Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-03-16

FOR The SENTINEL.
TO SCHOLARSHIPS.

FOR SENTINEL.
TO SCHOOLMASTERS.
now take my pen to address you
once more. and must insist that YOU be
willing to devote your Whole time to
your charge, and strive to make the most
ln,,icinus use oft. If YOU have made no
reserve of any part Of vaur time, the
whole belongs to vour EMPLOYERS.
know not that there is any thing morally
wrong in making an agreement to reserve
portion at time. 20 be devoted to your
own purposes. But it does seem to me
manlfestly wrong. if no such agreement
have been made with YOUR employers, for
YOU tp use any considerable portion oft.
tnr your own private benefit. instead of
that of the school. But you will inquire.
how You can spend the whole Of your
time protitahIy for vour school, when Won
are with them ordinarily m more than
sig or>seyen hoers in day? will an
swer you by giving you some account of
my friend Mr.. B. On commencing his
school, his first object was to learn the
state. of Improvement. the capacity and
the disposition Of every scholar. His next
Enquiry was. how shall benefit each
= scholar. to the utmost of nv powerf
This inquiry was continued with him, du-
ring the whole slime he was with them.
~and excited him to constant effort to do
them good. The copy books of the
school were all carried to his desk. & bis
'''first work in the morning was to prepare
them for writing through the day. He
ruled them himself. and wrote out and
arranged all the copies. This occupied
his time, till the hour of Studies arrived,
she having repaired to the school room at
least haitian hour before the time Of open
ing school. in order that lie might be as
sured that fire had been properly made,
and the house suitably prepared for the
scholars when they should arrive.
When the morning exercises Wer, fin-
ished, he retired to his boarding house, or
to some other house nearer as the case
vzsnieht be. Two or three of the scholars
were expected to hand in letters Or COM
position each day in their turn; and the
-,ntermission of the regular exercises was
devoted to correcting them, and suggest
ing such Improvements as might be bene.
efical to the writers. After the hsur of
dismissal had arrived, he secured the
fire and left the honse.
In the evening he met class, or more
as might be convenient, and devoted his
attention to single branch One even-
ing he requested a meeting ofhis scholars
IN Arithmetic: the next he assembled his
*Grammarians, especially those who were
beginners. The third evening of the
week was devoted to class in Geogra-
ply; the fourth to class in reading. and
fifth to spelling. IF at any time, it was
not convenient for class to meet, or for
him to have an evening school, his time
was occupied with the children OF the
family where he boarded, or those of
some other family, or in preparing some
illustration to be used IN the school the
next day. Thus MIR. b. found en-
'ough to do during the whole day. He
was out of employment. Seeing him so
amuch engaged for them, the scholars be-
come as much engaged for themselves
Parents also became awake to the inte-
rest of the school, and used every effort
ito produce an early and constant atten>
dance of the children. The spirit Of the
instructor seemed to be infused into the
whole school, and parents were common
y compelled to acknowledge that the
school made more than double the pro-
gress it had usually made before. 1t
seemed to my-f'iend thing highly rid,-
@,culous to hear school master say he
could not End enough to occupy all his
time when he was surrounded with TWEEN
y young persons of varioas ages.
tNKLING.