The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-27
TEACHERS IN ST. Paul
Continued From First Page.

the sympathetic delight at each small
success of the small 10y, these eXh1olt;fnS
of heart and soul are what IS needed IN
the dead, drear waste Of humdrum sch lGl
life. All this foste:s spontaneity, push
and pluck. All hail the day in which one
cares to do the unconventional OCCASION
ally. The teacher should be human be
ing and act like one. An idea planted IN
the soul, Watered by pleasant surround
ings fortified by the sunlight OF warm
human sympathy, will of necessity sprout
and grow Tis i'll the nature of things. :
lyon dreamy boy, $50 uninterested and
uninteresting, is thinking. what is ne
thinking about? Teacher, it is your bus
mess to know. Percnance his horizon IS
filled with his latest possession; nearly
bis whole world is made up of rabbits.
The teacher knows not this, his sister
does and advises their destruction Here
is no touching of soul with soul, no COM
mon sympathetic interest, a world OF
locked-up possibilities and no one search
ing for the key.
without charity our schools are peni-
tentiaries Of learning; they compel but
"A sensitive boy, too sensitive to throw
off his mask of bravadO, thinks MOI e
of being recognized than we know. A
genuine smile, friendly nod or hearty
goodbye, will do more to warm the heart
than the best executed lesson plan ever
proposed by pedagOgic seer. 1t is for
tunate that the word schoolmaster is be-
coming obsolete. 1 hate the word mas
ter; one cannot help coupling with 1T the
word slave; we want more of PestalOzzi
and less of Sturm, more of Arnold and
less of Loyola. Let us hate vice but not
the vicious, dirt but not dirty, Grim
inality but not the criminal 1t is the
Christ in US, not the Pharisee, that wins.
'"The teacher may be of the right sort
of her by a. conscientious but over-eX-
acting supervising officer. Let ME tell
a, little story.
There came a new sensation into a
certain Dnil0in2 in the civ of Y A
young woman of some experience in a
smaller town came to teach there. She
was healthy in body and mind, her eyes
sparkled, her jolly enthusiasm was con-
tagious teachers too tired and spiritless
to more than nod to each other, caught
her spirit; everybody was glad to stroll
into her room during 1nterniSsion and
laugh; they all went away sweeter and
stronger. 1t is needless to say that her
room was possessed of a healthy spirit,
All went on well till the end of the first
month. The time for reports came. Her
more experienced friends shook their
heads and looked wise. Our novice look
ed gay, and said I know about reports;
I've made them out before She smllingly
handed them to the principal on We'd
neSIay morning. They were weighed in
the balance and found wanting. She was
coldly Informed that she had wasted the
city money by spelling their good
blanks. Another set was furnished her;
she went sway a little less cheerful than
before. One o'clock at night saw her
task not half done, fatigue overcame her,
she blotted, made biunders and scratched
in vain In the morning she went to
school looking little pale. yet ready
to laugh and smile. Work as she could
| those reports were not in shape to hand
! in on Friday morning. The principal
ukase had gone forth that those reports
! must be in the hands of the pupils on
Friday. So at the end Of school those
| pupils We're made to sit still till the
reports were f1nished-fnished by the
| teacher with the conscientious principal
sitting in the room. Some conscientious
! ness almost puts a premium on deviltrv
At the end of the second month more
! trouble followed. Her roses are now
! gone, drowned in sea of P's G's. G
| plusSes, V G's and Els. The best element
| IN the school destroyed, for what! M
| friends, this is more than an allegory.
| "A coed general must do more thu
properly proper drill his men, more than keer
! they are healthy and in good spirits he
is a failure, no matter what other nnaii.
ties he may possess"
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The following committees were then
appointed oIn by the president:
ce N9minati9 q + W Y. G; schmitz G. M
= En IN Angus, F. H. Hosmer
" Aq4d ID PI1S5 F: F ssneek, Principa
Bridgman, Frank A Weld. - N'f'-i' II
,Leglslatlon-J. -. Bond, d. E. CIoyd, c
I, 1ocnuItz, =. +. koehler. w. A. Shoe
PROFESSOR KIEHLE'S PAPER.
Under the head of 1.-The Problems q
Training Teachers DR.. David L. Kiehle
! professor of pedagogy in the state uni
Versity was the first to speak, he dealin.
with the matter from the standpoint q
the university.
He stated that the normal school wa
| q mo-, cJ1-o
slty, as in the higher institutions q
learning freedom of thought was III
rule, and the institutions paved the wa,
! for modern advanced ideas on the suh
Ject of education, especially primary an,
| secondary.
If the university desired to hold tn
place OF greatest honor, it must VEL,
the greatest service. All over the Unite
states universities We're now adjustin,
their curricula so as to adj
nit of the greatest amour
Of utilitarianism. Attention va
being directed to the solution of In
dustrial problems, and not the least inn
portant held OF activity was the atten
| ton being directed to the study of III
child-mind and the best methods of de
veloping it. This problem is a most com
pick one and what was wanted was +
take the child with its hereditary posi-
bihttes and train 1t SO as to realize thss
in the best possible way He then ont
lined the method in vogue at the uniyer
sity and gave a sketch of the courses i,
| pedagogy now available at that institu
ton.
Miss Sarah Brooks, of this city, led Il
the discussion following this able paper
She stated that teachers all over tn
state were more than pleased with tn
activity and thoroughness being dis
| played by the university faculty in mat
tiers pedagogic. The great problem nov
confronting teachers was how to bes
deal with the immense number of schol
ars who came to the school before the,
were old enough to have any desire TO
knowledge. Experimental schools. tina
is, schools where young teachers could re
ceive instruction in much the same wa,
as the medical student is given hospita
| training, were badly needed. Some nro