The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-06-26

other way can he keep out Of ''ruts or
/ keep M his own interes; in what he IS
\ doing. and thus avoid that hUmdrum
/ monotony which is s special hane OF
] the teachers 5 work.
! Again. il is fair 70 suppose that every
I teacher is desirous oi securing better
I position. with consequent better pay.
/ The only practical and sure wsy Of at
tanning higher professional rank is by
+ daily preparation in addition 10 daily
I pranaration FOR his class work. Progress
tzaeanS continuous work and study, 1t
may be Sc in many other things, but
certainly in the teachers work there is
no such thins as standing stiil-not 70
co forward Is surely 70 so back, In
I this connection I am reminded q :
story Told BY Mr.. Phillips Of Boston.
I Mass. some years ago. OF his expert
ence as an examiner Of teachers, One
day. after examining candidate, he
told him that he must refuse him GER
tiicate -WeIl.~ said the man, ! think
that is very strange, I taught school
Eve years ago in this very town. and
you. Mr.. Phillips. gave me nv license,
I think IL : = pity Il | don't Know aS
much now AS aiaa five years aso,
Mr.. Phillips replied i think you
10 know 2S much IS you did then. bur
no more, Sn6 that Is = sufficient reason
for refusing yoa license"
The preparation for higher ppofeS-
S5Olal rank, liSe the preparation Tor
teaching, should be oi . ,hTee-fold na-
u-ec
FSTs.-The ts2cher should certainly
push forward IN the subjects he Is call
- upon 10 teach, Who c2n gather IN ali
knowledge o. such familiar subjects IS
geography and history. 70 sly noshins
q the higher walks Of literature sci
e-oa and mathematics
Secoa6-E9s should select some de-
p2-smsnt q kn0wls6ss not particularly
connected with his school work. and BE-
come 5 faithful 2n6 constant student in
thar direction. IL Is Important th2t the
teacher study n the way proposed, nor
simply - broaden his knowledge. 20
cSanO; II any other WAY keep himself
n .hs true attitude Of learner. which
keeps his manhood from being smother
sG IN The schoolusS,s-. but because he
m2y be L; 20 le2G Others in thar atti-
tu6s-
Thi05-Eie ought 70 keep up constant
professional work t'y reading p0ofeS-
siol2l literature, books and periodicals.
aa6 1y attending and taking part in
professional meetings The literature
u peGssoglcS Is very considerable ald
very respectable, and Is growing sni
improving evs-y 6Sy, both in quantity
and character And ysI how many .eS-
ehs7S Lhs0s S-e who never res6 book
on teaching, Ps-hShps they co not
wish Io co 50 Some undoubtedly pre-
F 1e- 8 ysllow-b4ck novel. And how
many C2ks 10 teachers periodical.
S.iU. those ve-T persons ars perhaps
Z TIE EOS- ciano1ous 70 be counted mem
as7s o. s p7otsSS5oa,~ Whist should
Te sly Of 3 physician who Tssd 10 book
za6 look 10 periodical treating o ne5;-
E e;nes Whzr should vs ssy OF 5 LAWYER
Z Who did 10; know anything ot Black
stone. But are not many members o.
Z the teachers profession" perfectly ig-
no-2nt o. PessAlozzi.
: taacAe- cznlOs zEor6 70 absent
himself from he gatherings o. his fel
tow cs2chs-s-5n The summer school
E ths Institute, The local or national S.
+ Soc.z1loz- Ee needs 70 Go this that hs
DST zl1 The Quicks2i1g that comes
( from social intercourse with those ea-
ESEe5 II Ike pursuits s. well zS 70 -
. cone acquainted with lhs Ee2e-zl G-l..
y educational discussion Su- Es-s
+ cones -hs objection from -Es school
e keeper w1o S2ys- L C,oS-S money 10
15sr books zz5 periodicals . T-sTel 70
distant plzcsS and - pay hotel bills
ysE5le u attendance -E0z -ls simmer
school OF zssoSsS15o-- 3Iy Szls-y i 100
snail : czZzo- 2@o-l IL MlsEzkel-
6el-Ee5 pa5zEOzos. - ezz1O. ~25o-d
-. u Go Z, No-sy l,TsS-e5 \ This
EzT VII rszy hin 1,e--eT II MONEY than
T loaned @ bond and mortgage Be-
cause i i -1e SlzeSc -oz6 and The
clIzCkssS- 70 -koss places with better S1l-
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Il = - anxious 70 oo-2in
Having shown n The foregoing the
p2-zlo-zs necessity to- rho1o1gh and
sys.azz1ie preparation II order 70 t.A
cone : cszcas-. s. wsl s. while occl-
ping rhz- honorable and exalted po-
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