The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06

terrible disgrace not to know how to
note" Therefore they must spell.
syllable by syllable. and parse, word
by word. and they must write com
positions" upon every Imaginable sub
ject.
oh, that every child could have
this mothers teaching before the age
OF twelve years, But such a golden
age is impossible in reality In the
lives of the multitude, and the chill
dren must be entrusted to teachers
They must go among those who have
not been accustomed to intellectual
surroundings, who cannot use good
English. whose minds have not gen
erations of training thought behind
them; and while laboring to make
port these hapless voyagers must
bail for their lives to keep from be-
ing submerged by the food of what
must be avoided and not assimilated
Would that the golden age could ar
rive when schools could be divided
in every grade into two classes-those
who can speak good English by ear.
and those who cannot, Until then
every teacher must be hampered by
having the class temperature con-
stantly lowered by the Infusion of the
unframed.
But accepting conditions as they
are. the burden of responsibility still
rests upon the teacher. The parents
problem is to find the teacher who
recognizes the fact that Ito think
without confusion clearly is the re-
suit of long mental discipline in cor
rect methods of thinking, in which
the school is truly a mental gymnas-
ium. where intellectual force is gained
by patient drill in the various exer-
cises given in the text books upon
the various subjects.--mathem atics.
language. history, or any other,-by
which they as individuals gain mental
technique. so that, sometime. some
where. they can vibrate to the truth
spoken by Thomas Bailey Aldrich:
Hold this seashall to your ear
And you shall hear.
Not the andante OF the sea,
Not the wild winds symphony
But your own hearts minstrelsy.
You do poets and their song
grieYous wrong
If your own heart does not bring
To their deep imagining
AS much beauty as they sing.
How many years of plodding over
NS'Nb poph must De spent be
fore the mind has acquired poise and
proportion enough to appreciate that,
To how many years of patient drill
must the mind and fingers be submit
ted before the simplest theme from
Schumann. Chopin. Beethoven can be
correctly interpreted! And since one
must suffer before one can sing NAV
tho young be spared this proof of n
perfect Interpretation. But technique
must be ready when experien comes.
Applied to everyday life, to quote
the words of Rev. DR.. j. r. Miller
In an emergency things emerge The
bravery that has been growing
through daily fortitude, the quickness
gained by conquering the drudgery of
daily tasks, the strength that has been
stored up through daily effort-all
these emerge. and behold, an heroic
action happens. But If these are not
there. nothing energies. for there is
nothing but unprepared mediocrity"
The best teacher is one who keeps
the end before the pupils mind from
the beginning-and the end of great
ness is simplicity. Take as an epitome
of successful living a brief summary
OF the conclusions of men who are. or
have been. learned In all the wisdom
OF the schools; who have received
honors from crowned heads; who have
proved by experience that:
TO give space for wandering is IL
That the world is made so wide"
For example: "To be honest. to be
kind. 10 earn a little and to spend
little less.-to keep a few friends. but
these without capitnlation: above all.
on the same grim condition to keep
friends with himself--hcre is task
for all that man has OF fortitude and
delicacy."
And this: ITO he glad of life be-
cause 1t gives you the chance to love
(Continued on SIKH PaSeO