The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-26
The Loves of Two School Teachers.


ality of the Chinese.
The Loves of Two School Teachers.
There are many thousands OF men and
women In the country who are engaged in
school teaching a. q temporary employ
ment only. Indeed, with us, comparatively
few people start out in life with the idea Of
| making regular business Of teaching.
Girls who are nominally fitted at the nor
nal colleges for positions in schools. either
| have no intention OF taking them even II
| they are ohtainahlc, or they look forward TO
| getting married after u few years of teach
| ing, and spending their time In instructinR
| their own and not other peoples children.
| Large numbers Of college students work
| their way through to graduation by teach
| ing school during vacations, but they have
no thought Of remaining pcdagogucs all
their lives or any longer than IL absolutely
necessary. They imagine for themselves
| far larger and grandcr career than that Of
welding the rod in the district school
| house, or in any other school house And In
| truth many men Of distinction among us
have spent year or two Of their early man
hood in teaching country boys and girls the
| three AS for triiiing pay.
Yet teaching is one OF the most useful and
| honorable Of employments. and it ought to
| be ntrusted to first-ratc men and women.
| who, II they are successful IN 1t, deserve the
esteem and the society of the best classes
in every community. Unfortunately how
| ever, too many Of our teachers are poorly
| educated persons, and lack the qualities
which command the respect or secure the
affection Of boys and girls. They are as
| coarse In their manners as they are in their
minds, and have neither dignity nor the
| sense Of justice. Some of them who write
| to us do not even know how TO spell, and
the way in which they express themselves
and the questions they ask show them To be
lamcntably ignorant OF the things n decent
| ly wcll-lnformed person ought To bc familiar
with. and to have unframed intellectual
faculties. Now that there are so many
| thousands Of well-cducated men and women
out of employment, even the small salaries
the district schools pay ought to secure
| full supply OF much better teachers.
| Two teachcrs-one "a man and the other n
| woman--who connde the secrets of their
loves 10 THE Sun do not, however, belong to
the class Of which we have spoken. Both
their grammar and their spelling are fault
loss, and their handwriting Is clear and
good. This Is the case Of the young lady:
"sR Since my father became a subscriber To YOUR val
liable aier have been constant reader Of It. ami Il
With much impatcnce wait for each weeks Issue 10
reach Us lam parueuaf interested in your advice 10
the lovers and Hs have aqueson to seek advice ON
hope you Will eudcavor 10 help me.
IL am young lady 20 wears OF Three years ago
formed an affection tor Young person who then
OF nv pupil an affection which, instead OF wing less
has Increased every year. We resde each other
and have reason think my affection l. returned. al
| u the sta p MIR f,el las vQr
| passed between us There IS however one difficulty
which presents itself 10 NV mint and that t. am three
years his senior This is whatI want you 20 aivis.
about Do sou think he will remain true to his present
feelings or rs he Is young that tits mere boy fancy
that he will soon forscf If you think the latter. shah
tly 10 overcome my regard him. although 1t VIII be
very hard ter me 10 30 think he
than lac does for else And done during the
| time I mentioned Sow. dear editor what would YOU
advise me to do under the circumsnnccs' 81 T. G."
1t seems that our correspondent at seven
teen fell in love with one Of her pupils, who
was then only fourteen; or that he fell in
love with her. 1t is not at all surprising
that the boy conceived the fancy for hi,
teacher boys at that ago do sometimes So
make fools of Themselves it is very
surprising that she should have returned
his unripe affections. A girl at seventeen
usually looks on a hobble-de-hoy Of fourteen
as an uncomfortable creature, and would IA
soon think OF falling in love with him as Of
marrying her grandfather If no makes
love to her she Is only amused Yet our fair
friend gave her heart to this boy pupil of
hers, and has continued to love him ever
SINCE
And now he Is seventeenth boy yct-and
she is twenty and woman. What shall
she do? Tell this love-sick youth he must
wait until his beard is out and he has got
his growth before she will listen seriously
to his propositions Of love. He may or may
not remain true to his present feelings. but
even If he does, which is very doubtful, she
is a little too old for him.
The other case Ia just the reverse OF this
A schoolmaster falls in love with a little
girl.
"sR In 1878 I became very much attached to a girl
who was then going TO school to II know my own
heart have loved her very dearly since that
then resolved TO wait for her and went to work 10
my After ALL do not think she all re-
turns the love have for her though she i cheerful
shows great respect when IN her She
she does not want 10 marry.
~ have vainly tried to give her up and hnd MI
her place in my heart How can manage To win the
idol Of my hearf She is now about eghteel AMI am
eleven OF twelve years her senior can the difference IN
be very serious matter with herr Would yuu
try again TO give her up or would you hold on iii you
conquered ill fellow took her awayt Your nj.
vice VIII be priced very highly H. NJ. f'
Here q school teacher at twcnty-four or
twenty-five fell desperately in love with his
pupil OF thirteen. This is not so surprising,
but wise parents would prefer to trust their
daughter to less susceptible pedagoguo.
teacher OF little girls who Is liable to fall
In love with ono OF them Is a dangerous