Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-29

worthy? He may lack in energy and
scholarship and perseverance, and still
prove To be an acceptable employee but
if he cannot be relied upon he is not
wanted. In the twentieth century we
will demand of the teachers of the
American child that they give us men
who have
Strong minds, great hearts. true
faith and ready hands:
Men whom the lust of office does not
Kill;
Men whom the spoils OF office cannot
buy;
Men who possess opinions ana a will.
Men who have honor; men who Will
not lie;
Men who can stand before dema
gogue,
And damn his treacherous batteries
without winking,
Tail men. sun-crownea, who live above
the fog
IN public duty. and in private think
ing.
IN TIE first fifty years Of ou,. history
as state nc made an enviable3 record
but The first decade of the coming cen
fury should eclipse any of the past. The
schools of Iowa must not relnain at Z
Istand still They can not advance UNI
less the teaching force advances.
The Imperative demand viii be fo..
men and women of high ideals. gener-
Gus sy.npathies and who fully appreci-
ate the responsibilities, duties, priyilsg-
ses and realities of life.
"A more distinctive element in the ed
ucation of the child in future years viii
be the development of character.
What do we mean of a man when we
say that he has Il charactero 1t is his
lsinnermost, distinctive personality. a
/ man is said to lack character when he
has nothing TO distinguish him from the
/ masses. Stubborness is not character
| Eccentricity or Oddly is not character.
| True, we sometimes say of a man who
Is odd or eccentric that he is a charac-
! ter. We often truly say that reputation
| is not character, for a man may be re-
| puted to be a man OF character and
| still be unworthy Of confidence. We can
not always judge of a mans character
| by his conduct. Public opinion requires.
men togconform To certain usages of So
/ ciety. 1t is possible for a man TO be a
moral leper. and be SO recognized by Il
| few of his closest friends, and yet 10 so.
conduct himself in the eyes Of the pub
/ lie as to gain recognition as man of
character
In America clerks. boolSseepers, elsc-
stricians. civil engineers, stenogra piers.
cashiers. public officials. as well as
| teachers, require special training in cr
der that they may do their work in a
manner satisfactory to their employers
and to the general public. The qualities
/ tions necessary, however. for the civil
! engineer are not the same as those re-
quired of teacher. The cashier of a
bank need not necessarily be a stenog-
/ rapher. nor an electrician necessarily
| possess the tact of a diplomat But
/ whatever may be the qualifications re-
lquired to perform special services. all
4 reed TO be men or women of character
THE future teacher viii have an ideal
4 that is lofty, Inspiring and ennobling.
i The greatest teacher was meek. strong,
courageous, eloquent, persistent, pa
TENT wise and obsdients he spalse as
never man spake. and taught as only
1 the divine can teach. He was more, elo-
5lquent than Paul, mare patient than job
1 more courageous than Solomon, more
/ meek that Moses, more wise than Solo
| ,aon. and is a tower of strength in all
lands and among all people.
4 II the teacher does not possess me
! wisdom of solomon, ne should not be-
come discouraged. Paul was not as
meek as Moses. nor perhaps as patient
as JOB put ne ioIghe we sooel fisn U,
/ finished tine course ana kept me Iai'h
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