Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Whereas God in his infinite wisdom has taken from among us the scholar whose fame is endeared to our hearts by the love we have borne for him as a teacher...
...inspired charity-boy," pacing the cloisters together, or Leigh Hunt withstanding some "little tyrant," in spite of blows and cuffs so painful to his sensitive nature. These last three have left us interesting accounts of the time when they were blue-coat boys, and of their savage old teacher, Mr. Bowyer, who has been immortalized by a bon-mot of Coleridge's when he heard of his fatal illness: "Poor J. B., may all his faults be forgiven, and may he be wafted to bliss by little cherub-boys, all head and wings, with no bottoms to reproach his sublunary...
...tastes of the average student, the members of a division are so numerous that it is impossible for any individual to receive more than the most meagre immediate attention from the instructor ? How much greater would be the profit derived, if every student were to feel that the teacher's remarks were directed to him personally...
Since writing the above, it has come to my knowledge that a teacher in elocution has now been provided for Seniors. Thankful for small favors, let us hope that this is the beginning of such extensive additions to our course as Mr. Adams advises...
...expected. The fault lies elsewhere; it is in the fact that few who come here have received the slightest preparation for the life before them. It would be thought unfair to blindfold a child and expect him to perform creditably upon the tight-rope. But the parent and teacher do the same thing all the time, and are greatly chagrined at the result. You wish to give the charge intrusted you a Christian character? By all means; there is abundant room for such. But do not persuade yourselves that it can be made strong enough to endure the battle...