The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24

Rules or no Rules Discussed by an Odd
Teacher

Rules or no Rules Discussed by an Oid |
Teacher.
Among teachers there appeares to
be no end of disDuting about rules OF
school. Some say that "Do Right, Is
enough and all others only serve to
point out the wrong, to give it proml-
nence and life in the minds of the
pupil. The do right" teachers perhaps
have never thought that they have no
rule, that it is simply an exhortatlon,
that is drummed in our ears from IN
fancy to age, so are the exhortatlons,
"Do good, feed the hungry, or clothe
the naked" A rule is something to
90 by, that leads, if not from bad TO
good, at least ends with the good; that,
whether it begins with the wrong or
not. is sure to end in the right.
The rule of subordination is OF this
] kind. The pupil of necessity must
take his place in the school as
learner, and must be amenable to the
teacher. In the school the teacher Is
one factor. the pupil another. So soon
as the teacher allows division OF the
honors of his position with those OF a
pupil, trouble begins-the teacher Is
out of his place so also is the pupil.
The school has lost its head and is
growing up. if it has any growth at all,
| into a sort of hydra that for the com
munity may become worse than the
one slain by Hereculese was for Pelop'
| anessus.
Then write on every mind subor> l.
nation, that is, take your place as
pupil: write it as the rule of all rules
Doing this affords you an opportunity
to present many things of which
thoughtless boys and girls have moi
thought-that The law has made yor
governor of the school; that societ!
from time immemorial has given II
sanction: that you have been hired te
govern the school, and that with al
the determination of your mind ant
soul you intend to meet the require
ments.
Then write for your first rule "sub
ordination" and Immediately under i
regularity" No one except he b'
very youthful, is entitled to the honor
of having his name enrolled upon th'
school register unless he has dete"
mined to attend. The reason for this
rule, for such it is in Oregon, is 81
we'll understood that / need not stol
) to give reasons for its enforcement, o.
to argre its importance as affecting th'
very life Of the school.
For the third rule l would writ
spunctuality. This shoulo be inter
preted to mean not only punctualit,,
in getting to school, but punctuality il
the.performance of every duty. Punct
nal in the hours of study, punctual ii
recitation, punctual in every duty.
For the fourth rule have attention,
l for the fifth effort" The significanc
of these ralated rules can be readil
seen by all who have eyer been en-
gagged in guiding the young. Withon
effort and attention the work OF tn
school is no work, and without worl
there can be no school worthy tn
name.
Two more rules should be added
. sixth, "moral action;" seventh, 'mora
. language" The law of our state an
the demands of society are not satisfie
with less than this. The Observanc
!, of each and every one of them is de
. manded by duty, right and homer a
!, exercised By al sensible pupils
, whether young or old. Regalatian
concerning whispering, note writing
eeartlng, swearing and q host of othe
wrongs that so easily beset the worth
: less student will largely depend on th
' success with which these rules ar
y maintained.
= These rules are positive. not neg
: tive: First, thou shall. be subordinate
second, thpp shalt attend with regular
ity; third, thou shalt be ppnctua
fourth, thou shalt give attention, fiftf
o thou shalt make an effort; sixth, th
o actions must be moral; seventh, th
: language must be moral. Becaus
these things are right, they unfold th
: duty of the pupil and will preserve b
/. honor,
: Perhaps some one will say all this
we'll enough. but suppose some ane
3 insubordinate, what then? VIII!
). simply this, bring him to state OF sui
1 ordination, Or failing 10 this, hag
o him removed. One OF the other {
these things must be done or the goo
: sense of the people will remove tn
2 teacher. as failure.
AARON FRAZIER.