1940-12-16 — Page 11

By: George MacManus

HEY-'WHAT'S THE IDEA? WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? I DIDN'T ORDER A

TOMBSTONE

LAM. YOUR NEW SECRETARY- NOW DON'T GET SO EXCITED - YOUR WIFE PICKED ME

OUT OF A GROUP OF SECRETARIES-

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A PAGE FOR WOMEN

The Teaching Profession

THE other day young woman

came to see me who had just given up a responsible position as secretary in a busness firm. She had given it up because she did not like it. Nor had she given it up because she had not been successful. On the contrary she had enjoyed it, had liked the mounting salary, and was con sidered, so I hear, an extremely

These requirements are: physi- || cai vitality, mental vigour, moral discrimination, wholesome per- sonality, helpfulness, knowledge, leadership. In the form of a pledg'. these nre some of the purposes that inembers of the FT.A. set up for themselves:

"I will study daily to keep my able worker. But after thorough mind adive and alert; I will seek consideration and investigation | to know the right and lo live by she resigned to train for teaching. | it; I will cultivate in myself good- will, friendliness, poise, upright

thing else—that this deliberate choosing of a career in education is a refreshing change, writes M. Tavlor in the "Christian Science Monitor."

But a person, to love teaching has to be one who really "belongs" in it. It is a hard job. It is some - Limes thankless. There are in- justices, as in any other profes- sion. It is underpaid-but amount of gold could really pay what good teaching is worth. Yet it is, for the right person, a deep joy, an ultimate satisfaction.

If those who appreciate this, will express more freely their en- thusiasm for teaching, perhaps more of those who should be teaching will realise where they

It is so often the other way--bearing, and careful speech. teachers leaving to go into some- I will all my mind with worthy really belong, and will take active thoughts by observing the beauti-steps to join the "Goodly Fellow- ful world around

ship," as has the young friend me, by read-

who recently came to see me. ing the best books, and by asso- ciation with the best companions; I will make my influence count on the side of right, avoiding habits that weaken and destroy. These things will I do now that I may be worthy the high office

of

Yes, for the sake of children

Fish Loaf That Tastes Like Chicken

By Dorqthy. Greig

What are some of the good things that will come her way in her newly-chosen career? First, one thinks of the joy of working | teacher." with young people and children. To one who "belongs" there is no deeper satisfaction than this. Children and young people are so straight-from-the-shoulder. They demand sincerity, honesty of purpose; they hate sham. They so believe in friendship, and flower and youth, if not for our own THE last time we had fish loaf. so satisfyingly under right con- sakes, the achieving of a fine

one of the guests remarked ditions. These qualities are a con-

character and good habits of "this is certainly a delicious stant challenge to all that is high thought and action is essential, and chicken loaf" which made me and constructive and fine in oặc

therefore among the blessings of smile a little. who works with them. If one teaching. Another challenge, ac- approaches one's work with humi-cepted by any sincere educator, is lity and having charge of chil- actually to live democracy in or- dren carries with it so much powder that it may be taught by ex- er that one can approach it ample as well as precept. In other only with humility--one is the walks of life we might get along better man or woman for the ex- without accepting this challenge--- perience of meeting the high debut in good teaching, never. mands of children and people.

young-

And yet another satisfaction that belongs to teaching, is the joy of working with, books, with ideas, with an emphasis on cul- ture, Helping others to awaken to The President of the National all this is in itself a. priceless pri- Education Association in an art-vilege.

cle in a recent number of the N.E.A. Journal, quoted the list of If you have read Mary Ellen requirements of a good teacher, as formulated by an organisation of students.

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The mentally akatohy girl- friend thinka, her beau (p. 99- Ing. In for higher mathematics when he says he's been strat- ching, point-dil, day, to, meet. her on time.

Chase's "A Goodly Fellowship" you have already added to my in- complete list another deep satis- taction-and that is fellowship with the grand people who are your co-workers, in your own 'school system and in the protes- sion as a whole. It is indeed 1 "goodly fellowship.* The. old

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It does have a through-and- through chicken flavour though, thanks to a can of condensed chicken soup which is blended right into the loaf mixture. The

axiom about a prophet in one's double rich chicken stock with its own country, or "familiarity tender diced chicken meat add all breeds contempt" may blind one that flavour.

at times. to the excellence of one's

own co-workers; but the fact re-

Another thing the loaf is good

mains that, as a class educators served either hot or cold, and it are unusually sincere, abla people, slices neatly. Also, chilled and willing to sacrifice much for hign ideals, and doing a great piece of

work..

sliced thin, it makes a good sub- stantial filling for sandwiches. Or cut into cubes it can be used: för a main dish salad. This is how to make it

1 can condensed chicken soup ·· 1 can tuna fish (7 oz. size) 11⁄2 cups soft bread crumbs. I tablespoon pimiento, chopped 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped 1. eggs,

Much is said about overworked and underpaid teachers, about the thanklessness of the job, about all the things that are wrong with It. Within the year a prize was given to a novel purporting to Strain the rice, celery and chice bring out the richness of the ken from the chicken soup. Com- teacher's work, and, I who know bine them with the tuna fish and love teaching could not read (which has been put into a strain- it through, because the emphasiser and 1 cup of hot water poured on the drab and the injustice and over it), and put all through the the wrong seemed to me so out of food chopper. Then, mix wiện the proportion. We need a truer pic-soft bread crumbs, the chicken ture of teaching than that. Mary soup, chopped pimiento, garsity Eller Chase and Bliss Perry might and eggs. Put into a buttered give it to us in the novel field as loaf pan and bake in a moderate they have done in the non-fiction oven (350*) 45-60 minutes or until flold.

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