Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-10-31
EXPERIENCE AS TEACHER

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proved entirely satisfactory, al
- though each week has brought
forth some rhymes which were very
good. For the present, however,
shall go back to the old limerick al
though I hope to begin something very
much more interesting in this depart
ment, very soon.
I know, however, that many of the
boys and girls will be glad to have the
limericks once more, as they were so
much less work and frequently so
much more fun to read
The unfinished stories continue to
be interesting to readers and writer's
alike. I hope to make the letters one
of the liveiest of the writing contests
this winter. 1 shall try to select
topics which will give chance for the
introduction of the personal note in
each letter, and shall encourage as
much as possible those boys and girls
who try to make their letters chatty
and in the style of good friendly let
ters
This will help to make the next gen.
GRAFTON of men and women more IA
miliar with the uses of the pen and
more attentive to the delightful art of
note and letter writing.
You know it is supposed to be a fact
that American men and women are for
getting how to write. They use the
telephone or the telegraph or, failing
that, use their stenographer. Now 1
hope that all my boys and girls will
be so successful in life that they will
not need to write their own letters I'M
less they choose, but I hope that they
will all remember that there are some
conditions of life which demand a per-
sonal note written by hand upon fine
paper. One of the essential marks of
good breeding is the ability to write
such a note or letter gracefully, brief
ly and yet cordially.
Letters of sympathy coincidence,
congratulation, regret over the break
ing of an engagement, acceptance of
some invitation, or appreciation of
some present, or other kind at
tention, all demand hand written notes,
and the manner in which they are
written will do much to strengthen
your position in the esteem of the
friend or acquaintance to whom they
are addressed.
Can't you each cultivate an easy
chatty style in writing your letters to
me? Do not think of them as some
thing to be dreaded, like the compost
lions you write for school, but regard
your letters to me as if to some dear
friend or a dearly loved aunt. This is
a position which I am confident I have
in the hearts of many of the boys and
girls who come to see me, and I think
if you would read the letters care
fully you could almost tell which ones
of the Juniors care the most for me,
simply by the free informal way they
chat of their every day affairs, and
tell me their hopes and dreams.
The topic many of you are writing
about today is about your first day
somewhere or doing something. Many
of these first experiences will have
been more or less disastrous Let us
all hope that from the result of that
experiment you all learned at least
one good lesson.
There is a we'll known saying that
Experience is the best teacher" but
we all know that even the best of
teachers cannot teach US unless we
would learn, so we should look into
all these youthful adventures of ours
and find out in just what way we
made a mistake, and how it might have
been avoided.
If we resolutely learn something each
day we live we will become wise and
resourceful men and women, and able
to steer our lives through dangers and
troubles to the goal of success.
I want you all to tell me in nice
chummy fashion in what way you
think your first day" was of some
benefit to you, or some one else.
If you learned any good lesson from
the experience, remember that The
Herald Juniors will all be interested in
hearing of it as will also, your loving