Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-01-27
Row to Get Best Results From
Students


O. ers' Institute In Lexington, and pub
=. lished under the auspices OF the Rock
'' bridge Teachers Assoclation.)
" The subject OF ''How to Get Be.t
~ Results from Students Is very vide
~ very comprehensive and very general
l. 1t Is SO comprehensive that 1t embraces
u all the others. In order &c get the best
results from students IL is necessary 10
). know "How to Conduct a History
II Class; "How to Teach Arithmetic;
n "How to Discipline the School,:
What Should be the Relation OF Home
Life to- School Life and to be fam.
J.. liar with every other subject on this
D program. The subject is so general
that have teen at loss to know how
. to treat 1t or how it was intended to be
treated
! l finally decided to give few points
OF very general character, which. as
: think, are essential to success In teach
ing any school. They are nothing new,
but only the same old things you have
always heard at teachers meetings or
read In educational papers. All l can
do lie to attempt to emphasize them By
repeating them.
Ia order to get the best results from
students 1t is necessary to have the best
buildings, blackboardS, desks, maps,
ETC., aud to have the cooperation and |
support OF school officers and parents. |
But as these conditions are only par
tally under your control | shall not |
discuss them, but turn to those which
are more directly at your command.
First and foremost among the re-
quirements for success In any school IL
discipline Without it all is chaos and
confusion. In a disorderly, ill-goy-
erred school, all vour best efforts In
other directions may be upappreclated
and Improbable. II you cannot control
your pupils you cannot command their
respect, and without their respect and
confidence you can do nothing worth
while. The subject OF discipline" will
be treated under another head, and |
shall not attempt 10 discuss 1t further
here. But this l will say, discipline
your school first, and then spend the
remainder OF your time on other things, |
IL you would get the "Best Results
from Your Pupils"
Following In natural sequence after {
discipline, is system. Teaching Is O. [
business, and as such 1t required BUSH
ness methods. System Is an essential /
OF success Ia any business. 1t is sys- a
TEN In large measure that has con-
verified the shoe-making industry OF
few generations ago, when all the shoes
were made at the shoemaksrs' bench, T.
at the rate of one or two pairs a day, a
into the shoe manufacturing industry u
Of the present. when the shoes are v
made in large factories, at the rate OF u
thousands OF pairs day. 1t Is system n
hat has helped to transform the Journey ~
'cross the continent from a weary "
ramp of several months into q pleas. o.
mt ride OF few days Without sys- pa
EN- this land of ours would not have III
zen converted frO'u meIe wilderness, u
Inhabited by savagee, into the greatest Ke
nd most glorious country the sun VI
hines upon, ,When applied to schools Oil
ystem requires that you open and close
chool and have vonr recssses .t tho ag
ppointed hours; that YOU have your VI
lasses on time and do not allow one to th
ltrude upon the time of the other; Id
hatsyou eliminate all unnecessary
lasses, and that you thoroughly grade ue'
our school. The Result will be economy WI
time and conservation OF energy. In'
ystem Is the brother of discipline and w
ne father OF success. Az
But, however we'll factory may be I'M
,stematiz.d aud bonovor ,.a,, .ho hgl
orkmen may be trained, unless the III
anacer looks after he business and co'
eeps IL goipg, no shoes will be made. ii''
he manager may not touch one OF the isi
anv tbous,nd, -, sho ,od the
'ch day, end yet DO the busiest man
injected with the establishment. The .
acher may have everything furnished con
N in perfect order when he enters the 16,(
hoOl, but unless he himself works gal
ere will net be much work going on ~
that schocl. a crank is irritating, a nae
ntrary person is aggrovating, but a in
~ man or woman is detestable. q
lildrOn are good judges of character, "''
I'd II you are lazy and shirk your
ty it's going to make an impression N
ION them; it's going to cause them to spe
80 respect for you ard confidence In sto'
u. On the other hand. If you come WV
to school with your work well pre- A
red, If you go about things in busl. req
sslike way, bubbling over with life ECU
d enthusiasm, your pupils cannot
Up respecting you, and they will catch Al
, spirit and 90 TO work themselves hay
It'll such leade. they will progress ers
d yield good results The price of reo'
cess In teaching, as we'll as any other It
3 OF business, Is persistent, never. cold
lsing work. mon
,,o,,,a Ill.,. has
"0"'N INV :" cay 10" "oros also obst
regard TO your general b'a'ing. Above VIII
things be natural. Dignity, when reli.
,ural or carefully cultured. il a finc p,
ng, but when affected Is dangerous. MOI
seems to be the idea among some rhui
cheers that they must stanl aloft
M their nunils: th At they ,nust main. ri; n