Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-09-25
-,orrssoR sTABLER ADDRESSES TEACHERS ON THE DUTIES
 CONFRONTING THEM
zooD BRAIN WORK CANNOT BE rvPEcTEp UNLESS PHYSICAL
 CONDITION IS GOOD
s,ronoiv Advocates Stretching Per ,ods Teachers Should Court Ac- ,rairt7nce of Parents and Parents should Know Teachers.

While a little late the following ad. l.oss made by A. K. Stabler, supervis- ;nc nrIncipal of the city schools, at the ,non;rr of the term, is so full of meat ond timely suggestion as to be given wide publicity: w. arc entering upon another year of ssboo0 work. To some of you it is your first wear in the Globe schools, and l desire ,a accquaint you with our policy or5 som. of the conditions which we shall have to meet.
 Tn the first place. it is fundamental pripcip.e of our policy that the schools sbsU be so conducted that they shall contribute to the very best interests of tbe children committed to our care. We are not to spare ourselves any labor that will further this end. A heavy draft will be made upon your patience, rerseyerauce, energy and scholarship. Therefore. I would urge you to pay special heed to your own physical con dition for upon this depends much. h. deed i- is the basis of successful work. No brain can work to the best advan- tape in a half-sick, tired or sleepy body. The amount of patience that you are able to exert, the alertness of the per captions. the kindly sympathy, the jus tise of dscipline-all depend upon physical yigor and health to large degree
 l. is our purpose during the year to give you the largest possible freedom in the management of your own rooms and in your methods of teaching that is consistent with successful administra- tion We want you to feel at liberty to exercise personal judgment and to let flow your own individuality, for we count it a great feature of our public school system that pupils come under the influence of a wide variety of per s0naity, temperaments, etc, among their teachers during their school life.
 In addition to the facts which you are expected to teach by the aid of text books and the mental power which you are expected to develop, you should give careful attention to the physical comfort and welfare of your pupils, such ventilation, adjustment of children to desks and desks to children. admis- sion of light, cleanliness and the for, nation of correct habits of sitting standing, walking, playing and study ing.
 Caiisthenic exercise or what you may more familiarIy call stretching per iods, during school hours, are of great importance. In the primary grades par tcularly exercises in free calisthenics and vocal and breathing exercise should be given at least twice day and for period of not less than five minutes During these exercises the windows should be thrown wide open that plenty of fresh air may be had. Guard care tully-ayo, ligiously-the children E health. Allow no desire to see them progress mentally lead you to imperi their health. A man with good health Aas almost everything else within reach, but man without health is shut out from almost everything else.
 Furthermore, it is expected that duo consideration shall be given to the de yeIoPment in the minds of the pupils of high Ideals of conduct, industry, beauty hght living politeness, respect for tho aged lnhrm and unfortunate, human. treatment of animals and respect fol law government and justice. To tho accomplishment of this end, the open Ing exercises of each day be devoted tC teaching manners, morals and humane ness Also take occasion as opportunity atses m your reading lessons to point ou' Inc elements of character building 'o be Found therein and illustrated thereby Successful and useful lives arc Ou'l upon few fundamental prinei Pe' There are some that are of more 'aIue than what we commonly call edu '"uoh' and that teacher who is an edu ."'of m the highest sense of the word improves every opportunity to impres: those principles.
 n me ianIIiarizing of yourself witi '"e Noine life and environment of youl puP's will greatly aid you in directing '.eif work and in the administration '' " Just discipline. It is we'll to know "' parents of the children who are il