Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-02-05


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tIrc 90 'ft's sh.f-,n bei.1t frsl. o. t.rh fhat
ihrs hsts frsffstt5 ftrnsr.trs to peep atcf ibsrn
s~t'cd ta hr-rbcs fasut hfti r,t~ f.oi' lees
- trchrs ff8u ftr faHf a'ursi literally LaHe.oC
IS t'rtf rhlas. Ser'y ttt t.'l rf sciercr 30 hstd
60 c'va. " partt's r.a'1 srr fsihrf ici 700 ts'.
q itrf wauid sec. ihafe u..ersb'e uctoty. t,fsc-
90 tliteflfr tenthes N5ilcnt task on ~tlch
fLssf F.ef child 10 cararmrrd 60 tIi fsf taufs O.
tetc ,N q tbrv aoaid boi t.ac ust s,si itcm.
- fss T., bui orr hea' cot ~ bose msuy We .hHd
tss3 90 s-trcs Go thsm o. fafhsr sprsti oo No
tepsrasat ~ tie ,sbj~ci. That Que p'scucsl e..
pertinent s,l sesst.
kooihc' csuse 4 he cnn:ing state Of ,lirs-i,
10 BE- fpnd In he usui q religious rducsiiop. n
% ~ belief tbsi The "mstch of io'clirc'" onac.
eumptnitd BY mora ,siuirf u the toeoe. msr,h.
The r'naom 81 Ugh isuRhi intellect tIyptrg
whcfe h,ic'h. bbgh's spd Vlihers. snd fctthc-
me srcisl lsrf.-cs- - men. We rfr opt 10 love
rg- oaB Individual EJECT more tlan Nc love our
carmon Christianity. Hence mcu 600 g.. d,rad.
fa''y rf.it n serisren Influence nsr u."y dives
religion fam he scbaol-. Tais ooch, noj Go o..
We wsht no srciauan coed. Dor vc vou, u.are
e general religion. Let every child he taught
ihc beng snd chsrsctrt u ts Creator. and i's in-
dis'dusl responsibility 20 h.s bar. Surey there D.
eummun ground enough smonc OIL scc,s without
tor,h,or ca the le,ulauue..
Another csuse Of .Le e,u oc Which ! complain
i. 10 be found W the character Of our ordinary
,choo. bools And here let " enter. tosclher one
OF cur common schools and look btound ".
otnnn, bfng home nv strumcnt fiy 20 your
MINDS unless YOU will suffer INC 30 ptescn, TO you
a picture Of The interior "f one Of these temples
Of science. 4 little child Is here compelled 10
say A-eh, Beh. C.ch d ch end nothing but lh,-.
or months. Al la, be has learned the names Of
the lclies. Il w. after al but a lesson of Signs
be h's not 60, cotton single idea. Then he l.
put o lnin these s,gus Iuio syllaLcs b-b aG C ac
md 50 forth. Still he gets no ore solitary idca.
I bus he proceeds ,lIi be can plrc the sound Of
words, and continue TO add sound to sound till 80
hos pronounced a se0'ancc. Not thought has
ye, tcen put into Ls mind ; and in tins manner he
is Kept sometimes Tor YEAR repeating sentence af-
ter sentence without receiving from the hole pro.
cess. unless by accident. rno idea A boy has SAID
10 me-. alter hu- going through Il series Of sounds
There. SIR; | reed that whole verse without
mssng one word And when | then proceeded
TO ssk him the meaning Of what he bad uttered
he gszed up into my face as II were a crazy man
Meaning was what he had never thought Of. lie
had regarded bis book A. cor Of treasury or store
houfe Of words. why is it that 81 many of US
10 this day, lay down book so readily, especially
4 book Of mIch thought or crudition It is be.
cause our mind has got into the habit Of running
over words without attaching to them distinct i
IDEAS, consequently without receiyiug the sense Of
the writer. Is II wonderful that We are weary Of
Characters and sounds And while am on tins
part Of my subject. ] am reminded OF o h'le wo,k
- work cf humble form and pretcnsous-hut
one which consider as one Of the greatest an.
p'ovcmenis of the present age. ! have no ptr.
sonal interest 10 the book and therefore csn speak
Of 9, the more freely. l. Is enlu,cd "rovns
SrrILr~G Book" There have number II cop
ios been distributed, believe through the H1ll.pnG
would invite those Who have suy of these 20 their
hands TO turn to the 90 page. There fad the
word "cosmograPAy = Bt tho top of the pogc
zee 40 italics, the wurds "a description o. ur trca-
ise On = ard then there Is in a second culumu the
word world Tho boy learns 10 spell "cosnog.
fapty = he then learns 10 spell word = he then
repeats the words from the top Of The pssc. Gus
mogrsphy description Of or ttcatsc on the world"
The next word Is geography" and opposite is the
word earth Geography. description Of or
Treatise on the earth 'Hydrogrsfhy. descrip-
Of Or treatise on, waters :" and SO on. The whule
SN'h 70 et'e"Bt" "" Nhls pan , so inai, WINE tue
pupil learns 10 spe he learns necessarily, and at
the same tiuie, the meaning Of words. Then there
s'e other osge, conlslnng three parallel columns
Of synonymcs. Thus on psgc 81, yoI find The
words "sbrogs'e, sboli,h. annual - 'uuihorze,
commission. cupoNcf.' aud on. One Of these
A." named by The teacher the boy Is reqared 10
give TIC other two. AID Illus rich stock If va
uous lsrgusge IL .sid up 20 The uud nt future use
"a vr'nng sni speaking. Il children ore made to
study 90 tl's Wsy. they v,'l read. when they d.
read "l'h Intelligence. tn" fret part of ths l.ofk
c''ss'fes ala the simple words or tie Iaueusrc. tho
second OIL ne compound ones. | commend the
book io Ccnersi patronage.
Nhs'ts d HAT we ordinarily teach children ,
D. We teach thcm agriculture commerce. mrchsn.
losl soi'nco i-rolcal economy No,hur ,f
these things and yet 1t Is ihcse which make the
mtn bot Nc gne Them only me means Of know .
'tg" ne Should 81 further. and give. - We may
cssny ci'e know ledge itsec
Bst have spoken enough Of the hulis Of The
system l.s' us rather CONSIDER how they nsy be
corrected One rcnd.fsuit Is worth hundred fod
issl's, Bot - 0. impossible Tor us to amend our
hais ul Ne hfsi are seaside Wbst they are.
And here should hse TO give YOU the outline
= . good school sysi,m. bot DO Dot feel a5le Ia