n method.
Indifference to need for help.
Too close holding to the text.
Distant attitude--aloofness.
Partiality.
Excitability.
Irritability.
Pessimism--"in the dumps."
Indifferent assignments.
Hazy explanations.
Failure to cover assignments.
Distracting facial expressions.
Attitude of "lording it over."
Sarcasm.
Poor taste in dress.
Bluffing--"the tables turned."
Discipline for discipline's sake.
"Holier than thouness."

_Desirable Capabilities_

They also reduced to rather memorable phrases a half dozen desirable
capabilities:

1. The ability to make students work and want to work.
2. The ability to make definite assignments.
3. The ability to make clear explanations.
4. The ability to be pleasant without being easy.
5. The ability to emphasize essentials.
6. The ability to capitalize on new ideas.
7. The ability to be human.

A number of years ago Clapp conducted a similar survey among one hundred
leading school men of America, asking them to list the ten most
essential characteristics of a good teacher. From the lists sent in
Clapp compiled the ten qualities in the order named most frequently by
the one hundred men:

1. Sympathy.
2. Address.
3. Enthusiasm.
4. Sincerity.
5. Personal Appearance.
6. Optimism.
7. Scholarship.
8. Vitality.
9. Fairness.
10. Reserve or dignity.

George Herbert Betts, in his stimulating book, _How to Teach Religion_,
says there are three classes of teachers:

"Two types of teachers are remembered: One to be forgiven after years
have softened the antagonisms and resentments; the other to be
thought of with honor and gratitude as long as memory lasts. Between
these two is a third and a larger group: those who are forgotten,
because they failed to stamp a lasting impression on their pupils.
This group represents the mediocrity of the profession, not bad
enough to be actively forgiven, not good enough to claim a place in
gratitude and remembrance."

Mr. Betts then goes on with a very exhaustive list of positive and
negative qualities in teachers--a list so valuable that we set it down
here for reference.

_Positive Qualities_ _Negative Qualities_

1. Open-minded, inquiring, broad. Narrow, dogmatic, not hungry for
truth.

2. Accurate, thorough, discerning. Indefinite, superficial, lazy.

3. Judicious, balance