Good morals and gentle manners by Gow Alexander Murdoch

Author:Gow, Alexander Murdoch. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Moral education, Courtesy
Publisher: Cincinnati, New York, Wilson, Hinkle & co
Published: 1873-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XXIX.

"He who loves not his country can love nothing."

EDUCATION.

The School is a miniature state: a little commonwealth. The object of the government is the preservation and protection of the people; the object of the school is to prepare the people properly for living in the government. The state has laws " commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong;" the school must have laws for the same

What did Washington advise? How should we be united—by force or by love? What was Mr. Webster's sentiment? Why should it be dear?

To what is a school compared? Why? What is the object of the government? What of the school? For what are the laws of the state made? What the laws of school >

purpose* The state has officers appointed to execute its laws; the school must have the same. The moral law makes it a duty to obey the laws of the state, and therefore it is right that habits of respect and obedience be learned in school. A bad state government is better than confusion and anarchy; so even an inferior government in school is better than none. As our republican system of government depends on the self-control of the citizens, so the excellence of the school will to a very great extent depend upon the dispositions of the pupils to do right. Morality, intelligence, obedience to law, and politeness are the distinguishing marks of good society ; so, also, will these virtues characterize those pupils who are preparing to enter good society.

School laws. —The law of the school may be defined as 44 a rule of action prescribed by the supreme power in a school, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong."

The teacher. —The exercise of the supreme power in a school is generally vested in the teacher, subject to the supervision of those from whom he receives his appointment. We have already learned that in our system of civil government there are three departments—the legislative, judicial, and executive. These in the school are usually united* in the person of the teacher, making his duties sometimes trying, and always responsible. He frames the rules of action for the pupils while they are intrusted to his care; he is master to direct, friend to advise, teacher to instruct, and executive to enforce his rules. It is his duty to look after the health, secure the comfort, protect the rights, and preserve the morals of his pupils.

As he assumes to be a teacher, there are those who expect

Upon what does the excellence of the government, as well as the school, depend? Define school law. How does it differ from the definition of municipal law? In whom is supreme power in schools generally vested? Why? What are the teacher's duties? Is it an easy position? Why? What attributes is the teacher sometimes

him to be learned, wise, careful, prudent, amiable, gentle, sociable, forbearing, long suffering, impartial, charitable, diligent, attentive, studious, energetic, polite, commanding, healthy, omniscient, and omnipresent. Such expectations are never

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