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

per5ng 70 enter. O for which having en-
tered. you are now trying 70 improve
yourselves
what can IL grznder than the idea
that thz work done now Is going 20 De-
Impressed upon the generation that fol
lows The teacher Is no worker in metal
who stamps cut with MS hammer and
chissi Z beautiful statuette or z grace
fUl gaEd for soma fair Iadys neck
These last, sometimes for centuries. but
they are dead things.-they are beautiful
they show human skill but they have not
life The teachers' precepts live, Il not
n one mind. s5ill IN another. There Is =
divine essence II teaching, Il w can only
GET hold o. II The teacher holds the
torch Of knowledge 70 guide the falter1g
footsteps q childhood and youth into fhe
fun light Of me day Of manhood and
worna1hooS. And the teachings 90 on.
The teacher may Be dead b1t his spirit
shall i've among some Of HIS pupils
les. Il IS q grand profession this teach
Ing, aid al Tho enter upon i should Do
90 With ear1estness and with purpose.
skill 81 mechanics. skill IL the arts Of
music. sculpture aa1 painting may all b
admirable, are admirable, but the SKIN
Whica Gan open the human mind. tfle skill
which can lead the budding intellect and
set = Il work SEEKING after the higher
ideals. the skill which deals WITH life
hare, ard clamps upon Il what may IN
f1eDce life hereafter. i worthy u our
highest communication II Is no light
thing 20 be & teacher Few rsa}lze how
m8ea good and how much harm they can
Dc as teachers.
Addressing you. as the budding teach
ers Of these beautiful Islands Of GUYS. 1
would earnestly urge upon you the re-
s-ra~s al ~ sch 7 l. m
holiday work that you are Undertaking
& IS the making or marring Of human
lives. the lives q the men and women Of
the future which you viii have IN your
cara Duty done. and wei done, closes
life nobIy.
You who are entering the profession
now. ars entering il II auspici9us times
You are offered course OF study which
Is calculated 10 make yo1 useful from
The moment you put your foot into any
school room Of the Territory Of Hawaii.
Yes win not have to waste your own
ti=ue and what IS far more valuable the
ti-s - your pupils IN trying 70 ind out
ar deal with our polygiot population.
s.. g snow what TO do and you VIII
e y % Do it But having acquired
zla 80 here. you have by no means
a-ceE what you ought 70 DO
Thnug nay walk ont Of these rooms
with s IA or with certificate your
esiucartcI. but just commenced. This
normal - i has after al only taught
you Aeyz teach yourselves TO teach.
The work n your own hands No one
can make ~ a teacher, any more than
any one can make any one else painter,
a carpenter. musician or brick-Iayer.
Any person can be trained towards any
Of these things, and without training the
results world be meager and unsatisfac-
tory h;it success in any Of these must
come from ourselves. If we know how,
we can -gceeed. The object OF the nor
nal scio.i Is 70 show you how
In eaTry.EE On your life work, let me
give yog 9F- piece OF advice. Keep your
minds brDed 3Iingle with your fellow
men and women. don't get into a scholas-
tic class apart II is the greatest and
most fatal danger that assaiIs the school
teacfers' life. It is what causes people
20 look askancs upon the profession and
speak OF it's members as Missionaries.
There can be no DOUBT Of the narrow
sre yea ~ the rrf1cso1 teaefterG' life