The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-04-01
Communicated.
The Teachers Requisite Quail
foations.

The teacher certainly occupies a
very euviable and conspicous position
upon lire's great thoroughfaro and
no less momentous are those specific
duties which are constantly develop
ing upon him as tutor. Uopco,
this, his high calling in the literary
sphere, is connected with great re.
sponsibilities. How so very impor-
tant, then, that he be duly impressed
with such incontrovertible facts, and
ever urged thereby to act according.
ly, lest he utterly fail in securing un-
to himself the so much desired conf
dence and approval Of his worthy
constituents and consequently there
by all his otherwise rendered services
becoming greatly deprecated, and
worse than all, Gods chief design
with him on earth will be, to Ger.
tain extent, at least frustatcd.
Really the teacher should dis
countonauce and denounce the very
appearance of dlcness, for, says
certain author, "idleness is the dew
lis workship," and be energetic in
the performance of all his duties
not only taking, but earning his
stipulated fees--thereby encouraging
his pupils by example as we'll as by
precept, which will be great i'm
pctus to them to exert themselves
manfully in their several respective
callings.
Truly, the teacher should bo a
person Of the very best of moral
character, we'll informed-in short, a
ripe scholar; having, if possible, n
natural adaptabiity to teach under.
standing tho very nature of man, he
may become the moro efficient and
successful in his arduous task, aud
thus become an accomplished and
successful teacher, which is so very
desirable and essential in our ad-
vanced age.
His motto should always be ad-
vance aspiring after still greater dc
velopments and literary attainments.
OH methiuks what uufathomable
mines Of scientific wealth for future
research lie open to him for his ever
anxious mind and eager eye to be-
hold, just, as yet, having merely be-
gan to peep into the vast and un.
bounded fields of knowledge.
In addition to the above qualilica
tions, so very desirable in a teacher,
We would further suggest that he be
a true christian, anti-sectarian in
principle, omiueutly pious, in order
to become, in the full sense of the
word, model teacher, in the Dyes OF
God and good men. Inasmuch as
the teacher is (beside the parents)
the proper person who is to form OF
mould the juvenile mind, which is SO
very susceptible Of impressions, either
for good or evil, therefore the vi
tai importance that the teacher be 0
person of deep piety as well as OF
good morals, SO as to be the better
qualified to shed around him a salu-
tary, moral and religious influence.
He should always aim to speak
correctly to his pupils in his daily
conversation, thereby teaching then
practical grammar as well as thooret-
ical By so doing the child's mind
will become iuculcated with a propei
use of the language in which it il
taught, without becoming guilty oI
mixing up his vernacular language
with the multliarlous lsms OF othel
tongues to which crippling not
few unqualified teachers give a jus
cause; whose pupils remain often
times cripples in language for life
The Lord pardon the literary anC
professional quack.
Unaffected love aud regard for ou
dear children should always forLi
us TO accept of any other tenche
than a good aud well qualified per
son-male or female-to instruct ou
p rising generation, though their dc
i mands be greater on account of thei
better qualifications. Right is righ
) in any thing and always should pre-
vail. A. E. d.
} Tifin, o., March, 1869.