The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-05-02
Warren.
From the Waticn IL Gazette.
HOW SHALL WE HAVE GOOD SCHOOLS


! Our schools are numerous and our
teachers able. There are individuals
engaged in the business Of instruction in
this community, OF whom we aiay Justly
be pr nd. There is no want Of quali-
( fed sehoolmssters. Neither is there any
unwilIngness to afford them liberal pe-
cuniary support. We may be parsimo.
NOUS IN other respects, but the educa-
ton OF our children Is The last thing fol
which parent vi sonlmon sensbllty and
OF ordinary parental ambition nanilesIs
any reluctance to pay to The utmost of his
ability. Still the question is continually
recurring, "where shall we send our chil-
dren Z" And it occasions no little anx-
iety.
The principal fault, it is to be feared,
lies not with the teachers but with pa
rents. 1t is Indispensable to the inAu-
ence OF Ia teacher over the minds Of his
pupils, that he have their respect. This
Is tho iul rum without which lhe strongest
lever and the stUulest arm is powel less. -
Whether the teacher possess this essen
tial advantage rests chiefly with the pa
rent. Children always respect those
whom they find their parents aspect. -
Their fresh and strong affection leap
forward with unbidden vivacity 10 SYM
palhize with those whom they love most.
In the circle OF our acquaintance, among
the vlsilers at our firesides, our chiIdr, n
inluiliveiy and unconsciously discrimi-
nate tLose who stand the highest in our
regard. How sayerly do they a
dopt our prepossesslons and prejudices
with respect TO the different political
readers OF the day They know nothing
ot them but their names, but these they
hear Uttered by Us with warmth, aud chil.
dren though they be, they need no i'll
terpreter OF our looks and tones. They
catch the feeling that actua,es us, and in
lisping accents give utlerante to their
productions. NO observer Of children
can have failed to ma,k the exceeding
Qulckness with which these little crea-
lures Of imitation and sympathy take the
hue OF the sentiments aud passions cher
ished by their pai enls. If then we could
give to him TO whom We entrust the
educa iol Of our chId Ell his righlul
place IN their respect, they must be made
to see that he stands highly in ours. An
occasional Ir ssiOn OF cold civilIty or oi
formal deieionoe does no good. Long
before he is able to describe It, a child
feels the difference between what is said
or done for eff ct and what comes warm
ly from the heat. Our respect for the
instructor of our children must be deep,
iervent and active, prompting to all kind
attentions. Of all who enter our dwell
ings, he must be most cordially welcou-
ed. Aud if all others are excluded, he
must still be freely admitted, or we are
incompetent TO the discharge of our pa
rental dutles-we are unlalthfLl 10 our
children.
As there is no vocation more honora-
bic in theory than the teac hers, SO should
there be none more honored In fact. 1t
Is on level with the highest Offices to
which men are called by nature or socle-
ty. When it is thus acknowledged, not
only IN an occasional address or news
paper paragraph, but by the common con-
sent and practice Of The community, the
result will be apparent in The elevated
character of those by whom it will be
pursued. 1t will not be followed mel ely
Tor the sake Of "a sui aistence, but it will be-
C me un object Of ambition with the most
CITED la The meanwhile, if after spend
ing hundreds OF dollars, you find that
your sons have made no Improvement,
and your money has been thrown away,
the fault lies at your door, If your chIl- |
dlcn have been under the care, not Of,
their .)ather's friend, but Of stranger,
in treating whom with neglect they only
your exampe.
AN ANIMATED PICTJ RE.-Woman is a
very nice and complicated r lchine. Her
springs are infinitely delicate, and differ