The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-10

service in detecting and calling 10 the
attention Of the parents these defects,
any OF which can be cured, If treated
in the right way and at the right time.
Those without the child We have di-
yided into the following classes:
Sometimes the teacher the commu-
nifty spirit and lack of interest in the
home We say sometimes the teach
er. my friends, we are all agreed that
/ it is a fact there are those persons
who secure diplomas, degrees, and a
contract to teach school, who are
wholly and "soully' unable to per
Il form the duty. May ! say just here
that | feel that one of the greatest
factors of retardation is the lack on
the part of our teachers to teach those
principles of morality which are 50
Essential to good government and 10
be able to WELD an influence of spir-
Iituality. We as teachers occupy too
| low place in the eyes of most so
ciety Why it is ! cant understand
yet it is true. We do not command
or demand the respect in the commu-
nifty in which we labor that | think
our positions require. Teaching as a
profession is yet in its infancy, not
withstanding the fact that the school
has been responsible for the teaching
of the child since colonial days, and
give as evidence of this fact they cry
today for the teaching Of adults, who
say that they failed to secure the
proper training in their youth. be-
lieve that some of us may live to see
the day when the real teacher will
be more honored, more highly re
spected and appreciated by the people
Of their respective communities.
In speaking of the community spir-
/ It; it is as uncertain as the wind. We
do not know who will dictate that
spirit. If perchance a grandpapa or
grandmamma live in the community
who taught school forty years ago,
and who remembers how they kept
sweet with children, they think that
the teachers of today should do it in
7 like manner, but they do not stop to
think that forty years ago father was
master of the home. Forty years
ago, fathers word was law, today the
son will meet fathers law with ten
thousand arguments and will impeach
the father by appealing to some young
gentleman in the community who has
fallen out of school and spends his
time on the streets smoking cigar
cites. He is a just judge in the eyes
of the son My friends, | may have
overdrawn the illustration, but my
idea is this: That one or two people
in a community who are disposed to
see the wrong side of things, can do
more to retard the progress of the
school than a great number who see
the right side will do for its progress.
! To overcome this first, it is necessary
/ ~ nave SAHpOl updl u composer VI
real men Second, a teacher who has
attained such height in her thinking
that she can look over into the realm
of an eternal God and see just what
will go with that kind Of person, and
never for once give one word of ar
gument, for that is Just what that
kind of person is looking for.
In speaking of the home, my friends,
am sure that each of you have had
this question discussed in your re-
spective schools until it sounds old
to you, but am frank to say that
feel that the influence of the home is
great factor in the school. 1t seems
that the home has lost many of its
charms for the parent as well as for
the child. 1t is true that we are liv-
ing in an age that is passing as it were
by leaps and bounds, when money has
taken hold of men in such a way that
some will sacrifice every principle for
its possession. They neglect their
homes, their friends. and above all,