The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-05-29

pulses? Leave the child TO the nat
ural result? Crush the impulses? Or
guide the child until his impulses are
transmitted into sound thinking-until
+ he learns TO discriminate between
purity and impurity; between honesty
and dishonesty: between truth and
, lying?
Herein lies the browning of our pub
tic schools, to lead our young people
to think sympathetically, accurately
and decisively on questions of right
and wrong: TO realize that each has
! a will 10 choose and must accept his
own responsibility for his acts and
for his influence in school, communi.
" and state.
Did you ever notice that the heart
OF the instruction given by that most
marvellous Teacher. the Man OF Cali
lee. was directly along this line? So
often he led the listener or inquirer
TO see the right and wrong OF the prop
! ostion in question and then immedi-
ately appealed TO him TO choose-to
act-to decide for himself then and
I there. Who is my neighbour" inquir-
ed the man. Then the Master told
! him the story that is familiar TO us
as the Good Samaritan and followed
ii with the question, Who do you
think was neighbor TO the man in
needo" 1t was very plain to the in
quirer then. Why, the man that
showed mercy And the great Teach
er does not stop there but says, Go
thou and do likewise" Il have set
the doctrines forth" says he. Now,
il any man will do-will choose to
act upon-my teachings, he will know.
Recognizing the great need Of word
teaching in the schools of the nation,
DR.. Milton Fairchild OF Washington,
z. c. a few years ago initiated CAM
paign among the educational forces of
the country TO construct definite
code of morals to be used as a guide
by parents and teachers in the in
srruction OF our boys and girls.
Every state in the Union was rep
resented in the seventy code writer's
selected for the task Only fifty-two
Of these writer's completed codes, and
the best code. according tC the report
OF the Judges. written by Prof. W. j,
Hutchins OF Oberlin. Ohio, was pub
lished in the April number OF the
American Magazine.
1t would be vel. TOR every teacher
and every parent TO secure a copy OF
this code. which contains ten laws
that every child OF our land should be
taught as standard principles OF daily
conduct.
Moral issues are the dominant issue
OF today, as some one has sad, The
outstanding feature OF the war stu
alton are the moral issues OF stake"
But if we are TO put yigor in our
work of education in the schools, it
means that every where we must have
trained teachers. 1t is not enough to
have TWO or three specially trained
teachers in a school, as large mum
her of our schools have. today. The
yigor of this work will lie largely in
the vigor of trained teachers. DR.
Charming said: Education is sham
cheat, unless carried on by able and
accomplished teachers
| Today, the tremendous upheaval in
| the worlds social condition demands
| readjustment of relationships anc
| activities in every phase of life. Fol
| as Dr. Lotus Coffman says, NO insti
| tuition will be left untouched by the
/ war" And upon our school system
/! will fall the great burden OF interpret
ing these readjustments or transmit
ing them into the life OF the rising
| generation. More than ever before
will it be true that THE encourage
ment of excellent teachers is the frs
duty which a community owes itself.
This means the elevation OF teach
ing to that plane where it will no
Cuiy pIOhlOc tiC oPPOA IuhANA~s' ga" -
wards of real career but where it il
| recognized at large as truly caree
as is my other profession or as /
| business There is greater deman'
for personal efficiency in these intens
days than ever before. When tn
best CT our physical manhood is be
ing withdrawn for the continuation Q
those institutions we cherish abov
our lives, and when their vacant place
! must be filled at home by workers a
, ready busy, the demand for efficienc
becomes paramount. Shall we perm1
| our teachers to be drawn into Othe
! lines of work and there trained 10
! the highest efficiency in our schools
Many OF you have noticed that not
in one OF our magazines which is
quotation from "Want-Ad' column {
daily paper: Wanted: bool
keeper; must be speedy, accurate
an Inexperienced; $12 per week.
"Wanted-Boy for soda fountain
wages 81 a week"
The bookkeeper is evidently classe
very much as the schoolteacher. VIII