Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-05-05
Letter to tire reseh.rs IN mi..is.,ou.

this burrau last February with IN.
hpp. II reaching through IT, columns
AL the teachers and a larg. per cent
OF N" people WIN support thcs. teach
erS ant their schools II was a ana
idea an Inspiration almost tn put
their matter in the country papers IN
stead ~ Ia the city dailies. becamw.
thu county paper IL almost as sure
I OF It's place IN every family that, pat
nunize- a school a. In the big family
I biole and the phatosraph album. vhile
man must b. abb. to eount much
more pretsntious poss.-siDns Who
makes habit u subscribing fnr the
Y city dailiss
{ This experiment was inauguratea
solely FOR m. benefit % those inter
ested In the great work of education
and tho entire cost % publication. edit
I inE. etc. Is met by few ~ these brave
{ men. - whom the work H. 80 dear.
because il is the very foundation stone
/ % Mississippis future Education will
be- the ail-conqu.ring weapon in the
I contest ~ the future and these pa
triotic men are giving the very best
/ that IL In them to aid the men and
women of tomorrow 10 equip them
selves FOR the fray and for a victor =
crown therein
II is our earnest desire to arouse
some enthusiasm in thuse who are not
| vet Interested and N increase the
interest of others In those things
which are absolute necessities. u our
system OF education i to achieve the
| great things W. hop. for. and believe
/ % H.
As W. have repeatedly said in these
columns. We must first Of all have
longer terms In our rural schools
Why. IL would need the brain OF a
genius to accomplish all that is ex-
pected of child In his few brief
months ~ country ~schDoling'
The next great need is of better
trained teachers We have the best
fsach.rr a. all our people know. to be-
found the wide world over hut som. ~
the very tn~st tsoms who are born
teachers ant whose success handi
capped A. they are. Il extraor,iinary
+ have had beast opportunity for the
trRining that. in these days. must D.
hs,i II the teacher is 10 get the best
that IS within nsr. and. in turn. give
F il hack 10 the child have in mind
a Z write a Young teacher whose
work as { hook upon IL and consider
the depth and breadth NJ the Influence
/ that spes out daily from that littI. un-
+ painted box " school house sitting
+ In the shadow of IN. forest. is n grand
work She Is NOR. than teacher she
l. preachsr-fof / hold that our con
seerated vuunE women who are teach.
ing and giving their very best selves
IT, the work In remote country districts
are our best missionaries she Is
friend guide and counsellor not only
OF the children. but Of tho parents a.
we'll Indeed sh. Is So much more. as
she goes in and ont among them. than
sny one can imagine. that Il Is beyond
my skill To make a worthy picture Of
her Would that might. and thus
show To the world the greatest aid
10 the blessed work of enlightening
and uplifting the human race This
brave little missionary teacher Of
whom I speak. puts heart and soul and
brain intD her work. and aceumplishes
WONDERFUL things But her entire prep
aratiou for the great school Of life
and her training for the position df
teacher was gained in Just such an
unatfractive school house as the one
she now presides over. and her short
hsa me nj hsaF
teacher had passed through just the
same routine in her school days Both
make excellent teachers. bur what
might We hope for such girls with
proper training II the young girl
had been able ta study under trained
teachers for eight or nine out Of twelve
months II she had spent her school
time amid beautiful Surroundings. and
with needed apparatus at hand. for
clearer demonstration af scientific
problems IL even now she could 20.
during her loug vacation. Ia a training
school hoW wonderful a thing Il would
be for her. ami how vastly 81. would
improve By III. months u sfuty amt
eungenisl association And then. in
benefit a. the ehlidren aasi~r her esr.-'
50 not oulF arr ~ h~wxtnS fur h@tfer
trained fezehsrs ~ begin Nlth huf far
q sehael 10 Nhieh fhezs te4rhers can
90 fsr f~Fst graduate Eark. ~ spscizl
wor< r. 1ny rhn-~n ans
Anofb.. f.alfslss ~ ss~ee~s N-
hope 70 slfaiu = = alxa-r stSasiarri
among cur evenly sas-'siaisasisns~ To
hold thtx astc~ a man shuula hAfs not
0nly a fhoruakh esiurathsa. huf @xscu-
tive ability tact. and ample time 20
give IA The important EoFs It = not
enough that ~ should give - i szrh
spare time a. H. may elect II shosfid
be 50 arranged that his saiary would
suffice for a comfortable support. and
he should then b. required 20 give all
Of his time 10 the schools under his
jurisdiction There Is work enough.
and more than enough. to keep man
busy. II he gives to each school in his
county ths care and attention that In
needed to help il on Ia success
have endeavored thus briefly to
set before you the improvements "a
especially desire TO accomplish by this
department. and before closing ! must
ask that each and every teacher. no
matter how great the university or col.
lege you represent. or how small and
insignificant the school YOU teach. give
to rs his or her interest and co-Opera-
tion without these We can do little
With them we can accomplish marvel
Gus things. The first thing needful is
10 secure the widest possible circula
ton Of this department. that ve may
keep in touch with each other and
with ths "poV~rs+hALr rule in the edu-
cationai world To do this. each one
of you must urge the editor OF your
county paper to get this letter each
week. II he does not already print II.
n will not cost him one cent and with
your help IL can be made 50 interest
ing as TO prove a distinct addition to
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