The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
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By REV. w. c. BITING.
St. Louis.

noble work of teaching and millions Of parents asking What thn
will this child be September the real year for the best part OF
nation Was the old right when ne appraised education as
he did? Surely twentieth century wise have said differently
they education complete that does not have moral
value and no religion worthy acceptance that does not have edu
caiona value II
The child learning something than written Ian
guag He learns that he becomes part OF that great world OF thought
that uses language vehicle. That moral truth He is to
and profit by the thoughts Of Others and to his
thoughts sake of Others By thy words thou shalt be justified
condemned This true because characters great utterane is
speech, spoken and written
He learns The trials Of mathematics spelling
correct writing all issue in exacness and this is moral virtue He
accuracy the of his mental powers Observing by grouping
and by drawing differences from them That enemy of faty
is worth eternity any soul that gets established within
He learns pvty. He has take faith the statement that
A. and not something else He has cabe spirit No teacher
could help child it not for this virtue.
He learns patience and perseverance, Else why should he give
long his life SCHOOL, The hard places and lessons and
pence only gymnasm which he works out these essential
graces of life.
He learns in work. promptness, the glory of completing
things sefpec the value of thing thoroughly done He learns
from the social of school, what private tutor teach him.
that somebody else the world than himself that others have
rights that he must obey his supors that he must worth
for wors sake that he trust himself to competent guidance that he
can and must rely upon his efforts that only hard work the
battle that every step life hangs the taken that
did on the last All this and much the social contacts of the school
teach
And all these things moral An embodied encyclopedia without
these moral characteristics would be vain ship land Our
public schools not immoral The Of education cultivate
morals Behind and beneath all information gotten character
that won it. that gained in the process of getting.
Therefore let us that teachers the true and right
of persons Better send fine watch to rolling mill for repair than
the delicate of your child incompetent teacher School boards
have duties here
Therefore let teachers mind examples The
our pupils an open door through which faults as well
tu enter into the souls of boys and girls You not speak morals
but YOU are living them every second and the schol-
are see through the word and deed to the underplnnng
Therefore parents let us become interested in sMw@
schools Back up the teacher, and give your child u
to the training Do not excuse, nor indulge the L~> 81
whim of the child. Keep him at work. EEJ@
And remember that these moral elements are the ~
chief part of knowledge Never mind the medals The WI
moral elements won daily fidelity count in the long VII
run Of life when trnkets forgotten You harm Am~/
your child when you make light of his daily work at T/
school Upon all students teachers and parents may ~
the blessings of fruitful year restl u