The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-03-03

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teTs 81 the pupils The teacher himself must
ho Aill Of energy and animation, lle must lay
before he school the nature and importance
Of Education. Show them "a 10 true lighpihs
relation which does and ought to east between
himself and thom De must convince them
that he would do them good Let him strive
ais" % awaken au ihtercst among pnfenls Let
ParenlS and teachers visit each other often,
and converse on the school and on The. con,
duct, progress and praSee,H of the children,
The attention oflhe scholar should be called
10 any hdyauoemeRt be he'd made Aud ~
merit deserves, iet both no prpdenty admins.
tered. A smile, a 'wsIarTs. on the head mpy
leave lasting good etfaai lie jealous DO
not ieign II, there no need that you should,
think on your responsibility Look over ave-.
~ night tho work ior the succeeding day and
prepare iar Il Coan this be SO ysll and pune,u,
ally peflormcd while boarding round) aud
ruurr b~laFe your classes fresh and ready Va.
~ ibs med" "f FEs~aHiiaf ssLiaei, LaI act
tho subject, till Ills 30 learned ,lha the child
Will love u because he understands IT,
HRAAcHts rnAr sHortp ~ fKC"nI ~ oUE
pIsrHlor stuooLs.
Reading and Spelling too much neglected,
owing chIrtiy 70 tHs Tmprolrr introduction OF
too many of the higher studru, such 10 should
-tr-ronfncd TO the Academies Arithmetic al.
go too mitch ncg'ccicd Thete are but fw
scholars who can repeat correctly the multiple.
cation table Grammar, 90 taught az prcsrut, TO-
-nf bui little practical use lts principles can
be learned sufficiently for a common school
education from teachers, conversation aud
reading,
Good manners aud polilcncss as well az
science should be taught ia district schools.
Youth - the season Of limbcrncss Grace and
ease mus: bee laught,awkwafdnC gF0wEgpon
WUcuu-ty-tal4irncas conssls in sound head
md an honest heart, proBcriV'uprcssSd.
The Bible should be read and ils leading
doclr,ncs urged. daily.
A. most Of our youth Gniai their education
at t!I' common school, such branches should
be taught, ana'lbcsc.btauehcs SO taughtas best
10 g, them for active liic Reading Spelling
lnd Arithmetic, viii be- Of but little sTff7>~.
Jyyithou, the dcsirsfo exercise them They
viii hc arts without practice. There should br
laid IN the common school the foundation OF a
liberal self culture. Tho ID the great object
Aud to accomplish il, let nothing be presented
To the pupil hut he may .updcrstanJ, aud then
sec that he understands Il.
rHorpH METHODS oY rraouiNo srrLLISd,
urApISG, AiutHuErio, ASH GUAMNAH.
Let spclI,ng toe tau4i,ta, ,lrv Same tine Och
reading Spelling books are noN to be ncglce.
tod. The latter mode ,,s not to be used less,
out The rrmcr more. E,rry syllable should
hc pronounced
la reading l,t cvcty letter be- sounded, cs-
.pcc,ally the consonluts Reading hooks are
usnallystoo hard, change them occasionally Tor
-ssicr, Some ofibe caster portions ofthc-Y 'rw
Testament, Coz Instance.
In Arl,hmctic TIC reason should DC given
Tor each stcp, 30 iN1,tethow simple aud cgi.
dent II may be-. Questions are 10 be varied
continually and repeated again and again; an.
swcrs arc 20 b" given Immediately The fun.
damcntal rules should Ice dwclt upon,
Grammars are also too difficult Select the
more simple portions and dwell upon them,
point by point In parsing let Milton, Cow.
per and Young alone. In all these exercises
Fct the teacher De thorough. DO not naticr the
scholar that he is doing we'll when lac is not.
Amoat al text books have errors; these should
be pointed Oh, and corrected. g. "mul,pli.
c6uon.is short way of performing many Rddi
tons Wrong, Il should be, "a short way Of
many additions of ibc same mum.
Der. There must be- an c9rncSlnsss aud firm.
ness of maupor on the part ofthc teueher,
steady and mid eye, and nothing to disturb
either himself or the class. No questions TO
be asked during a recitation. bet every excr.
else be SO conducted tha, the MougAt Of the
pupil may be clearly brought out aud cypress.
cd ia kisD,sjr p0rds Learn him to tell what
he knows and no will soon know something to
tell
rtNr nuoLs-huw fAE SHOULD lEACHEVs NJ
riSn uroN rnEN;
Text Books must be used, but II should be
done Gas not abuaing them The teacher
must not depend entirrly upon them Study
the subicctand no, the book. Let the book
determine thc'order and, perhaps, in part the
nofhGt OF study, but 1t mus, not at all control
the recitation.
ALFRED RIN, SEcRrrAHY.
The Throne of England.