=Prophetic conduct.=—­In her dress she decides between ornateness and simplicity as a determining factor in the lives of her pupils both for the present and for the years to come.  In this she feels that she is but doing her part in helping to determine the trend and quality of civilization.  She is reading such books as she hopes to find in their libraries when they have come to administer homes of their own.  She is directing her thinking into such channels as will bear the thoughts of her pupils out into the open sea of bigness and sublimity.  Knowing that pettiness will be inimical to society in the next generation, she is careful to banish it from her own life.

=Her rule of life.=—­In her thinking she comes into intimate relations with the sea and all its ramified influences upon life.  She invites the mountains to take her into their confidence and reveal to her the mysteries of their origin, and their influence upon the winds, the seasons, the products of the earth, and upon life itself.  She communes with the great of all times that she may learn of their concepts as to the immensities which the mind can explore, as well as intricate and infinite manifestations of the human soul.  She associates with the planets and rides the spaces in their company.  She asks the flowers, the sunrise glow of the morning, the hues of the rainbow, and the drop of dew to explain to her what God is, and rejoices in their responses.

=Her growth.=—­And so, through her thinking she grows big—­big in her aspirations, big in her sympathies with all nature and mankind, big in her altruism, and big in her conceptions of the universe and all that it embraces.  And when people come to know her they almost lose sight of the teacher in their contemplation of the woman.  Her pupils, by their close contact and communion, became inoculated with the germs of her bigness and so follow the lead of her thinking, her aspirations, her sympathies, and her conceptions of life.  Thus they grow into her likeness by absorbing her thoughts, her ideals, her standards, in short, herself.

=Seeing life large.=—­The bigness of her spirit and her ability to see and feel life in the large superinduce dignity, poise, and serenity.  She never flutters; but, calm and masterful, she moves on her majestic way with regal mien.  Nor is her teaching less thorough or less effective because she has a vision.  On the contrary, she teaches cube root with accuracy and still is able to see and to cause her pupils to see the index finger pointing out and up toward the mathematical infinities.  She can give the latitude and longitude of Rome, and, while doing so, review the achievements of that historic city.  She can explain the action of the geyser and still find time and inclination to take delight in its wonders.  She can analyze the flower and still revel in its beauty.  She can teach the details of history and find in them the footprints of great historical movements.  All these things her pupils sense and so invest her with the attributes of an ideal.