The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-09

expectation now looks to US for further progress
and turther reform. The work cannot stop; it
WatcnWord OF the profession. What step shall
we TAI Iake ti for their improvements Shalt we de-
ronedT The day is fast coming when that de-
ter system of classification? our natrons viii
socn approve il. Shall we exclude All such
viii heartily assist as in that reform Shall We
eXPecL the common civilities usually accorded
TO Officers and professional charactersP Our ex-
pectations will then be realized Shall we in
VsSL our school rooms with sanctfty that shall
degree deIightful2 the refined taste of the
whole school will unite with US in Tightening
perfectly charming. Shall we then decide that
all punishment is barbarouS and brutal? Why
even the most incOrrigible will rush more rap
IDLY into that perfectly natural course in which
tney exercise their powers for the sake of the
all common rudeness, and adopt a higher code
OF etiquette that marks every boy a gentleman,
every girI Iady: The entire enlightened
world will applaud such magnanimity Shall
w we raise the standard OF morals until it equals
Lne purity OF our divine christianity? The
Church will rally to our support, until we un-
per ln our list OF friends all the good the great,
tne woI!tnyI tne wise OF earth think hear
some disbelieving Thomas say, "HOw? how :?
for humanity's sake, how and when shall this
consummatlon be!' Echo from many anxious
minds, answer show? how? when and where ?"
not believe nv words isnnfe nor fb ~ ige%n SII MIL
of your own senses. Look about you and see
70 prepare IN the wilderness of Ignorance a
highway for the onward march of reformation.
he did not wait for legislation to do his work /;
he went about preaching and teaching in their
should afterwards reVolutionize the EARTH
With few faithful followers he has filled the
effected in a similar way. Not art or magic nor
by some bold Stroke Of policy nor some un-
Gods direction and his heavenly blessings
Now that same moving cause that has declxed
and you are directing movements of its mighty
machinery: 1t is living power, now at work
destined Tn hos
advance in teachers wages, commensurate with
his toll; until it has furnished for every school
travagunt now dare propose, contemplating
with aids from the ideal and beautiful as well
as conveniences of nicer utility.
of popular education has so far reached and re-
formed our system of education while in its in
cipient stages and operating from an outside
standpoint, what could not the same spirit OF
progress achieve when allowed full sway, and
centered in the inner life of the school, moving
every mystic spring, reigning a living throne,
and dispensing thence order, system and sue
cess. 1t is the spirit of intelligent enterprise,
moving the heart, and firing the brain warm
ing the affections, beaming benignity from
through every action, that shall one day secure
a higher standard of excellence in schools.
OF this may rest assured, no teacher display
ed in his daily work, higher standard than
that which already exists in his mind: The
ideal that pre-exsted in the thoughts of the in
ventor: The statute of Venus di Medici is far
less lovely than the beautiful image that glowed
in the mind and ravished the Imagination of
Fellow teachers let me ask what is your ideal
Of perfect school? Is it to spend six hours a
children? Heaven pity your humble concep-
ton of your own wretched situation. When
notion that 1t means to compel little folks to
say A G, and larger folks to con and reiterate,
John is noun, because it is a name, and L love,
you love and he loves; we love, you love, and
they all love according to rule, r xvi. With
degrading, if placed in the hands of the immac-
| ulate spirits of light How then could mortals
| it be our highest aim to receive the paItry sum
of g. .25 day for such menial service, are of
But if our work stands before us like Angeles
rough rock that concealed the hidden angel; if
| mind, and are patiently developing, step by
| step. the beautiful symmetry of an enlightened
calling the most honorable, our reward the
most transcendently glorious of all professions
upon earth. To the full conception of such SUBJ
| lime ideals our teachers must aspire before we
can faithfully acquit ourselves of the response
| bic task required at our handS-which involves
the molding of character, the development OF
mind, the culture of all the powers of the hu-
Our work is one of progression, and we must
press toward the mark of our calling which 1
points toward and centres in perfection. Here
then is the true secret of all our desired inn
pr Inc me feaGnef @ % Is 10 DO the work o.
| and see that each immortal idea is ever active
| and propagating its kind until a brighter radi-
| ance of universal intelligence Commands an
! undlsputed sway. Plainly speaking, this; then
friends are to be taken just as they are and dis
| cipIined for courteous loving action to fit them
for that higher sphere in the scale of rein ed in
telligence that points out the nObleneSS of true
manhood and true womanhOod. Every spark
ling eye that enters the schOOl-rOOm must be
shown the beauties of good manners and taught
to admire cleanliness, truthfulneSS, SkilfulneSS
real refinement shall have been thus brought
into requiSitiOn and the noble attributes of Oul
being stimulated by healthful exercise in tC
| sturdy growth, the desired improvement in OuI
school win be accomplished; and all who are
faithful in doing their part, will be the honored
heroes of that better age. With this compIacent
view of our calling, we should go to our work
with merry hearts, and welcome our chOre o
fifty bright cherubS to be kept employed; fifty
temperS to be controlled; fifty minds to be en-.
lightened; fifty fair, precious jewels to be bur
niShed as diadems for our crown in that day O.
our rejoicing. This teachers, is our promised
teachers, be the task to train the tender minds
of youth, to turn the current of their thought:
to nObler themes, to act the part of living, Low
ing teachers, winning the affections of limo
humanity, christian piety; making each school
room the centre OF social endearmentS, friendly
intercourse, and true gentility; awaking the
most dull, lethargic, and formerly incorTigiblI
to a sense of intellectual delight; arousing anC
sustaining q more laudable esprit de corp
among the ranks of the profession, and enkind
ling an enthusiasm among the friends of pOpu
! lar education, that shall hasten the coming o
while we in our SchOOl-rOOmS are working Ou
these grand results and exhibiting to the wOrlC
the proof of the improvement we have made il
our day, the image of the ideal, after whicl
; we have struggled, is more distinctly seen, re
| 1ected from Gods own mirrors those brillian
minds before which we have stood, and which
have been FURNISHED by our skill, then CLOWN;
in all their radiant heauty, and ever advancing
| i'm prOvement still infinite and eternal, Shal
evermOre proceed.