The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-04-24

We are requested to publish the follow
ing essay read before a graduating class
some time ago. We commend II for close
reading to tie public:
WHrTEvTLLE, Tenn, Apl 10, 1884
Sans Reprocle. Every man finds him
self more or less influenced, either, in
right or wrong directions, by him with
whom he is associated. Even the strongest
natures arc insensibIy swayed by the subtle
workings Of a kindred spirit; or are excit-
ed into unwanted conditions by a spirit
with which they know no affinity. The
power Of mind over mind battles my ken.
watch its effects | cannot comprehend the
processes that lead to them. But l do know
that man truly noble in mind makes one
bend the knee, and feels better for the bow
ing; and that gangrened nature will rot
the rouls that make it a fellow. Above all
things then let him who presides over a
school-room be clean-minded, pure-souled,
infinitely beyond reproach. The influence
Of such a teacher is healtAful. But under
no circumstances let him whose inner life
is that Of moral qualification be permitted
to debase so noble a profession. The influ-
ence OF such person is malarial. The per
sonality OF every teacher, whether he be all
right or all wrong, thoroughly pervades the
school-room.
Children learn as certainly by unconscious
as by conscious tuition. 1t IS the former
that makes or uRmakes them for all eternity.
Hence it is all-important, and should be
looked to with greatest interest. 81 care
not" said Emerson, "Uhat my daughter
studies, but do care with lchom she studies"
1t is a matter Of the utmost concern tc par
ents with what kind of persons their chill
dren are associated for four or five hours
daily throughout year or sevsraI years.
Pupils bacsme as thoroughly indoctrin-
ated with those opinions which the teacher
withhold as with those which he publishes"
Impressions Of right and wrong may be
received which will lead to the most serious
results.
Let the teachers inner life be as pure as
its outward seeming. Let him emulate the
Peerless BY in the requirement Of chivalric
graces. For in contact with nobility, the
young mind cannot fail to spring into activ-
ity, and unfold itself in healthful growth to
a beautiful fruition, even as the seed-germ
looks upward from the soil under the infu-
ence of the suns geniel rays. But how sad
ly does youth, IN contact with evil natures
become morally blighted in the first mo-
ments Of its existence even as forward bud
is blighted by the canker ere it blooms. l
care not how circumspcct may be the bear
ing Of a teacher at heart corrupt, there will
still be about that teacher an indefinable
something whieh will publish as from the
house-tops that which he is most anxious to
glances of innocent children, for children
are wiser than we think them to be. Not
easily hoodwinked are they. But unfortun-
ately it IS with them a matter merely OF
not being able to remove Themselves from
without such deadly influence they suffer
What has been said Of teachers and
school-room-lite is true Of parents and home
life. God pity the child who is subjected
to baleful influences anywhere. T. {. B.
A popular feature OF Jackson IS the little
drug store on the corner Of Main and Lib
erty streets. Dr. +. II. Mcbride, ths pro-
prietor, is an accomplished physician and
gives his entire time to the drug business.
Physicians prescriptions filled and sent to
snv address on short nOticp