Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-06-02
+ TEACHERS COLUMN.
CLAY WOOD, EDITOR.
GOvERN WENT.

tVuCuCI1 nov0 " uo0ts <1u y tC1MSkGi
can accomplish no work whatever,
Without frat having the reins we'll in
hand, thus obtaining perfect control oi
HIS powerful horses, 20 can teacher
IAccomplish abaolntely nothing win.
out Hrst getting the reins OF govern
ment well in hand with firm steady
unyielding pressure. For, like the
team, which, when left to follow its
own caprices. will wreck the vehicle
and themselves, so will the young
man or young woman, when left to
their own self control, wreck their
minds and bodies. ass Z 49, ,.l:sss
To be sure there are occasional .cx-
ceptions TO- this rule As we often
ind stones that pass through the flint
mill uncrushed, go do we often find
young men who pass through the
powerful flint mill of temptation un-
burned. 3 -
A lady teacher-in one Of the high
schools of this State, who had. the
reputation of keeping tho most per-
feet order in the school room, when
asked to explains her system Of gov
ernment, stated that che really had NO
method that could. be expressed in
angaage ;and WHEN pressed 10 give
some definite idea Of the how, why,
and wherefore, che said Il think my
success is largely due to the influence
ofmy will on the minds Of my pupils. !"
This question Of. the influence Of the
will is vital one. The streng will
by which one person 10 enabled 10 con-
trol the actions Of others, with little
apparent effort, Is the most essential
cAAracteriatic that Z, teacher should
|possess. - Il lies the secret Of sue
oss4 Il 10 sanktursi gin and one thst
can seldom Be acquired. 7 ys@sE y
Let the teacher have for the euid,
ascs Of his pupils but . few plians
eimple rules. which By their very sim
plicIty and inherent .ressonablaness
appeal 70 the pupils good sense and
manhood And give them 70 under
stand that they must render implicit
0hedion0o to these rules, and he will
have but little trouble. A lasGe share
Of the trouble inaohooI is caused BY
lhs tgnorAnoe and folly Of the teacher.
He makes mqliplicity Of rules, some
of which arc neceasary but by,fAe The
the larger po1lion. are unimpoftant,
Ftyrannioal, and O source Of constant
annoyance to the pupil, who finds 1t
impossible to render prompt obedience
ITO them at ell times. The. child who
10 subject to being Jagged" that u
oonstaAtly reprimauded. for minor Of
fences viii soon become discouraged
and oease to make an effort to please
| Or obey. This 10 8 fruitful source Of
ofso many Of The so-csllsd' bard
when ONE sees . teacher who efinds
Il necessary to Icy down an ipnumer-
Able number Of petty rules for the
guidance Of his pupils, Ae will invari-
Ably fand that teaehsr,l to ssbe aartow
minded, possessing An illihenl and in
tolerant nathne, and guilty Of that
! most dstestAble Of oh practices, mag
ging. There 10 ia fast no practice OF
which pasontD and teanhers cans be
guilty, thsA h sos dsplorable and %
diSsslrous n its oonsequencaoss i zsSs
Shall The teaeher-exaot wnyielslin0
And NsQxestiosiac obsdiencey OF hia
pupllo u as hlsabe &sas, El&gsa u sss--i
II ths rule In question isone thata Il
| Ahsolutaly naccssary AtOe the pexfecl