The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-12-08
Educational Department.
By &C. IIiiE, Pres. Eat ~. StniHa!.
CHARACTER-BUILDING IN THE
SCHOOL ROOM.
CHAPTER /.

This Is the mecca toward when We
are trending-the great end OF all
teaching. More aptly - for the com
mon schools and the preparatory
school, for they have the initiative
in moulding character. The teacher
has the unquarried mass; with ham
mer and chisel he is trying to carve
out the imprisoned giant. The pos
sibllities Of the teacher are 50 ire
mendous that owing TO our short
sight We are wont 10 say with the
great dranatist: Il do not know
what you and other men think Of this
life; but as for my single self, had
as leave not be, as ! would live to De
IL awe Of such a thing as ! myself.
II all your charge have not become
dear to you, perhaps they will when
you reflect upon their need Of YOU
About this gathers the future veal OF
woe Of the country.
II we build according to lofty ideals,
al! the perplexing questions Of church
and State will adjust themselves IN
such a way as that this Government
will not decay as others have. Inas-
much AS character cannot be built in
a day, AID, as the building is vast and
almost incomprehensible, many differ
elt elements compose the character
IT. these early days Of seed-time the
harvest depends much upon the SOW
er; however, the sower must have
good ground. If the harvest be equal
70 the sowing, the seed must be par
excellence. We are 70 consider three
great elements in character-building
Preparation of the soil. the seed, the
sower
Each pupil by virtue OF heredity
and environment, is special field .
requiring a certain development on the 4
one hand but whose general nature
may be appealed 70 in common with
his fellows. Before the scattering
Of the grain, there must come a prep
aration. The teacher who spent the
night with q patron called for a I'd
zor next morning. u was his third
day since shaving; he was wont 20
appear clean with collar, cuffs and
radiant shoes. In your class sug-
gestions you may refer 70 a paragraph
in lecture By Horace Greedy in
which Lc said: Young man. keep
your b9otLeels black" Another line
from Greedy may be in point. -
man may drink whiskey and curse.
but he should never chew tobacco"
The ringing of the bell on time, The .
accuracy II which does not vary in
year the memory Of each theme in
the assignments and their proper OBJ f.,
seryation; the punishment Of scholas- 3,
tic crime, sending q pupil home for =,
excuse Of absence; beginning with !.
the hour closing with The hour, is !,
suggestive and leaves great lesson ,
for the citizen OF tomorrow. ;,
There should be moderation IN a
punishment that conyinces the pupil 4
that IL was the only thing that should 8
have been done. A chastisement in u
such way as that, a broad charity is u
taught By the manifest spirit of the r.
teacher q
Frugality is 50 thoroughly taught a
by example; the fullness Of time in n
saving and preserving each piece Of d
apparatus or fixture belonging to the ii
building. IN connection with the G,
reading lesson or supplementary ex- Fl
ercise, the economy Of George Pea |,
body may be shown with reference 20 \
his financial history which began in
New York with saving wood for
breakfast and ended with giving the
South millions Of money to cure an n
born of conditions traceable N
to waste OF time. 1t may be shown
that some of the brightest lights in fl
the intellectual armament have died
panpers and in chains, in virtue Of i'd
too much devotion to cause to the b
neglect Of financial interests. For
Kepler, Aristotle, Socrates, 81
Columbus, Penn and every school
S'e'A'i hp ld'i llO Juliet luleItSL OF
and who has labored forty years in Il
way. In this way, hon
or and revere those whose sacrifices to CT
intellectual life have made the world Il
80 much more productive of wealth cl
and happiness. Let them see that
these are the few. the immortal few,
that are not born to die, but whose r.
poverty was refining fire, changing 81
he dross of inactivity to an oppor- Ii
unity, the harvest of which is an h,
mperishable name. II,
Industry may be made prominent IL By
he exactness required in performing III
ZACH theme Of the lesson recitations FL
ull of animation, hands moving up
ward, faces anxious for recognition;
III else omitted in the race to tell