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Prof. Perry On Teaching

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Day
13
Month
March
Year
1894
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Public Domain
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The address at Newberry hall, Sunday morning was given by Prof. W. S. Perry, on the Profession of Teaching. Education is in no danger of becoming an effete s'ciente. It offers a broad field for investigation and discovery, and its problems have tasked the greatest minds. The profession is not without its honors. The supreme court of public opinión has placed the name of Pestalozzi above that of Napoleon. This most important business of the world demands, first, high scholarship. It is not the field for those who lacle material ability and fail in other professions. Second, out a knowledgö of the philosophy and art, of teaching, no one is properly equipped for the work. The upon the state of Michigan for a complete school of pedagogy at the University are as great as for the schools of law or medicine. Third, the teacher must be inspired by a high moral purpose. His life must be a model, because the chief aim of the school is the formation of character based upon ethical principies. The teacher must believe in the nobility of his calling. lt is immoral to make it merely a stepping Stone to another profession. Upon our 350,000 educators depend the prosperity á?nd safety of the Republic.

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