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Show !11 TALK TO TEACHERS fl BYJj. ANGELL ojl 'l Local Educators' Given Some Splondid H Advice by an Instructor of H Long Experience. Over fivo hundred teachers assembled at the Barrat hall yesterday morning Wv A and listened to a highly profitable and y e&ucatlonnl lecture by President Angell J on tlie subject, "Reflex Influenco of the X Teacher's Profession." : 1 B' wa" introduction at the begln- rr ' nlng of his speech the doctor again re- h . pcated his admiration vfor Utah's sons ! at Ann Arbor, and declared that their jft conduct spoke well for their State and jft the homes from which they come. JM .jp "For more than thirty years, during ifi which time I have been associated with II f , Michigan, I do not recall ,one case In ' 2 which wo have been 'bilged to censure k S,Jv or rebuke young men from his State." IVuK- , After commenting briefly on the ad- li' vantages and the disadvantages which r Wmu result from the study or practice of law, 1, ffiV medicine or divinity. President Angell ', IrH 1 said: 'Happy or unhappy Influences or 1 fnB I results come from our profession and BgH we are a living epistle so exposed as to ?JtB & e rcat by a tnose wltn whom we as-Boclate." as-Boclate." if H President Angell then went on to fU enumerate six disadvantages resulting 1 ,H from the teachers' profession. "If a JW ! teacher instructs In only one branch ho is Inclined to become narrdw, and If In ItIw raanj', he Is Inclined to become a dab- V A i k'er or a surface worker. If I were em- ft 11 ploying a teacher I would not ask what M II ho knows so much as, 'Can he grow?' m f . "Many old teachers aro often less I r valuable than newer ones. They may fl J tv know their subject better and be more Ujtf, l M acVrrte disciplinarians but they fall to "i MT1 enthuse their pupils. They make every aJ' a rePetJtlon and fall to moke It llvc- HT Ipi Her and brighter than the day before, s Hl K 'Again, teachers are always dealing fh with their inferiors and because of this . Ht (pi they are in danger of over-estimating m f their own ability, that Is becoming con- ifc 1 celted. Unlike the lawyer, they do not mtkW, Y have to guard their statements of fact te because there is no opposing lawyer or keen Judge present to question their ac- Ht H curacy, but despite theso facts let us H. preserve our modesty. Hk' I Teachers ought to avoid wearing an HW D exaggerated professional air a school H) 1 marmlsh air. It Is one thing to be proud mWLi 3 r of a Profession and another thing to fi make a show of It. hiA "Teachers often become despondent 'v$ fcj of their pupils, but they should remem- Wmm t ber that the boys and girls of today are IPl r tl ust as eood as evcr re fault here is WmW t r eauerally with the teacher and ought to Jvt ' btS avoided. Wmd ' li trrrr "Teachers are Inclined to become ro- M , an, clu8e and fall very often to take a prop- B -11 to er Interest In publlo affairs. Teachers L t m t havo life or they cannot prepare LHH U the pupil for it. HH "These are the six disadvantages to H ' tlie profession, but it has great and In- Hl spiring objects. It is a work in the hu- man mind and soul the crowning glory H I of the creation. The future of the land Hl U largely to be determined by us and It HH7I J Aught to stimulate us to the highest VHrlCi elf-development. Hence, we ought to 1 cohMJnually enlarge our knowledge and ffl it 3 1 neveilet us feel that wo overlap our ti '' "J "Thenc Is variety and novelty In H teaching for the students are different and the teacher should bo continually ' fU changing her methods. Don't make the JffVil school a machine where every child is I il" 'fo dealt with the same. ' fA li "If ln school work there Is danger of It becoming conceited, there is also reason flf j for becoming modest as one's knowl- , In 3 edge and experience expands. And let , jjti , me say with emphasis, when a teacher Tn j stops learning It is time to stop teach- ; 1 "Teaching cultivates patience, virtue V)r and a warm living sympathy. It keeps 1 Alt H J tne teacher young and a genuine teach- wlA v I cr "ever can grow old. CV1) 1 teachers must always guard their BJh J conduct and this Is the explanation of HfCiLu the good character of teachers as a f gj class. How rarely do their names ap- iP- iV pear in the newspaper." iBf tt' President Angell concluded his iB Ki1 speech by lauding the nobility and ro- , j 1 sponsiblllty attached to the teachers' ?y profession. "Ee proud of your calling, Hj , i but don't us It as a refuge from starva- , tlon until some other calling acclden- tally attracts your attention." ff J' Superintendent D. H. Chrlstensen fl'j presided at the meeting, and ln a neat H' 7f speech introduced President Oscar "W. H ' ' i Moyle of the Board of Education, who Is H J a graduate of Michigan. President H ' St Moyle paid a glowing tribute to Prcsi- Hi I'Wmx dent Angell and Introduced him to the Wk' ii .if teachers. Arthur Shepher, Wlllard .'lirifl "Wcihe and Agatha Berkoel delighted K ( the audience with their sweet music. |