The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-17

.hat all DE world might catch lts
iots and De lifted to higher plane OF
ifa and action, than lo be the author
lf al lhe Jingle and the doggerei the
world has ever seen, or to wear on ny
brow diadems Of sovereignty II within
there Is 70 be found impurity. OF / am
10 be lacking in fine moral persnec-
tive Such then, in brief outline Is
my conception Of the morals Of the
teae her for as a spring never rises
above its source, 10. for the most part
d teacher can never get higher either
ia seIf-development. Oh IN the deye-
opnent Of the student, than are the
ideals Of morality, truth and justice
that lie at the basis Of his or her
character The next ideal as regards
TIC teacher Is like unto the one which
have Just outlined but transferred
to the world Of intellect rather than
that Of ethics, It is that Of intellee-
tual and scholarly fitness.
This is day Of scholarship and
Learning. and colleges and universities
All over the land are almost as num-
erous as the church steeple, and
shame on the teacher who would teach
the youngs as a lifetime vocation with
out having put forth every effort toI
get the very best training that is pos,
siblt 10 be obtained, You say to me
there are many great teachers who
have had but few advantages, and
who know but little Of college train
Ing but my reply is they are great ia
spite OF these hlndranees and not be-
cause Of them, and II they are great
without such training. what would
Ethey be with IT? May the day speed
ily come when the schools and col.
IIeges Of this southland Of ours and
4 / am a southerner-ma life from
themselves the shadow Of the re-
proach which for fifty years has hung
50 stiflingly over them, the reproach
Of unseholarliness and slovenliness in
method.
/ Third and finally, ! would have q
teacher instilled with an ideal Of faith
fulness to duty, to the administration,
and to the governing body Of the in
stitutionA Twenty years Of service as
teacher have left me with the CON
virtion that more schools, colleges
ant. universities have suffered from
the curse OF disloyalty and petty jeal
\ ousy among their faculties than from
any other one cause whatsoever.
hold it to be automatic that no school
i however large or small, can do its best
, work and perform its noblest func
!, tions, so long as even one Of its fac
ulty lags back, or is indifferent, tC
/, say nothing OF being openly defiant
Il Nothing is so evident to student
+ body as spirit Of disloyalty when !
] enters the faculty, and in turn NJ
spirit is so contagious, demoralizinl
Z and destructive to the student bod,
: as this spirit which breaks out be
!. cause Of small jealousies, envyings
backbitings, and the like, which haY'
' brought reproach so often upon al
Il otherwise dignified and noble calling
. / am willing to concede that humal
HI nature is the same the world over, bu
a there are so many noble and seho
i a1ly men and women who are aboy
e such petty failings that feal one !
h committing a crime against posterit
g by toerating such attitudes even 70
J. moment,
y There is no union in my iudgmen
IT Unless it be the home which is quit
g. So satisfying as large company
a, fellow-teachers, harmonious and appr
1t ciatiye. considerate Of each others fee
a ings. and each ready to aeknowlede
10 the strong points of all the rest, an
10 ali working together for the good
to the cause. On the other hand thel
m lis nothing so disastrous and destru
e, tive to sacred interests as a band
to eo.laborers, each jealous OF the othe
&c end all trying to outdo the rest th
OF htey may reap, themselves, a little pe
is ishsng glory To the advancement
lg harmony, peace and mutual helpfl
ID ness; to the elevating more and mo
H. Of the standards Of scholarship in
il. lines Of academic, artistic and teac
ef- nical proficiency to the emphasizil
gs always Of the ideals Of morality tru
m ana Justice, the present administi
to tiel. Of the Oklahoma College for W
er mer before you this day stan
al pledged
he And. furthermore. to the cradle
th, tior Of disloyalty, should disloyal
ip- ever creep amongst US; to the eli
IS. inatiou Of inefficiency. should eff
an ieuey ever be at our DOORS to t
er- extirpation. root, stem and hranl