The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-09

The school teacher m1st b 10 certain
extent IN sutocEat The word o. the
. t=acEsr has 70 BE- law n the httle realm
under command. The smaller tne school.
Il may safely BE- said, the more auto
, cratic the teacher. because thsre Is lass
20 couoteract the teachers Will In tns
outer life we are forever mingI7ng with
teachers life Is forever devoted 70 those
who must Be by ths nature o. things
mentally inferior for tine and who
are always more OF less under ms arhf-
Grary authority The result q this upon
TIE mind < usually very narrowing. Il
i the tendency Of human nature 70 seek
TIC pleasant rather than the unpleasant.
and Il i but natural 70 remain IN the
atmosphere where there Is no colTad5c-
ton, rather than 70 seek an atmosphere
where there Is contradicttoa- School
teachers whshsr male or female should
seek the society OF their feIIowrnsn as
much as possible. They should meet and
should be acquainted with All sorts and
conditions Of men" They have in their
care children who come from al kinds
q homes. In the public schools Of Amer
ica nearly all meet OF e platform OF
equality. In the public schools OF this
portion II the United States children
inset upon an equality Of race which Is
unknown on the mainland. In our
schools the. despIse5 Chinese q Califor-
MA takes bis seat and completes with the
Hawaiian OF the Caucasian and frequent
II beats both The true school teachers
VIII never Re satisfied with The education
WHICH We give lheEa IN our little Normal
School. They VII regard that - merely
being upon the rang q the ladder
no branch e knowledge car come
aEzzisz 10 zcbc0I teachers. The mines
II literature bUried in other Ian
guages assist tf1en- Science assists them.
mechanical invention assists them, art
ard culture assist them, ard above al
the knowledge and love OF mankind as
sfst them The school teacher should
kaow chii5-nature, but 70 know child
nature AM q understand II. tas
teacher should know razn-nature.
for The child IS the father OF
the man" To pretend 70 know and w
derstaad child-nature without under
standing the development OF that nature
in the future. is To merely get possession
OF a square OF map and not know what
may be the accompanying squares. a
teacher thus cannot Be too broad IN his
knowledge. The more he knows not only
IN literary sense. but the more knowl-
e5ge ne has Of the word. the better
teacher he VIII be. the better guide TO
the future generation
watch words are used by all armies.
You are 2 part Of the army ofeducatfon,
an uplifting army. an army far grauder
than that which Is tr5cked out IN MIL
tary array. and glitters with all the
pomP and panopIy Of war. Such an
army means destruction. Your army
means regeneration The school teacher
is the regsnerating power, the uplifting
power. the civilizing power. Personally
he may be 10 more than the coral in
sect AS a mass he can build walls OF
ctviliza ton as firm and abiding as the
great barrier reef Of Australia
l have told you that the teacher SHOULD
be broad both in mind and culture and
nov 1 viii tell you what to do with that
breadth. Concentrate. Let that be your
watchword. Sweep as widely as you can
over the field Of human knowledge and
then bring the fruits home, as the bee,
which roams afar over the fower-star-
red fields and sips the sweets Of count
less blossoms, yet returns to its hive and
| concentrates in one tiny cell the aroma
and sweetness OF rose, violet, eglantine
and a myriad exquisite perfumes. Con-
| centrate- Learn as much as you can, bat
give out your knowledge in terse and IN
derstandable form.
Believe ne, children have little time to
waste If we are TO educate them well,
while they are under our tuition we unust
| lose not "a moment There is a saving
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