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SALMAGUNDI 9 exist that there may be greater men. In every de- partment of life we see the service and inspiration of vigorous-minded men. But While we should strive to do good and to achieve greatness, We must avoid copying others,-the greatness must be inherent in ourselves. 44He is great who is what he is from Nature and who never reminds us of others. The types chosen by Emerson as representative men are those whose thoughts and lives stand for something definite. He has chosen them on account of their sincerity to great principles. His own prejudices and preferences are shown very clearly in this essay, which is his strongest and most cliaracteristic work. ALLINGHAM, '10, What a Teacher Should Read. A teacher must read widely for his own sake and for the sake of the children whom he teaches. Lord Bacon has said, fflfteading maketh a full man. But there is so much literature printed in these days that a teacher must take care to select what will be a ben- efit and not a hindrance to him. - A great deal of informational reading must be done by the teacher, for he must know far more about the subject which he is to teach than the pupil knows. Pupils are impressed by genuine and exact knowledge and give more ready respect and obedience to teachers who have it than to those whose knowledge is shallow and inaccurate. There are now so many great works in history, science, and geography that every teacher has access to work of this kind. N ext in importance to informational literature comes the educational Not to know sornethingof other times, the stories of great lives, the discussion of social' and political theories,is to show one's self of poor and mean attainment. A good knowledge of educational history gives one a deeper respect for the past and makes him more modest. Every teacher needs to read psychology for he must make.a study of the individual child. Teachers are beginning to see that ,children should not be treated as a whole, but that each child must be studied sepa4 rately. . A teacher must not neglect to tread some of the general literature of our times, for it is quite em- barassing to be found ignorant of what is produced in this field. There is a danger that too much time be spent in reading the works of fiction, and no person