The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-19

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paper Of this cisy-vho i go aequa,ns-
% with The suti c, Of vheh be treats - any
other man, HAS discour,es on the uhi-
quito0s schco, m.'am:
"Whereser you End Americas civiliraiion
700 ind the Asa-r:cin school ma,An. And
she i the same IN all .s.ds. Go into one oil
The grand temples If learning which sr.ce
or large cities, and lne school ma'am u in
command; 20 to the hean Of India, or into
the wiids Of Africa, and the frst acre Of
land reclaimed from the savage will b ses
aside Tor . school house, and the school
@s'sm u there 70 boss the job. She filIs the
prophetic idea Of deity % nearly . any no.
man creature can. II you ascend into heaven,
hat i her dwelling place. and u where che
II most 1t home; il you take the WING
81 the morning and fy 70 the termoss
parts Of the earth, 10, she il there; and il
you dercend into hell, two to one you will
find her in AZ attic chamber, working ont
her 'mon,hly report" aud scoldins 1t such
. rate thst the devil stands back in ave and
bess the privilege Of doing errands for her.
Az We rode past ittIe country school
houss the other day. . dozen urchins were
II play in the yard, and the teacher stood in
the window waving welcome to the passing
train. We thought, - the cars rushed By,
how little that girl realizes the importance Of
the work in which she ID engaged, or the
msgniiude of the responsibility that rests
upon her. A. she stands at the window
during ''recess" her eye may be upon the
children II their games, but her thoughts are
probably upon the young man who Gomez,
when SCHOOL 10 OUT" to walk home With
her. She does her duty faithfully, but she
looks forward hopefully to the time when
she can quit teaching and ''seltle down." to
her the occupation in which she 10 eng sged
represents 70 much work for % much money;
but there 10 . nOblsr 81 il han this =
she 10 building better than she knows and
greater, too. We may talk Of the influence
of parents upon their children, but the real
architect Of the minds Of posterity il the
teacher; Paul may Giant aud Apolus may
water. but ~ the school ma'am bends
the lvig the tree will BE- inclined.
The fate Of the world 10 in her hands, and
the future Of civilization will be - she
moulds it, and for all this the children give
her the unselfish afectionso Of childhood, the
parents give her the respect Of maturer years
the committee nov gives her fifty cents day
She works without much noise, but her in
6uence il not less potent for that-ths great
er forces Of nature generally work quietly
The Lord was not in the awful cloud tha,
gathered around Mount Horeb, nor in the
lurid lightnings that rent the sky, he "a. not
in the terrible crashing tbundeEs which shook
the earth, nor yet in the mighty rushing tor
nado, that swept with devastating fury over
the mountain side; but when all these vio-
lent demonstrations had passed, astiil, small
voice called the old prophs. from his cave,
and Elijah covered his face in the presence Of
the Lord. The forces that make the most
noise are not those that accomplish
the mort. The br.wlins politician may
below from the forum, and
split the ears Of the grosndlings with his
empty noise, but forgotten tomorrow. he
dies and leaves no sign; the earth may trem-
Die beneath the tread Of mighty armies, and
the air be rent with the shouts Of the POI a.
lace Who welcome the hero from the field Of
blood, but the huzz.s will die away upon the
breeze, and time will heal the wounds the
var has made. Unlike these, the work OF
the teacher lives on forever, aud while the
noisy forces around her imagine that they are
governing the movements Of mankind, link
BY link, in que,ne<s and obscurity, she 10
slowly but surely forging . chain that binds
her influence upon tire mind Of the future:
and shapes the Course OF the world. The
princes and Do,entates Of earth reign with the
splendor of glitter and tinsel for few days,
then pas into oblivion; but the kingdom
Of the teacher reaches into eternity, and
sball endure A. long Is the souls of her pu-
pills live. Uocrowned Green OF Destiny
your ierule is the mightiest eceptrs that ever
monarch bore"