Educators Stress Opportunities for Future Teachers

Emphasizing the satisfactions "other than financial" in a teaching career, a panel of three speakers outlined the pains and pleasures of that profession to nearly 200 would-be educators who jammed the Lowell House Common Room last night.

William G. Saltonstall, headmaster of Exeter Academy, stressed that private school masters must bring "a real love of kids, and interest in their work' to be happy at a teaching job. "You must consider teaching a profession--a job in itself, and that means a real knowledge and love of your work, as well as a willingness to help the boys 24 hours a day."

The classwork at boarding schools, he said, is lighter than in a public school, but teachers are also called on to take charge of dorms, coach sports, and run extra-curricular activities. "Our task is different from a day-school," Saltonstall added. "We have a big chance to share in the life of the kids, to extend them and experiment with teaching techniques."

"At colleges, you really have a chance to be yourself," was Professor Crane Brinton's keynote for future professors. "It gives you independence to teach what you believe, whether communism or conservatism."

For those who would rather go on learning than teach what they know, big universities also offer ample chances for research scholars.