The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-09-22

INTERESTS
The Teachers Of the County
Contribute Literally
TO INTERESTS OF column
Nothing Speaks Better for the Pub.
lie School Teacher Than The
Interest He Takes
TO INTERESTS OF COLUMN
SOME GOOD ARTICLES Contributed

teacher a mendicant. His life counts
for something. Pay day is no longer a
day Of ration issuing. Why is il that
so much fun is ''poked" at the public
school teaeheri Gibes and sneers, re-
member, are but the tests Of strength.
Permaneney must be tested and these
things bring for the teacher the fruit Of
steadiness. However much some things
need reform. the common schools Of
Kentucky are here tostay with ever ar
outlook for Improvement, with ever al
upward tendency. The teachers. as q
professional body. are on a hopeful
incline. They are no longer the most
ignorant, the most sloven in dress, ar
obstruse problem. an acute angle wedg
ing through the world. satisfied IL they
can just wedge through, unruffied Il
they dn'tget through. But the solu
ton Of the problem is a partial one Al
least Extension of the school tern
and N Increase in salary. Three-twentl
Is the biggest educational wave tha
has ever struck the state Of Kentucky
IL naeans somc.hing to the schools o
the State. IL will depauperize a lot o
pusic school teachers who have waite'
fora eomPeteDce. 10. these many year
vshih seeming hope against hope. Bu
We are not dealing in platitudes. Meth
az are We Pcssimists. On the con
tzry, We iosk hopefully TO the future
One victnw eallcth for another
There Is 4 popular demand for popula
saucation Who will answer the Dc
Handsl Tn lawmakers. or else trav,
shcir path II glory To the ''desoctude
OF private tfc.
90
! W. Grassy Montgomery presents d
Ear study IN this issue. ''Characts
building" II Is a tboaghtful' yigo'
ans discuaz,pn and Is worth a earcfl
re.'ding. Eo also promises Us anoth,
paper on ihr subject. Teaching ths
decs not t0ach." The following pas
,SGtains sanc good tbough,s:
CHARACTER BUILDING.
IN dcahss with this subject. we shs
ssa, deal With the factors or detail
which make character. neither will v
discuss the means by which this Is
BE- brought about. for Il is 10 be pr,
sunsd that cvcry teacher b sufficient
acquainted with the scicncc Of the ph,
nou,na of mind 10 know how this Is
b. accomplished. But We woah atteml
To impress upon the mind of the teacl
er The responsibility he incus up,
himself while dealing with those part
clcs which tint che soul
whle We believe 10 some extent thl
every peuon's life is just what !
makes Il, yet. the msngin Of yOui
which d 10 BE- tllei by association ar
cnyirunnsnt. Is very bruad. And. y
only have to otsCnc the pccuharili'
ami ccccniricltics of pcoplc IN order
verify this statement Even II wc onl
study ourselves We dali find traits ,
character obtained by association, b.
which hold with great .eDacity.
Then, we are. by rcason Of obscrvI
ton, bound 10 conccie that the ol,
antiquatcd. deludcd saying that ever
person is the architect Of his own fol
tune. IL erroneous and incorrect.
Therefore, we would conclusiycl
infer that every child 10 some extent
imbibes the spirit Of his surrounding
and that the training. u there be trair
ing at all. Of the fclon that lavishes
his cell. or the criminal whose life gos
out from the scaffold. can generally b
traced to poor enyipnment. bad an
improper modes Of development.
Then the necessity Of proper trainin
is obvious, for character is the greats
and most essential element Of one
life Il s the one upon which N
ppgress q man Is founded, the on