The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-13

Written for the Advertiser. ana
r specffully Dedicated 70 the
TeAchers OF codsT CoHnty.


Teschers Of Cedar County.
Il Al shc recent session Of your lnssi-
lutte was not an uninterested spec
4 t.iof be ciraf and logical demon
STATIONS of problems in the several
science. showed thorough knowl-
edge of the art Of teaching. and the
intelligent and thoughtful oounfenan-
ces OF the class gare bright promise
Of good work in the schools Of Cedar
county this winter. But is there not
danger of falling into the error that
the responsibility Of the teacher ends
In the school room-ends when the
texts OF science are well and thor
oughlv taught:
What | desire TO impress upon
vcur minds is shai your power in So
cietv is your influence, be il good or
bad: and your will bear in mind that
speak exclusively of moral charac-
ter, no. finances. A young mans
moral or immoral power in commune
ty Is the moral or immoral influence
that he brings to bear upon it.
4 Influences Of some nature are at
work every passing moment, giving
tone. shape and quality to character.
Each member Of society bears upon
/ ii the impress of physical or intellect
al influence. We are all creatures of
influence. We cannot well avoid it.
We take upon us the impress of our
surroundings. Books, habits. COM
panions, teachers, the every dav oc-
currences of life, each and all are 81
iently but surely stamping their in.
fiuence upon Us. / ask you. teachers,
to remember these facts; and remem-
Der also tina. as the influences are so
will be the character. Every tree
will bring forth fruit after its kind.
The teachers influence on his pu-
pills is not small or circumscribed. 1t
is telling hour by hour on the veal
or woe Of those around him. 4 great
responsibility for which your God
viii call you 10 an account. Is 1T
then mo matter what / do out of
school" if you only teach we'll: Is it
.nobodv's business what influence
you exert out of school hours: You
cast a pebble out upon the still,
smooth surface Of pond of water and
from the point where your pebble
strikes the water little waves will
follow one after another until they
break upon the shore. So when the
weight Of such an influence is thrown
upon the face OF society the effect
reaches to its extreme bounds. Lit
tie. we fear, do teachers think Of the
long train OF results that are follow
ing them; little do they think Of the
lasting impressions they are making
on those who are looking to them for
an example. Each day. on some
bright irnperishable mind, YOU are
tracing impressions .ha; will live
when YOU are sleeping the dreamless
sleep OF the narrow house
You are putting forth power be-
yond your school that may shape the
unfolding future of some immortal
mind. DO not treat il lightly; do /.
not say il is nobody's business. /
greatly desire that teachers would /
make this matter OF personal study. T
What am ! doing: ] have taken nv
position. what is it: Have led one.
even one, to higher deeds and nobler .
acts in life: Have ! saved one from
ruins brink. or pointed one to high +
er moral level: Have LETT salutary .
impression i'll the way | have trod. +
over which / shall walk no mores
DO do that. in the exercise Of nv 1
influence, that | would I've proud 10
have others copy: Entertain, / be-
seech you, teacher, these pertinent in
quiries. as the DAYS of your life come /
and GO; and the deeds OF your hearts |
and hands are registered on high.
Teacher, if vou could know that
your influence had wrought the sad
ruin OF some careful copyist of your
life.s deeds, you would start back
amazed al It's power, and aifrirhted
at the result. Alas. is this my
work, would he your language.
Bun if YOU could know tina, by
your influence YOU had led one poor
wandercr back 10 virtues happy
paths, or caused one that trcmbled
on ruins brink 10 look higher, act
nobler and be better, you would feel
proud, and justly so, Of YOUR power
f for good.
As teachers Won have fair reputa-
zion: Nsut reputation i not character
Character in ateacher i what h.
really Is: reputation is VIVA: he NAV
or NAV not be. Character is vounc
man real worth; reputation is only
what is thought Of hin. But il mus,
lie confessed that the world is seldom
wrong IN it, conclusions: it is indeed
the siernest critic, and a most up
right nudge. Let each and every on.
then despisc from his very heart /:
low and mean at, and shun, from
principle, the cnmpanionships tina
: lead 10 folly and sin. You ma,
. treasure, with a miscr> parsimony
the hours Of The day, and steal from
the quiet midnight the moments al
!. lotted to sleep in the pursuit 0
knowledge and OF wealth. Thes,
may he gained and all may be We,
| would not undervalue them; bu
let ii be remembered they canno
constitute the teachers richest an,
best treasures. Wealth viii tax,
wings and fly swiftly away, an,
! change is written on all things earth
: ly. But the influence you exert il
moulding the character OF your pr
pills will live when
The stars shall fade away. the sun himself
Grow dim with age, and Nature sink il
years.
With this commit the Who'll,
matter to your hands. See We 10 il.
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