Show editorials the school depends largely larely lar 0 ely upon the teacher the most expensive public servant is the cheap teacher the teachers in flunce is a far more potent factor f actor in the life of the child than all the school books that the child studies the moral education ot 01 the child is more necessary than the intellectual are schools of davis dakis co giving it sufficient attention lives of great men nil all remind us we can make our lives sub lime in history are the pupils studying t great men inen for the data of their lives or tho the character of the men tho the first sentence of the ordinance of 1787 reaal general morality and knowledge being necessary to good government 7 and the happiness of mankind schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged ed when this dictum comes come I 1 to bo be accepted as the fundamental truth in education moral train ing will be given the first place in the school curriculum and the heart not the head will rule the world many a man or woman can truthfully say 1 I am a christian or an infidel through 0 h the in flunce ofay of my teachers A wholesome christian in flunce re enforced by the rectitude of the teachers life should in school A teacher that has no goil god to guide him is not qualified to direct or mould tho the lifo life of a child A christain spirit is as assent ial to the moral t growth crowth of the child as sunshine is to the growth of the flower faith hope and charity the spirit of prayer and of song of love and confidence should illuminate the life of every teacher such an in influence flunce int lunce will disperse the clouds of sullen ess and belfi uness from the mind of the child hud and become the light C and warmth under which wilt dev develops elope and mature his thou thoughts ats and sentiments |