Show SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A laid bou by ono of our own people 1600 aud preceptors Precept ors to work progress morality nud and mental development 7 EDITOR HERALD when a teacher first enters the schoolroom he meets from twenty five to seventy five eve pupils more or bir less proceeds to write their names and arrange them into classes before commencing to teach among the children he finds a variety of names some that are easily emily remembered and others that aro are not the th ildren are grades of k learning ai no two abing exactly alike somo some aret good readers read era but bue deficient t in other studies some arc are proficient in arithmetic others are good in penmanship a few excel in grammar grammar while others like geography eo 9 rp y some are expert in all af ithe the common branches but others appear to know nothing and what is still worse in many cases ewes show no disposition nor desire to learn anything they are of many sizes especially ly in a mixed school sell some som are ard stocky some are tall an and d slender some robust andson and some fe sickly their faces are fire of different shapes and expressions somo some are pleasant an and smiling miling othera others look sad ad ina in a few days ive we find as great a variety of dispositions as se ve have faces and capabilities tap abilities some are kind and obedient others are defiant and Ais disobedient obedient some are disposed to boyfrank bo fr frank a i an d ge horous hc rous others mean and treacherous some are boisterous and reckless others are careful and cautious cauti but most children are f full till of life and is perfectly right if properly controlled troll ed in III a few days the teacher will mill learn the disposition of tho the chil arefa e in his charge that is if ho is i a true teacher then he lie begins to 1 learn that he be is not only a teacher but abut a trainer also he thin thinks kii kimt a great amount of labar I 1 have before me it is mare than I 1 can ran accomplish I 1 almost wish I 1 had bad not undertaken euch such a task grat responsibility H y tl I have aft assumed I 1 really feel t that ha I 1 have av vei chosen chose iba th rong I 1 OCA t I 1 chave I 1 havo ah bunji lUn JI A inki j blence mk u fori awk I 1 1 LA au ra examination but I 1 fear aba t havo have mad e a great e a t mistake nu s t i I 1 E w rul furthermore ther more the gareny af jhb cupili da adnot ilot fully realize the cares and incidental to lives they do not think of the headaches and avd heartaches that the he teacher experiences they know not the many sleepless nights passed in studying tu dying the best cat ways of leaching teaching the dull ones and also stu studying 41 n out the best way to subdue jn in kindness some refractory pupils if tho the people and trustees f realized a teachers calls call ing they would not eay say f he has ina an easy vay of making ft a living he be only works bix hours a day and only five days a week besides he ia is in 11 the arouse away swab from 1114 sunshine and the this estlie dark dirk eide side of the picture eYou ture you must look for your reward in the future do iq not think for a moment that you have chosen tho the wrong vocation you have chosen right you may ask how addy on know because you on have j judgment g mat enough to beati beauze reauze ze your true position bo be not too basty to give jup your profess profession ign but perse perso yere Think of this saying trials before triumphs has ever been tho the lot of great men and women and will be to the end of time history tellaus tells us ot of the patience a and n perseverance of the discoverer of the new world aa itts iti called christopher columbus believed the earth waa was round nd that by sail ing wasi ast ll 11 he could reach the east eai indies he was determined to try the new now route but was too poor to pay ay for the necess necessary arr chips ships etc M the wise rise men of those days eaid said the idea of the earth being round was very absurd said they who isso is BO acs to believe that there theio aro are people on the other ther bide side of the thi world walking with their heels upward and their heads hanging down andhor can a shi ship p get there torrid fon zone through which they must pais pass T is a region of fire wh ere the very waves boil and even if a ship cou could ild perchance get around there safely how could it ever get back can a ship sail up hill this sounds very strange to us now when hundreds of travel ers make mau ayery year par the entire cir cult of tv toe globe W columbus was wais determined shrew abrew dand bitite intensely niely religious 11 felt inspired I 1 to barry carry what he thought ats the true reli religion cioll t to 0 t the h e uttermost parta parts of the tile earth in by this thought no di scour argement or contumely could drive him to despair utterly eighteen passed from the tile conception to years the tile ac accomplishment complis aliment of bid bia plan during all this time he continued patient ent brave brav e and devoted to his we can call see to a vry very one purpose email small pat patience benca and brought about I 1 the land we are jiving living on and ej enjoying the fruits thereof and alao also tt a great t F i i A v fl amount ot the geographical knowledge 0 w can be be attributed to th the e patience devotion determination and long suffering ot of this individual vidu a 1 nearly hearit three hundred years later than columbus CU ambus we find many other brave braye men and women devoting their 5 lives IV es their for fortunes and their honor what for to establish a free free government 0 of f equity and justice after a struggle of eight dight years emco peace was again agai a ri es an ni independent e n government established dished lial led wherein men and women have a tight to enjoy life liberty and abd the pursuit d 0 f I 1 we are enjoying the benefits derived derided irom this struggle if it timo time would permit wo we could refer to bunar edwon instances when me men a an and a women under the most trying circumstances cir cum stances have risen to eminence eminence from obscurity let us cultivate tho the spirit