The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-27

should he said OF hne buildings ana i
furniture aud more attention paid TO
the qualifications OF the teacher, who |
should be a thorough master OF what |
he Is To teach. Teaching is a profes- |
sion and the teachers should themsel- !
YES first recognize this fact and then
will all the world do likewise. Better
teachers will give us better schools
and better schools a more intelligent
and patriotic nation. Let the teacher
therefore be alive to his own best in
terest and the interest Of the com
munity. devote his life to a profession
which he himself loves and which will
command the respect Of the entire
community when such II deserves.
The address was one OF the best ever
delivere In Guthrie on educational
lines and the audience listened with
marked attention throughout TO that
which lack OF space prevents us giving
but the merest skeleton.
Thursday Morning Session.
President Boyd called the associa-
tlon to order at $780, and the first
thing on the program was very ad-
mirable paper, 1.-The Teacher in His
Social Relations" by Howard Reed,
superintendent OF the public schools
OF Medford. We give a brief synopsis:
The teacher leads intuitively his
pupils and those about him with whom
/ he comes in contact and hence is to a
certain degree responsible for the
social atmosphere OF the community
in which he lives and works He
exerts all about him great power
though he is often not conscious Of it,
] a. l.. To- p.,utafry hnf
should be a shining light, always
holding out for the right. How quick
the scholars are to pick up even a
teachers little mannerisms, and often
they will tell you Just what your
predecessor did. When should the
teacher ever be on the alert aud keep
his every action above reproach. He
should be cordial, frank, helpful TO
others, know all his scholars and
their parents as well, for in no other
way can he secure the strong support
of the entire community so well. The
power the teacher yields is far reach
ing his influence never ends. Let the
teacher adapt himself to his surround
ings as far as may be possible and not
give up his own opinion and respect,
let him live an open, upright, honora-
BILE life, doing right because it is right,
and then in every little community
where the teacher wields his great in
fluence that teacher will be rewarded
by the love and respect OF the people
he has served and made better.
C. Z Daily, first assistant of the
public schools of Edmond, opened the
discussion on the subject
Man alone, without society lose
his effective power and can do nothing
for the advancement of himself or 9th
ers. The teacher, like others, need
recreation and this can best be gaine'
by social intercourse. The one grea
object of the teacher is to make 9th
ers better, and he can only do this b.
coming in contact with other mind
and hearts and be made better him
self while helping others. While it
best for the teacher not to become
social leader he should study societ
t and learn /. constantly.
} Influence Upon the Child
Prof A. + Robinson, superinterC
ent of the FL Reno city schools, 70
I lowed, speaking of the many iDAl
ences that work upon the nature c
, the child in school and out and askin
: Of the teachers "What will be our il
fluence-good or bad?" The teache
J. must know and understand child iii
il he would be successful in his pr,
fession. Living among children,
2 should know and study their ide'
and then 50 live that his life would |
a safe guide for those he teaches, lea,
ing them TO higher, truer, tett,
life.
Superi itCudsnt o. s. Palmer,
- Pawn rgreed with most OF u
10 points in the opening paper. A know
10 edge OF books was not all that was d
10 sirec-.he true teacher must stud
10 men and times-adapt pt himself to ci
"a cumstances and meet all on a commC
10 plane Of knowledge and understan
10 ing. The teachers pay, from fna
~ cial point OF view, was generally We
10 limited, but the knowledge and sat
10 faction of doing good to others and t
10 love, esteem and appreciation of t
~ people around them was rewa
qs greater than dollars and cents
a, The Teachers silent Influence
so Miss NJ. Olivet Thornley,, county S
80 perintendent Of Payne county, believ
p that the school teacher exerts a sile
"a influence by the life lived and yet tn
% should not stop there, they should n
p live right but sh luld advocate I
% principles Of right at every opp,
~ tunity. Many teachers do not Ia
Is advantage OF their great opportuniti
- the true teacher will teach poll
so ness, courtesy, brotherly love, tempe
~ ance and the real principles of life
"a well as arithmetic, geography and t
other school studies.
"e Prof Mmer's Side.
oi Prof Freeman T. Miller of the Ag
AT cultural college, opened the gener
discussion by holding that the teach
must be leader or be failure, il
a was not ready to step forward in
IlI front line and assume the great
sponsibilities Of leadership he sho'
step down and out The great stu