Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-02-24


af the teacher, vet beth are WORKING on
the same problemt the problem Of right
AS love is the supreme principle Of
the family so must it be of the school
The school receives the children from
the. home from day to day, and for the
time being takes the place of thehome.
1t is essential that affection and sympa
thy shall be found in the school to supA
ply or supplement this quality as the
case may be. The affection existing be-
tween teacher and pupil Is the very best
measure of the amount OF teaching that
viii be done. There is no falser notion
than the one sometimes given that It
makes no difference whether the child
like the teacher or not; The teacher
may be. able to impart instruction un+
der such conditions, but he will not
teach.
sWhensa child says to its mother.
My teacher docs not understand me; /
do not want to go to. school" such
teacher should begin to look within and
without. with a view OF discerning the
defects, and then begin to bring about
The life of the school should be or
Idered by a love that is fourfold--af-
lection, altruism, justice, mercy.
the child for the social relations and for
life However true this is, the larger
truth. lies in the fact that the child is
living TO-DAY and II ne re- lives }oy90us ag
which social institutions rest tomorrow
will take care of itself
| The idea of continually drumming In
to, the child that this task must be done
and this task must be learned, so as to
prepare him for future life, is alto
gether wrong. 1t makes the child with
any spirit. hate school It Dreeds IN MN
It pitches his. life inthe future and dis
cards the present. 1t makes rainbow
chasers-men who are always going to
live, but never do. The child should be
| trained to do his best, NOW, to do
what he does with all his might. NOW,
to do the. duty; that lies nearest him I'm A.
teacher or mother who trains the chill
dren along these lines, and does It In
the right spirit, Is the teacher or mother
who is helping them to live. The de-
velopment of child's character, Is
constant process. 1t cannot be carried
| on during the hours at school and sus-
| pended during the hours at home or
/ vice versa.
The work of teaching bears no init,
mate relation to practical affairs and
the conduct of life, that teachers should
regard. their Mork aqlittle more from
tainly should never regard themselves
i as constituting a class apart, for 1T Is
only when they keep, in touch with the
T MeFd w6a ae t Ths pneo aG sche9 @ hers
are the pioneers Of good citizenship,
the promoters of social order.
There is a constant groWlng, sym aIa
munity. It is very Important that this
bond Of sympathy be, made stronger;
The isolation of the TEACHER and school
tpal detriment The public appreciate
( more and more the Importance Of the
work Of the school teachers; Their eh,I in n
| Educational. This spirit is. shown by the
large attention which the best period
| icais of America are giving to educa,
| ton in all it's phases. This interest Will
"a fnQGhaTQ EnGms
So long as a community is satisfied
with narrow, circumscribed, self-cen-
| them. When it demands men and
women who are alive with interest In
all social relations. such teachers Will
be at hand for the larger, W WORK.
MRS. ROSE E. SHARRlTT,