Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-21

- hey form tina estimate from the ca
am0'e ut older people around them.
The ueIgbbOrhJod that ali rvs itself TO
div ide OH Sch"Ol mNtters aud wrtng
over school questions is hardy setting
an example that will produce those high
T elm Is of m cal ,.ess and re- ec1 Iur
O hers W lliCh il hOuld- They viii draw
from IL. ia Their examples of confusion
anu disc I'd, and devel1p from 10 natures
unsettled ana restless. 1t IS q business
tnsat rests upon mutual ~ mpat b., and "a
vigorous. &C i've CO-OperatI-'n of ala en-
C rned. Mere furmaluy viii not do.
B cause a schuul is in session we "Ugut
not t.s rest with The assurance that we
have done our best, Levying SrhOOi
funds, hi ing a teacher, f ON a kind of
force of habit, telling her that She VIII
meet with many dt-cOura4 emen 3 bRt
To go on and make the best of { VII le
she stays, aud all that. is too formal a q
Ifeless a method for this kind of work.
And CT / lear that tins pan Is s1m--
times pursued LEI us remember thai
the sch Oh is IN a certaiu sense every
body, business. becLISe IT, Is acting In
,njuuc ian with the family influence in
deY elOpIng those minds aud natures
which are more Imp0rta' than the
whole wealth Of any immunity.
wound NOT have il under Ju,,d 10y III -
that mean eve ryb 'dy should be Grill
c.sIng and finding 'aulC with the way ia
which matters are IN NC ed nor WOulh
Ia, % them spend M tch OF tEeir Gtue
wishing the schoul o. in speaking uf l.
one way or the uthe =, uule 5 they be d
tecturS, and then the Law e-peCiallY en-
joins upon them the duty of visit NJ a
gN ing counsel and lcpurag emrn
t'uJ / mean that every one should have
q real interest and should 90 10 work tu
forward that interest as we'll as The in
te"eaL IF % hers by extending ii strong
encouraging y mpathy To all concerned.
On points JhaJ cannot be C 1mmeudrd
little hOuld be SAID unless there Is rOng
reason to b heve that they can be rem
edied. ] 9 is lille &c Oe geiued ia
any business by tretting about small
things tn seem 10 z wrong, and sill
less If there Is HUL Il chance of NEEDY
lng them. Often The best way to rem
edy the faulJS of a business Is by giving
encouragement 10 tho z things cunncc-
{, d W III iG that are com ntndable.
Thus the true " ay l. TO 20 about I'M
D. owing Wha ever needs inpFUV NJ. aud
The greaIer the imJrOvrm. III needed,
The grea 81 should be the eff III par
forth. IL will do much more good than
L44S-l . SNIA4A paint GlL4N Ill Az
ma. er Of grumbhug about me teacher
mel hOds IS a shurt-Sighred policy. Is &c
Tally wheu nc in the presence Of pupils
and the Injury c mes tir I 10 hose ~ hO
engage IN il. Pupils VINO hear the leach
er SPOKEN lightly of at their hpmv-s Ca
not have high Cpl ion OF her learning.
"A Ie-pect for her pFecept, nor conf
d5nCe In. her example lRrO&atury re-
marks % ale in The preseilc- of pupil~
CONCERN ng the telchers will uspally not
only rebound To the injury OF those wa
make them but to The injury of the
whole school. This Is tue because It
undermine the authority of the teacher
aud cUnse ,uently lessons her riiity Ia
do her work well. The lie che 5 WO k
Is equal III dignity and importance wi h
that of the parent, and at times more
d ,fficult in practice. Criticism should
not De made by the Que which it would
not be proper Tor the O,he. 70 make iii
tetuun.
There is nothing more manifest than
that We need greater accuracy in ti.e
school work. VI e need m0Te Sys en-,
not in the sense of maChiner y aud Xpen-
~iVs nO.Iuns. but la Things that are HeC-
essary tn secure solid and enduring
work. We need 20 d arrangemeuJ %
the labor, goud teaching, good superin
tending, good directing, a Ueltsr aJteud-
ance on the part Of pupils and DeLier
intere II in their stud Is. But il these
things do not grow directly out Of a cor
rect puDl C FEELING, they are at least de-
D. ndeut upon it TOR their support. All
The other tacilitie- we can tu nish will
Tail in a great measure unless lie Is IN
Ntilled into them by such "A public feel
ing. This work II not one that tn be
conducted according 10 the hard rules
that Apply la other bu inc res. La other
work they do not inquire Of the amount
Of nervous power used, nor Of the
Thought and y mpathy extended, and
bow much should 90 extended III re-
turn. The business world does not in
quire so murh intn the character and
private cJud CT of thuse who carry on
It's affairs. In these respects say b
schOui work differs strong y. Il holds
a middle relation between the family
and the community al large. Il CON
meets the present and future, and the
pre-e { is re spOn~ ible To the future tor
the way in which that work is done
j. B. Trailer.
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