The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01


ums, so to speak, and no money-wor-
SHIPPER wants to teach. and 1t is a
very good thing-ha he does not, for
no purely mOney-getter is sufficiently
intelligent or broad enough to proper
~ instruct the young.
The profession of educator or teacher
belongs to the noblest class of men
and women-those of the highest as
pirations, seekers of the truest success,
possessors of the best brand of charac-
ter.
The teacher is honored and respect
ed. but as class he does not receive
half the honor and respect and remu-
neration he deserves.
The profession should be recognized
more than it is. 1t should be publicly
lifted on to higher plane. 1t should
be given greater opportunity to per-
feet itself Every effort ought to be
made by nation, state, city and town
TO bar from its ranks those who are I'M
fitted to impart knowledge
Learning does not make a teacher.
nor does adaptability without learning
give one the right to teach.
NO one should teach, and no one
should be allowed to teach. who does
not possess the right kind of combina-
ton OF adaptability and needful lanowl-
edge, we'll mixed with common sense.
The profession should be sacred to
4-NNNiCA@ - AlIeAi u anu SHOULD ne ele-
Nated 10 the very top of Civilizations
endeavor.
What We want is better teachers
men and women who have dedicated
themselves to the profession for life,
and who Will allow neither business
nor matrimony to interfere
The man who teaches as a makeshift
ana the woman who teaches waiting for
the coming man, are beth menaces to
society," and eXcusable only on the
ground Of necessity.
our national policy not the individ-
ual, is to blame
We cannot get the right kind of
teachers, as whole, and we cannot
expect them to remain in the profession
unless we offer them more than we
are now giving them.
L would not take one mill from ont
the Golfers of the war pension bureau.
The patriots. who Tisked- life for the
Ola nag ought to be Md more. not
less; but 1 would establish alongside
that bureau a. greater bureau of teach
ers pensions, that the teacher. while
he teaches, might teach with all his
heart, with all his mind, without one
thought of the financial future
would raise the standard of teach
ing. would make it hard for any
one TO become a teacher, but after he
had passed though the gates 1 would
AiASdiAC Illlll IOItNeT comfortable and han
py, ana would provide for him so long
as he may live. We are doing this for
our judges, that they may Judge fairly
Why should we not do this for orr
teachers that they may. teach with
all their capacity?
Today there is little demand for the
male teacher who is not graduate of
a college or other high institution
or learning, and comparatively few
country school boards will. engage any
female teacher who has not passed
through high-grade seminary. o col
lege or a normal school.
The good teacher almost invariably
springs from the Woodworking
thoughtful student at school. who NAV
ana may not be at the head Of his
class, but who loves knowledge and
fntelliSently absOrbs it.
Inc book-Worm seldom makes n good
teacher; he may become q learned Dro-
feSSor, and in a way be fitted to taoch
teachers; but he is not likely to be of
any use as an al-around instructor
Our best teachers were real bovs
ana real girls, who played when thew
Played with all their hearts: who stud
led when they studied with ell their
MINDS; who knew what they received.
VINO possessed, even at an early age
the power Of imparting their knoyl-
edge to others. At school they were
known as helpers" they had the fac
ulty of materially aiding their fellow
students. They began to teach while
they were learning.
The natural teacher cannot help i'm
parting his knowledge to others.
The child who cannot reason. who
cannot distribute what he learns, even
though he be a close student and let
ter-perfect at school, is united to
teach and never can make any kind
of a success at it
The boy or girl fitted to be trained
into teacher wants to be q teacher
and shows the ability to instruct when
half way through the common school
and this boy or girl never considers
teaching makeshift. He or she goes
into 1t with whole heartedness. and so
far as conditions allow, is self -dedicat-
ed to the work.