Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-03-09 | Page 13 | Teachers Told to Asserts Selves

ITE TOLD TO ASSERT r SELVES H H H. G G. Wells Raps Educators Educe tors f for r L Lack ac I t oj of of t t f. f j Arrogance i LONDON March arch S 8 By A A. P. P P.- P. Schoolmates rh Schoolmates ol ates shy and retiring souls souls that they ther are ought to buck tip and be arrogant and aggressive t take ke hold of the world for they ai are are the most Important people In Inthe the he whole hOl civilized community sa says s 's II HJ G. G Wells When hen Mr 11 Wells Veils delivered himself him him- self sett R l of these opinions In an him I ad address address ad- ad dress to the annual meeting o of the l Incorporated Association of Assistant Assist Assist- ant t Masters asters in Secondary Schools some mc of the assembled teachers applauded applauded ap ap- and others laughed But Mr 11 Wells did not laugh I want nant to teach shamelessness to schoolteachers he said I 1 want to 1 tea teach h them arrogance and aggression ag- ag aggression ag ag- Arrogance and the disposition disposition dis dis- position to take hold of the worlds worlds' world is s' s not a characteristic of all schoolmasters school- school masters A lot of them seem to be f I Unconscious s of the amount and range of their functions They I dont don't t seem to realize that the world 1 is t. not a going concern but a finished finished fin fin- finI I affair in which they ha have hae e a avery subordinate and very ry I Jar tart part part- They are a shy and specialized spec spec- people who keep together their holidays even n on 01 Then Mr 11 Wells VeIls turned his thoughts to this new and better world this reconstructed human I Jfe that people talk tan s so much about these days He said saidi i when the reconstructed h hur hu- hu r inan nan life lire exists school teachers will be the very ery soul and center of it tily y b by and through teachers j teachers he said would it 1 r 1 e Possible to conceive o of any ese es- es esI I gape pe e from the distressful and un- un un-I un t life lite that mankind lives J I