit
lis Of the church. No means is better cal
culsted to awaken such spirit than asso-
aatlons; nothing incites the mind to no
ger resolves and great effort 50 much as
Inc sympathies and counsels of friends en-
hted in kindred cause. When the
@aeher has listened to discussion of the
@plcs embraced in his field of labor, and
ses the virtues of his calling as they real
exist, bis conceptions are enlarged and
us emotions quickened and he goes forth
BIS work with a clear mind and a wifi
as heart.
The offspring Of such spirit will be a
oaselousness of mental wants and cores
sVodlng exertion to supply them.
Many teachers fail for want of proper
@anate of their own requirements and
'oll'les. They are prone to console them
'siSes with the idea that they are doing
lo0at all thatcs be done,and consequent
Neglect such means of improvement as
,OOld enable them TO perform their duties
more acceptable and effectual manner.
' aoufs day is the extent Of their en-