The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-06-27
AMERICAS EDUCATORS.

8 Few fully realize the vitality important work that
teachers perform for nation With the
of the public system and the constant
and deepening Of the Of school instruction the
and the influence of the teachers have Increased
until they hold in their hands the moding Of the
nations life. *atsa @..
Instruction of various kinds that was formerly left
to the home neglected entirely, has. little by
little, been added to the province of the school, Now
the educational ideal is ito send the whole boy girl
to school, in make education life. AS the
educational ideal the teacher must
to new demands upon culture wisdom and character
And what of these teachers of Americas children
those to whom entrusted the health minds morals
ideals, f'the children? - ~.g
America boasts of her school buildings of the money
expended in modern improvements but does she boast
of the social and the financial recognition that given
to those whose influence make mar human lives?
Are these public servants paid according to the value
of their services they be content with "cO
pensations greater than money! .r $50 )"
Are the teachers given social recognition those
who have in trust the nations IDEALS who vital
and honorable part of the life? Are they
suited those best Informed social and community
problems closest touch with the heart of the
nation:
To ask these questions brings how the actual is
at variance with the IDEAL What called the
teachers those who mold the plastic minds and hearts
OF the greatest numbers of the children, not
paid what would be minimum wage factory work
ers. Many unskied laborer is paid higher wages
than teachers in grade schools.
: Though there may be: other compensations than
"mere money!, yet these compensatons will not feed
cothe, provide for the physical intellectual
that must be satisfied if the teachers to attain high
est Individual development and greatest usefulness
the school. !
Too many teachers forced to give so much con-
Germ to bread and butter problems that they
time nor strength to their souls up
after ideals How they bring to the children
that which is starved out of their own lives?
If they have not the means to continue to add to-
their own mental development and social experience,
how can they continue to give out to the world?
The teachers of the country beginning to realize
that they must solve their problems. Strong in
dviduals must not wait passvey for outside
to secure justice for themthey feel responsibility
for rghting their own wrongs.
teacher is capable sef-help is that teacher
capable of intoxicating the principles of democracy in
the youth of country?
Our presentday school system presents some serious
problems and not the least serious is the anomaly Of
auocrat1c management of the schools Of democracy
The teachers themselves have long realized the ser-
BUSINESS of their problems Tradition and conventional
public opinion have restrained them from the only
method by which they can help Observation-Disclosures
ton But organization is the practical method of pro-
LESSONS and trades What organization has done for
them it can do for the teachers ~ >3<~.~
Organization will bring to the teachers wages that
Will enable them to live in such manner that they can
prlng more to- their work, into their lives and
Ideals OF future citizens themselves but they make
the school better, aiming at higher ideals The effect
will be cumulative II -
Organization must and will, come to the rescue of
Americas teachers 1t is right they be denied
under free, democratic government.-GOMPERs.