The Lincoln County herald., 1871-11-23

| cuaVksuR ouV OWu uumoIe uuty WO'k W
gc,hsr for good Hore /. where the
great power Tor good OF Teachers Insti
tutes 10 manifested 10 properly aiding US
snd fitting us Tor the work We have to do
Teachers must not expect to gsin great
store Of knowledge ut an Institute OF
three days, nor Of one week. II they do
they viii bo Disappointed. They will
gather up many new ideas, be helped over
intricate problems, and zee through things
that before we're dark. hut what they
learn will be small in comparison with
what they will get from stldy Of books,
and from observation Of men aud things.
But here should be close inquiry, and full
free discussion. Ideas and thoughts on
different subject, should be exchanged
Methods of instruction should bc brought
up aud discussed. Experiences should
be related, and successes and failures
should bc reported. Reports should be
read and discussions had on different
topics of interest. Glasses should be
formed and pract,cai exercises had on the
branches tsugbt ia the school room. both
for the sake of fimparting instruction aud
Of teaching methods. School govern
uent should be discussed, that all may
learn the great urt Of discipline. I.,
And while teachers are learning hog
to teach, they must not forget one very
essential element Of success-that is, to
teach pupils hoW tn suiy. As much
depends upon this as to know how to
teach. A tcacher over forty years of age
once said u me. IL wish you would teach
me with all my study | do not make
prog, ess." knew what was wrong
lie didn't know hop to study to advau
tagc
| do not have the time nor tho dspo-
si,ion At present to discuss before you
the different methods Of Instruction, OF
of culture; l simply speak Of them aud
leave them as part of-your duty aud
labor here. ,
There is one moro direction in which
the power of Teachers Institutes is fel,
and acknOwl ledged, and that is the revision
and improvement Of educational systems
ln many Of our county, but especially In
our state aud national institutes men OF
great thought and mature minds come to
gcther to discuss, agitate aud push forward
, educational reforms. Great cducatiuDa
topics are discussed and examined. defect,
in the working Of school systems and il
the operation Of schoo, laws are pointed
out and improvements suggested and
urged. and the wisdom thus gathered. anC
the experience thus proven, are brought tt
: bear upon tho legislative assemblies with
r all these organized forces The presen
perfection of our magnificent school sys
tems is 10 q high degree. owing TO tn
. thought and labors of Teachers Institutes
, and Associations They are tho 'p"~s
, behind the throne" that has moulde,
e the educational sentiment Of the day an,
!. directed in a great measure the educa-
I tional forces that are giving our countr.
;, power, place and dignity among the ma
tions Of the earth
These then are the influences, this tn
sphere and this the power of Teacher
e Institutes The teachers Of the lane
: have a greater engine in their hands thn
e many Of them dream of. There is powe
n n association, and many an earnest, hum
= bic teacher TO day thanks God for tn
n power thus placed in his hands. Through
the influence and power Of 'eachers In
It stitutes the position and condition .
10 thousands Of teachers over the and hav
been bettered. Tho profession iu man
d of the states has been elevated and dign
q fed. A higher standard in educatio
@ and morals mas been raised, and thos
o disqualified by want of education, tao
: and morals have been compelled to in
= prove themselves or 10 give place
others. A hi CHER standard of excellenc
|. has thus been reached. A better cla'
b Of men, intellectually and morally, 81
!, found to day in the teachers ranks, I
1t !east in the old states, than was foun
IS fifteen or twenty years ago. In place
If where the teacher was once held in
10 low scale Of social position he is no
10 respected and cour,ed. The teacher I
rs to day, under the influences Of change
10 sentiment, feels that he is breathing
Of better atmosphere than the teacher Of IL
sr olden time was wont to breathe. l.
1t feels that he is living higher life, on
Of walking on a higher plain than that {
> which his predecessors lived and Wake
b !. He feels that he il enjoying new plea
le urcs, snd fulfilling higher missio
W The teacher of the olden time aud Il
nt teachers Of the ne,o dispensation I,
ID scarcely related. Old Squecrs, o.
Of Nicholas Nickelby we're but The repr
N sentatives Of large class Of pedaeogu
and tyros that have nearly pussed aw'
10 with the oid dispensntion.
is "0hi 20 who teach tho ingenious youth
n. nations,
I Holland, France, England, Germany 81
Spain,
Id pray you aog them upon all occasions.
h, It mends their morals, never mind the pain
le was the advice, that Squeers like, Sc
We few needed, being a recognized prin"ip
"a Of professional discipline, but which l'
IN the "noisy mansion"
he "Bes,do yon struggling fence that skirts the "
v With bl"ssomed furss unpro6tabiy gay.'
he We rejoice has passcd "among the thin
10 that were."