Tyler Junior College - Apache Yearbook (Tyler, TX)

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IN HPPRECIHTICDN HE inseparability of the facts of a persoffs life from the record of his accom- plishment was a truth which Miss Mattie jones impressed repeatedly upon her students. No more convincing proof of the verity of that statement than her own history could be evoked. About her life the usual details of biography recede in signihcance before the strong currents of inspiration and achievement flowing triumphantly from the fountain of wisdom into the lives of countless people whom she awakened to intellectual consciousness and to the dignity of service. Miss Mattie was a teacher whose concern for pedagogical distinction through the acquisition of academic honors was totally eclipsed by the desire to qualify most ably to instruct. For many years she translated experience and knowledge into useful material for building through education the solid structure of citizen- ship. Realizing the vicissitudes of life that often subvert honor, she wove into the rich tapestry of her lessons the golden threads of character. Yet even these bulwarks she considered insufficient against the insidious inva- sions of temptation. Together with information and ethical procedure one must know the relationship between the present and the eternal, must perceive the divinity in all things. Equipped with this understanding, a student emerging from her classroom would be able to see things in their true perspective and appreciate their relative inzportance. Her methods of instruction were unique only in their perfect adaptation to time, place, and the student. In the classroom she gave full expression to her great personality, and her students listened and believed. The secret of her power was not in profundity but in graceful simplicity through which her humor twin- kled, her charm radiated. and her joy in living glowed. ln her own life she illus- trated the efficacy of her principles, and one could scarcely deny that eloquent testimony. Her absorption in teaching did not dull her ears to the world of affairs. Her multiplicity of interests outside the school gave the sparkle of timeliness to her remarks: her connections with business and industry made her a vocational guide for many whom indecision or circumstance might have deterred: and her' complete awareness of swift changes that alter all phases of social and economic life made her able to predict and prepare for the demands of the future. Although Miss Mattie has retired, although the full flavor of this rich and so humanly lovable life may not be the good fortune of students who now pass through the college halls, theirs will be the heritage of perpetuated memories: for in the minds and hearts of her students she has nzade indentures through which tributaries of wisdom will flow, extending her name and influence to new eras, confirming her enduring character.

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