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8 THE NORMAL RECORD. ated on a tract of rising ground which ends in three or four volcanic capes overlooking the sea. Like all Spanish towns the houses are low, painted white with flat roofs. The coast line of the city is fringed with a beautiful avenue of cocoa palms. But I have not time here to describe the charming situation of Mazatlan, the picturesque surroundings, the squalor of many of its inhabitants or the everlasting leisure of all of them. After an unsuccessful attempt to get rest and comfort at the hotel we at last established ourselves in the house of the English Consul, our rooms overlooking the tremendous surf that breaks on the Olas Alias. Without loss of time we devoted ourselves to our work, which was chiefly the collection of fishes. Going out long before daylight the first morning we interviewed the fishermen in their stalls in the market place. We found among them an old Indian, very intelligent and very willing to help. His name was Ygnacio, known to every one in Mazatlan. We soon found that the markets of the city amounted to little. So we employed Ygnacio with his boats to go out with us. Sometimes we went with seines to the neighboring beaches; sometimes with hook and line or with dynamite to the outlying islands. We also made several excursions into the inland. One ride of 40 miles across the country on a mule team to the clear swift river Presidio was specially interesting. In this stream we found many unique varieties of fishes. Some idea of the primitive style of farming may be gained from the fact that the farmers plow the"fertile soil of its banks with a yoke of cows tied to a log. which they drag back and forth across the fields. As a result of our expedition we obtained 185 species of fishes, 29 of which were new to science. These are preserved in the Museum of the University and are a very important supplement to the splendid collection which Dr. Gilbert made at the same port in 1880. Duplicate specimens of the collection were sent to the British Museum, to the Natural History museums of the universities of Berlin and Vienna, to the National Museum at Washington and to the museum of the California Academy of Sciences. A paper on the Fishes of Sinaloa, containing 135 pag s and some 30 excellent plates, gives a record of the work of the expedition. This year a similar expedition has been made to the port of Panama, and it is the intention of the University to continue this work of investigation each winter until we have as complete a knowledge as possible of the wonderfully rich fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. The Teacher as a Moral Factor. HENRY E. MILLER. According to the general acceptation, a teacher is one who imparts instruction; and to be able to successfully impart book knowledge, along with a somewhat decent appearance of moral character, is all that is generally required to become a teacher. That the school teacher occupies a position at once the most influential and the most important to the community, State and Nation, and that his influence is the most powerful and far-reaching cannot for a moment be doubted. Nearly all the people of cur country come under the direct influence of the teacher for a shorter or longer time, and at an age in 'which their characters are molded for all time. The teacher is'not a walking encyclopedia of knowledge, from which a page is daily read, nor merely one who directs, his pupils in the right paths of knowledge, but a living model whose real life will be imitated unconsciously, to a great extent, by most of his pupils. He is oft times the only guide the child who is not brought up, but just raised like any other animal, ever has; and on him must the community depend to see that the child becomes a good citizen. In the light of these facts, how important to society becomes the necessity of rightly selecting the most potential factor for the weal or woe of the rising generation. In making the selection, let morals come first every time. The standard cannot be too high for the instructor, exampler and guardian of your precious child. What is mathematics compared to honesty? What is language compared with a pure life? What is a knowledge of science alongside an untarnished character? What is any or all knowledge contrasted with a^vfcll-rounded moral life? While the teacher needs both, the former without the latter makes his life
Object Description
Title | The Normal Record. April 1896 |
Original Date | 1896-04 |
Description | The Record. Published by the Associated Students of Chico State College. |
Creator | Chico State College |
Location of Original | Archives |
Call Number | LD723 C57 |
Digital Collection | The Record: Chico State Yearbook Collection |
Digital Repository | Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. |
Description-Abstract | The Record served as both a student magazine and a commencement program for Chico Normal School. In the year 1896, it was published almost monthly. |
Date Digital | 2013 |
Language | eng |
Rights | For information on the use of the images in this collection contact the Special Collections Department at 530.898-6342 or email: specialcollections@csuchico.edu |
Format | image/tiff |
Filename | index.cpd |
Description
Title | 1896_04_NormalRecord.011 |
Original Date | 1896-04 |
OCR- Transcript | 8 THE NORMAL RECORD. ated on a tract of rising ground which ends in three or four volcanic capes overlooking the sea. Like all Spanish towns the houses are low, painted white with flat roofs. The coast line of the city is fringed with a beautiful avenue of cocoa palms. But I have not time here to describe the charming situation of Mazatlan, the picturesque surroundings, the squalor of many of its inhabitants or the everlasting leisure of all of them. After an unsuccessful attempt to get rest and comfort at the hotel we at last established ourselves in the house of the English Consul, our rooms overlooking the tremendous surf that breaks on the Olas Alias. Without loss of time we devoted ourselves to our work, which was chiefly the collection of fishes. Going out long before daylight the first morning we interviewed the fishermen in their stalls in the market place. We found among them an old Indian, very intelligent and very willing to help. His name was Ygnacio, known to every one in Mazatlan. We soon found that the markets of the city amounted to little. So we employed Ygnacio with his boats to go out with us. Sometimes we went with seines to the neighboring beaches; sometimes with hook and line or with dynamite to the outlying islands. We also made several excursions into the inland. One ride of 40 miles across the country on a mule team to the clear swift river Presidio was specially interesting. In this stream we found many unique varieties of fishes. Some idea of the primitive style of farming may be gained from the fact that the farmers plow the"fertile soil of its banks with a yoke of cows tied to a log. which they drag back and forth across the fields. As a result of our expedition we obtained 185 species of fishes, 29 of which were new to science. These are preserved in the Museum of the University and are a very important supplement to the splendid collection which Dr. Gilbert made at the same port in 1880. Duplicate specimens of the collection were sent to the British Museum, to the Natural History museums of the universities of Berlin and Vienna, to the National Museum at Washington and to the museum of the California Academy of Sciences. A paper on the Fishes of Sinaloa, containing 135 pag s and some 30 excellent plates, gives a record of the work of the expedition. This year a similar expedition has been made to the port of Panama, and it is the intention of the University to continue this work of investigation each winter until we have as complete a knowledge as possible of the wonderfully rich fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. The Teacher as a Moral Factor. HENRY E. MILLER. According to the general acceptation, a teacher is one who imparts instruction; and to be able to successfully impart book knowledge, along with a somewhat decent appearance of moral character, is all that is generally required to become a teacher. That the school teacher occupies a position at once the most influential and the most important to the community, State and Nation, and that his influence is the most powerful and far-reaching cannot for a moment be doubted. Nearly all the people of cur country come under the direct influence of the teacher for a shorter or longer time, and at an age in 'which their characters are molded for all time. The teacher is'not a walking encyclopedia of knowledge, from which a page is daily read, nor merely one who directs, his pupils in the right paths of knowledge, but a living model whose real life will be imitated unconsciously, to a great extent, by most of his pupils. He is oft times the only guide the child who is not brought up, but just raised like any other animal, ever has; and on him must the community depend to see that the child becomes a good citizen. In the light of these facts, how important to society becomes the necessity of rightly selecting the most potential factor for the weal or woe of the rising generation. In making the selection, let morals come first every time. The standard cannot be too high for the instructor, exampler and guardian of your precious child. What is mathematics compared to honesty? What is language compared with a pure life? What is a knowledge of science alongside an untarnished character? What is any or all knowledge contrasted with a^vfcll-rounded moral life? While the teacher needs both, the former without the latter makes his life |