The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-01-07
SPEAKS
TO co. TEACHERS
Last Communication of Retiring
Superintendent
Miller, S. OAK,
Jan LIST 1915.
To the teachers of Hand county:
Dear Friends

Jan LIST 1915.
To the teachers of Hand county:
Dear Friends
In addressing this letter
to you, 1t is my desire to thank you
for your earnest cooperation, and
the friendly confidence that YOU have
rendered me during the past four
years of service with you as County
Superintendent of Schools. hope
that the schools of Hand county will
advance in the future as they have
done in the past
With your permission ! will call
your attention to the essentials that
mark a teachers success.
Government-''Order is heavens
first law" and it is scarcely more
essential to the harmony of heaven
than it Is to the happiness and sue
cess of the school. The want of
order Is the great master defect of
nearly all schools. | know of no one
thing which so powerfully counter
acts the exertionS of teachers as the
want of good discipline. Discipline
is not the art Of re%wardins and pun
ishing of making pupils speak and be
silent. II is the art of making them
perform IN the most appropriate,
easy and useful n all duties of
the school. Children must be gov
erned. not coaXed. Control within
proper limits is natural and whole
some for them. Restraint must not
be carried too far; remember that it
is not the course which is easiest for
ourselves, but ttat which Is most
beneficial to the child, which is to be
followed. Mere quiet is not good
order. The young must be taught
to obey then welfare, their success
IN life, the well being of society de,
pend upon it. A school cannot De
suffered to run riot. Order, obed-
ience, respect for all authority are
lessons much need, d by The children
of our schools and must be taught
Keep your school room clean and
well ventilated. Have a pleasant
opening exercise. Music, agricult-
ure and ethics may take the form Of
genera exercise. Emphasize punct
uality in numerous ways. Issue
certificates for perfect attendance to
pupils who have attended school
twenty consecutive school DAYS With
out loss Of time from abs.nce OF
hardness. We issue larger ceItiti
Gates for from three to nire months
Of perfect attendance Keep exact
records. Have a schedule Of your
daily work. Begin on time, nine
O'Clock sharp Don't run ever time.
and use your arithmetic period to
finish your leading recitation.
Hurry, but in the meantime do all
work thoroughly. Teach all Subjects
required by the Course Of Study.
Combine where you IAN. Alternate
If you must drawing and writing.
Give four lessons a week in writing
1 apd ono in drauipo
Prepare each DAYS work wis
dom is the principal thing; therefore
get wisdom, and with all thy getting
get understanding" A person can.
not teach intelligently without hav-
ing mastered that which is to be
taught. True teachers think never
of their education being complete,
but are always seeking to add to
their own knowledge. The moment
the teachers cease to be students
they cease to be effective teachers.
The best thing in this world is
work, and the best work in the world
is for the children. The influence of
a great teacher may reach-must
reach-through all the years. The
great teacher. whether in the coun-
try school or the university, is the
one whose work is limited only by
possibilities not for self, but for
children.
Yours for good schools,
Nav Rudd,
County Superintendent.