Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-12-07

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Tor others. Some OF the children of the
rich are iaclined, from their wrong views
Of riches, 10 claim more than their share
Of attention while some Of the children
of the poor are inclined to be envious and
Jealous of the rich. Some who have en-.
Joyed superior advantages become inflated
and vain, and view with contempt, and
treat with scorn and derison, the unfor
tunate and those who have labored unde,
disadvantage. To check evil propensi,
ties, to bring out depressed, hidden worth
and at the same time escape the charge Of
Partially and g,in the confidence and r,
spect of all parties, requires constant study
OF human nature and much sound discre.
ton.
AS far as possible. the government
should be moral. That corporal punish
ment ought, in the present state Of socie-
ty' to be at once and entirely dispensed
with, we are not confident but that there
has been a needless and hurful use of it.
there can be no manner Of doubt: and
that much less OF it is required than is
now IN use, In many places, we fully BE-
lIeve. intellectual beings should be tauc hi
governmental BE- restrained by NOR
al power-not, like the beasts that perish,
to be subject only to brute force. And
parents must take up this matter, or school
teachers will not succeed in it. We are
not about to sop here to give parents a
lecture on family government but we
put the question serious y, whether they
have done what they could have done to
assist the school teacher in managing
their children? Most parents will agree.
with US in enjoining on the teacher the
use Of moral measures. Will they allow
Us to ask them whether they practice con-
sI'tentIy with what they require OF the
teacher?
A steady, even course should be pur-
sued. Many teachers get themselves in
to difficulty BY prescribing numerous rules
at the beginning 1t is better TO take it
Tor granted that the scholars know what
IS about right; and they should discover
IN your conduct towards them that Won NJ
least wish to believe them well disposed
Avoid at first putting the worst construc-
ton on untoward actions The most vi
clous and abandoned may sometim,s BE-
gained by kind treatment; and lift should
be lost upon them, it is only failure in
good undertaking. Much mischief is
sometimes done by whispering in the ear
ola eacher as he is aboutto enter school
with which he is unacquainted, pointing
out TO him certain scholars as peculiarly
troward and unmanageable. The motive
in communicating the information, and on
the part OF the teacher in hearing to it, and |
even in seeking attei it, may be good, and
still the effect be most unhappy. The
teacher may however turn it to good ac-
count. We have seen it done thus: A.
had SO been treated, at home and at school,
as TO have lost all scIf-respect end all
sense Of shame His reputation, as a
scholar, was that Of a cIownish pestilent
fellow, and he knew it. Accustomed to
severe treatment, he seemed 10 have made
up his mind to endure it with fortitude-
had abandoned himself to rec kIessneSs and
vice. and gEoried in shameful and wicked
conduct. The teacher was made ac-
4uaInted with his character. This too,
rom past experience, he understood, so
hat ne was prepared for the worst. But
he teacher, at the first transgression, in
stead OF exercising any physical violence,
'nIy manifested surprise that a scholar,
rom whom so much ought to be expected,
should dcmean himself thus, and express
ed a hope and expectation of better
hngs in future, afeclionately pointing
him out the road to respectabiity.-
The effect was what might have been an
icipated The result was most happv.-,
AS soon as the poor vagabond saw one
human being making an effort for his
rescue, he too: COURAGE his sullen, down
last countenance now lighted up. The
moment he saw the hand of human kinI-
CESS extended towards him, he grasped it.
From that hour he reformed, and there
vas no better scholar than A. in school
turing the term. There is nothing like
he law of kindness to subdue depraved
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