Third Biennial Report of the Trustees of the Southern Illinois Normal University, at Carbondale, Jackson County

Excerpt from Third Biennial Report of the Trustees of the Southern Illinois Normal University, at Carbondale, Jackson County: Made October 1, 1878, to His Excellency, the Governor of Illinois, 1877 and 1878 It is true, that if our public schools are to become what they ought to be, the teachers who are to instruct them are to be filled with all known science. And inspired with ambition to search for all truth now beyond the sight. They should. At the same time understand all the best methods of imparting knowledge and of securing obedience, and be themselves żames of enthusiastic fire to melt and enlighten all who approach them. These men and women are to awaken the slumbering energies of the nation, and make noble characters. How can they do it unless they themselves are in the fullest degree alive and burning with love? The sun warms the earth and fills it with life, and attracts and controls its every motion, because it is a million times larger and warmer. So teachers can only do their whole work when they are many times greater and nobler in learning and character than their pupils. When these demands are made of us, we must own that they are not unreasonable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.