The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
EDUCATIONAL.
By w. +. LARSON.
GENESIS.

GENESIS.
In the beginning thus opens the first
verse of Holy Writ.
All things have beginning, though
that beginning may be obscure In the
beginning the earth itself was without
form, and void; and darkness was upon
the face of the deep" Life has begin
ming. Though its inception is mys-
terry that finite mind cannot fathom
yet we observe that at some point in the
career of the plant is formed an embryo,
the beginning of another new plant.
The school year has beginning. Do
we realize the Importance of the first
mouth? The strength of anything de.
pends upon the start it gets. We'll be.
gun is half done If you wish to raise
a 'Jeksa Sunbeam you must begin by
taking good care of the baby calf and
its mother. In like manner if we wish
to develop sturdy lot of citizens, use.
ful industrially and honest politically,
VIC huo' b'Sih WITH 'it poy ana SilIS'
A bad beginning seldom has a good end,
ing. AT any rate much is lost even if
there be reform on the way
Teachers, in the beginning of the
year it is especially important that we
prepare each day most carefully the
spiritual food which we are to give to
those entrusted to our care that we
study carefully the character of the
minds with which we have to deal. A
upon the pupils for life.
In the beginning of the school course,
parents, it is important that you have
good teachers for your children. Some
times we hear parents say that almost
anyone can teach the little ones. This is II
great mistake. The first grade is the
most important of all the grades in
school and here is where you ought to
have your very best teachers. Only
master of the profession ought to be
entrusted with the child at this stage.
1t is here that the plastic mind receives
its first impressions which are never
etlaced. As much of the sturdiness of
the Jewish people can be traced back to
the sturdiness of its patriarch founder
so much of that which is good in each
one of us can be traced back to the in
fuence of those who had charge of us
in our early days. Let child in The
genesis of his school life come under ihe
influence of n sbiftess person one who
does not know children or care for them,
and the development Of the child is
arrested 1t Will never reach the pro.
portions intended by the creator On
the other hand let n master common
gender take the child ard guide its
footsteps The result; that child will
enter farther and farther into the world
beautiful.
But coming back again to the genesis
of our school year. Duties and grave
responsibilities rest upon all of u.s.
parents rs well IA teachers. viii the
year be profitable for the children, the
genesis of future American That de
pends upon us The intellectual sun is
always shining Let Ms not obscure it
with our clouds of doubt and selfishness
The spiritual soil is rich in all the ma
terials that go to make sturdy charac-
L - 1
the growing lives may be able to get
this material. Let us plant them care
fully. Let us be sure that the rootlets
get firm hold so that growth may con.
tinue and so that these little plants
which now are tender, yet promising,
may be rich in fruit.