The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
SCHOOL TEACHERS
AND The IMPORTANT WORK
COMMITTED TO THEM.
They should b Appreciated More
Than They Are by Parents
and tho Public.

uIgeu Dy a New York American
many times to encourage and develop
the imagination Of their children.
II Gently 1t talked to the school
teachers OF tho nation about TO no.
sumo the sacred task which this Re.
public placss upon them. Tnere Is
no class of citiz :ns more deserving Of
universal thanks, admiration aud
gratitude than tho school teachers.
Aud any suggestion made to tescrers
should always be prefaced by sincere
thanks for good work, great patience,
tireless devotion.
Teachers, everything that the ma
tion Is to be depends upon your work.
Whom we pass a fine o chard, we can
not fail to think kindly and re weren't.
ly Of the man who planted the Trees.
your school teachers ere planting tle
5rets OF the future. Every man Of
value 10 humanity In the nextkenera.
tion Will owe Inspiration to son,o one
OF you. You are the planters OF ideas,
you train the mind, you
5he childish, hesitating intellect, sno
tho credit for the ripe fruit win be-
yours.
AbNve all things encourage the i'm.
%agination Of the boy and the girl.
Remember that as tho public school
represents the essential element OF
republican government, so you ar,
the c~uatCdlsns Of freedom In the next,
generation and the political teSchers
II the child above Ill. Tesch the
child to think broadly. Teach him
the part that this country plays and
that 1t should play among the nations
OF the world.
Make him urdf rstard how much
5epsuds upon neral CT urage In h
cit'zsu. Teach him what mora.
o. u K is, teach him to love 1t b,
making him 'qusinted with the
great men whose olief possession IL
has been. member that mere
spelling and cipheriDg are tne least
part OF the knowledge that you piye
30 the Children. The important study
for human beings Is humanity Itself.
Concentrate your own minds, tee Gu.
ers, uQnn The greatness Of human
possibilities, upon the wonderful
future of this race, and then com
intricate TO your children tho en-.
shuAtaBm OF your W spirits. Teach
the boys ard girl'-even the youn EST
the great simple trutha of Coos
won1ertu! power as shown in this
nn!vorse. Teach them the placs o.
heir earth in the great liest OF ssil
!ng sunR and planets. LIT & cir
MINIS as high as the great scheme Of
oosmic CREATION, and their aspirations
will equal those Of hunanlty's great
sons and d>ughtera.
r member, tina as the fruit ia in
tie Tiny sapiug which you plant in
Che eatth, so the whole future ia IN
The hEains, IN the lmaginaticns OF
those childIen that sit before YOU.
\ urS Is a thaDklesa task. Y ur
1ork Is the moat G m jult that. men
DO, You are expected to have with
.ozens OF children the patio. cs and
bto love that the fither aid the
mothtr show to y lew. The work
oilat you do is u derpa.d aid wi at is
worsa, III Ii NIT appreciated The
world, psrhapg, will never real ze how
much II owes TO yCur patience and
conscient!ousness. But q ere liz kl~ry !
in all good wo X, AND there Is h8opl
nebh IN tie consc,ousn ness OF self-den.ai
and OF Guty o.
EVery human hrain cCmeS iutO the
world with unllmi5od possibi.itiey.
little dull face that looks up al
you Ii that seems most hupe!e q
IN Ito dull IS may be the ice OF
aLo!her Newton, stupid al school but
destined through W niar!ul inaxira,
tion to take tee highest rank in
human geniu The work that you
got to do Is wcerirg Oh the
Al d q child aim,ayely o,leS.
5lonlng, resti,ss.y irquisitive is rot
always easy to manage after lorc
honrs Of dull routine.
L. member that Ia each Of t!oae
little heads there is strugEltrg apAik
II divine Intelligence. mh,re is al
atom OF th:t thiGk'nG force detained
80 rule this earth. You have In your
care ell that there is Of humanity,
which 10 its future. And y,u know
That the only Thing of value in ;nt
world Ia the new thought. s. stinu
late aid encourage patiently Chat
imagination In which alole
original though can find biz th,
Teach your children above ell to
read with imagination. A man truly
great has said that a teacher Is to be
Judged chiefly by the intelljgt nee and
With which his pupils can read.
The human being able 10 r. ad sb.o
utely easily and intelligently holds
key to all knowledge. The grown
nan uses but little the technical
,eachirgs Of his school days, The alRe
IRA, the geography, etc. But his en-
Ire intellectual growth depends upon
lis reading.
Ii you teach q child to read easily
md intelljgeDtly, understanding What
le is reading, " have conferred the
'ery greatest blessing upon that
mid. ID tho extent to which dis
'rlmlDatIon Is left in 0 u hanGs, we
lrge upon you to continue the work
II Gutenberg, and TO spread the
'eachinRs OF the great writer's by {
making your claas above all o reading |
lass.
To the teachers OF the nation TIE
.hildven are coGfldcd for another year.
fhe atory OF the good work that ia g.
'e iona this winber In the thousands {
sohoolrooms by millione OF children I
I'll be reflected In syory achievement. ;
n next generation. 1t is to be {
loped that parents viii appreciate ,
ne teachers, cooperate With them,
nCui Cat TeRDoCk for the tnaphop In q