Show THE TEACHER B By r State Supt A. A C. C Nelson In Il Ills Annual H Report 1000 1900 The Tho person who takes the tho child at a a tend tender year ear and leads him on nr onward and amid upward during tho the formative period perlo of his ils career Is assuredly one of or the most Important factors factor In tho time civilization of of ho the day a A As AM the years go o b by and ad as one complex problem follows fast faitt upon another demanding solution th the tasks of ot I he the teacher become more arduous anti and exacting exacting exacting-as as as sho she must do much to 10 pr pre pre- ane pare iare the child for lor lifes life's Ife's duties dutieS and and ever Increasing ln re responsibility rests on those citizens char charged ed with wih the dut duty of In ing n c Instructors for Cor or the tho young oun The Tho Ia huh v w passed l by the last legislature providing IHo for fo uniform examinations im- im lip den l the time r direction of the stat board of or education has line dono done much mich to eliminate tenh teachers r Incompetent nt to perform their work properly rl Tho he op operation of this l law W has hns had something to do with wIh the tho scarcity of teachers throughout the state during the he last two years This Thus year ear tho the state stat hoard oard bord of oC education has found It ha I necessary to o Issue a considerable number of permits per per- mits mis or temporary certificates In order pr- pr that schools In s Nal several districts ml might ht not be forced to discontinue work But as is such certificates should be boo be and accord accord- But Ing K i to law may be lie Issued to the time Ing hI same e person person per per- son but limit once the lie time line Is he at t hand wn wh n I well veil wel qualified teachers must be secured I for tor or the schools chool and when all al teachers must qualify themselves for tho tIme work be le fore them School wore boards board will wil find It I necessary nc essary to offer OrN- OrN more remunerative sala pula ries rips to secure the Cervices of teachers teacher po the requisite qualifications it 1 will trill wi come to be more generally understood than seemingly IY It I Is toda today that it I tin Is is not always wise to attempt to save sa e mon money y b by securing the services of the lowe lowest l salaried available teacher So Jon long as teaching Is re u ced by hy any con consid ahlo portion x of oC young oung people people because because of ot In La sufficient monetary remuneration nl I. I is as a convenient preparatory step Into a better beter profession and so 80 long as the n cheapest available teacher leachel Is the choice o of any considerable number of or school schol boards just po so long will wI good teachers soo he ie scarce and Just so long will 11 the tho schools suffer Opportunities for industrial anti and commercial success are now too man many for or a poorly paid profession proCession long to hol mold hold lt iS ts members Ions Increase r In Iii Numbers During tho ho last biennial period there thit-e has las been an art Increase of Hi teachers II male malE ICO IC female A large large- number of or 1 teachers with wih more or less experience whose whoso c continued services would be oC or great worth to the profession have left leU the teaching force of ot the tho state slate luring during tills this Um time Again much as Is to be bo durinG desired desired de tie- sired a largo large proportion of ot women teachers teach leach ers era ju just t us much Is 19 It I to be desired that not all aU of or the men shall shan leave the tho prote sion slon Nature and organized society teach us that tho lie Influence and care eare both of or the father and the he mother are needed In th the home Time The same ame is true of or the school However lm e skillful a n male malo or a a. a female teacher ma may be b he or she cannot In any sense Impart the influence of the opposite sex BOX and amid still remain u a u skillful teacher There In is formative c of the child child's a a. period erlo s lift lIfe when he should not fall fail tal to come in Itt touch In his school work with wih the strong and slun sturdy Influence and personality of or ortho tho the progressive male teacher Keep the salaries too low how 10 to n admit of ot our strong strongmen strongmen men remaining In tho the teaching corps cor and you will wt cripple the system which p er ery thou thoughtful citizen Is so eager engel to raise rale to Uw lit highest possible standard It I I Is well for foi fOr schools school to have the best of ot buildings an and equipment but hut It Is li imperative O Imperl for tor or them to have the best hest of or t Good F Facilities IU Good lul buildings good appliances appliance good goo text books hook good oo courses curses of ot stud study proper poper or organization all all these are aro Important but all al of ot combined are but butt Incidental to iii the worth of or tho the efficient teacher teacher Tho The person cha charged ed with wih thus the responsibility of oC shaping to such much an extent as ns do does the teacher the future citizenship of oC tho the state should not feel himself compelled to leave leova hl his profession in order ortle to secure employment sufficiently lucrative to atford at- at ford tord him tho the necessaries and ad some of or the tue comforts of ot life Ufe In n th Urn thu state statu outside outside out omit side the time cities cites of or the first frt am and the tho second J cIa class the tIme average salary of the mal male mal teacher last year cal was for tor seven anti and quarter one one months Much luch as a a 1 teacher ma may like his profession ho lie cannot well wel bo bl expected to think so well wel o of the monetary remuneration From Prom an n economic point pint of view It Jt Is Isa Isa isa a splendid Investment for or a a. a state or any portion porton t thereof hereof to bo bA liberal In Its IR expenditure expenditure ex ex- of minds funds for educational put pur Pie poses The communities of ot this state expending ex ex- pending the greatest sums sum o of money for the tho education of their people are ar tho the communities which are cultivating gence ence capable of oC developing In the tIme greatest great est cst measure th the resources around them Tho The states of or the tIme Union which have state ex expended ex- ex and which still are aro expending Judiciously l tho the greatest amount of or means menns for the education of or their people are ar time the states with wih th the tho greatest earning earning- power powel tm 0 How striking an example of this truth is Massachusetts In the days when te seemingly It could not well afford to do so until tho present time It has bent been exceptionally free with Its funds for educational educational edu edu- purposes Today Its itu splendid history his his- tory tells not only of great poets anti and orators of noted scholars and statesmen of teachers and leaders of men amen who have havo blest blent this nation but it also tells oC of trained intelligence which ha has developed the material resources of tho ho state and h s made the earning power of Its people peo peo- pie admired throughout the world Let Utah then give abundantly of Its means to secure cure the services of or the tho best available men and women to train th the of Its boys and girls In the most moat profitable and praiseworthy paths that this state may be behind none with sImilar simi sImi- lar possibilities In mental 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