Daily Republican., 1883-02-09


the year. This will be a step in the
right direction. But more is wanted
shan school houses and long terms tc
make our school system efficient rs il
should be. These, however, are all
necessary adjuncts, but they do not
touch the living, moving handspring
that puts the schools in action and
keeps them in action during the year
We refer TO the teacher, who may or
may not have the necessary adapta-
ton and disposition for the work
Without teachers who have right views
of education and a hearty disposition to
engage in the work much money spent
TO keep the public schools open is USE
iessly spent
Every teacher, before he begins hi,
work OF instruction, should have some
definite idea of what constitutes an ed
ucation. The painter who would exc
cute beautiful picture, must before
hand have true and clear description
of beauty in his own mind The same
may be said Of the sculptor. That rude
block OF marble, unsightly to the eyes
of other men, contains a God-like form,
the symmetrical proportion, the life
like attitude Of the finished and polished
statutes; and the whole is rs clear to
his mental eye before the chi>rI is ap-
piled as il is to his bodily vision when
the work is completed
With this perfect idea in the mind at
the outset, every stroke OF the chi,el
has It's object. Not a blow is struck but
it is guided 10y consummate skill; not "A
chip is removed, but to developc the
ideal of the artist. And when the late
nsightly marble, as if by mracu-
lous power, stands out before the..aston-
ished spectator in AL the perfection Of
beauty-when it almost breathes and
speaks , it is to the artist but tn. reai-
zation ofhis own conception.
W nav 81 uIp pure IL 10 lll'' b'pth I'll
marble, says Addison, education is t.
the human soul," and may "" not add
that the sculptor is type Of the true
educator
The highest qualifications Of teach
er then, i, that he should have lust
views of education. 1t is all important
that h" should have wei. defined oh
ject At which 10 aim, whenever II" meets
young mind in the transition state.
He should have an idea Of Il well ,du-
Gated human soul, t"nanring u healthy,
well developed human body; an it ri
which he at once and systrmHtirally la
bors to reach, ~ does the sculptor when
he commences his work upon the quar-
rie'l marble. What Is II 10 educate
human being light go should be- one Of
the first questions the candidate for til"
teacher office should ask himself with
the deepest seriousness
In other things besides education men
stI' "l''ls my lplI'" l4'l' Lll' L'tLt IL
ings of nature and Of common sense
But in ed ucAl ion, where n child has but
one opportunity for mental training, as
he can be - child but once, where sue
cess, uu"rrlug success, Is everything to
him for time and eternity, and where a
mistake may b" most ruinous to him
in education, men often forget their or
binary wisdom and providence, and
commit the most important concerns to.
she most incompetent hands.
To br qualified to discourse upon orr
moral and religious duties q man mus.
h educated by years Of study; 10 br able
TO administer to the bodily disease, h,
must De educated by careful, rxaruIn.
ton Of m" body in health and in dis
east and Of til" effects produced upon
1t by external agents. t. b"Ablc ~ make
out a conveyance Of property or draw
writ, h" must be- educated, to navi.
gate IL ship, he must be- educated By
year, Of service before Til" mast or on
the quagtrrdrck 10 transfer m" pro ,
duets Of ID" earth or pt art from til" pro- 4.
Queer tu tar consumer h. must b" tiu- .
Gated; ~ make hat or q coat, he must +
be- educated hy years Of apprenticeship |
to max" \ UOOH h" must be educated; to |
make a mai or { >hO" for "a horse, he
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