Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-17
SECOND INSTITUTE DAY
Of INTEREST AND WORTH

Nh' pIolthNloN OF reaching tnan any /
other. All OF us rejoice that the |
world is setting itself the task OF
saving the child. The developing OF |
character Is the prime test of educa- |
ton. The essential elemtn OF char
acter is the moral side and the NOR
al side in child or man determines
destiny Tho school has drawn TO
Itself the whole education of the
child from the Kindergarten TO the
University So the teachers great
est task is moral training.
Morality Is the question of duty,
truth, honesty. fidelity, honor, kind
ness. These the great things of life,
Education fails II ii does not bring
I the cniid 40 THESE. Judge Kimbrourh
is not In accord with the doctrine
I that the child is non-moral until the
age of puocrty llc says that con-
science is the greatest natural en-
/ dOWmont Il does not tell us what
, is right, but 10 tells MS TO do righ'.
! Conscience is seen In children as ear
/ ly as four or five. school children
recognize their duty TO do right
This Is the starting point The teach
or Is not 10 create. but TO develop.
Conscience is 0ulckened by use. and
dulled by disuse The teacher
should then lead the child TO DO rirht
because GO is right IN giving up lost
/ articles he has found or in telling
the whole truth
Emphasize doing right because it
is right The GOOD feeling is not
i enough It must flower in good
deeds
The great mistake Is TO work mp
great feelings and letting IL all end
with the exaltation of the hour, even
I'm religion People who frequently
experience good feeling without good
deeds soon grow incapacitated for
good deeds. The study OF good
poems and literature should be so
timed as 20 secure some appropr-
ate action in the schools.
The great mistake is that the
teacher has so much 10 do in teach
ing history. arithmetic. etc. TO de-
velop the child's morality. She has
no time for discipline as she will be
set upon by school boards and school
people. II she does not produce so
much work In the literary sub
iects.
Again knowledge is a near virtue,
and ignorance IS vice The lessons
In geography. reading etc. should
! leave a moral result in the childs
| mind.
The teacher is OF more force than
the books. houses. or anything else.
The teacher cannot push the pupil
on where he cannot go He must
be- what he would realize In his pu-
pills The personality OF the teacher
Is more than all other things in
the course.
Following this helpful address
Mr. j. G Pace talked on some mis-
| ANkfN III NlNl al AlhlhlNNf AA' hf''''
u quite clear that all teachers had
made mistakes but that they need
not let those mistakes discourage
them. too much. but profit Boy them
That in teaching as well as In reli-
gion We are helped through our mis-
takes.
Mr.. Masterson's address on "Thc
Use Of Literature In Teaching Mora
b lity." was very fine indeed. He said
many things that would be helpful
to the public at large but lack OF
space prevents the quoting Of them
al this time
The theoretical and prosalc side OF
the institute was relieved by the rem
dition Of two very pleasing piano So
lectlons by Miss Rachel Kendall
At four O'Clock the institute ad-
journed I'll o'clock Tuesday morn
ing when more intellectual and aes-
] thetic treats are promised.