The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1906-01-04

cooperate with teachers, so that all
may help in obtaining the true end
OF edueation-the physical. The moral
and intellectual development of those
who are instructed.
Grand Junction. Colo,
Jan. 3. 1906.
Fellow Teachers:-The Puritans
with rigid self discipline us TO go
apart. each one alone, for reflection
and meditation. With relentless in
trospectioni he analysed his actions
and his character. Figuratively
speaking he tore himself to pieces,
examined his defects as well as his
good qualities, and determined to put
himself together again so that he
would be a better man. The re-
suits OF this were excellent. We have
drifted too far away from the Puri-
tans. I believe we may proftably
ask ourselves a few questions worthy
of consideration which will lead to re-
Election and result in higher stand
ard and greater efficiency
Am I looking after details as l
should? Little things amount TO
much in the aggregate. In any line
of business it pays TO keep loose
ends tied.
Do give attention to the language
of the pupils? Not only in the lang
uage lessons and in their conversa-
tion2
Do I see the problem in arithme-
tic is explained with the logical and
forceful language of a clear analysis?
Do insist on neatness not only in
the writing and spelling of examina-
ton papers but also in the dress and
cleanliness of the pupils, teaching
them to be clean in their persons. in
their language and in their thoughts?
Am 1 keeping up to the work as
outlined for the year, being faithful
in carrying out my part of the plan
which must be fully worked out in
the details in order to make a COM
plete and harmonious whole?
Am | working with the faithful
ness, energy and enthusiasm that |
had at the beginning OF this school
year?
Do l enter my schoolroom with the
same amount of spirit that | had
when taught my first school?
"Still water runs deem " teacher
NAV not have the same amount of
gush that she had when she began
teaching: but. as the time goes on
she should have a broader deener in
terest in her work and her nunils
She should steadily advance Today
should be better than Yesterday
In school management and the
methods of instruction il is dificult
to take the proper course-to com
bine theory with nractice IN dis
Germ and follow tho poldan moan no
tween the real and the ideal while
attention to details in the school
room is of great. importance. we
should remember that above and he
vond the correction of examination
napers or the covering of So many
pages in arithmetic in n given time
I is a high ideal of true education We
should not be so engrossed with the
humdrum of routine work that we
lose the soul of our profession.
The sculptor said. q see an angel
in the block of marble Patiently
he toiled with mallet and chisel and
at last the angel stood forth in rare
grace and beauty. The teacher is
dealing with plastic material. II is
not SO hard. so unyielding as marble
1t is hers to mould the acts. the hab-
its. the character of her pupils so
that in manhood and womanhood her
labor shall be reflected in the wond-
rous beauty of a noble life.
The greatest thing in education is
the contact of the teachers person
ality with the lives of her pupils
The man of mature Years realizes that
in his college course he was benefit
ted much more bv the association
with great men than he was by learn
ing the subiect matter contained in
the text books. or bv reproducing
long and abstruee lectures