The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-20
D0INGS AT BROWN.
Or. Chspin Makes an interesting Address,
Notes From the College on the Hill.

DR.. C. g. Chaplin. principal of the Nor
NAL school. gave a very Instructive ad-
dres last night In the series OF Life
Work Talks" given under the auspices
OF the Y. NJ c. A. Dr. Chaplin announced
that he would speak from the standpoint
of the teacher In public schools and give
eight qualifications necessary 10 sue
cessful teacher.
First. the teacher must be possessed OF
tact. the ready power of doing what Is
required by circumstances No school
ever runs Itself. and tact is needed TO oil
the bearing. The teacher must meet the
young, the immature. the public. parents
and cranks. and so more than In any
other profession he needs tact.
Then no one has any business teach
ing unless he has sympathy for and In
terest In the needs and desires OF young
boys and girls. One must not go into
teaching because he's not strong enough
TO do anything else. One must have the
soundest OF nerves 10 meet the strains
imposed upon the teacher.
Enthusiasm. the power to Jnspire 9TH
ers. is an Indispensable qualification for
success In the profession. The man must
breathe the breath OF life into the un-
for II Is a noble task 10 Inspire the young,
"A sense of humor is also necessary. A
man must know joke when he sees II.
and joker when he sees him. The
teacher who can turn the laugh succeeds
where. the man of iron-clad rules does
only damage. Executive ability is de-
run a modern high school can succeed in
business. That Is why men frequently
leave teaching to enter business The
latter pays much better.
The six qualifications. IL is true. be-
long 70 all branches OF effort, and are es-
sentials 10 success In anything. The
more distinctive requirements for teach
er are skill in the art of teaching ana
scholarship. The latter is the easiest
thing about teaching. II is the one COM
modify that anyone with a brain can get.
nborh IN ne art qf ns esGsnS sns sss, Is
present clear and logical statements for
the training OF immature minds. The
man who cannot develop and instruct the
teaching.
There are several serious drawbacks
to the profession. Personal and party
politics have too much TO do with the
appointment, promotion and discharge of
teachers This wrong has gone 80 far
that self-respecting man can't teach
in some cities for more than two years
Then. too, the teacher Is estimated by
those who don't know his business His
money rewards are not large. The lar
gsst salary In New England is 5000. but
the average man who teaches considers
5000 as the maximum reward of his eff
forts. Constant contact with unde-
teacner
who does not continually seek TO broaden
himself
Yet teaching. though the poorest paid
IL the best rewarded OF all professions
The teacher has the purest minds in the
country for his constituency. No profess
sion offers bitter advantages to the man
OF studious life. He has long vacations
and Is surrounded by books and appara-
tus. Really the teacher has the best op-
nj nr<1 q hos
his country.
In the business meeting of the Y. NJ
:. A. Royal Nesmith Jessup. 'o4. OF
brooklyn, n. Y, was elected president |
" that organization for next year. John |
D. Rockefeller Jr,, was elected member !
II the graduate advisory committee OF |
ne y M. {. A. for term OF FIVE years, |
10 succeed himself.
On account OF conflicting meetings Of /
organizations the symphony concert was |
postponed from last night until Thursday /
hight
At tho annual election Of the Chess
Ind Checker club. held yesterday. WI
lam O. Meader. o5. was elected presi- |
lent; !. l.. Price. o5. vice president: L.
Prouty. 'os, secretary and treasurer:
". w. Burton. %, manager ~ the chess
cam. and s. Y. Trumbull, '04 manager
u the checker team
The class pictures will be taken on the
teps OF Manning hall on the thre remain
ng DAYS of this week-Tha J,HIars viii
'e taken tomorrow with the Sophomores
nd Freshmen on the following DAYS
Mr.. James f. Smith. '92, of New York
ity. member Of the committee on reso-
utions Of Tammany Hall will speak on
'Tammany as an Organization and the
Principles Upon Which Tts Work IS
damaged" In | Maxey hall. Friday. n,
o'clock. This address Is open TO all
rho desire to attend.
The following nominations have been
,ade for the directors Of the athletic as
ociation: From the class Of 1901
Metcalf and Michael J. Lynch.
rom 1so3-Fred Schwinn and Charles
,lngman. From 1860. A. Russ. T z
Olson, p. p. Chase. Harry Pattee. The
lection will be held on MAY 8