The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-02

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is soon willing to give up her work to
more congenial co-worker. Then. again,
some teachers are expected to control and
Instruct children who have looked on her
as only playmate or companion she
is certainly not to blame in such an in
stance If her work is unsuccessful and
falls by the waysde and is lost.
Teachers a gain are placed in fields OF
work where through some ill-will or
personal cause they are not wanted. ana
nothing they can do, nor no matter how
haru hey labor, it would not be benehclal
to them nor their children in their esti-
nation, consequently a teacher suffers
from the Misrepresentation of these par
ties and is not a, success When TINS III
feeling is engendered between teacher
and parents there is a lack of co-opera-z
ton, which is a necessary essential to the
intellectual growth of a community Gnu
dren knowing these causes are not as
obedient nor not as studious as they
might be if everything. worked In harmony
and unison: therefore. all such differ
ences should be banished entirely from
the school-room.
Ouarrelsome and dsagreeing pupils
should be watched and when the least
differences arise, they should be correct
ed before they gain any Roadway and
uuietus put on all controversies "A per
feCS equilibrium should be established pc
tween teacher and pupil. If we want mar
1nony' and good will all around us ana
success to crown our efforts. It takes
school a long time to recover from bad
name gained by the acknowledgement of
a eacber, therefore teachers have to be
wide awake and Keep posted as to their
pupils.
1nen. too. scholars are sometimes en-
tirely to blame for misdemeanors. which
are magnified in proportion to the dis
t.lnce, as they get further and further
from a school. and teachers are perfectly
unaware of the magnitude of their pro-
portions or of the fact that anything
| had ever arisen to have been censured
| BY the public We must not be idle our
I selves nor must we give way to indo-
! lent:e in our pupils. Give them all the
| work they can do, then keep an eye on
each one individually nnd sec that they
carry out their part OF the programme
! to 4 he uttermost.
The old adage "Sa tan finds Some mis-
| chief still for idle hands to do is bet
| ter eXemplitied in the school-room thnns
:. any other field of labor. A number of
! boys ard girls shut up in a school Will
| find some place for their mischeyeus
ma lures to gain Roadway ard set the
whole school in an uprUar, if not kept
| busily,empoye Want. of proper discipline
/ in n school will produce confusion, which
wil.injurc school and prevent children
| learning as they Should There Should
be rules enough IN every school to keep
| good order and pupils should observe
! them through love AMI not through fear.
Teachers are sometimes too arbitrary.
and 5exactinG' and it makes children more
/ rebellious. Parents are sometimes too
| exactinS in their demands or the capacity
/ Of their offspring. Children's minds are
/ so constituted that they accept and re-
| tain only a certain portion of learning.
| Lack of exciting a. proper ambition in
I, pupils sometimes fail to do the good it
| might do under certain conditions.
One of the great needs of our schools
is IA plentiful supply of text books. which
the children ought to have In order to be
/ classed and progress as they should. On
! account OF this need of text books we
/ cannot get up that class rivalry which
/ should be awakened nnd we have to give
1 our time to two similar lessons which
! ought to be rightly given to one. If our
4 school,ouses arc small and cr:mped and
A not with sufficient blackboards and con-
i venicnces for the most improved methods
i Of teaching and the facilities for in
/ tellectual culture it is the best we have
! and We ought to- make the most of them
i lin teaching we can weld a. potent in
/ fiuence for good in those around us, lnd
l in long years to come they will pay 4,
/ fitting tribute to our memories if we only
| Go our duty.
Considering the misfortunes under
which we labor, some ofalls are certainly
making the best of our opportunities. and
doing all We o1n to advance the forces
4 of wisdom, refinement and culture. Let
i us not be superficial or careless in our
methods of labor, but thoughtful and
| shillful workers in the vineyard of eduul-
tion-always examples worthy of imita-
ton. If we fail, let us 90 so at our post
of duties, with our bright colors waving
our principles of right to the breezes.
4 and our faces to the foe combating ig-
l norance on every side We must carry our
work to successful Issue. Let US be
aggressive, conceive and adopt new meth
DDS which will advance education and
4 aid us in our career of usefulness and
1 progress. Erect high standards, which
4 can only be attained by steady applica-
! ton and hard work. DO everything to
1 awaken new zeal and encoura ge entl1u-
l siasm in the minds of our youths. They
i will some CAY be the great lawmakers
i ofEour country; on them will rest a
I future destiny of a nation.
1. A. Il BAKER.
Baskerville, Va, February ed.
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