The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-10
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neutrality-suspicious.
To Teachers.
The following in regard to professional
hbos', is from n. w Baker, Of Hrsiagfsld,
LnEncia Gvenin an addrsss sttASs Stste
|Teachers Association OF Illinois. We would
commend it to the careful attention of teach
ers, as in it they will find ideas well worthy
their nos careful attention. M. Baker
say S:
For years we have struggled to make teach
ing rank as a profession. 1t would be saying
too much to claim that we have fully sue.
ceededi and taken the place we should 1.-The.
But who will deny that the II 900 teachers of
this State do constitute a profession2 The
reason why we are not accorded the dignity
we desire is a lack Of thorough labor. Law
is . profession oil work. Teachers will not
give their thoughts, thsir hearts and fleir
lives to their work. Teachers' residing Il Zoo
apt to be novel reading, intellectual i~aziness
is the vice of teachers.
DIR. Beecher said that laziness Is original
sin, andteschers as a class possess too much
of IL. The working teacher fnds his reward
in steady, upward progress. Read, then, for
your profession the larger works and exhaust.
i've trsasises upen the suABect Of yor work.
lOohstantly advances The outpoaes of knows
edge. The movement in regard 70 y State
diploma. ably seconded, would 60 far toward
raising teaching to a profession. Profession.
al work will only bring professional status.
We do not even agree rs TO what education
is. unless we settle what we want to do to ed
ucats . ners3n. We cannot call ourselves a
profession. Use is shooted as the working
watchword, and utatarianism is fast sinking
us into a nation OF shop Keepers.
He entered an earnest plea of classic
study. Language is the capitalization of the
soul To .rn4st children and youth, the sol.
euoes are as a tale that 10 told The New
England bow studies his text book and works
out his edu edtloil. The German hoy has his
teacher. Compare the two. Which il supe-
MORT The hhsect lesson disease raa It's
i~course. and it is a shame to as that We were
30 carried away by it. All educated men are
self-made MIN. If this be so, Lincoln was
an educated tnan. Take his Gettysburg ora
ition-his Mystery of the resources of the
English Language was fully equal to that of
the great makters Of our language. He put
the defining lines sharply around his IDEAS,
hence others could not fail to comprehend
him. If Lincoln had BEEN thrown into our
profession, he would have been a leader.
The true teafher mnst impress himself upon
his pupils. Il should be earnestly considered
that the teachers inteiiectuatshabiss. his d.
rectness Of the shallowness of thought. will
be transmitted to hundreds and to thousands.
Are we clear IN our knowledge 80 will be
our pupils. Are we earnest in our wofdsf-
30 will they BE-. Is il not worth a life Of toll
to leave behind us such fragrant memories,
such disciples pressing on, ever on, toward
the highest Aims? Our business demands
the highest Older Of talent, persistent labor,
true aims, inlshort, the devotion of our hearts
and lives.