The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-28
UNCONSCIOUS INFnUENcE.; =,
Dr. arlislc'sLeoturn5 5at tho Teachers L,
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! ira Nouse'on Monday night was filled
to overlooking by the teachers aud the
citizens OF Spartanburg who had
Hooked thither to attend the lecture by
DR.. Carlisle. Major Thompson an
nounced that the speaker needed no
Introduction to the people Of Spartan
burg or to the State.
Tho following is u brief SYNOPSIS of
one OF thc.nost thoughtful and. iinpres-
sivc efforts ever heard in Spa,tanburg.
DIR. Carlisle said': III 1850 COVERT
or White.noEsh Seabrook issued u call
for tho assembling Of all tho tcacl,ors
IN 1850. Only fifty rcspor'ed. Again
in 1S63.a meeting Of the teacllcrs of
tho Southern Atlantic and Gulf States
WAS held, at which sevcnty-livc were
present.. An association was formed.
About tho same time society was
organized for tho improvement Of
Shanghai fowls. I watched to sec
which would outlive the other, and
regret to say the Shanghai lived the
longest" Never before in tho history
otthe'state have ono hundred sixty
t5achcrs assembled together to look
each other in tho face and hold COM
lnunion together. For this thanks arc
due to tho energy OF the State sr,perin-
tcnden:.
LII this lecture no general theme has
been chosen, but l would make two
appeals to those present: first TO re-
member the Importance OF incidental
teachings; second to appreciate the i'm
portancc ofuEonscious influence. By
incidental teaching is meant the LAYING
aside occasionally v of text books and
routine lessons and the GrasDing Of
some incidents occasionally occurring.
to impress some truth upon tho mind
of youth An arithmetic lesson may
be made thu basis of talk on truth,
which is cxactncss applied to morals.
Tie school-lousc yard furnishes the
material for tho study of geology; the
spring branch is am object lesson in
geography. a learned scientist who
had spent his life in tho laboratory
once accompanied party Of sports
men and proved to be the best SHOT Of
all. On being asked how he acquired
this dcHtcrity, hc replied: 'I have
trained my eye to sec the minutcst
objects in in animal life, my hand to
hold the microscope without trcnor.
With practiscd eye and firm nervc |
beat your chosen field"
This power of imparting incidental
instruction impfius tlllness on the part
ofn teacher. A.perfcct teacher cannot
be found'at thirty dollars n month, and
were talking TO so-callcd patrons |
might speak differently. But 10 the
teachers | say, that having made your
bargain, whatever it be, carry it out.
DO your best. AS has been said,
"Crowd life with good works till they
run over the brim." DO not allow
your teaching TO tall into mere drudg-
cry. Continue to try to have some
thing new each day. Study tho chill
drcn. Make one al object lesson for
yourself each day. Above ,rll do not
confinc yourself to the development of
tlc genius. Pay close attention to the
commonplace boy who will become II
commonplace man, and thus show
your sympathy for common humanity.
ca poem from Fabcr on "Thc old Ia
'borcr' was read, to point this lesson.)
1t YOU arc arc not content to teach this
common boy or girl you arc not fit for
your work. Again, let INC say books
arc made to help children, not children
to learn books. Bc sure not to wall
der from your formal lesson, however,
until you know YOU arc wandering to
something better. Have " lesson in
incident each day before the end Of
school, so that tho bad temper or tho
evil thoughts nlny DC worn off. Let
the child carry home pleasant rccollcc-
tiOns.
Next rcmcmbcr the importance Of
unconscious influence. l wish YOU
could read two scrmoits-Dushnell Oh
unconscious Influence, and IIuntinG-
don Unconscious Tuition. Influence
hows out from the teacher all around
hmhiid iloWs Into those with whom he
comes in contact. 1t is u force that
cannot bc controlled. Your shadow
does no: depend upon your will. 1t
is regulated by your relative position
to the moon. just 50 the Influence
You exert depends upon your relative
position to the glorious food light that
is pouring in upon the nineteenth cen
tury. lou can no more say, "I did
not intend to teach Tits or that" than
YOU can say did not mean to i,nuart
this heat that now radiatcs from nv
body. The verb "to live" must be
t'nnsitivc. Life flows over and pours
into other Objects The Irregular verb
'sto be-" with it's irregularities, starcs
the student of grammar in the face to
show how difficult "to be" is in actual
life.
No novelist has ever portrayed q
perfect schoolmastcr, because the
schoolmaster before thc days ofnormai
institutes used to DC a.. small man.
Hereafter hc will learn "to boz rs wei
as ''to tcach." Conscious teaching is
Quilt UP painfully, brick by brick.
Unconscious teaching springs up at
ono bound towering structure. MY
advice is to teach the best: books and
then to fill tho crcviccs with incidental
instruction, and then fill The still small
CT CT With influence, thus securing
ape TX.
An wordto' the ladies who
arc CHI Fl, trusted with education.
1t was ny .Isfore,,nc that only went
to a lady n few weeks. in tho
palmy days Of Mount Zion School in
Winnsboro, when Mr.. Hudson was
ljust laying tho basis of his fame, his
wife taught some of tho smaller bows.
And although forty SHOWS have rested
! upon the grave of that noble woman
there vet rcniAinS ono Of tLoeo e,,o,i