Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-06

| down ~ Their seits a wbois day. learning no.
thing aud calling n "persevering diligence"
Again, I'VE believe that no teacher can right
| " dischsrgc. his duties. duty TO more than
twenty pupils &c A man might n be snre,
spend eight hours every day IN the business of
pafsiug. and If n thu end of the session he made
his scholars nothing else. he might make them
peddnis. But tn he an accomplished teacher re-
qnifes noionls knowlsdge ofthe branches taught.
bat an accurate knowledge. L. a facility IN com
municsting that knowledge TO young minds. Now
there is noihiag more ee rain.than thai some per-
SINS can communicate more inior alton On n sub
lect IN i've minutes. than others IN five hours. A
teacher must always be student, II he wishes
II excel he must be n Jack OF all trades But
Why does a man spend his time and money.
and thar too perhaps at the expense OF his
health, # he Is not 10 Improve his fortune, in
/ this perg taborioas oallng2 Let Us examine into
THIS matter. Your correspondent estimates the
number OF scholars at twcnty-th- usual p'iee
per annum ioT tuition, is thirty dollars. III our
best schools THIS produces "a salary which
amounts 10 sir hundred dollars. Now let us
see the clear gain man wolld make. Take a
married man who has five ohllireo. who has 10
hire two servants, aud rent a house and snhool
room. These Two items, at n very moderate
calculation, will amount 10 two hundred dollar.
all other expenses pertaining TO family
In moderate circumstances, say five hundred
dollars. put this 10 men OF experience, whe-
thcr il is high estimate This makes seven
hundred dollars; allow, also. 500 for bad debts,
which reduces has salary Ia five hundred aud
my. hen we see he would make "A loss of
one hundred aud fifty dollars. So much for
fgnres-and is this the way that a mao vino
has wasted his hule patri,nony. is 10 he remu-
neraied or his toll aud thankless service lie,
s7ar correspondent answer the question with
his hand upon MS heari; Tor he SAYS, he has
bad " long experience y
adult that u definite number of scholars
would always lac best; aud the very circum-
STAGE that this cannot be The case. is one rea.
son why the tuition fees must necessarily he
higher THAI II IL were otherwise. mn serious
iy al opinIon that Ia empov n co npcient
teacher ut 500 per scholar per annum, "oold
be cheaper taud ii,nt hun to fifteen or twenty
scholars.) than 81 aud permit hun 10 take
eighty. Ia the ohe case, the student would be
likely To receive nm equivalent FOR his money,
and ia the other nQth'ng.
But there Is another par oil this subject no.
,iced nv your correspondent. which must also
notice. lie says, The capacities aud dispo
shions of children. are us various. as their la
ces hence the necessity Of juhieions classified.
ton" Admitted. ! take his premises, aud
assert as legitimate conclusion. that i, - iusi
as likely. N point oil fact, that you can find
Ten out of twenty alike IN capacity aud dispo
snion, ms tl00; for their " capacities. &c are as
various M their faces" Again snys your cor
respondent, :" how lamentable il is, aud yet how
common. 10 see a fine sprightly boy, linked in
with bali dozen dull creatures. forced IL stu
dy with them, IN effect 10 be tier teacher. aud
with immense labor, drag the poor things
along" Does your correspondent speak from
his Oton experience, or from experience under
his eye teacher who makes monitor of
one Of his scholars, ought 10 he casbiered
Il.