The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-01-06

i Parents should have rdna,
appreciation Of the work Of{be
teacher nd-sshould reciprocatt
that feeling of responsibilitI
which their mutual relation i'm.
poses. They should encourape
the teacher in all his efforts fc
educate their children and should
cooperate with him in all his
plans for advancing their inter-
ests. And how can parents best
cooperate with teachers in their
work? /! answer, by sustaining
their authority, by securing the
regular and punctual attendance
OF their children and by visiting
the school house frequently.
| Unless the authority of the
teacher is sustained there can be
no discipline, and without dis
clpllne there can be no school
IN the school as in the family
which latter is after all the edu-
catlonal unit-there is authority
tor governing, and in Judging of
school discipline parents as a
general thing compare it with
that of the family, forgetting
that the authority of the parent
is absolute, while that of the
teacher is only delegated. It ia
true that the teachers in public
schools are in a measure protect
ed by Y rules and regulations
OF the Etees, who employ them
but ey then their authority is
somed Es questioned -hu- ms
In the school as in the family
there are certain duties and OBJ
legations, ,on the part of the child
rem, such as subordination, obe-
dience and correct department,
and the teacher must have au-
thority to enforce them.
How often has the authority
of the teacher been questioned
by prejudiced and indulgent
parent! Few parents can fairly
judge of the merits of a case
which they have never witnessed;
their partiality for their children
blinds them to the truth and, in
stead of interviewing the teacher,
they condemn him unheard. 1t
is safe to affirm that whenever
the teachers authority is ques-
toned by the parent his influence
on his pupils is most seriously
impaired.
The second way whereby par
ents can cooperate with teachers
in their work is by securing the
Irregular and punctual attendance
of their children at school.
In my opinion there is nothing
that contributes so much to the
encouragement of our teachers
and to the injury of four pupils
as irregular attendance. How
can children learn anything who
are present one day and absent
the next? If they have failed tc
prepare the lessons assigned for
| a day, how can they be expected
|, to prepare those for the day fol
, lowing, and especially so if ex
plantations necessary to an un
, derstanding of those lessons have
. been made by the teacher dur
+ ing their absence? If they b,
5 required, as they are, iDI'~-
' our schools, ito mak|fa base thi
2 we school men say
t omitted to graft ner % t0ia I"a.. ner 80
caprice of tb N Jersey 'A'
t be, the Nied it and made Some SO
r Will ~xcuse. remained to hear !
!. apeFe. / knew then that Mrs. Jers,
4. b"d killed my Percy"
N "But she did not. 1t was IN acc
,e dent"
In 'T know. She explained. But sl
10 was the cause. / was right to kill ht
But for her Percy would have be-
" alive, would have been his wife, al
you, George, would have been my ste
W SON."
IN what did you do nextT
q. "I went up to my room and resum
No my game Of patience. intended
have a talk with Mrs. Jersey the ne
morning, but when found that 8
. had struck Margery came down
~ once
~ "That was after 11T
about quarter past Mrs. Jers
10 was in her room. We talked, and
~ told her what I had heard. She I
=" MED It. pointed to the stiletto whi
:. was on the table as proof that
- ~ girl had been here. Mrs. Jersey ~