The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-07-03
II FeTU Words
To Friends
Of Education

1t is one ui mans duties To educate
his successors. 10 educate them ~ such
a manner a. may enable them to do
more than he has done for the welfare
at the world The thoughtful man re
cOgnizcs IN himself capabilities that
have never been developed: he wishes
that his children may succeed wher
he has failed and that they may see that
III which he has but dreamed. This
hope springing eternal in the human
breast keeps the subject of education
before each generation aS vital one,
"Liic"-taking Herbert Spencer's
shorter dchnition--"i> the continuous
adjustment ui internal relations To eN-
tcranl relations" that j.. II is growth
and change. the one must be fed, the
other directed 1t IS well known fact
that growth impcrfectly led results in
weakness. and change rcprcSSed or
falsely guided results IN diSpruportlon
In the human lie tins union nj weak
ness and dlSprnportlon Is vice Edu-
cation aims ior the best development
possible ni all the faculties. a definite
purpose toward which all changes tend,
thus producing III the individual lie
the greatest strength and symmetry.
II is the appreciation al these prlncl-
pies that causes the State for its own
welfare and protection. - well as Tor
the good ri the individual citizen. to
provide the means whereby all may
have an opportunity Tor development.
Nitcr man ltaS paid h school-taN
and has Inspected the buildings in
which the coming citizen is To- be
housed for five or SIX hours daily, he
mus, not Think his responsibility ceases
there When he choose, a medical
advisor lac selects one with whose
knowledge ~ medical science he has
reason to be satisfied one who has
been trained Tor the practice 81 his
profession. II he requires legal advice
he goes Ia man NcrScd IN the inter
probation ot the law. the nuWicdpc
~ It's history and its relation To- human
progress l;ul when he send, hi, child
Ia school he places him under the
charge 81 school teacher. loo sci.
dom i, any inquiry made rtu that per
sons requirements Tor such 4 work a.
Is given hun lu de- For the main,cn
ancc 81 phy seal health. iur fulfilling
the requirement, at the law Tor a
dozen other thrups sc seek trained ser
vice, much more necessary Is II that VIC
have teachers oi the highest training
possible iu whose care To- commit that
most dc,icatc thing N existence. the
mind and ,uu. ui a child
During the school term there B., NJ
other Influence applied To- a child, lie
for Nu mans consecutive ours H. that
81 the teacher The child i, growing
intellectually, doe, the teacher know
hos to- iced that growth. how to
quicken interest and make the accumu.
latiuu ui kuuwlcdpc natural and
necessary par, al the pupils lie. lie
T. changing. doe, the teacher know
how to- draw lessons from environ
mcnt OF realize the potency 81 >ugges
ton nu the mind Docs the teacher
appreciate that II he ha, taught child
HOW To- study. he ha, done more foi
that child, mental growth and develop
mrnt than # he had crowded the mind
with facts II he In, No sympathy
with child lie. un knowledge OF child
psychology. IN, teaching I, failure in
thai he clnupl develop the best that -
III the chld II is an economic ms
take tu place good and delicate mater.
tai m thu hands of IN un,kIlIcd and
careless w"rl man.
\ certificate thar certain cNlmluo-
ton, in ,ulicct matter have been ste
trS,iulll passed. doe, not constitute a
warhcr let u, all who are Interest,
m cduCatr, u rrpc upon vnrld-Hr teach
Ct, the necessity COR thorough ,rau-
ms IN their work. and ask 81 ;nost
who frame the law, that =; rurmal or
training course be made an obligatory
part "f TEACHER, preparation Pcda
pupl ha, developed into q science, the
result. 1T the work u' educator, ~ all
rmc- and cruutrrc, IS classified and
IT the students disposal Normal
schools are established ~ an of "ur
States wherein the teacher may he
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