Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03
Ramsay criticized our educational .v..s,,
few years ago because OF the small
salaries paid to teachers in schools ara

Ramsay criticized our educational sy..e,,
a few years ago because Of the small
salaries paid TO teachers in schools ara
professors In colleges Everything nos.
sble should be done TO make tho oe
OF teacher attractive to our best men ara
finest women. IT can never he hoped y,
make the teachers post one Of the wo-Id,
prizes In money and material reward
nor Is II necessary. But teaching shoula
not forever he the poorest paid OF tho
so-called professional callings. Teacb,,.
must be made worth while and then w.
shall get what Ruskin called our morev,
worth In the greatest possible nu,nha.
Of good and brave men and women
What il perhaps most urgent Of alt
the place Of the teacher in modern ~.
must he enhanced in honor and h,
dignity. Teachers above and beyond sn
other men and women ought as a ols,.
to receive the unstinted reverence ar
gratitude Of every community. The tea
er IL not a hired servant of the Sta.
nor of parents. The teachers Office
not mental.
The tasks and opportunities Of IN
teacher may be briefly summed -,
Education must individualize, having "a
gard to the accentuation OF personality
Education must emancipate or lihera
children. who are the sons and daugh
tiers of the Republic. Education mus.
| ethicize, that is. influence ard exalt the
moral nature Of the child
What Is the task Of the teacher? VIVA.
shall be taught. how shall instruction Id
given? The answer to the what Of teach
Ing should be not things but tendencies
In the multiplicity Of things taught 70
day we are In danger Of losing sight o,
fundamentals. We teach many hranchel
but. as Emerson said. no roofs Tha
Germans use the term, Grueudhchke.
with regard to education which thorough
ness but imperfectlv renders, for C;ruend
lichkeit literally means getting down "a
the ground, to the very roots The teach
ing OF the three RS has been super
seeded by such a host of subjects that VI
are in peril Of losing our grip on the on
object OF teaching.
III the fostering of liberty Of though
and action be everywhere the aim ~
education. this Is peculiarly true IT, 4
democracy. The teacher and the schoo
must never forget that II is theirs to edu
cate race of freemen, to train future
citizens for the liberty and self-restrain
which are the essentials OF citizenship
in democracy The teacher ought rever
to lose sight Of the truth that the class|
room is not to be petty despotism butt
miniature republic and that the teacher
Is not to he the repressive tyrant but the
freedom nurtur1ng leader. whose task i'd
Is to train responsible. self-directins
agents. not to make soldiers. If 1t Is
true, as said Milton. that the true aim ID
education is to train the man and the
citizen. this truth places a special DBL
cation upon the teacher in a democra ~
The teacher. who IS the servant OF IN
State, must 1T children for The under !
standing of the duties and rights Of \
citizen Of our commonwealth. Edut \
ton must al every point train the child
with reference to his future citizenship i'll
our American democracy.
The demands upon the teachers and
by the teacher may briefly be summar.
lied More should be asked for the teach
er and from the teacher. For the teach
or. In the name Of the child. ask all tina,
it does become a State TO bestow upon it
faithful serVants-respect, dignity, homo
and such maintenance as Is needed ade !
quately to support the men and womer
who give all in the service of tn
State. From the teacher. In the name o
the child. I ask moro, yea. everything
that IS needed to upbuild and ennob
the State through molly upbuilding tn
lives OF its sons and daughters"
A pleasing concert was rendered by
Barton's orchestra before the lecture
lasting from 30 to s o'clock. A large
number took advantage of the oppor
tunity TO hear the concert.
RECEPTION AT HIGH SCHOOL
Immediately following the lecture al
The Strong, the teachers went to thu
high school bIidlnE. where reception
was given 10y the Burlington teacher
for tho visitors.
The chairman of the reception commit
tee was Superintendent II. o. Wheeler
and the refreshments We're in charge OF.
Mis- Farrell prlncipsl of the Champlain
school Music was furnished by this
Norma quintette. Between aG and ~
teachers attended the reception.
FOJ NTAIN PENS At FREE PRESS.