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...Seaver said that one of the first qualifications of a teacher should be control. He could scarcely imagine a more unhappy man than one who chose teaching as his vocation without possessing this qualification. Each man must solve the problems for him self which arise in the profession. The men who is in doubt as to the choice of teaching for his vocation should get employment in some school and decide the question in the light of a few years' experience. Formerly it was the custom of college men to acquire experience by teaching the district schools, but these...
...city of Boston has annual examinations for candidates for teachers. But to be qualified to enter the examinations a man must have graduated from a normal school or have taught one year. A certificate of having passed satisfactorily in these examinations is necessary for obtaining employment as a teacher in Boston public schools. Larger cities can demand that all male teachers at least should have had some experience, but smaller ones cannot always do this...
...this requires some special preparation and knowledge. The principles of good teaching remain the same from the kindergarten to the college. The difference is in the application of them. The ideal preparation for teaching would be a thorough college course, and then a year in a normal school. Every teacher should have some pursuit with which he may employ his outside time. The narrowing tendency of teaching is very great...
...money rewards of teaching are small. Its greatest and most delightful return is the many deep and lasting friendships formed between the teacher and his pupils. The teacher should remember his relation to his pupils, that on his side there are strong moral obligations which he must observe. He should try to be what he would have his pupils...
...recent number of the Modern Language Notes has a biographical notice of Professor Sumichrast of this university. Professor Sumichrast began his career as a teacher in Scotland, and subsequently resided in London whence he came to Canada in 1870 to fill the chair of Modern Languages at King's College University, Nova Scotia. He has since been registrar of the University of Halifax, Governor of King's College University, and has held numerous other important positions. He has contributed largely to the periodical press and has written notes to works by Corneille, Racine, Ponsard, Dumas, Legouve, Sandean, Halevy, Peyrebrune, Enault...