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The Coming Institute.We are informed that the next session of the Mahoning County Institute is to be held in Canfield, beginning August 2nd, and continuing two weeks, or longer, at the option ofthe Teachers.We trust that every Teacher in the county will take advantage of this opportunity. The calling of the Teacher is a noble ono, and should be regarded by everyone of them as the highest and most important position he can hold.A President may be greater than his teacher, yet he is great on account of the greatness of his teacher. The character of a nation depends more upon its teachers than any other class of individuals.The State recognized this fact when it provided the fund and established the Teacher’s Institute, a system of free Normal In-struction. It behooves us, therefore, to make the best use of the means wo have within ourroach. Let us moot the State half wav. Itis by the interchange of ideas that we becomeeducated; therefore, let us assemble andthere do noble work. Let us seek to do thatwhich will be a benefit to us and all withinthe circle of our influence. Let us exclaimwith the poet, and by our actions show thatwe mean it : *“Hail, spirit of our cause ! thy wings unfold, And aid the wiser choicej’tween dross an’gold; .Before we sow, teach us to know the seed, And cultivate the most what most we need. The rule of justice teach us in all our deal, Upon our conscience placo the sacred seal ; Give us the power of intellectual sight To know' the record of our course aright. Teach us to know the worth of fleeting time, To sow tho seeds of thrift in early prime ; Be, thou our faithful guide, our trusty staff, And* winnow from the wheat th’ incumbring chaff;Teach us our calling, guide our sense aright, Where shadows intervene, extend thy light. By what the fruit lias been we know the tree, A rule by which we judge the fruit to be, Then in our worthy calling need we err ?Or for a moment duty's part defer ?Behold your group of youths in early teen3, Each bears a load of books, ask what itmeans,A few short years lapse, the story's told Of which the seed was dross and which wasgold,Tis done !—the opportunity’s past,The fruit’s perfected and the die is cast ; Good, bad, indifferent the work is done,Who wisely chose of seed the prize has won.”The last two Institutes have not been wellattended, for various reasons we suppose. Tho principal one being that the Institute was held in the midst of harvest. The Committee has avoided that and made a very good selection of time. Let us see this one betterattended. A TEACHER.Waahingtonville, July 7, 1880.
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Canfield Mahoning Dispatch
Canfield, Ohio, US
Fri, Jul 09, 1880
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