St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-28
THE PIONEER TEACHER.
Possessed of = spixit Of Patrietisn
Unequaled In This Dustling
Generation.


before the national educational c0nven-
ton, recently held at Boston. called at-
tention to the fact that the statue stand
ing in the place OF honor In the city w.
not that OF statesman or general, orat0fs
or man of letters, although Boston
claimed many such among her Sons.
was the statue Of one who, curing hta
life, received obloquy rather than honofs
who fought almost alone for the Gauss
to which he had given his allegiGncs.
who finally, worn out by his labors, died
as truly martyr as any hero on my
battlefield -Horace Mann, says Youths
Companion
The makers Of memorial statuss
measure themselves" Many state and
city has proudly erected statue 70 TIE
pioneer who, in the uncharted wilder
ness, laid the foundation Of it's futufe
greatness, but how many have honored
the memory Of that other patriot. the
pioneer schoolmaster?
/ Local history and tradition every
where reveal his influence. or deficient
education and eccentric character often
yet his reverence for wisdom and hin
enthusiasm for his work were such that
poverty, opposition, difnculties Of every
sort were but fuel to be burned away by
his zeal.
He wrestled with q hundred dull and
Indifferent pupils for the JOY of finding
one to whom he could transmit che divine
thirst. He was ridiculed often, Ill
clothed and half-fed nearly always. but
he went his way rejoicing IN the high
task to which he had been called. &
He has the reward that he would haye
chosen. His life, recorded In no history
lives again in thousands Of other liyef
all over the land; his zeal, his courage
his perseverance. his enthusiasm for wis
dom and truth-these are part ct our
national inheritance.
What of the school teachers OF to-day
The least of them know things Of which
the old enthusiast never dreamed: many
of them are his lineal descendants. filled
with the same splendid spirit.
Yet in the recent convention one saw
teachers who wore their badges only to
gain admission to meetings or places d
interest, and concealed them ct other
times: the same teachers-young women
usually carefully conceal their occupa-
ton when among strangers. They give
as the explanation that school teacherf
are looked down upon. :
Teachers looked down upon! One can
imagine the splendid indignation with
which the old pioneer school teacher
would have met the charge.
Teachers looked down upon? Then
1t is your business to make them looked
up to. How can you expect others tc 1
esteem work Of which you show your
selves ashamed? You cannot compel
honor for task until you homer It your
self. Exult in your work. Give your
self to It eagerly, volunteers In the great
war against ignorance and crime. Your
country's flag floats above you. March
on greatly, soldiers Of peace"
Better methods. enriched courses
wider culture, these are all high and
worthy aims, but none Of these can take
the place Of the heroic, self-sacrihcing,
patriotic spirit Of the old pioneer school
teacher.
Tubercu1osis md Race Immunity.
The races which have beer exposed
to tuberculosis for q comparatively
brief period of time have very little re-
sisting power to the disease, says Law.
renee f. Flick, M. D. The American In
dian was wiped out before he could de-
velop an immunity. The American col
ored man is three times more sus-
ceptible to the disease than his white
brother. In the interior Of Africa tuber-
culosis is said to be still unknown. The
African when he comes to countries III
which tuberculosis exists, however.
shows very great susceptibility to the
disease, and gets It In malignant form.
AS compared with him the American
negro has developed some immunity III
the time during which he has struggled
against the disease.
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