The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-18

too much Nothing IA hard of aim
cuities to them she does their work
and she serves il I'D in easy mental
capsules arleady dlgested All they
have to do il to swallow 1t down. !"
Such work is shallow and superficial
Such school win soon smother
under It's own stagnation.
The teacher may be a tyrant and
rule with rod OF iron, or of birch.
He may have the best discipline, the
most perfect order. The school room
may be so quiet that the dropping of
the proverbial pin may be heard.
He may have a lot of iron clad rules
that he takes a delight in enforcing.
No doubt he can point with pride
to the amount of knowledge his pu-
pills have acquired. Yet In such a
school there is no sympathy. Fear
Is the ruling element. The pupils
in the eyes of the teacher are Just
SO many parts of machine that
must each run in his allotted grove.
All individuality is lost.
These are not the tectics pursued
by the sympathetic teacher The
mere sight of him Is encouraging
His walk, his friendly hand shake,
his kindly smile that flashes before
his eyes are all inspiring His sym
pathy is genuine and in infections
and begets confidence He believes
in work He realizes most emphatic
ally that an idle empty brain Is truly
the Devils work shop wherein are
bred the seeds OF sin To efade this
the sympathetic teacher sets his
pupils to work as quickly as posi-
Die. To this one be gives an ex-
ample to work. TO another an exer-
else TO copy and SO on till ali are
| busy The argus eyed teacher sees
they have no time for idle n',sehief
He is human being, very human
and he knows IT, He also knows that
his pupils are not angels. Not being
perfect himself he cannot expect per
lection from them He grasps The
thought that temptations surround
them on every side and lure them
from the right path Vast CULTS of
sin and mischief yawu at their feet
Home environments and hereditary
influences. be they good or bad leave
their impress on the faces. minds
and characters of the children All
this the sympathetic teacher COM
prehendss and his heart Year, ~
warn them of the temptations to
avoid the pitfalls. and TO sfrise earn
estly against the inherited evils Of
his forefathers. The sympathetic
teacher Is earnestly enthusiastic. but
he tempers IL with COMMON acnAe
He paints out lofty Ideals and bids
his pupils aim high, yet he cautions
them that before they can begin to
climb they must lay the foundation
of lifes structure broad and deep.
He wakes eloquent about the beau
Ties Oh ooeoiehtFt AN" 'h@ ''P
ance OF improving ones uine he
tries 10 show his papi'S that lae mo IN
ing OF youth is the golden oppof-
tunity Tor learning that TINS nm"
once lost II iosl Forever.
And while one teacher in bis biz
heartedness would be delighted to
make each pupil present Of an aI
round finished education IN an easy
way. by absorption or oN Che capsule
method he knows hc can't do so
He tells be boy he must do his own
digging bis own studying his own
thinking The teacher who can
stimulate child to want knowledge.
go thut for himself rs 1T lpeaicu'a-
bile ra.u" iH "a community If he
can make his pupil ~au' 10 learn
haf Che battle IS woa, aud the pest
is saar sailing Getting an the school
right down 90 hard work the teacher
has Time to looE about him tie
stand among bis pupils. guiding
star "a beacon light an anchor Of