The herald., 1895-02-09

full, and 80 the teacher who. has the
light is always hopeful.
In certain sense, you are secondary
light-bearers. | know that society 10
bad, but the light shneth in darkness.
Light ia the life OF men. II you see
something more clearly than your
neighbor it is your duty to help him to see
it too. Help him to bellows the utter
ances OF nature to be true.
LET us hope that the time will come
when men will not plead to be elected TO
the board OF education on the ground
that they are poor and need the office,
especially az there are no salaries at.
taohed to the came.
PROF. Gates ADDRESS
Prof. Gates address was upon the
school, its character and ethics. Once
he made an alluslon to the publication
OF sensational articles in the news.
papers, which might have been taken
as bearing on the recent trouble in the
high school, when the class of '95 was
Suspended.
He said il would have been better had
the newspapers published straightior'
ward editorials instead OF sensational
articles in regard to matters pertaining
to this schools. or worda to that effect.
II am painfully conscious" aaid Prof.
Gates in starting. that the subject l
have taken up is broad one. What l
have to say is not entirely original,
neither is il very we'll connected. When
l have thought of anything I have
jotted it down.
iii man has an aptitude for teach
ing he will have love for children and
a love for knowledge; he must be q
man of considerable sttainments; he
must be man of fluent speech. quick
and observing habits and a ready rea-
soner.
"a teacher must teach the science OK
health, inculcste the truths OF religion.
and, in fact, have more patience than
God, for God punished the wicked. He
must prepare his scholars to find the
paths of righteousness. But the public
does not expect all this OF us, but il does
expect us to set daily example as well
as to teach q daily lesson.
"Golden opportunities for doing good
are ours. and we should net let che
pass without improving them to our
beat ability.
THE severest censure Of our school
system often comes from those who
speak from kno wlsdge of the school sys.
tenn of a generation ago, forgetting that
the schools have kept we'll up in the
march of progress.
~ verify believe that the question OF
truth or morality, lawlessness or homes
ty. are often settled in the schools.
"If order is heavens first law, then
surely it should be the law of the school.
do not mean the monotonous stiffness
of perfect order, hut the quiet Of perfect
harmony.
Like religion, morality has its fanat-
lea. There are woman's rights fanatics,
NO mau's rights fanatics, and GO all
through.
The teacher can do great deal to
foster truth among his pupils by con-
Tossing an error when he sees he is in
the wrong.
cit lie in the power OF the teacher to
train the morals of the pupil and to
weigh the right and the wrong. The
study of history may be the means OF
enlightening the conscience. 1t may be
made an attempt at the solution Of the
problem OF oiviliz alton.
"When education 10 confined to Gers
tain limited branches it will have no
claim to public support or sym apathy.
The public schools should instill the
lessons of morality, of right. of good
government and upright living"