The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-03-23

that he can get up and II he fails the
first time keep him at the work until
it is accomplished. Impress upou him
that you not only expect the best les
sons possible but the best department
also. Impress upon his mind the Inn
portant part he hasin the school, that
he isone OF the factors In the school
and that his conduct goes largely to
make up the good school, Impress
upon him that the school is a public
benefactor in which heis factor, that
the public school is the forerunner OF
the big school 1.-THE world and there in
the public schoolhe lays the founda-
ton for the great school Of life. Inn
press upon him the Importance of
regularity and punctuallty. Habits,
good or bad, are easier kept when
formed In childhood than when older.
With the above described teacher
and teachings, we come TO the most
important factor in thepublic schools,
the parent. We believe that the
greatest factor in the public schools
to-day is the parent. "The teacher
desires his best authority from the
consent of his parent" If the parent
is in harmony with the above describ-
ed teacher and teachings the school
work is already success, otherwise 1t
never can be. The cry in this country
to-day is, more good teachers. better
qualified teachers. We heartily voice
the sentiment, but there is another
necessity that goes hand In hand with
better teachers and that is parents
more interested. Parents who are
daily training their children for the
hard battles of life. Parents who take
more lively, active interest in the
schools and stand by the teacher when
the teacher needs standby. The in
huence of the parent goes far beyond
that of the teacher ninety-nine times
out of every one hundred. How often
have we seen boys loating around stores
or out hunting or in other places just
as improper when they should have
been in school. How often have we
known girls tostay at home, read nov
els or something just as useless when
they should have been in school. Ask
their parents about it and the excuse
Is, 1T is not much use to make boys
and girls of that size go to school If
they don't want to CO." ALI parent,
there is where you make the great
mistake of your life in the training of
your child. slacken your control just
when your boy or girl needs it most.
There is no child but that needs the
most decided actions Of the parent ut
this particular time when the boy
thinks he is quite a man and the girl
thinks she knows it all. The school
goes on without them but the teacher
realizes the mistake OF the parent and
scholar and in few years the scholar
will realize the same If his parents
never do. Teachers are very often
censured and sometimes deserve 1t we
have no doubt, but many times If par
ents knew the heartaches Of the teach
er for those neglected boys and girls
and the way parents often times stand
in their and their childrenS light and
that through carelessness, they would
surely hold different attitude toward
the teacher rs well as the child. One
Of our greatest needs in the common
schools to-day is more active interest
ed parents who express their appreci-
ations and manifest their interests by
visiting the school, ut least once dur
ing the term.
We often thought that no greater
blessing. in the school line, could have
befallen our fair land, than that every
parent in it had taught, at least, three
schools. Now we don't want to be too
hard on the parent but the schools of
this county are as badly neglected by
parents as they are imposed on by in
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