The Tupelo journal., 1904-11-04
The Best to BE Found.

By request, We give space this week
to the following beautiful Greed" by
Edwin Osgood Grover, with full as
surance that our readers will appre-
ciate its meaning, as well as its beau.
ty. We are always grateful to the
teachers who show sufficient interest
in our work to send us contributions
for it, whether original or selected:
THE SCHOOL TEACHERS CREED.
l believe in boys and girls, the men
and ONE of a great tomorrow; that
whatsoever the boy soweth the man
shall reap. believe in the curse Of
ignorance, in the efficacy of schools,
in the dignity Of teaching, and in the
joy of serving others. l believe in
wisdom as revealed in human lives
as we'll al in the pages of a printed
book, in lessons taught, not SO much
by precept as by example, in ability
to work with the hands as well as to
think with the head, in everything
that makes life large and lovely. l
believe in beauty in the school room,
in the home, in daily life in and out
of doors. / believe in laughter, in
love, in faith, in all ideals and distant
hopes that lure us on. l believe that
every hour of every day we receive
a just reward for all we are and all
we do. | believe in the present and
its opportunities, in the future and its
promises and in the divine joy of liv-
ing. Amen.
/ know of one teacher who has a
boy in her class who is a member OF
a boys choir. She is, herself, inter
ested in musical, matters and they
talk together, like old friends, about
their rehearsals and practice. This
same teacher takes her boys and girls
in groups to visit public buildings and
historical spots ear at hand. They
take luncheons and have the most de-
lightful times. This teacher exerts a
decided Christian influence, of the
sweet, bright, wholesome kind, owe
all her pupils. She reads to them ex-
tracts of the poem or article that has
appealed to her in her own reading;
she tells them about new discoveries
and inventions she has heard about,
and they are, continually, finding out
about all the things they can, because
Miss -- is so glad to have them
tell good things in the school room!
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The teacher can hardly do q bet
ter service for his pupils than to in
sist upon accuracy In all that is done.
No matter whether 1t is sweeping the
room, cleaning the blackboard, spell
ing q word, solving 9 problem in arith-
metic, making a figure in geometry,
making a drawing Of q plant, giving q
rule in grammar, making q statement
in q recitation, or anything else, there
Is always one right way, and perhaps
a great many wrong ways. about
right" is still wrong and right and
wrong are opposed to each other
There is a profound truth in the old
proverb that what is worth doing at
all, is worth doing we'll" If a word
is used that does not convey the ex-
act idea, do not accept it, insist upon
the exact word. II q solution in arith-
metic has q slight error, do not say
seThat will do, I see you understand
the principle" Insist that the work
shall be made just right before it is
accepted. Do not accept q sl0venly
reading Of a sentence, or q slovenly
pronunciation of q word.
Did it ever occur to you, dear teach
ers, that what you think Of your pu-
pills is, perhaps. not always so impor-
tant - what your pupils think Of you?