The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
SCHOOL TEACHERS
AND THE IMPORTANT WORK
COMMITTED TO THEM.
They fhould bs Appreciated Fore
Than They Are by Parents
and the Public.

urged by the New York American
many times to encourage and develop
the imagination Of their children.
II Gently it talked to the school
teachers OF the nation about to 70,
sumo the sacred task which this Re.
public plaoss upon them. There Ia
no GLASS Of cittz ms more deserving of
universal thanks, admiration and
gratitude than the school teachers.
Aud any suggestion made to tesorers
should always be prefaced by sincere
thanks for good work, great patience,
t~ireless devotion.
Teachers, everything that the ma
tion Is to be depends upon your work.
Whom we pass q fine o chsrd, wo can
not fail to think kindly and re weren't.
ly of the man who planted the trees.
Your school tescheIs Gre planting TIE
5rets of the future. Every man CT
value TO humanity in the noxtkencra.
tion viii, W inspiration to n d
of you. You are the planters OF ideas.
you train the mind, you
The childish, hesitatinH intellsc /,
tho credit FOR the ripe fruit will be
yours.
AbHve all things encourage the i'm.
agination Of the boy and the gin.
Romsmber that as the public school
represents the essential element OF
republican government, SO you are
the CuatCdlsns Of freedom In the next
generation and the political teacher TX
II the child above all. Tesch the
child to think broadly. Teach him
the part that this country plays aud
that 1T should play among the nations
Of the world.
Make him und: rstard how much
1epsuds upon moral CT arage in the
citizan. Teach him what morsi
ou age Is, teach him to love 1t b,
masking him g. quainted with the
great men whose c1ief possession II
has been. R,member that mere
spelling and ciphering arc tae least
part Of the knowledgs that you give
TO the children. The important study
Tor human beings Is humanity iisejf.
concentrate your own mirds, teach.
ers, uonn The GREATNESS Of human
possibilities, upon the wonderful
future Of this race, and then com
m%uu!cate TO your children tho en-.
thuhiasm o. your own spirits. Teach
the ooys ard g'rl'-even the yonn~est
the great ample truths Of Gods
W1nHer'us power as shown IN this
universe. Ttach them the placs 0!
heir earth in the great fest OF ssil
ing suns and planets. LIT T. cir
MINES es 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 sap'iug which you plant in
Che ea,th, so the whole future Ia in
The b@ains, IN the lnlaginaticns of
thoBa children that sit before YOU.
T. urs is a thaDklesa task. Y ur
1ork Is the moat G N jult that men
do, You are expected to have with
,ozens Of children the patio. CO and
bfo love that the fither aid the
mothcr show to y lew. The work
chat you do IS u ,derpa!d ard WI ct is
WorBa, LII Ii NIT appreciated The
world, perhaps, will ncvbr real Is how
ouch IL owes to your patience and
conscientiousness. But t. ere Is klcry
IN all good NO k, and there is heopi
nesB ] II tue consciousness OF self.deniai
and Of Guty ooae.
EVery human brain Genes tHto the
world with unlimi5od possibilities.
The little dull face that looks up al
you and that seems s'most hppeless
in LTD dull IS may be the fee OF
aCother Newton, stupid al echool hut
destined through W ni"r!ul magma
tion to take tee higMs st rank in
human geniu. The work that you
have got to do Is weerirg Oh the
narvea. "A d g child aimlassly ques-
5ionlng, resti,ss.y mquisiLive 10 0
always easy to manage after long
honr3 Of dull routiae.
member that In each Of tlio4e
little heads there Is strugRlirg apSik
af divine in~teiiiRance Thcre 10 ar
atom OF th:t thiGk'Hg force detained
80 rule this earth. You have In your
care all that there Is Of humanity,
@hlch 70 its future. Ard yen know
that the only thing Of value in ;hc
world IL the Now thought. 81 stinu
late aid ~eN:3nrage patiently that
restless imagination in which alole
original though can find biz til.
Teach your children above ell to
read with imagination. A man truly
great has said that a taachtr is to be
judged chiefly by tho intellige c and
case with which his pupils can read.
The human being able 10 r. sd ab.o
lutely easily and intelligently holds
the key to all knowledge. The grown
man uses but little the technical
teachings of his school days, the alge
bra, the geography, etc. But his en-
tire intellectual growth depends upon
his reading.
Ii you teach B child to read easily
and intelllgently, understand ding What
he Is reading, y. have conferred the
very greatest blessing upon that
child. TO the extent to which dis
elimination Is left in our HANDS, We
urge upon you to continue the work
OF Gutenberg, and TO spread the
teachings OF the great writer's by
making your claaS above all o reading
class.
To the teachers OF the nation TIE
children are corfdcd for another year.
The atory OF the good work that ia 60
be done this winber in the thousands
OF solloolrooms by milliona Of children
will be reflected In svory Achievements
or she nexb generation. 1t Is to be
hoped that parents win appreciate
the teachers, cooperate with tnem,
eRpoCb for tha teacher in