Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-08-07

~ S"' % giteu LOT time, another tor tune
But these children all sang together, ane
very prettily too, keeping time with their
heads, hands and feet. We had a yarist,
oil airs, among which l remember Goo
save the King and Yankee Doodle { St
Patr'k's Day in the Morning.) But while
God save the King was poured out with al
the strength and solemnity of tine house
they did Yankee Doodle to the words O
the multiplication table.
Five times FIVE are twenty FIVE,
And five times six are thirty,
/ And i've times seven are thirty-fye,
And FIVE times eight are forty.
This was borrowed from Matthews dar,
say; but then he meant something by it
and they did not-poor innocents.
For SIMPLE addition they had othe,
tunes, and for compound addition others
ana these were continually changing
After few minutes devoted to studv IN
der this form. the signal was given for a
heavy hurra;-and off they all went. scamp
ering away like they were mad, with a
whoop and halloo at every leap. Iobserv.
ed too that they had their leaders amonu
themselves, who never lost sight of them
In reply to question addressed to the
,eacher' he tcld me that the plan was no,
MIR. Owens, knew better-the experi.
ment would never have been made but fo,
the proof obtained at Lanark.) that nun.
,shmeht was name, and that all the stick
'hey ever used, or instrument of torture
was little rattan. about as large as pipe.
stem, and about six inches long. Here he
departed from the first principles of Mr..
owen; Tor with Mr.. o. punishment was
not even name. Ii the little ones were
very refractory, they were sometimes set
with their faces to the wall, but never
struck. Why not as well do the one. as
the other? They had swinging too, and
moral doctrine with every change Of the
exercise. Whom do you pray to said
TO little boy that stood near me. To AL.
mighty God. But why to him Because
ne Is good. A few moments after this
they were led into another room, and sui.
Tered 10 play at geometry, with blocks
"a dispute arose about angles-the teacher
interfered. One was trying to explain to
another who stood little way off, with his
mouth open, what an acute ANGLE vac
The teacher did not consider the explana-
ton very satisfactory: what does it mean
that word acute-the same as cute how
No sir-it means sharp. How sharp
sharp like penknife No sir. Another
boy chimed in here with roouish lough
1t means look out sharp, sir. Some con-
vcrsatlon followed about king. What is
KING, said L? A king is a man, said a
little dumping of fellow, just able to
speak so as 10 be understood But he 10
above other men, said somebody near me,
-Ah-but God is above all men. was tho
reply. " WV
Such is brief, and rather imperfect
sketch OF what L saw in this very celebra-
ted school. Need L aver that 1 came a.
way with better opinion of mans dature
than had when | entered it? for if chill.
dren are as happy as birds, when treated
with common humanity, what must thew
be when they have got their growth?
INFANT SCHOOL All
The following pretty sketch is from tho
Christian Teachers Manuel 1t is very
happy, and dare say very true. N.
Sometimes, however, the attention Of
one of the little flock would wander off
and the offender would rise up or leave his
place. If his disposition was mild and
tractab'e, he would return to order imme.
diately on being reminded of his dutv-
one or two instances, however, of what
the little community seemed to regard as
heInous offences, did occur. One child
OF uncommon animal vivacity left his place
and seemed unwilling to return. I'm the
moral discipline that ensued I was verv
much interested, from the important prir-
cIples which it disclosed do not recol-
Iect very exactly the conversation that took
place. but 1t was nearly as follows.
Master. We must stop: YOU are not
all attending. George, you are not at your
place. The child paid no attention to
this hint, you continued to move awav from
his place. George, what do you like to
bef
George. A good boyi with a yerv
bright and good humoured look. but M
inclination to stop.
Master. Are you so now2
george NO sir ! but still away from
his proper place.
Master. Do you see any good boys?
George. Yes.
Master. You may go and touch one
This was done very cheerfully.l Do you
see any morel
George. Yes.
Master. You may touch them too
This was done with great deal Of mutu-
al satisfaction the little transgressor con-
sc,ously acting as the organ ofthe whole
school, in bestowing the reward Of appro-
baton; the receivers grat;fed with the ia
Vourabie notice taken of them, and all the
rest joining occasionally and voluntarily
IN naming those VINO were exemplary. All
were delighted there was not an envious