New Britain herald., 1929-09-05
TEACHING INSPIRES
 SEARCH FOR TRUTHS
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(Continued From First rag") ness in your work.
 Tt might be WcI for mo to point cut at this time somo of.thc things which We regard as tundamrutal at the New Britain State Normal school. These arr moi tnr only things which We emphasize hut these will gi.n you somr idea of fh things which we as an institution consider IS important items in in" conduct the any modern school
 In the first place, wo believe that lhis institution should stand for the professional training of teachers for the llcmenlary schools of this state. T. is for that very purpos" that this Institution WAS established and only insofar as ii discharges that function ui,b thc highest ,r- gree of ,Hajcncy possible. win it serve tho purros. which its :ound- CTS had h. mind and for Nhjch lho people O. thjs s'ltr have contributed generous sums for its support w. are 2nNious, rhnrpt0r", that Wr Im- port tG you folks lbo>. bahus, those skills, and tho r.rhul"aI information which is essential in a teacher $ equipment w. also believe that you should he masters of tn. subject matter which you expect 10 teach. For this reason Ne have deHb,raio- iy set up various courses which rur- port to equip you with thc appro- priato slills in each of thc various school subjects. fer it is a welt ,s- -tablished principle in modern oduca- uon that every teacher should know more about his subject matter than he expects 10 teach.
 Tn addition to a mastery of sub- tect-matrcr however, We believe that you should be thoroughly grounded in th" principles of method ir order that you might br bott"~ able 10 impart these facts in tho classroom more effectively than you could possibly do otherwise, Th" controversy between subject matter and method is an agc-old one. They ere both important and neither can be emphasized without having in mind the place which the othcr should occupy in a teachers general equipment.
 Teaching Sacred Duty
 Tn this connection, wc should like to stress the general notion that there is no more important work to be done than that Of teaching the boys and girls in our public schools This s',to and this nation is depcnd- ing more and more upon the public schools for educating our children who arc 10 become the citizens of tomorrow You have a sacred duty to perform, ] envy each ono of you the distinct opportunity which is yours. You must ever bear in mind. however, that with this op- portunity comes a responsibility Parents especially arc interested in teachers who come to know their children in an intimate way and in teachers who are able 10 critically evaluate the things which they are teaching to their boys and girls.
 There is rather a widespread mo- ton in American education today that children should be permitted to choose those classroom activities in which they are 10 engage. The sup position is that children can learn more res'ilv those things in which they are interested. and more especially in those activities which they themselves initiate. Now there i5 no question that interest is one Of the most important motivaliag factors in the classroom but interest at the expense of WorthWhilcncss Of the activity, is neither substantially sound in theory nor in actual praC- tiCe. It is well known by careful students of education that children also have interest in those things :. which will benefit them in life Ou,- side the school and We have every reason to believe that there are more . worthwhile activities and slllts . which can and should be taught t0 these boys and girls than can be crowded into any six year cur . rcuum.
 America of Tomorrow in Cia~~rocms
 Someone has said that the Amer . lea of tomorrow is sitting in tho schoolroom of today Let us as teachers resolve to give to this America of tomorrow, those things . which will function in life outside she school for in so doing wr shall dnd joy and happiness in our own work"
 Dr. Welo warned the student body that th"r" is a vast difference cetwecn teaching school and "kcep- Ing school"
 We bcljovo." h. continued. that this institution should stand for sound scholarship. This will m.aY that you will n,od ,o work hard in order 10 master thos" skiIl= which . you folks came hrrn for and thnr" is . TO greater joy In life than 70 ror! that you have actually accomplished . something. Resolve that cach day you will i"arn something which you . did not know tn" dpy bofor, IIl-r . you actually studied oaa lesson SD hard that you haNn mastered # per . fcctly? Do YOU know tho joy which . comes from dciug a piece Of work . unusually we'll: Someone has said i. that a great man is on" who does q common thing uacommouly ~ull. . DO you as a student know tha joy of staying by a task unuI it has been accomplished? Do you believe . the poet who says.
 The heights by great mon
 reached and kept
 Were not attained by sudden
 flight
 But they while their cpmran-
 ions slept