The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-19
kChUOL TEACHERS
AND TIE IMPORTANT WORK
COMMITTED TO THEM,
They Should bs appreciated Eo.e
Than They Are by Parents
and the Fublie

urged by the New Y;rk American
many times to encou> age and dsvelop
the Imagination CT their children.
Recently it talked to the school
teachers Of the nation about to re.
sumo the sacred task which this Re.
public plscss upon them. Taere Is
no class OF citiz ms mora deserving Of
universal thanks, admiration ard
gratitude than the school teachers.
And any suggestion made to teachers
should always be prefaced by sincere
thanks for good work, great patience,
tireless devotion.
Teachers, every ything that the ma
t.on is to be epends upon your work.
When we pass fine chard, we can
not fail to think kindly and reverent
ly OF the man who planted the trees.
Your school teachers sra planting the
trees ct the future. Every man CT
value to humanity in the next genera
tion will owe inspiration to sone one
Of you. You are the planters OF ideas,
you train the mind. you encourage
the childish, hes!tsting intellect. and
the credit for the ripe fruit Will be
Yeurs.
Above al things encourage the tn.
sgjnation of the boy and the girl.
Remember that as the public school
represents the essential element OF
republican government, so you are
the custodIsns Of freedom In the next
generation and the political teachers
9f the child above all. Teach th:
child to think broadly. Teach him
The part that this country plays and
hat it should play among the nations
of the world.
Nike him understand how much
depends upon moral ccuzags In the
citizen. Teach him what nora;
9. u:age is, teach him to love 1t by
making him a: Quainted with the
great men whose Chief possession II
has been. Remember that mere
spelling and cipheripg sra the least
part OF the knowledge that you give
to the children. The important study
for human beings is humanity itself.
Concentrate your o|u milds, tee ch-
ers, upon the greatness Of tumap
possibilities, upon The wonderful
future OF this race, and then com
uur:cste to your childrfn the en-
thusiasm of your own spirits. Teach
the boys ard gt1ls-eVen the youn n~est
the great simple truths Of Gods
wonderful power as shown IN this
universe. Toach tH.,em the place OF
their earth in the great fest OF sail
ing suns an5 planets. LIT tzeif
minis IS high as The great scheme OF
cosnic CREATION, aud their aspirations
will equal thcse Ct hunanity's great
sens and d.ughters.
B. member, that as the fruit is IL
the siny sspiing which you plart in
the earth, sc the whole future Is IN
the brains, in the inaginations OF
those children that sit before you.
Yours Is thankless task. 7 ,ur
work is the most d.A ,ult that men
do. Ycu are expected to have With
..ozens OF children the patielcs aDo
the love that the fzLhey and the
mother show to few. The work
tnat you Go is u.lderpatd AID vhat IL
worse, 1T Is not appreciated The
world, perhaps, will never real zs ho7
much it owes to your patience anc
conscienticusDes But there is glory
IN al good wosk, and there Is happi.
ness Ia the consciousness OF ssif.dsEtal
and Of duty 6oae.
Every human brain comes iGto the
world with unlimited possibilities.
The little dull face thst looks up at
ycu snd that seems almost hopeieSs
in its dulres*, may be the face Of
arother Newton, stupid at school but
destined through nder:ul magma
tion to take tie highest rank in
human gepius. The work that you
have goo to Go is wearing On the
nerves. Ard child aimiessly gues.
sioning, restlsssly tDQuisttive Is not
always easy to manage after long
honrs Of dull routine.
R.nember tLat In each Of those
Httla heads there is Struggling q spark
Vt divine intelligence. Thsre IS ar
atom Ct that thiak:ng force destined
| to rule this earth. You have In your
care all that there is OF humanity,
which is It's future. And you knos
that the only thing OF value N The
world is the new thought. So s5iGu
late sid encourage patiently that
restless imagination In whieh alone
original thought can 6nd birth.
Teach your children above all to
read with imagination. A man truly
great has said that a teacher Is to be
judged chiefly BY the intelligence and
case with which his pupils can read.
The human being able to rsad aoso
lutely easily and intelligently holds
the key to al knowledge. The grown
man uses but little the technical
teachings Of bis school days, the alge
bra, the geography, etc. But bis en-
tire intellectual growth depends upon
his reading.
II you teach child to read easily
and intelligently, understanding whas
he is reading, yuu have conferred the
very greatest blessing upon that
child. T) the extent to which dis
elimination is left in your hancs, We
urge upon you to continue the work
Of Gutenberg, and to spread the
teachings OF the great writer's By
making your class above all reading
class.
To the teachers Of the nation tie
children are coraded for another year.
The story Of the good work that is to
be done this winser In the thousands
Of schoolrooms By millions Of children
will be reflected in every achievement
Of the aexs generation. 1t Is to be
hoped that parents will appreciate