Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-11-25
From Wr1ght's Paper ssat 81
Educational Insirumen litieS.

ifefs oosh H0erdity 10 supply the schools under
their instruction and care, with a requisite
quantity of the best appliances for illustrating,
and imparting instruction. as in The end, the
most profitable Investment ,ha. can possibly be
made. BY their proper use the amoun. of in
s'ruction in given time will be greatly in
creased hence, tine of pupils, aud money
Of patrons are both saved Some teachers
have found their reputation as instructors al so
much Of an advance, that they could easily OBJ
tain 25 or SO per cent increase in their wages,
or tuition, although large proportion Of their
success was chiefly owing 10 riaing sum
laid out for aids like /" bread cast upon the
waters" which they soon found again in their
own increase Of pleasure in teaching. and in
the improvement, their schools, Well adapt,
ed appliances, such as Charts, Globes, Diaries,
&C., are indispensable requisites in order thai
chlldrea shall acquire instruction ,ctth delight"
This acquiring with delight is OF great impor-I
,ance aud j, may be safely concluded respecting
all innocent knowledge, that il child acquire,
it with pleasure, he is WELL TAUGHT. If edu-
cation if so conducted, that i, is positive pleas
ure for child 10 learn, land there is more gem
uine satisfaction in hard study than in lax inert
effous.) there is liule doub, but habit and loUe
of inquiry will be induced. Great advantages
are gained by this kind OF early intellectual cul-
ture.g 80 4atas,e-4
While The child begins his acquisitions with
the interest and deligh, spoken of, the ins,ruc.
tor should constantly have means at hand, and
in use, that shall keep the mind shut, up TO
kind Of pleasing necessity, mot vigorously felt
as such, to" press onwards; !" and in this way
to impan, habits Of self-improvemeni, and self
control Means may also be in use to bege,
and retain The cooperation Of parents and pat
rons. -. .<.5f-
No one peIson, we believe, has gone SO
thoroughly, and successfully, into compiling
and furnishing an extensive variety OF School
Requisites, and Educational Incentives" which
are also put up as g Teachers Books of Insiru-
menlalilles," (eilher published or in the course
of publica,ion,) as Mr. Wickhan of New York,
devoted friend to the interests of the young
in more departments than this. We know in
cidenlally, and by letters received by ourselves,
,ha, his works are meeting with decided appro-
baton on the part of teachers, and we are hap
py to find they are aids adapted 10 every grade
of scholars, and have found their way TO some
entenl into every slate of the Union. One
pleasing feature pertaining 10 them all is, ,ha,
moral instruction and maxims are blended with
The Intellectual The former being aids 10 the
latter Anolhcryaluable characteristic of these
olks, is, that each edition is 10 bear marks Of
every possible Improvement that can be COM
blned from those CLEANED in this or from other
countries so that they may become eoncen-
trated medium by which improved facilities for
instruction may be combined and sent oulin a
living freshness through the great arteries Of
the couniry-the major by agents and book
sellers, at much less price than any teacher
can furnish himself with what may be ordina-
nary, thus putting all teachers, however remote,
on par with each other as TO these aids.
Their form is most happily adapted for con-
I
| venen, use and for dissemination by mail,
which is ofeh al less expense than by any 9th
er conveyance. We most sincerely hope that
they will find their way speedily into every
school in the Union. Al least we should think
sample book could be procured, as no part Of
it will come amiss in any district or primary
school. There is much other valuable appara.
tus advertised in our present sheet that we can
commend.
The following are some Of the axioms which
Mr.. Wickham's plans are intended 10 carry
I out, which we have clipped from the catalogue
Of The Publisher ~
i. Teachers must have aids or means by
which 10 impar and illustrate their Instructions,
as we'll as possess capabilities of impar'ng
knowledge. An eminent officer Of the New
York Cry Public School Society recently said,
>. tha. she instructions in those Schools had
h.on I,ur E,IJed nv ,he nse of aDnayaius" -