The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
THE NECESSITY FOR TRAINING
 OF TEACHERS IN ALABAMA
BY c. ". DAUGHETTE. President Jacksons file Normal School.

No state ever becomes great or power ful without an educational citizenship and the measure of its contribution to the worlds progress is the degree of its enlightenment.
 The wealth of Alabama does not con- sist in her raw and undeveiopsd mater fal. not in her mines oG coal and iron. not in her quarries of lime and stone. nor in the fertility of her soil. nor in her forests of pine and oak. TOT in the enlubrity of her climate, but it lies ir the virtue and character of her people. Her mines were filled with coal. iron and stone, her face was covered with forests and her soil was fertile before the white man set his foot upon her soil but all these did not constitute wealth.
 It is not material resources which enrich a country. but spiritual develop ment. You cannot have a rich state and what is more. a great great state without educated peop1el No education can be had without teachers. The best schools cannot be had without the best teachers. The best teachers are trained teachers
 The physician has his schoool the lawyer has his school: the dentist has his school; the business man has his school; the preacher has his school. and the teacher must have his school LH48 " a8 0no Qt EAUt AaSL tptLl1l oGHUOla established by man, for the reason that man was first an animal, and next a thinker. He took care of his body first. his property next, and his spirit last Tn the olden times people violated the laws of health, got sick and called fol help, and there arose class of men who were known as healers or medi- cine men. from which has been de- veloped the great profession of medi- cine. Disputes arose about property rights, and there came to be a set of men who were professional dispute settlers. From this class has developel the great profession of law.
 Teaching the Child.
 God communicated with hls people through prophets and wise men, and today we have a class of men who are his accepted and chosen people. but 1t soon became apparent that spiritual teaching to be most effective must be- gin with the child. Here was the first demanded of the teacher. Mankind had provided for his physical and material welfare and for the spiritual as repre-. Bented by the preacher, but 1t was dis covered that training for all forms of activity must begin with the child. This is especially true of spiritual teaching. The impulse to gentleness. Kindness and consideration for others must begin. here. He must be taught nlG prayers around ms mothers Knee.
 In the early days of man the family was the supreme unit of government and human activity. The father was ais own lawyer, doctor, preacher, bust. 1ess man and teacher, but as mankind increased, and as society became more complex there grew up community existence. The father was compelled to spend good deal of his time away from home. The mother was engaged with her household duties. anr there had to be a teacher for their children to take their place. The teacher was known as tutor or governess, many families were unable to employ a gov erness. The church whether Pagan or Christian, then, as now, was interested In its membership, so that 1t estabr lished schools for the propagation of it's doctrines, and for the purpose of supplying teachers for the purpose of its members who were unable to afford them. From these were envolved what came to be known as charity schools for the public. The principle was finally recognized that the material an6 spiritual condition of the individuals taken together determine the material and spiritual welfare of the commun- ity, which in turn exercises an in1u- ence upon each individual composing 1t, so that the great principle of uni- versal education at the expense of the State come to be recognized and fixed policy.
 As public schools were established