The San Francisco call., 1903-12-30
FACToR FOR sUCCEss.

Another factor in the success Of a teacher is
the amount of reserve force under Wnlch she
works. Many are working right Up 20 the limit
- rheir endurance Gn1 TIE result IS hrilllailt
work for q tre perhaps, hut a gradual iallllle.
then nervous pr7stration- N ist N9ulo 20 s9l
think ~ an engineer who kept ms engine WofH-
INK uP 10 the very limit Of its capacity IL
would last va-y short while. The iact is very
teW teachers can very long endure ine mertal,
moral and physical strain Of the maximum ef-
fort. Scme teachers instead Of accumulattng
strength are constantly losing their power and
lessesI-E their chances OF success. Let me eN-
plain II the teacher is hearing q class, she
talks t0Gdoud and ~ rapid rate She lessons
II a slight difficulty occurs in government she
Jets loose an her powers Of vengeance upon
some thoughtless lad. never once thinking that
the next breach of conduct may need even
more sever measures. she finds herself out OF
I'm i-i-L-illoii~ Keep q cnecA upon yeCf Wor1s
aal aCli0us. say less than you are able 70 say
b=r t-cur lf-uishrnenrs be less than they might
thing in reserve. that YOU always have another
barrel II Was Nasty who said. Il am not
- eloquent ia any one place as can be. out Of
respect for Patrick Henry
In closing. ard I fear ] must close though 7
have several barrels that / would ike TO
discharge. 7 want 10 say. as / said in the be
ginning. tlere is perhaps nothing new in what
srv re,s -non-hts bi5- ~ er,pfes,ze some n
the things which you have heard before and
which ] consider essential. The success Of the
system depends more upon the individuality Of
tne teacher than upon any other factor. She
must ~ broad minded and many sided; she
must be stmusthetic. she must love child na-
rure. she must be proud Of her profession ana
study human nature more than books. she
nnusr--W'el- ycu see. am in search Of a para
EC1 Cf virtues But believing IN Yourself he
trfe ln humanity, believe in the success Of
Tour undertakings fear nothing and no one
love your work, work. hope. trust keep in
touch Hith to-day and live in the present Teach
yourself 20 he practical ard uD 70 date and
sensible Use yoar common sense and YOU
cannot fai.
GROWS FACETIOUS.
Arnold Tompkins. president Of the
Chicago Normal School. followed with
an address on The Single Principle
Underlying the Language Arts" As
on the previous day. the Eastern edu-
Gator delivered q brilliant lecture An
ecdOte and story enlivened his views
and he had the teachers in constant
Laughter by his facetiousness.
He created laughter by telling of the
youth who wanted to increase his vo-
cabulary and asked his professors ad-
vice.
why do YOU want 20 increase your
vocab abulary." asked the educator.
when you have got ten words now for
one idea ." President Tompkins con-
tinued as follows:
The secret Of effective utteranoe is simplv
thisc the man feels the effect in himself The
speaker Is conscious Of his language / used
hest user Of st. On observation I don't be-
lieve e. is rue. In our own State think
hsh man down a. your university. Laugh
rer-D don't sec anything III that
fLauehterl Read the story Of the salmcn If
sou don't believe what ] am telling you. r.
cur cWn State We have a professor Of physics
-Menden Hall-Who uses simple language.
Everybody rs delighted with his simple. chaste