The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-06-18
OF
TEACHER is
THEME
Pays Tribute TO Supt. VIII
son and the State
Board

Speaking before the Grady County
Normal this morning on The Function
Of the Teacher" President Lynn Glov-
er Of the Tonkawa preparatory school
said, in part,
"The first century began with the
life Of the greatest teacher this world
ever saw, himself the Infinite Logos.
the author Of all human and divine.
He came into this world to teach men
how to have dominion, how to win
conquest over mind and matter. IL
men maryeled at the voice in the viii
dernsss they maryeled much more at
the voice OF him who spake as ona
having authority" After reviewing the
mission Of the great Master Teacher.
President GLOVER called attention to
the marvellous development G& the age
in which we live. He said, l,ls child
that is born today is born amh mir
acles more asountding than those that
accompanied the birth Of the child
1000 years ago. THE world today IS
in an attitude Of expectancy and ex-
citement The marvellous is taking
place every hour The speaker point
ed to the fact that this splendid hour
Of Christian civilization could be trae-
ed directly to the light that came into
the Roiid 20Oe years ago when chiia
was born in a manager in Bethlehem.
He traced the progress Of the world
from that date down to the present
time He declared that the power Of
the teacher was to be measured in
new terms. we shall have new
psychology, the psychology Of the
prodigal son and the lost sheep"
The speaker declared that as men
demand that those who build machines
shall so build as to economic time.
labor and fuel. SO men would also de-
mand Of those building the boys and
girls Of this country that they so
build them as 80 produce thrice and
quadruple the power that men and
women ever had before. THE teach
er as well as the machine must be an
expert. An expert Is one who knows
and he must know what he knows. l
pity him who fails to realize the tre-
mendous responsibilities Of his office.
He is but an example Of the one wha
rushes In where angels fear 10 tread
"Oh woe to him who tramples on
the mind, that deathless thing. They
know not what they do nor what they
deal with
After comparing the child environ
ment today with that Of the begin
ming Of the nineteenth century ana
beautifully drawing some Illustrations
from the laws Of life, President GLOW
er spoke Of the splendid advancement
of education in Oklahoma.
+ 4 rejoice said he, in that splen
( did state supervision, that close stat
inspection Of our state school system
that is so effectually preventing ou
state school system from being useI
for purely private advantage, whethe
political or religious He declares
\ that in the past in this state an
d others this had been done. He said
e ethe position the teacher ought 10 OF
/ eupy. be he ever SO humble, is not u
L fifty gymbolized in the beautiful lines
y AS some tall cliff, that lifts its awfu
I. form. swells with the vale. and mid
e way leaves the storm. tho round Il
g breast the rolling CLOUDS are spreas
eternal sunshine settles on its head
The days, my friends, Of the den
agogue in school affairs are numbe
ed. The time server and spoils seel
j. er must 80. Falsahood and mlsrepr
y. sentation cannot last under the sui
a. shine Of truth. The history Of eyol
t. ton shows that all true reforms CON
slowly Often tnat which seems who
" bad but lays the foundation q
9 that which is good. ! rejoice in t
? courageous, optimistic and enerset
= soul Of R. H Wilson as our leade
, The future OF the Innocent childhol
e In this state Is glorious. The daV
= OF truth appearl upon th0hoiizon. Ti
= storms Of political strife may seesl
? around hIm, put I assure you }nat O
. Continued On Fags gWol