Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle; face it; 'tis God's gift.
Be strong! It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong, How hard the battle goes, the day how long; Faint not--fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.
Smile a smile; While you smile, Another smiles, And soon there's miles and miles Of smiles. And life's worth while If you but smile.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.--_James Anthony Froude_
Small service is true service while it lasts; Of friends, however humble, scorn not one; The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.
There's so much bad in the best of us And so much good in the worst of us, That it hardly behooves any of us To talk about the rest of us.
A wise old owl lived in an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we be like that old bird?
Kindness is catching, and if you go around with a thoroughly developed case your neighbor will be sure to get it.
The thing to do is hope, not mope: The thing to do is work, not shirk.
If you have faith, preach it; if you have doubts, bury them; if you have joy, share it; if you have sorrow, bear it. Find the bright side of things and help others to get sight of it also. This is the only and surest way to be cheerful and happy.
FLORENCE L. FARBER, HELPING TEACHER, SUSSEX COUNTY
The short period known as the opening exercise period belongs to all the children of the school. This period should furnish especially favorable opportunities for the development of initiative on the part of pupils, group cooperation, development of the play spirit, interest in community life, interest in and love for our great men and women, and devotion to our Republic.
The first problem of the teacher, then, is to understand fully that she is to a great degree responsible for furnishing aims and purposes in this beginning period of the day, or rather in providing the situations through which these aims and purposes may develop. When she feels the importance of this period in the general scheme of the day's work she will plan for it as definitely and as carefully as she will any other part of her program. The working out of a detailed program is of secondary importance. The thing of first importance is that she become fully cognizant of the general aims and ideals which she hopes to achieve. With these firmly fixed in her mind she is ready then to cooperate with the pupils of her room in planning detailed programs.