Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-12-15
The district School.

found where there is not hearty unanimiiy
Of eGbrt on the par, ofparenis.
4 Gooi Teacher, comfortable and con
venienl house, The necessary books, and well
disposed scholars. are all necessary To the
welfare Of the District school. The teacher
mus, be qualified, must be in season, must he
enerccic, walchful, industrious, must be de-
voted to lis employment, and apt 10 teach
the house mus, be pleasant, we'll warmed and
lirhicd-booLs Of al kinds must he provided
and scholars must attend promptly, and de.
vote themselves unrescredly, OF the chances
Of failure are almo., certain. And yet, with
an active, capable, wise and experienced
teacher, many deficiencies may exist, and
siill havea good school. Il is, however, too
much 10 tcmand, and too much TO expect.
Bot the parents are the foundation of the
District school. Le, them do their duty, and
We shall have bot lew bad. Improbable
schools. l.e, them cnjoin implicit obedience
TO all wholsome rules, LEI them teach their
children kindness and good manners, let them
cloihe then suitably and uniformly, without
regard to tic caprices Of fashion let them
dcmand thu bssi teaching talent, rrmunera.
ting !, Win generous prices, let them visit
the school, onen, and carefully inlerrngale
the scholars a, home, IN relation to their pro.
gross in their various lessons, and above all,
let them act with perfect harmony in relation
to everything tina, concerns the management
Of The school, both externally and internally ,
and our word for il, We shall hear hr less
abou, the unproftsblencss of our common
schools. Under each " these heads ser.
mon might BE- preached, and the duties Of pa.
rents discogrssd and enlarged upon. Bu,
fruitful as The theme is, only one Of these
point, will now receive attention. and that
very briefly.
One remark about clothing. Everybody
know, tha, physical comfort is necessary to
mental culture and progress. 4 child half
clothed OF hail starved, or. what is the same
thing, clothed OF FED with great indiscrciion,
such for instance, a, filling the stomach with
apples to day, and mca, tomorrow, ~ put.
ting ten ihielnsses Of dress on one part Of
the holy, while there is but ono thickness on
another parts in danger Of all sorts of bad
consequences. 4 scholar Thus dc'l, by, as
regards clothing, is in danger Of curvature Of
tho spine, coughs, colds, pains, achcs, Rhu.
mllism,, hsad,ches, lung frver', and evsntu.
ally Consumption II the want n a proper
distribution Of clothing can be followed BY
such catalogue or diseases, the necessity
for a correction Of abuse, in this matter, i
exceedingly important, ard deserves the eau
did attention Of every parent. The penalties
paid for want Of proper attention 10 this
matter, are increasing and the youth who
are diseased and sinking % every hand,
should excite alarm. The principle on
which the rarsn, should act is" a sound
BODY first. then a sound mind for without
the former you caHuoi have the latter"
I.--L Egs 90. ..~-,-~, a. 'Lo manner Of
clothing children. The prca, rule OF dress,
in this cold region, should be uniformity
That is, an parts should be clothed alike
The esrremi,irs should be clothed IS warm
as the body. and the body as warm q, tic cS-
trsmiue,. Nature and common sense say
" no pAri,lIiy" Bu, how is IL Take the
extreme, which is sufficiently common for
illustration and example. 4 little girl, has
,iN or eiFl, coverings about The body-hro,
perhaps. on the upper sI,rcnilies-and on,
on the lower cS,trmities Parts NJ the body,
by this arrangement, are constantly cold, 80
pecially in school snd tho child must suffer.
frs, for want " uniform temperature, then
from rs,lles'ncss, then she must assume all
kind, Of awkward positions, and finally will
be subject 10 aches, coughs, and lastly TO con-
sumption.
We say to parents, look to this matter,
and know that yosr children are uniformly
clothed, and their bodily comfort In all re.
sror,, properly cared for. Neglect on this
point j, sickness, misery, dsaIh. Moral and
intellectual improvement, are utterly incom.
raiible with such neglect.
Tie D,,ric, school--,hr peoples College
II, the proud monument OF American state
policy. The education Of the youth is as
sumed nv the State. Each member Of the
community is bound, II not BY inclination,
vet by the laws. to bear his due proportion
Of the expenses Of this dcarcs, and most Re-
publican institution. Each individual, there.
fore, should odd his proportion to the com
mon stock Of intcligen, ciTor, for iis sue
cess. II any injurious consequences are re-
suling from deficiencies of any sori-lron
individual or social indifference OF neglect
from iIl.consimctcd, ill.ventIl'iod, imper-
fectly warmed houses, and too high seats
from carslsEcacss IN dress-from want Of
puneiual au,n5ancs-from differences Of opin'
ion and disputes on politics, religion or
morals. II schools are Improbable from any
N all these causes, parent, mus, no, blame
the teacher, nor the State, but hGn'elre'.
Iyceum Lectures at Norway.
On Account of the great snow storm OF
the 9Th inst, tie Rev. Theodore Parker's