The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-04-03

v-eafer number of these s'u"'
,rov,d never enter professional me
Mr. Scott replied 70 this by sayins
that he thought the danger s'ase
- vocational work had already been
nassad and that We are now on sate
grounds. :.
Miss Johnson Of the high schooi
read n very excellent paper on 'ne
subject of outside influences a.
,hov affect the teacher. She stated
tho, tho duties OF the teacher are as
scl,ov,s 1st There should be thor
ough preparation on the part OF tne
teacher end. The teacher should
sock to understand the Individual
pupf 3rd. The teacher should con-
due, himself so that he would Sc
cure the respect of the pupil she
stated that outside influence ire
,uo,tlv eaused the teacher to come
70 school wholly unprepared. she
believed that outside influences ire
c,art1v affect the teacher so much
,hot his nhvsical condition becomes
had Then we cannot understand
tho nnnil because it takes all of our
time to hold ourselves in shape
Moreover the teacher should nave a
high respect for his work and make
II come first. The teacher shouid
have outside interests, but by all
means they should be subordinate 10
tho work which the teacher has IN
hand.
Miss Smellage of the Intermediate
department gave very interesting
talk upon the same subject when
Miss Johnson talked. Miss Smeil-
age believes that home should De
considered first before the sehool
life. She says that food, clothing
and shelter affect the condition OIL
the pupil very much. 1t is her Cd
| servation that many OF our town
children spend too much time on the
streets. She says the country chill
dren have their minds more con
centrated on the work than town
children have. She attributes TINS
to the fact that country chiidrei
have few diversions.
Miss Musgrayes of the Primary de
partment discussed the same sub
| ject. She says the teacher is al
| fected by his associates, books anl
amusements OF various kinds. Sht
believes that teachers should selec
| books which will make them doors
| instead of dreamers. She say
/ teachers should associate with PEG
pie who viii make them think tina
their work is worth while. Sh'
states that home influences are IA
reaching so far as the pupil is con
cerned. She says that teachers hav
no right to expect much from pu
pills when their parents do not co
operate with them.
Mr.. VIM closed the discussion o
outside influences as they affect tn
teacher and pupil. He feels tina
many pupils belong TO clubs or SO
cieties which have bad effect OF
them. Since the students give thes'
the first place in their thoughts AM
the school work second place
Then he called attention that man,
parents have harmful effects Of
their children because they phon
every few days for their child to b
dismissed, SO that he may do thi
or that. To be sure parents phon
for their child without once think
ing what harm they may do tn
child as well as the school. The
fail to realize school system i
stronger than its superintendent, ant
if this superintendent is forced Z
put in all of his time searching TO
boys and girls in three stor
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1900 students so that these student
may come to the phone, then hi
energies are so dissipated that h
can give but little attention to tn
many serious school problems whic
present themselves every day. Woul
not the business world laugh at
corporation president who Shout
spend his time carrying message
pfrom one department to another
Then why should parents force tn
superintendent of their school to d
a thing which the business worl
would not tolerate for moment
Certainly there are times when it
absolutely necessary for parents t
phone their children at school bu
these instances are so rare tina
they can be reduced to a minimum
provided the parents will use thei
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