The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-21


Of their textbooks with tears They are the
ones who need your love and help more than
the capable ones. No two minds are alike; no
two heads are alike.
''God endowed me with a marvellous verbal
memory. That is no credit to me, and / always
felt like being very charitable to others in the
class who were not endowed in that way
could commit to memory in ene hour what
others would toll over for week.
Some people can perform great memory
feats. They can commit scores of pages in a
very short time and repeat them readily An
other may not have a verbal memory, but may
be an expert mathematician. Why because
the faculty Of reason is highly developed in
them.
DO not reduce the work in these schools
merely to memory work. 1t has it's place but
it is not the only thing to be considered.
Some teachers give all their attention to
the bright students and have no patience with
slow ones. In dealing with young people, never
allow yourself to indulge in sarcasm. Be candid
and honest with them.
s'These young people growing up around us
are young ladies and gentlemen, and they
should be treated as young ladies and gentle
men and not as children. They appreciate it
when you show them the respect due mature
minds, and they will respond with love and 10y
atty and hard work.
II am intensely interested in having students
graduate from these schools who know some
thing. The ignorance Of some graduates on
the outside is surprising. Therefore, I repeat,
that only thorough work-careful, honest,
pains-taking work-will suffice
Remember, this is Zion school. Remem-
Der, the line is sharply drawn. This year, you
dear little boys and girls will have to toe the
chalk mark. I am not going to allow some
! things that went on here last year.
''Now, am going to turn the schools over to
Apostle Darms and Miss Thompson, and prin-
cipally to Miss Thompson If Miss Thompson
has any cases come before her at any time in
which she is unable to exercise discipline the
next thing will be the General Overseers office.
But hope there will not be anything Of that
kind come up.
II want to impress upon you teachers, do
not discourage your students Do not bangle
an examination before them like a scarecrow
DO not tell them they have just forty minutes
more in which to answer long list Of questions
Whenever you do that, you stife and paralyze
their enthusiasm. They become scared and
confused and their fingers become thumbs
There is more than one way in handling ed
ucatlonal work. When | was in Butler College
never had tardy mark, [ never missed
class, and at the end of the term had an aver
Ill.
| L never was asked to take test or examination
because the professors did not consider it
necessary. Why would not that be a good thing
here?
Il believe in hard work, but believe in hav-
ing joy in my work. [ would not like to think
OF any OF you going home and crying half the
night over geometry lesson. Geometry is very
difficult for some minds and it is easy for
Others
Gas I said before, there are no two heads
alike; there are no two noses alike; there are
no two foreheads alike. If | were teacher
here, would study these boys and girls and size
them up. The nose is an index to character,
and so are the eyes. You can tell what is in
person by their walk if you understand char
acter.
CHOW, the bulk Of brains is no index. have
seen men wearing number nine hats, and with
nothing in them. Some Of the smartest men [
have ever met had very small heads in circum-
ference, but they had long heads, deep from top
to bottom
CHOW, Carsley, if you want to see me at any
time about the Manual Training Department,
come right up to my office and see me. | want
to help you. | will let you have some money
to develop the department, and we will work
together and make success Of it.
II am a utilitarian in educational matters.
[ believe in a practical education, and there is
no better practical work than the Manual Train
ing Department
II wish we could come to the place where we
could have whole building devoted to that de-
partment alone. O. | wish some of these close
listed, pusillanimous people who are favored
with this worlds good would open up their
hearts and endow Zion Educational Institutions
with five or ten thousand dollars so that we
could reach out and make some Of these de-
partures that are needed
They cannot take their money with them.