Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-09

lfHfs eFtfF FNHf w w F''tF w H'i''
disn sad frauds gebefsiiy ~ inofe thsn
doaide the @at ~ daily newspaper,
The professional man who does hoi
read the daily newspspet 10 wofhlhf
against lbe most Terrific 0dds ~ ~ mf'
re- bls svoesfion Ia dependent uPrn
belas In touch With The general lntelli'
genes N the Illnesses, tbsl be Il virtually
cropping IN ibe dark
The attorney msy Think he can sue
oeed Al his practice ~ reading ohly The
literature NJ The bari bot soon be VIII
md bis jofy cases slipping away from
him beosose he Ia bo longer ~ touch
with tbst iatsBglble element of The
human mind know0 ~ public opinion,
made 10 about the ease he Ia tying by
the reports IN the daily pfess,
The physician who reads medical
journals only IL getting ready TO efst-
pie with IN grippe about the time The
daily newspaper announces the depart
ufe of that epidemic,
The minister who reads only theo'
logical tnd polsmio magazines ls lis-
ble 10 pfesob 10 you next sunday ffon
q false text, ignorant of the fact that
the telegraph brings news Of the dis.
covefy of original manuscript copies OF
tbe four gospels Older than any now on
record.
The mech apic or inventor who con.
fines himself 10 reading only the Jour
nails Of his particular trade, by the time
he has got his new discovery perfected,
IL liable 10 be called upon by n man who
reads the papers, knows what the world
wants, and will sell him the same thing
already patented aud on the market.
There are people In the world who
still believe the daily newspaper Is the
work Of the devil, and who religiously
abstain from taking or reading anything
but their church papers, n very good
thing 10 instruct them about affairs In
the next world, but when the tempter
puts In an appearance they fall an easy
victim 10 the snares Of this world M
witness farmer Skinner who parted
with $500 for not reading the daily
newspapers.
II you read nothing else In the way
l. Of current literature read the daily
newspaper and you will pass for u well
. Informed person, no matter what your
= station In life or your occupation, and
vice versn.
Does this apply TO school teachers
IL does, because the teacher ID the con
meeting link between the newspaper
> and the home. There Ii an intimate
= relation between the work Of the tive
great educating forces, and the teacher
should act ~ Interpreter Of the press Il
the family. In the best schools the teach
> ers spend FIVE or ten minutes readiul
to the children an intelligent and wei
digestcd summary Of the more import
ant news Items from all around th,
glober These pitby points Of informa
tIon are carried home by the school chill
dren, and out Of this reflex action vii
come demand from the homes for tn,
best collection Of world news Of the da,
= and when people get that they hav,
0 got the best thing the world produces
= ] am glad TO say the intelligent aut
y progressive teachers are friends of th,
!, press. Unless they conHne tbemselve
o TO teaching ancient history. the ter
0 commandments or the dead language
4 they cannot do the best work and no
:. read the daily newspaper. A. I pub
}. lish an evening paper and you 20 Il
}. your work In the morning cannot b,
o said to be advertising my own business
D for II Ia not even safe TO read an even
s Ing paper In the morning or mornin,
D paper In the evening 10 the keene
= elem ent Of young America who IA
. rule has a decided aversion TO the an
a tIque.
II would be highly improper for an,
J. citizen 10 close his remarks at
+ gathering Of teachers without tellini
them how to ceuduct their schools, o
4 70 let the board Of education off with
y out instructing them 10 their duties
IL eau he laid down M n general princi
: pie that q good primary teacher can b,
i trusted In any lower grade Of educa
9 tional work. Promotions to reach 200,
o educational results should be mad
: from the grammar grades through tb
v Intermediates 10 the primary work.
y This may not meet with your genera
approval but II must not be forgotten
that the proper handling, the righ
= starting aud the true development o
!. the child is the acknowledged prob
lem Of all educational work. II IN,
little ones learn to love their teacbe
o aud their school work, II all their facul
: ties are appealed TO aud all their act,y
tiles employed along right lines, IN,
work that follows 10 the school room
o becomes q pleasure.
The problem Of education IL inyolyee
= In the mastery of the primary work
: To be 10 sympathy with child nature