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Show l When u majority ol 3!iIIclf (UtHtrlj-t! school ngree in judgiiieiit ill t t j. a. TJ1 passed upon their tenth- i (liltQitI ttt l!jl ir it ma- l set down that few nf their conilit- Ily LAWnENCC McTUUNAN, sions are without basil I D.piilyse.l.uprlnttnd.nl of Public Imlructlon. ,m,j tmt J nMt jljn, I ccs tho teaihcr is proper!) prop-er!) estimated. The high sihool student hns reached nn ngo when he feels entitled to some consideration in the way of freedom of thought nnd expression, nnd it is here that the old-time tenchcr's idea of stnnd-nt-yoiir-distnnce discipline will not scno tho highest purpose. On the contrary, hero, ifioro perhaps tlinn anywhere else in the school life, is needed the helpful com-! com-! aniouliip lietween teacher and pupil. Not suppression but freedom of ox ' pression on the part of the pupil is essential lo enable tho wise toacher to gtiido the somewhat anarchistic Ivndoncie of youth tnwnrd self-l. ! rwtion und good citixenship. Wlien tho teacher doe not possess the con- I lldence of his pupils they refuse him leadership, ami heroin lies tho dan- J ger. Wrong conception of life go imcorrocted j there Is nn guidance (o- 1 xiard" self control and solf possetwon; and there axisl n restlessness of m mind wliieh will lo harmful to the school as a whole ami to the individual M pupils. S The high aohool is the jieople' imllcge and a great per cunt of the pupil enrolled will never go farther in school work. Thi i tho most 1 vital reason of all wjiy the hay bim girl iliould go out of the lilgli Klwol a as mature und ielf-dlrtcflre as possible nnd wiy tlie teachers employed in the high school should Iirvo the wisdoni and pstienoe lo develop nnd en- M luuice thus) setf-direetixo pewcrs. I I |
