Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-29
ASK THE suPERINTENTs

ASK THE SUPERlNTENTS
Of tie various counties of the State what
the teachers most need. The general an.
sxer is, that the teacher himself bs
taught.
Four,ffths Of the teachers of Tenn,
are not professionally such, teaching with
them is stepping>stOno to some other
profession, as it is most generally and i'm
properly too, termed higher calling,
Teaching has always been a preparatory
school for tho Law, Medicine and tho
Ministry. Few men give their entire
time and attention to teaching. These
few have been the revolutionizcrs and re-
formers,of the world of thought. In their
work comes up the common School
houses, Academies, Colleges and Univer>
sites, the
CIrADELs OF A NATIONAL POWER,
under whose walls and upon their play
grounds, are the bloodless battlo.felds of
nations victory. Here ere enacted again
scenes Of Waterloo and Gettysburg
These young heroes arc battling with a
more formidable host. than rolled dewr
from the North and swept away the Ro-
man Empire. They struggle not only
with the thoughts of Euclid, Homer and
Virgil, but thoughts of their o,on that
come bursting upon their mind, like tho
dawn of the morning. ....
Who has not felt these mental con-
flicts and rojoiced when victory came and
wept at reyerses?
TIE DISCIPLINED TEACHER
seizcs these opportunities, he sees in the
eye the conflicts of the mind and heart
and hastcns to the rescue. The child
imbibcs new confidence, new hope. cour>
are aud-syN'O' -eASmt,ryHn., Kti aIV"'
edge centers here" .4.-tI...-. .a
How often have VIC seen pupils over
wholmed with new thoughts or become
restless over intricate problems and the
ories, lnsomuch, they would rise 10 their
feet or unconssiously speak above then
breath in the school room, and receive
severe reproof from their teachers
These things are common to the ripper
scholar, though they arc not allowed in
the young learner. Why? OF the % ,po
10000 TEACHERS IN AMERICA
at least oLe-half are uecessity-made teach
ers. That they have a right to virtue
of this necessity we do not doubt. ssb
q, The lawyer, tho physician, tho eDgi-
neer, &C., must pursue aregular cbalked'
out course Of study before ho is allowed
to entor into his profession. Let the
teacher, stand like a Terrific above
them in point of usefulness, responsible
ity and deserving merit is allowed to on,
ter upon his profession, tho highest,
noblest work assigned to man, with but
little preparation.
We doubt any mans right to engage
in work of which he knows 50 very little
and most especially that of training the
young mind. He awakcns thoughts that
will govern the destiny Of many teachers
and that will vibrato through all time.
and give inclination TO intellect that no
after training can change. Touch the
harp string of the mind with skillful fin
gers and it will respond in notes Of har>
mony aud love, and rise higher and
smarter as it sweeps through life.
THE YOUNG MIND
just reaching out after knowledge devours
everything presented to it regardless Of eff
fects,as he who has long been Withheld frou
the food SO necessary to animal life
Here is where discretion on the teachers
part is so necessary. As the young bud
of the mind begins to open the leaflets Of
the intellect to be beautiful and perfec>
ted by new process, how implicitly nee,
essary is 1t that o master hand should
give form and symmetry. Teacher YOU
must 90 outside Of books, or rules to sat.
isfy the minds cravings. Book eduea'
tion is the foundation stone--here your
disciplined teacher rises to the sublinity
of his calling and cuts himself loose
from books, takes the mind out and pro-
sents to it the great world Of beauties that
lie beyond books or anything that can be
written out into the Selds of thought
when the cleaners gather their rich trO-
phies Of honor and fame, and tells it. l
have taught you by your own aid to lay
the foundation, you must complete tho
superstructure out of the material you
geo around you by your own energy, in
dustry and csaseloss toll.
"GRINGO."
| Rocky MOUNTAINS Jan. LIST, 1874.