The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-12
TOO MANY WOMEN.
MORE MALE TEACHERS NEED.
I'D. SAYS INSPECTOR.
Women Indicated" During Child,
FRst Five School Ycars-Nlcn De
sirablc Thereafter.


and discussed by william II. Hand Of
Columbia, State inspector Of high
schools, In his seventh annual report
forthcoming shortly.
Mr Hand. AFTER noting n steady In
crease In the number and proportion
OF high school teachers with college
training" and an "even greater de-
crease In the number and proportion
Of teachers with less than a college
education" goes on TO say:
'Over against these two gratifying
facts stands out one which compels
thinking people to ASK II our high
schools arc not rapidly becoming over
e6eminised. For four years the num-
Der Of mon teachers has remained al
most stationary. Dut with q slight do
crease. For the same period the num-
ber OF women teachers has increase 81
per cent
II realize that II IL rash. impolitic
and dangerous TO Soy that the high
schools are In need OF more men
teachers of ability. In discussing u
question like this IL In hard to confins
people to orderly reasoning. Let us
diveSt the subject OF sentimentality
and ourselves OF blarney and patron.
tzing eallantry. The whole question Of
the relative efficiency Of men and wo.
men az teachers In usually pitched on
the wronk plane and discussed from
the wrong Viewpoint
'Ths discussion In not to try to
provo that mon teachers are In any
way superior TO women teachers. but
TO show that each has q place. q very
necessary place. The characteristics
Of the two sexes are distinctly unlike.
but they are harmonious. they arc
complementary and supplementary.
God wisely made them 30. The child'a
existence is due to the existence Of thu
two sexes. and his future welfare and
development depend on what can be
1upphoo py oOtn 6exeo.
The weil-balanced training Of the
child In dependent on the retention Of
this harmony OF dual characteristics;
the Joint training given by the fathes
and the mother makes 1t q symmetry
cal training. and the absence OF the
training OF either parent Is q distinct
loss to the child. In this joint parental
training the child at different stages
OF his physical. mental and moral
srowth In more dependent upon. more
responsive to. and more In need of
the peculiar influence furnished BY
shs one parent OF the other. BE the
child boy or girl, IL needs tho directing
and controlling influences OF both par
snta A manly man Ia not feminine.
nor Is q womaniy woman masculie.
The moment either crosses natures
Boundary line. loss of force and sym
metry is the penalty.
what Is true In tho home Is true In
the school In his education he 10 en-
titled TO the influences Of both sexes
as teachers For the first five years
o. Q chjld's school life the averagu
man as It's teacher Is all but a failure
The woman is more patient and gentle
and sympathetic. and Is In every way
better lifted to furnish what the child
needa.
About the time the boy enters his
18th year he begins to manifest radi-
col changes In his disposition. In hii
tastes. and In his ideals. He still
needs patience. sentleness and sympa-
thy. but he needs something even more
important than mere control---he Il
yearnins for that unconscious tuition
whioh Is involved In association with
a manly man.
The time has come for him TO imi
tate. and to whom should he turn with
more confidence than to his teacher
What mother OF judgment would have
her boy initiate tn, most perfect wo
man OF her acquaintance. any more
than she would have her girl initiate
the most perfect man Of her acquaint-
ance? The silent power of imitation
must never be lost sight Of. and the
boys craving for the companionship p
OF . manly man must not be- ignored
Mere control Is among the least oil
the adolescent boys needs Many a
woman teacher Is able to shake ls
years OF young America until his teeth
rattle. In the language of DIR. Thomas
Arnold. he needs a man OF common
sense who understands boys.
And. to be perfectly candid. we are
not going to keep the boys through a
four-year high school course unless
We give them moro men teachers. Tho
sentimentaiist who insists on all wo-
men teachers for tho high school
knows down deep In his heart that