of the true teachers and inscribe on our banner patience devotion determination and lon long suffering auiler ing if these be 4 our motto u c e arc are annd boun to win let ilig the pupils pupil understand that you are Inte interested ested in teaching and training ug them aright and that you ton are willing to devote devoter your time and talents for their benefit by working a assiduously hidu every day if you pursue this course of the desire among the pupils to learn will increase everything eve t ili in in iho ille schoolroom should bo q arrari arranged e stema ia leally recitation a should commence M nearly near y as possible atthe at the same time eyer day ilay the program firn of services should be bb arranged so that there would bo be a time for study 44 a elvell as for recitation work that has been beem idone done previously should barly bo re viewed occasionally this causes the pupils to be moro more thorough in their work and greater interest is taken errors should be corrected in afkind url unassuming assum manner not sarcastically children children cn as well as adults have feelings and when a teacher peaks the child ig very apt to resent it if not op openly ehly they will i inwardly ic ily and had bad results are liable to fol follow lovi in chastising a pupil the teacher should not pass judgment when an gry ry lest he should do something that might bring Ec sorrow irrow and bad reeling neither should a pupil 50 90 by unpunished if ho he di deserves serves ff abut but i rd correcting bo just and liage charty after a pupil awil ten puns isbee 11 alio su for which U behas has 1111 1 aa vw to anyone ho he bas has made for lus error A fealing faaldin fa alin of kindness should bo be made manifest by the teacher to avard the pupils winning by lovo love their confidence A teacher should be forgiving and settle up every d day ay no 0 distinction should bo made mado between pupils on account of wealth or position 1 i t ion in in life bot but all should be tria treated 1 3 impartially and according to merit whether rich or poor high or low great or small A teacher who will sto stoop op to court the influence of the rich by favoring their children to the detriment of other ot liers or try to gain the good will of school officers by making distinction is a bowar d andaas not riot the spirit of a true teacher of all trades and professions the teacher is one of tho most responsible and should become one of the most honorable the boys and girls of today to day arc are to b our future presidents state statesmen judges lawyers farmers mechanics hanics authors editors inventors doctors teachers merch anti navigators min ministers I 1 etc the most of them will be the future fathers and ih mothers others the influence that tee teacher of today to day wields has much to do in in forming the character of the rising jene ration I 1 responsible taa to a great degree for the tile actions action wand and conduct of tho the injo future tit jo inhabitants of the earth then how care ful we should le be i in a t teaching e a cai ing and training the children aright A teacher teach tir who has the true spirit wilt will not only teach by precept hut but by example also A person has no right to take the great responsibility oj of t teaching the young unless a he lie ia is able and willing ta t govern himself the chew chewing or smoking of tobacco discua disqualifies I 1 I 1 ies a person for td teaching aching an and I 1 am happy to lea learn r n that very few if any of our oui teachers in utah arc are guilty g fifty of using the obnoxious weed the drinking of spirituous liquors whether tow to 0 limit or excess dis qualifies an ail individual for teaching and tra training ining children and I 1 trust that none ofay of my co in utah aro guilty of such bad habina I 1 have visited schools in sonic sonie slated and found soini teacher teachers chew cli ewing ing tobacco while in the school room others would nse it at re rei ceas cess or after school by smoking a pipe oi 01 cigar this looked epry end ad to me because they w rc teaching by sample those in ali to ue ling that would injure them 1 fr jr life the required in cultivating the mill bail and ra 1 ising horses and cattle the skill and ingenuity necessary for the diff lerent arta and sciences scie aro are easy eary 1 anaka compared with the responsibility that rests upon the true teacher the teaching and training of miln mind id of mah roan BO so tb that atthe tho kiy can bo roade subordinate to the ib irit requires vigilance tact skill anil energy it is not only the nau ono one day but the labor of many marly years ar but ut there is one great satisfaction E ti that comforts the ghedit cef rt of tho the true teacher the ture that he be works upon is is one that will never perish through time and all eternity etc anity tho the mind of man an is immortal aud alth although u h the body may grow old and die di me the t healthy trained mind cretai retains hs 1 1 its youth and vigor and appears i to to 0 grow you uLer cr its progression progression 4 is is unlimited the imagination imaginations cannot conce conceive ivo the grandeur and beauty be fiuty hat that the trained and an ocul cultured mind will attain education with good moral mora 1 1 and religious training will make mak or I the human soul what it wag was design desi a do be bd by its creator god 0 A aw 4 tho the father of our spirits bequir require I 1 Vs us as teachers in conjunction with nn it r ants to work faithfull faithfully in in mou Liing irn these precious soula souls into a perfect character then let us b bo rol resolved ved as teachers to cultivate tho the spirit cirito a of f tho the true teacher by being kind ond to those precious jewels in trusted to our care study studs the best methods of teaching and training attend the teachers convention con ven lions si learn the experiences of others bv studying educational journal visit other schools occasionally ask the lord to aid you you need his ab aap si Bista stanco uco above everything else with these remarks I 1 well close blose boralle fo for rAlle the present asking the ll essing of god upon every true teacher ROBERT PEARCE jr |