The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-04-13


the strong physical being.
Worthy home membership was
given as one of the detectives in edu-
cation. Let US consider it from the
standpoint of the development Of
proper ideals Some of the things
already said will fit well into the
meaning here. Part of our boys and
girls come from homes which are
not altogether acquainted with Amer
ican ways of living Others are from
American homes where ideals are not
the best. Unless we develop the right
sort Of ideals in these folks both in
regard to the higher ideals Of Ameri-
can family life, and to the part that
the individual must play in order to
produce such life, we can expect
the family in America of tomorrow to
become less American and more fam
lily life Of the lower type of ideals
will occur, for it is true that the
greatest populated families are found
in homes such as these. Here, then,
is real duty for the teacher. Ideals
of decoration and taste that will make
the home ! more pleasant place in
which to live must be cultivated. The
boy must be taught his part toward
making home, as we'll as the girl
must be taught her duties.
Pupils must be taught to associate
with one another In such way that
respect for others rights are always
considered. They can be taught to
be frank in expression, but give due
consideration to the expressions OF
others. Ideals of family ties, respect
for father and mother, and love OF
home may all have their beginnings
| in your school room tomorrow.
An American girl who now has her
home in the Southern continent writes
that the most striking difference she
noticed in the two continents was
that prevailing in the family life.
There, she says, the family tie pre-
dominates, and the family hearth is
given due consideration. "Here, she
continues, 1--WE live as a family; there
most of the leisure is spent at some
other source of attraction than the
home. If this fact is so emphatically
impressed upon this individual in her
change of home, is it not high time
that the school were attempting to
form more definite ideals in regard
to the home? -
We have a great number Of boys
and girls who never enter the high
school. This is due either to their
| failure to realize the value of a high
school education, or their ambitions
are such that will not motivate them
to such action Perhaps the teacher
may be able to solve this problem.
Teachers of the elementary grades
should constantly bring before their
pupils the vision Of high school days.
Make his ambitions such that he will
want to 20 to school after he has
completed the grades. Build his air
castles for him by drawing the out
lines of school days in the future, and
then anchor these castles by
thorough and careful preparation tor
the work that lies before him. Show
the pupil in every instance the value
of the subject matter at hand.
Much Of the leisure time of Ameri-
cans is spent reading novels, and a
greater portion of it is spent in at
tending the movies. We must have
some means Of recreation and relaxa-
ton from the routine matters OF our
work. and these two means seem to
have the attraction for us IN leisure
moments. The teacher can lead her
pupils to read the right sort OF novels
and create desire for the better
class of pictures if she will but spend
few moments Of her time each day
in revealing the wonders Of the vast
treasures of classical writing, and
make the child acquainted with the
possibilities of the film, by contrasting
art with "pie throwing acrobatlcs.
The child who has been reared IN the
atmosphere of good music can see no
music in ordinary popular ragtlme
and Jazz. The child who has learned
to know good pictures will have no
liking for the cheaper sort. Those
schools which have the motion picture
machine as a part Of their equipment
should use due care in cultivating
ideals along this line.
In closing / would have you bear IN
mind that your most discouraging day
may have been incentive to the best
results. True results may not be not
ed for time to come. When you look
back over these school days, in years
hence, and note the successes OF some
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