to stand, how to breathe, and how to let her voice flow
easily and naturally from her throat. The pupil's voice became to her
thereafter something more than it had ever been before.

Two men in a business office were discussing whether or not they should
undertake a new enterprise. One of the men, seeing that the other man had
not yet perceived the principle underlying the business situation, drew a
sheet of paper in front of them on the desk and made on it a series of
calculations. "I understand now," the other man said, "I see the risk and
how you have made provision for meeting it."

The skilful tennis-player, the trained singer, the able business man were
sharing their knowledge with others, showing them how to make the best use
of their powers. That is to say, they were teaching others. Every person
is to some extent a born teacher, but some men and women make teaching
their life work.

Many girls teach for a few years before entering some other occupation.
Perhaps they earn money in this way to take a course at a college or
university, and afterwards they may either return to teaching or enter
some other profession. There are other girls who are what we call "born
teachers." They love more than anything else, guiding, training, and
helping children. It is no trouble to them, but rather a delight, to
show and direct, gently, repeatedly, untiringly, along the path of
knowledge. Girls who are born teachers should receive every encouragement
to devote themselves to teaching until they have homes to look after and
children of their own to teach. Many good teachers teach only for a few
years and do excellent work. But it is to the "born teachers" that we
must look for the happiness of the school and its highest development.

The girl who means to be a teacher should look forward to spending a number
of years in school. She will enjoy this, for the teacher must be a student
and must love studying. It may be that her family cannot afford to keep her
at school. Then she can do what so many other girls have done. She can go
to work to earn money for her own support, and while doing this she can
save part of her earnings so that later she may return to school. The
school vacation in summer offers opportunities for paid work, and every
girl of energy and determination can find work to do.

The girl who is to be a teacher should never be satisfied with a minimum
of learning. If this is her attitude toward school, then she s