Excerpt from The Holcad, Vol. 4: October, 1887 I. There are proprieties connected with your relation to your teachers. To begin with, there should be mutual respect. The teacher is not a lord and can claim no menial subservience. But the place of authority is his, and that should be cheer fully conceded. None detests fawning hypocrisy more than the discerning teacher. The sycophant, who courts with equal zeal the favor of both parties in every contest, is a despicable creature But a manly subordination to rightful authority ought to command the respect of all parties. The parent is not superior in nature to his child, yet he has rightful authority over him. The teacher is, possibly, a man of like in firmities with his pupil. Yet. For the sake of order and efficiency, he occupies the chair of government. It must be so, and where this is heartily recognized there is little necessity for assertion on the one hand or for submission on the other. They may, instead, be friends, eo-operating with each other for the common good. It is one of the strange things sometimes seen in school life that students are set over against teach ers asif they were sworn enemies. It is not to be wondered at that here and there an idle. Worthless fellow, who cares for nothing but a good time, should count him his enemv who seeks to get some good work out 'of him. But, surely, the most pleasant rela tions ought to exist between the mass of students and those who wish to assist them in their work. I claim - and every other teacher here would do the same - to be a friend to every student here who is a friend to himself, and on terms of equality and friendship desire to meet you all, expecting such respect only as is becoming to you to give in the relations we sustain to each other. 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.