The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1897-06-07

lday TO day, month TO iaontn q 3
perhaps, even for years I'LL b
comes the one all absorbing passle
of their lives. And they not eIll
long for food for the mind but e
the heart as well. They natural
seek some institution of learnin
where they may develope II ! COZ
pleteness.
Finally al eventfnl day conc
which sees them 90 away from tn
old home, away from the scenes
childhood, away from the friend
and companions who have beeome'
part Of their lives by long 60
friendly association. They leave
life Of heaIthfulnsss ease and fres
dom for Qpe where tasks rTe .ndif'
piled dail They hare 11IIf TIT
''i'fl'inf| ri
Ina TIE men md women tksF Vol
meet What inspiration Tho
would get from the teachers ind
whom they study
But are these hopes realized
Does the personality Of the teacliei
permeate their lives, giving thenl|a
incentive to do Herculean tasks
Candidly, We fear not The instFn,
ton comessin q great many instance
jas a breath from the North Poi,
The most interesting truths CON
like an iceberg to CONCEAL the aIlo
#of youth. the teacher either Wit
an expression of indifference d
proud contempt sits on his thron
OF self.constituted portance as ID
approachable as the Gar Of Russia
telling the student ID imperiell
Ak 49, 49, y
tones that there is a day Of reckolI
ing coming. This sort Of schoJ|
room atmosphere finally renders tiI|
student inert, and Indifferent 70 4
his work.
What we wish to impress as beisl
of great importanceis the fact thl
the student should be 80 inspifIl
that he will realize the noblenessEl
his work and get an incentive TIL
will permeate his entire life.
often happens that the reason
many students never attain
higher intellectual and moral II
because they have never been VI.
lip to the real nobleness Of life
About too many recitation rod |
there is All dir of restraint.
student seems constantly beset
Ne fearh Is going 70 funk
disition u treth = rot p;hde
cid. bit rather tIle lAalllr
grades II is grades, grades, 81
The student is measured 81
class standing, IN too many il
stances, and not BY what he Il, Ia
by the possibilities Of what he ky
become in the world power hi
good.
Y The examinations are made a
From one terms end ol
another the examination is the gu
the fertilization at which all Ie|
students grape and canister IA
shells are aimed. After the exa
tions are over, the fortifcation Is
supposed to have been taken e|
yanquished, and moth
more remains to be done. Then 81
student can sit supinely down.
if another like enemy never appe 5
in sight his battles are ended
The day ought to come when &
will be regarded as &
relic of the past. Personal w6th|
ought tobe the standards effort lid
not success should be reward
Every teacher IN the course d i
few months daily contact with lie
student ought to know his capssety
for work, and the effort be pts
forth and reward It ecordingly
1t often happens that . stud [
will be indifferent oclass room Va
till near examination time, and Il
by two or three days acramInit
he can photograph the text Of
impressionab1e cershruIn and pas
ereditable examination gettiu
grade which his personal w.
does not merit
Education should develop chk
acter and make the student ! bs.
man; Ii this end Is not attained
world viii be worse for his haNi
lived in it. Certain grades aEe
4. moral safeguard by any means
And as we intimated il the E
ginning, the average stsl1ent craNI|
something more than mere tex b9
facts. He wants to be made 70
that his teacher is 4 personal fire.
and to him he naturally looks
guidance Apd it's II tbs sga
neetion that the personality Ct
true teacher can 50 magnetizs u
life Of the student that y mttf
wears, when the facts hive 4
been forgotten, some kindly, insPI