The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-10-06
in the elements or drawing and music
would aid in inspiring love OF equi-
| lihrium of sumntru Or In nrmnnN

would aid in inspiring a love OF cqui-
librium, of symetry, or harmony,
recognize easily that to bring
philosophy and 4thetics within the
comprehension of children is diff
cult and delicate task. Would It be
eliminating large number of in
struct0rs to suppose them Incapable
of such task? Though the question
be answered in the negative, it would
not be an accusation; for If they are
unequal to their mission, as under
stand it, the fault is not in them
selves, but in the nature of the exam
nations which open to them their
careers. A candidate for a place Of
instructor is not examined as to his
mental qualities, his judgment, his
pedagogic aptitudcs, his capacity for
drawing a moral lesson from the
smallest facts, his talent for giving
instruction which is truly alive and
yivifying, but simply as the seryile
interpreter Of books which profess
sionals compose "!or the use of
schools
1t is, then, the master on whom
will turn the course Of Instruction |
point out, Everything depends on
him. People imagine that a we'll
written book Of morality or rhetoric
srffices % make Il good instructor.
The fact IS thaJ the best book 0. in
+. st:uction IS buo OF slight usc unless
i It be interpreted by a able master.
e A lesson thus given from 4 Look is
but the caie image Of 8 foreign
u thought, lacking in accent, oTiginali-
u ty, in Taricty. IF the scholars % to
IL G'ccp over it, cGn vhcy be blamed T.,
> however, ohe master, penetrated with
T. an ,dca, imrregnated with feeling,
u specks out q his own mind and soul,
l. TT is, if hc thinks and feels what
y he says, then all is changed; the
. schc.ars. - place Of an "author,
/ "nnts a mar" and tAism man interests
10 these little men: he IS no longe
ST a phonograph which let's fall TIN
u phrases learned by heart sort 0
IL magnetic current is established be
e, tween the master and his disciples
III which turns all these intellects In til
re direction Of his thought ana make
IT, all their hearts beat in unison wit
es his.
i Finally, there is an important quc'
he tion. Should society cntrust to
NJ young man a work which requires S
ne much maturity ofsmlnd and chara'
IS, ter? 1t is often almost a child whol
80 we elevate to the function of teacht
rus of children, when there is need Of a
eS accomplished man, that is to say, /
on reproachable in his dress, his mai
ell ners, his life, preaching by examp
eo on occasions. Scholars refractory
ho syntax are very much awake, if Tho
ell can discover in their master ii
III slightest contradiction between b
III words and his conduct.
IS Let me say, in conclusion, what HI
os- already been in the mind Of all Il
lie readers, that it will not be possib
to have such educators as | have d
90 scribed until the position Of educat
IL has been made enviablc and envic
ION We have not the right to ask fol
inc man Of impeccablc virtue, Of cxte
Is siyc orudition, with the knowledge
a psychologist, the tact of direct
'er- of conscience, the dress and langua
hef of man of the world, and offer hi
rcc in exchange pccuniary situate
re- which affords him just enough to ke
are his children from starving, and
Ihe moral situation which is somctlm
ht, wholly without independence. U
we der present conditions, we are ve
III fortunate in getting instructors
'cr- good as those we have.