The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-21
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MORNING TALK TO TEACH
Frs.

erudition. Beholding the beauty
of unity in the bond of social
conference, and exchanging the
amusing data of the weeks hap
penings, with its pathos of heart
trials and its work-a-day earnest
ness. The JOY, the happiness,
and the experience of such n SYM
postum is registered and recorded
in the annals of each life's his
tory, and before the bar of the
heavenly teacher. Such meetings
are fraught with possibilities be-
yond question. As Blackie says:
THE original and proper sources
of knowledge are not books but
life, experience, personal think
ing, feeling, and acting" and it
is now wisely considered good
form" for even a teacher to show
evidence of existing beyond the
pale of his or her routine, and to
express some interest in the cur
rent events and progress OF the
worlds history. To he teacher
and instructor of children requires
the three-fold cord of divine
assistance binding anew (daily)
the perfect sympathy, willing
ness, and conservation offered
upon the altar of atonement-
because to know and have under
standing of the plastic child-na-
ture as we'll as to gain the love
and confidence of the child heart.
is greater conquest than taking
a city; and while preparing the
little ones for an earthly career
and the endless life is of stupen-
dous import and should be en-
tered upon with dedicated aim,
definite purpose, and Il willing
ness to follow in tn" footsteps of
the gentle teacher
The personal influence of the
teacher is confessedly the greatest
power IL the school room and
school work. If with this we have
fine teaching ability, and sound
learning, so much the better, but
without II decided helpful person
ality little will be accomplished.
Teachers need all the help pos
sible from scientific schemes of
study and pedagogics-but love
and Neutrality-suspicious. silent
something's by which Il teacher
inspires the scholar to better
living and loyal service to God
and man-are the greatest of all
blessings and attributes. Teach
ers may be divided into two
classes, those who move and those
who stand still. Those who come
into the school room full of new
thoughts and new ideas act on
t leir pupils like yeast, they feel
their influence in every fibre! These
are successful teachers. Earnest
endeavor with positive adaptable
ity are important factors in this
respect and the teacher who is
not II student will find it very
hard task to make students of his
pupils-because the really earnest
teacher believes in education. and
is not merely mouth piece or a
lesson hearer!
| would impress upon you the
value of time. This aphorism
may or may not he superiluous.
but few of us really regard the
voice of the shifting sands. Teach
your children t. observe system
and order, to keep appointments,
and be punctual to the minute.
| never realized the Importance of
such advice until | went to coll
lege in Chicago and taught in the
kindergartens of Galveston and
Houston, Texas.
Lay the foundations Of knowl-
edge broad, deep, and towering
heavenward- reverence and
obedience being the chief corner
stones. Our American youth are
not taught to respect the aged,
and We are frequently shocked as
we'll as mortified To hear exple-
tives from the lips of boys that
make ones flesh creep. Pardon
personal reminiscence. During
my school term in Chicago, in
1903, we were obliged tc do OH