The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-26
The Historic Teacher of
England and the Man
WHO REFORMED
Educational System of His
Times Discussed
At the Teachers Institute by DIR. FL
lis--Many Pertinent Points Eluci-
dntcd.

The last day of the Marion county
institute opened this morning with
n brief devotional service lead by DR..
ID. II. Bailey, of the Methodist church
OF this city. Among a few remarks,
he stated that he had attended a
number of the institute sessions and
that they had been, to him, a great
source of inspiration. He further
stated that he hoped the institute of
next year would come up to the ex-
cellent standard set by this one.
DR.. c. c. Ellis gave the first lee
ture Of the morning. He characterized
the life of DIR. Thomas Arnold, the fa-
nous man and educator of Rugby. He
said in preliminary remarks:
Tho greatest advantage accrue
to the teacher from the study of edu-
cation. When studying history we
study the deeds that men have done;
when we study education we study
what men are striving to do. To those
who teach. great benefit is received
from the study of the past efforts and
methods of pedagogy, they are as a
guide. pointing to the future. Fad
dists never study history II they did
so they would not be faddsts.
Again. studying past education
gives us the vision Teachers lose the
vision, performing their rounds of
daily duties. 1t is a great thing 10
have big vision, to keep the eye on
the line of the far vision that II may
. not lose its power and efficiency by
the too close attention Of the work at
hand. The study of the great sweep
of educational activities gives the
vision
Again II gives sense of relation
ship and value that cannot be pro-
cured in any other way. We learn
of difference between schooling and
education. There was a time when
there were no schools, yet education
existed. We are inclined to think of
the school and education as one. This
study gives TO us the values, those
things that are real. 1t teaches us the
difference between the theorizer and
the real educator"
Taking up the subject proper. DR..
Ellis said:
"I am TO speak this morning of a
real teacher, a man who was not a
fheorizer, although he lived at a time
when advantages and methods were
few. What we're the things that made
Thomas Arnold a great teacher?
when Arnold was placed as mas
ter In the Rugby schools he changed
the face and system of all education
in England. He was a man, a great
personality, the hard contact with
which he taught those boys who had
been careless idlers and rascals, the
greatest characteristic of manhood.
"one of his greatest characters
tics was his devotion 10 his work.
Many teach presumably. They teach,
teaching merely stepping
stone TO something better. We need
men and women who are teachers,
men and women who have devoted
their lives TO their work, who are CIV
ing their best thoughts and efforts
and endeavors to the calling. Arnold
though that he had been called by
the Great Teacher 10 be a master
teacher.
again, he prepared the branches
that he was to teach, day by day. He
once said regarding this, L prefer to
have my pupils drink from flowing
fountain. not from a stagnant pool
No teacher knows her subject well
enough to go to class without a pre-
vious preparation to refresh the minL>
and memory. II is because of this
necessity for preparation that the
normal school, the institute and read
ing circles exist. 1t Is when a teacher
has done the best he can that he can
have the courage TO say when con-
fronted by questions he does not
know. I do not know Arnold had
the courage TO say, Il do not know