The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-10-02
NUMBER "a.
Some Rambling Thoughts.
BY MEMO

S0me
-
ny ..SrNon
TO TEACHERS AND PuRPoskFuL
IEoPLE'-Ihe talnt httle tap on your
desk LOT 'attention at the nrst ses-
sion TINS Term, VIII, 10 some OF you,
souha as ominous as the toliihg OF a
death-knell. LII VIII conlure up tine
pleasures OF Vhe weeks OF rest ana then
they VIII All vanish unuer iurid ciouu
out OF whose gray oooy WIN peep VS.
ions OF children VINO insist on peing
stupid when the superintendent APP
pears, or VINO are trlmphahtiy ms
chie'ous wneh your oack i turned
and strangely angelic when you wheel
round 10 detect tnem' Really, tnere
Is NIUE wonder, II your heart SINKS
within you, as you remember that TO
keep up the standard OF the schooi
you VIII need TO be alert, not once
week, but every nour OF every gay. l
can quite understand ieeiihg AKIN 10
nausea when the lallliiar packsoi tne
ola iainlllar DOCKS tell you that, ehis
year as lastyou VIII nave 10 go over
the seli-same simple lessons 10 new
set OF simple listeners. linen, II you are
a woman iittie feeiing OF angry pro-
test VIII arise; Tor you know luii wen
lhat the average man OF your Town,
however Tree ne ieeis 10 point OUT
your defects, would prefer week OF
lne haroest toii 10 one uay Oh atoehnp
ting the control OF twenty OF your
spfites: ana, II you are MAZE teacner,
criticlsed LOT your severe disclplinc,
you necd no telilhg that no motner OUT
Oh captious zen Wouiu pe aoie W
govern such heaped togeoher family
except py Tree ana ihaiscr'ininaoe
slappiig.
Altogether you ieel HUG eioohiy
as tne duties peglh 10 ourueh your
shoulders again.
"
But DO not unuo the good OF your va
cation by iretting ana running. 10
certain extent tne laporlous charac-
Ter OF your WORK IN recompenseu, III
that your rest time is longer ana your
hours OF labor shorter IMAM Is Vouchsa-
red 10 the general run OF prainworkers,
lake courage from ,hat, ana s.ano
up 10 duty III your CHOSEN sphere as
bravery as your iaVorite historic char-
acter stood up TO MS. But as TOT yearh-
ing Tor nun appreciation, sweep the
temptation pehind you eisey you VIII De
unhappy continually. NO good work
Is ever lully appreciated. luis you
probably believe In theory, put your dii-
ueulty comes IN adapting the theory
70 fact and that iact your own career.
IL IS painiul 10 discover thao you are
the living counterpartoi the man VINO
fell among thieVes-peopie OF your
community pass you by without De-
slowing any more than thought on
you ana IL is LETT 10 me- distant ana
Impoverished samaritan, To pour III
the on ana the WINE upon your
troubled spirit
we expect children TO place them-
selves whefe lhe,r heads can oe pat
ted, but well balanced men ana wotn-
: en- never 10 TINS. VIII EVEN udie
10 suggest tnat II nan Oh your gooa
Efforts were fully praised, your heau
would be turned, and your heart
too away from the very things that
first brought YOU applause. Not a
tithr Of ali the good work of life is
done where men may place garlands
of esteem upon it; IL il were so, how
would our bridges or our houses wealth
or n single storm. Ont of sight work
caS,ts in tho aroat balance Sheet NJ
the Almighty; If you are tempted to
doubt IL. say IL, over and over again
until Won roach tho noint of ploryiny
In tbo doina ~ a dntv thougb
m, ,n,tt
you demand of the scholar; who Is
urged by you to believe that though
his well done task is wiped from the
hlackhoard II vet remains mart of his
n,ontol rain tbat f,ith n,ust no yours
iraaoIiin $50 49,, ~ 80 rava, a;y,no m ~
your self to your work, though every
shred and particle of effect seem to
utterly disappear.
~
THE HIDDEN LIFE.
A gentle flower in the forest grew,
Where never a soul its sweetness knew
And its upturned eyes with beauty
bright
Ne'er glowed with responsive loves
oeh2ht'
I II withercd and died, unmarked ,unsung,
When low in the sky the pale sun hung
Still the wild BIRDS called on Joyous
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